Indigo Daya
@indigodaya.bsky.social
she/her | mad survivor artist & activist | peer support | doing a creative practice PhD in (mad + survivor-led + arts-based + non-carceral) psych alternatives
My links: https://linktr.ee/indigodaya
#Abolition #MadStudies #CSA #PsychSurvivor
My links: https://linktr.ee/indigodaya
#Abolition #MadStudies #CSA #PsychSurvivor
A cushion from my #SliceSilence project.
Folks who use self-injury are consistently silenced & made to cover our bodies as though we're dangerous. Yet most of us self-injure because of trauma & injustice. We're silenced about those, too.
Offer justice, be the person who will see & listen.
Folks who use self-injury are consistently silenced & made to cover our bodies as though we're dangerous. Yet most of us self-injure because of trauma & injustice. We're silenced about those, too.
Offer justice, be the person who will see & listen.
October 15, 2023 at 11:26 PM
A cushion from my #SliceSilence project.
Folks who use self-injury are consistently silenced & made to cover our bodies as though we're dangerous. Yet most of us self-injure because of trauma & injustice. We're silenced about those, too.
Offer justice, be the person who will see & listen.
Folks who use self-injury are consistently silenced & made to cover our bodies as though we're dangerous. Yet most of us self-injure because of trauma & injustice. We're silenced about those, too.
Offer justice, be the person who will see & listen.
This project is open to folks who use self-injury and have experienced silencing about that, as well as silencing about our underlying traumas and injustices.
It's also open to those who want to stand in solidarity with us, to witness our testimony into the co-created art cushion.
It's heart work.
It's also open to those who want to stand in solidarity with us, to witness our testimony into the co-created art cushion.
It's heart work.
October 10, 2023 at 10:51 PM
This project is open to folks who use self-injury and have experienced silencing about that, as well as silencing about our underlying traumas and injustices.
It's also open to those who want to stand in solidarity with us, to witness our testimony into the co-created art cushion.
It's heart work.
It's also open to those who want to stand in solidarity with us, to witness our testimony into the co-created art cushion.
It's heart work.
Seeking survival & activist strategies for flying while fat.
Got a flight next week and I can't stop thinking about the dreadful person who publicly fat shamed me & refused to sit next to me on a plane earlier this year.
I've got my threatening backpack 😉 but extra tips are welcomed. Sigh.
Got a flight next week and I can't stop thinking about the dreadful person who publicly fat shamed me & refused to sit next to me on a plane earlier this year.
I've got my threatening backpack 😉 but extra tips are welcomed. Sigh.
October 2, 2023 at 5:20 AM
Seeking survival & activist strategies for flying while fat.
Got a flight next week and I can't stop thinking about the dreadful person who publicly fat shamed me & refused to sit next to me on a plane earlier this year.
I've got my threatening backpack 😉 but extra tips are welcomed. Sigh.
Got a flight next week and I can't stop thinking about the dreadful person who publicly fat shamed me & refused to sit next to me on a plane earlier this year.
I've got my threatening backpack 😉 but extra tips are welcomed. Sigh.
making mad little things
September 30, 2023 at 3:01 AM
making mad little things
Oh, no I haven’t but it sounds great. I know a survivor-owned SI discussion forum behind a login, but different name. There’s so few places folks can just talk & be safe 😞
When I’ve run my project the relief on people’s faces is palpable when they see signs like this & realise it’s ok here.
When I’ve run my project the relief on people’s faces is palpable when they see signs like this & realise it’s ok here.
September 26, 2023 at 9:36 PM
Oh, no I haven’t but it sounds great. I know a survivor-owned SI discussion forum behind a login, but different name. There’s so few places folks can just talk & be safe 😞
When I’ve run my project the relief on people’s faces is palpable when they see signs like this & realise it’s ok here.
When I’ve run my project the relief on people’s faces is palpable when they see signs like this & realise it’s ok here.
I'm deep in making work today, but chronic pain and my muse are arm-wrestling over who gets my focus.
Currently re-working this consent cushion with tiny little stitches and listening to its vibe.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I said no.
Currently re-working this consent cushion with tiny little stitches and listening to its vibe.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I said no.
September 26, 2023 at 1:59 AM
I'm deep in making work today, but chronic pain and my muse are arm-wrestling over who gets my focus.
Currently re-working this consent cushion with tiny little stitches and listening to its vibe.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I said no.
Currently re-working this consent cushion with tiny little stitches and listening to its vibe.
No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. I said no.
These are remnants of the mental health act piñata we smashed at Emancipation Day, hosted by Grace (@morelsupport.bsky.social).
A day of solidarity to mark Grace’s anniversary of emancipation from psychiatry. A powerful, joyful day, but outrageous that we need it.
Mental health laws are grotesque.
A day of solidarity to mark Grace’s anniversary of emancipation from psychiatry. A powerful, joyful day, but outrageous that we need it.
Mental health laws are grotesque.
September 24, 2023 at 11:42 PM
These are remnants of the mental health act piñata we smashed at Emancipation Day, hosted by Grace (@morelsupport.bsky.social).
A day of solidarity to mark Grace’s anniversary of emancipation from psychiatry. A powerful, joyful day, but outrageous that we need it.
Mental health laws are grotesque.
A day of solidarity to mark Grace’s anniversary of emancipation from psychiatry. A powerful, joyful day, but outrageous that we need it.
Mental health laws are grotesque.
The #SliceSilence art cushions will be installed for witnessing during that same week, at The Bank, UNSW, Kensington.
Each cushion holds stories of self-injury, trauma & injustice, some with growing layers of survivor stories.
Hope to see you there. Details: www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/slices...
Each cushion holds stories of self-injury, trauma & injustice, some with growing layers of survivor stories.
Hope to see you there. Details: www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/slices...
September 10, 2023 at 12:21 AM
The #SliceSilence art cushions will be installed for witnessing during that same week, at The Bank, UNSW, Kensington.
Each cushion holds stories of self-injury, trauma & injustice, some with growing layers of survivor stories.
Hope to see you there. Details: www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/slices...
Each cushion holds stories of self-injury, trauma & injustice, some with growing layers of survivor stories.
Hope to see you there. Details: www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/slices...
A short film on my #SliceSilence project premieres 10 Oct in Sydney at this event (includes talk & discussion panel): www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/slice-...
For psych survivors & anyone interested in self-injury, trauma, silencing, peer support, creative & noncarceral psychiatric alternatives.
For psych survivors & anyone interested in self-injury, trauma, silencing, peer support, creative & noncarceral psychiatric alternatives.
September 10, 2023 at 12:16 AM
A short film on my #SliceSilence project premieres 10 Oct in Sydney at this event (includes talk & discussion panel): www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/slice-...
For psych survivors & anyone interested in self-injury, trauma, silencing, peer support, creative & noncarceral psychiatric alternatives.
For psych survivors & anyone interested in self-injury, trauma, silencing, peer support, creative & noncarceral psychiatric alternatives.
I make mad art. I hope my work offers sites of collective justice-making.
Where we can testify & connect in new ways, beyond the violence, pathologising & individualising of carceral psychiatry.
‘Tears’ is from my #SliceSilence project on self-injury. Sometimes, our skin cries when we can’t.
Where we can testify & connect in new ways, beyond the violence, pathologising & individualising of carceral psychiatry.
‘Tears’ is from my #SliceSilence project on self-injury. Sometimes, our skin cries when we can’t.
August 25, 2023 at 10:45 AM
I make mad art. I hope my work offers sites of collective justice-making.
Where we can testify & connect in new ways, beyond the violence, pathologising & individualising of carceral psychiatry.
‘Tears’ is from my #SliceSilence project on self-injury. Sometimes, our skin cries when we can’t.
Where we can testify & connect in new ways, beyond the violence, pathologising & individualising of carceral psychiatry.
‘Tears’ is from my #SliceSilence project on self-injury. Sometimes, our skin cries when we can’t.