Posts by Jennifer Gaita Siciliano
Podcast Episode: The New Language of Neurodiversity, Decolonization, Depathologization: On Location at the ISPS Conference with Six Voices on a Mission (S5, E16)
In 2023, I had the opportunity to cover a conference organized by The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS), a pioneering organization with almost 70 years of advocating for transformative psychosocial understandings and approaches to psychosis, which restore personhood, dignity, and well-being. The weekend-long conference held at the University of Delaware…
Read MoreCRISPR, Germline Editing and Market-Based Eugenics (S2, E8)
Not As Crazy As You Think Podcast published on March 31, 2021. I want to share with you the following story because of my love of science, and also because I humbly respect human life in all its struggle and diversity. First off, there is natural science, and there is applied science. Science is really…
Read MoreThe Rise of AI and The Humans Left Behind: A True Short Story
Part I: The Rise of AI “Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy.” –Nora Ephron End of an Era: The Free and Neutral Information Highway It’ll be two years this December 14th. Our loss of internet neutrality. It…
Read MoreLiving Art America’s 2016 North American Bodypainting Championship
In 2016, I had the good fortune of competing in the biggest bodypainting competition in the Western Hemisphere—Living Art America’s North American Bodypainting Championship, which was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina. A panel of experts rigorously screens artists worldwide, and I was surprised as anybody that the panel thought my work worthy…
Read More2019 Bodypainting Season: “Themes in My Memoir”
Excerpts from and bodypainting inspired by: Not As Crazy As You Think I wanted to create art in a different way this year. To paint the images in my mind that helped me press the words of my book into being. My memoir is not just a story about seeking freedom from the psychiatric institution.…
Read More“Beauty Craze” from the Video Network “Sweet” on Snapchat Discover
When Tara O’Connell, Senior Producer of the video network “Sweet,” contacted me to see if I’d be interested in collaborating on a video series her team was launching on Snapchat Discover called “Beauty Craze,” I jumped at the chance. The series is hosted by drag queen and personality Kandy Muse and the channel has 3.5M…
Read MoreNaming Madness & Saving Normal
Imagining Something New They did it. They succeeded in helping me see myself as a bipolar defective again instead of the talented, strong, intelligent and beautiful human being that I really am. In the 1997 movie Good Will Hunting, starring Robin Williams and Matt Damon, psychologist Sean Macguire tries an alternative approach to reach…
Read MoreDate Night with Connie and Chrissy 2018
Aired on Cablevision in Long Island on December 22, 2018 Date Night with Connie and Chrissy On Friday October 25 2018, I had the wonderful opportunity to be a special guest with Artemix’s Tina Kourkoumelis on Date Night with Connie & Chrissy! Date Night with Connie & Chrissy… “is a web-based show (recorded out of…
Read MoreIn Loving Memory of the Taj Mahal on 9/11, Chalk Art Day
The Memories That Won’t Wash Away … For Americans in other parts of the country, it’s just an annual remembrance of a distant tragedy, not really affecting them very personally at all. But in NYC, the anniversary of September 11th marks a solemn day of unease. The shadows of yesterday are alive downtown where the…
Read MoreThe Creative Evolution of the 2018 Freedom Van
Riding the Road to the Freedom Van It began as a lofty vision. Andy Golub had been talking about acquiring a van to paint for over a year and finally the vehicle had landed in his hands. Says Andy about his intended vision: “I thought it would build a community of artists and models traveling…
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