The #Glitch campaign from SANE (@CharitySANE)
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10 October (World Mental Health Day / #WMHD) (updated with text and Tweets, 12 and 17 October)
The #Glitch campaign from SANE (@CharitySANE)
Our #Glitch campaign is all about smashing mental health stigma. Join us. Glitch your pic now: https://t.co/LHdmINk6X4 #WorldMentalHealthDay pic.twitter.com/afWwZAqKdH— SANE (@CharitySANE) October 10, 2016
Could SANE Tweet about what making a #Glitch of an image from a Twitter-profile is meant to do or mean* ? :
(a) At one level - to those with very little idea about mental-health issues*
(b) At the opposite level - to someone first diagnosed twenty years ago
By Tweet (to come), SANE has now directed us to a page on its web-site, where one, at least, can read as follows :
What is the #Glitch campaign ?
#Glitch is a campaign in support of World Mental Health Day 2016 (October 10) and is fronted by UK Number One artist and new SANE Ambassador, James Arthur.
We're encouraging anyone touched by mental illness to add a filter to their profile pictures as an act of solidarity. The filter imitates ‘glitch art’ by adding faults and interruptions to your profile photo. This shows how disorientating and alienating mental illness can be.
We need to get more people talking about mental illness online, to break down the stigma that stops so many people seeking or offering support.
How can I get involved ?
The ‘Glitch’ campaign is all about showing your support for anyone suffering from mental illness - all you have to do is apply a ‘Glitch’ filter to your profile photo on Facebook and Twitter.
Taking part couldn’t be easier. Supporters are invited to #Glitch by clicking on this link below and posting up a message on social media encouraging their friends and family to get involved too.
The imagery and film have been designed so you can share and push the message as far as possible across social networks, and influence those outside of the current mental health community. Together we can beat stigma and improve the lives of those coping with mental illness.
Otherwise, going to https://t.co/URIWK7xvB1 seemed perfectly reasonable...— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) October 17, 2016
As a more meaningful gesture than @CharitySANE's #Glitch ? https://t.co/vf3aS85MAM
Did those who signed up to #Glitch also knowingly agree to all this ? :
This application [can] :— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) October 17, 2016
Read Tweets from your timeline
See who you follow, and follow new people
Update your profile
*Post Tweets for you*
Why would anyone *want* that last one, https://t.co/7JEwHsv1Ul - and what does the second half of the second one *mean*... ? https://t.co/vf3aS85MAM— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) October 17, 2016
End-notes
* Not much at http://twibbon.com/support/world-mental-health-day-6 (or http://twibbon.com/support/world-mental-health-day-6/discuss) ?
** If they support #Frump's (Trump's) views, they will think anyone 'weak' (i.e. not 'strong'), who experiences (or acknowledges experiences of) disruptions to his or her mental well-being...
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Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)
