#mickey atkins

[lylahammar]

idk if any of my followers watch Mickey Atkins but have yall noticed the crazy glow up they've had over the course of their youtube career (they also got gender affirming breast reduction surgery but that isn't clear from the image)

[foulwitchknight]

Mickey Atkins is also doing a Mental Health May for Palestine fundraiser! Link to donate in this video

[divineautumn]

It's weird but watching Mickey Atkins dissecting unhealthy fundie ideas has me realizing that

A. there are some people in the church that Act Like That and pretend that it's normal and correct and spread those ideas in talks and lessons

B. That's probably a contributor in folks thinking it's a cult bc there are literally people acting like it is.

[fuckyeahilike]

Mickey Atkins - Why I'll Never Take a Sponsorship from BetterHelp | Therapist Explains the FTC Allegations

The long and the short of it is that your private information is not private in BetterHelp's capitalistic hands; and that they're now being sued because of this; and they have in the past threatened people like this woman for exposing their dishonesty.

So don't do business with them.

[areyouafraid]

i remember going to watch this video like "cbt always seemed like a good practice to me" and it turns out i might not actually have any idea what cbt is

[inappropriations]

This is amazing and you should watch it. (It's two and half hours, I watched it over the course of several days. You could also just listen to it like a podcast.)

Chapter labels in lieu of description:

Intro

Disclaimers

TW/CW

Healthism

Is It Possible to Be Fat and Healthy?

What Is Health?

The BMI Is Bullsh*t

Fatphobia is Rooted in Racism

Health at Every Size

The Obesity Paradox

No Causal Link Between Fatness and Disease

Weight Stigma

Eating Disorders & Fatphobia

Weight Loss Myths

Weight Cycling

Health at Every Size

Weight Stigma & ED Treatment

What Fatphobia Does to Your Brain and Health

"Obesity" and Health Care

Diet Culture

Fat Liberation/Body Positivity/Body Neutrality

If You're Struggling with Body Image Issues

Be Nice to Yourselves Friends

Outro & Many Thanks

[flawless-imperfections]

as a horror lover and someone studying psychology, i’m very interested and wanna share this

[die-tenebris]

halfway through this video Mickey discusses how unhelpful and awful it is that people have been labeling others narcissists for any problematic behavior and I desperately need everyone to internalize that

[fruit-kick]

i like the references to fandom psych2go incorporates into their videos and i think the animation and art can be really great to see! but holy shit they are so annoying and ableist when it comes to cluster b's it pisses me off to hell. as long as they keep being ableist i am always gonna be pissed when their videos show up on my reccommendations

contributing stigma to an already heavily stigmatized community as a channel with over 10 million subscribers is so fucking dangerous and it pisses me off that they keep getting away with it. not to mention that they apparently don't even have any professionals on the team, constantly spread misinformation and then claim to be educational. it's highly irresponsible and dangerous overall, and i hope their fans start to realize that because i am so sick of them and how much harm they're doing to so many communities around mental health

[3ris-d1st0rtionnn]

Things get even SHADIER, believe it or not.

Multiple private-practice therapists have reported finding out that their information had been copied onto a site called Caredash without their permission. These fake “profiles” on Caredash would allegedly redirect to Betterhelp.

Betterhelp is STEALING the information of private practitioners under a dummy website to funnel more people into their “services”, leeching off of legitimate therapists, and cutting off their revenue and website traffic as a result.

Betterhelp is actively running real therapists out of business.

do not use betterhelp. do not support betterhelp. do not believe betterhelp.

they:

-do not vet their therapists

-forcefully shut down negative commentary

-lie to therapists

-lie to consumers

-trap therapists in exploitative contracts

-sells users data

etc

[lylahammar]

hey this is a really really really amazing video and it goes over like all the talking points of societal fatphobia and why it's all bullshit and rooted in racism and ableism and a bunch of other stuff. It covers SO many different topics relating to fatness/fatphobia and Mickey Atkins put a ton of work into it (plus they're a licensed clinician and a fat person who knows what she's talking about). If you have a few hours and you wanna put somethin on in the background, please do so with this video!!

[tobeabatman]

Video recommendation

Hello! I recommend you guys watch Mickey Atkins’ (therapist, social worker, fat activist, she/they) video called Diets & Weight Stigma are Making You Mentally Ill | Therapist Talks Fat Liberation on Youtube.

Here’s why I think you will benefit from this video:

The video helps you question the idea of weight in relation to health. It serves to show health as a multifaceted concept, which weight is only a small part of. The video acknowledges that weight shame is interconnected to other forms of discrimination such as racism and ableism.

Atkins has collected a lot of research to disprove current ideas of fatness in relation to unwellness, but also reminds us that even if fatness was unhealthy, fat people should still be treated equally. There’s also a Google Docs linked to the description of the video, where you can find studies on the topic and educate yourself further.

Topics of the video include e.g:

BMI’s creation, how it was inaccurate from the start, and what it should be used for instead.

Weight cycling and its effects on health.

A brief discussion on eating disorders in relation to e.g weight cycling.

Mentions of how capitalism benefits from weight shame.

Obesity paradox

How ”calories in, calories out” is not accurate in any way.

Discussion of the health at every size - approach.

One reoccurent theme of the video is to be critical of research and the medical community when it comes to fat bodies, because there is a lot of bias in the medical community. There is a brief talk on the video about how some research on fat bodies has been sponsored by Weight Watchers or the diet industry.

All in all, I think the video is an informative watch even if you have read a lot of books on the topic already (such as Unshrinking by Kate Manne, What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon, Body of Truth by Harriet Brown, etc.). There is some information that was brand new to me, and regardless, it’s always good to see other fat people fighting against fatphobia. Especially when they are mental health professionals.

Anyway, have a lovely day all!

[ultraericthered]

Rating KH Character Vocal Performances (English Dub)

(This list only uses KH original characters, Final Fantasy guest stars, and the Disney characters who are main characters involved in the KH original storyline)

GOD TIER: Billy Zane as Ansem/Terra-Xehanort (KH1)

Derek Stephen Prince as Vexen/Even (All Appearances)

Christopher Lee as DiZ/Ansem the Wise (KH2 and Days)

Paul St. Peter as Xemnas (All Appearances)

Mark Hamill as Master Eraqus (BBS and KH3)

Leonard Nimoy as Master Xehanort (BBS and 3D)

Christopher Lloyd as Master Xehanort (KH3 DLC & MoM)

Kathryn Beaumont as Kairi’s Grandmother (BBS)

Susanne Blakeslee as Maleficent (All Appearances)

Jim Cummings as Pete (All Appearances)

Wayne Alwine as King Mickey (KH1 and KH2)

TOP TIER: Hayley Joel Osment as Sora (KH1, Re:CoM, KH2 and KH3)

Hayden Panettiere as Kairi (KH1, KH2, and BBS)

David Gallaghar as Riku (KH1, Re:CoM, KH2, BBS, 3D, and MoM)

Richard Epcar as Ansem/Terra-Xehanort (3D, 0.2 BBS, and KH3)

Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck (All Appearances)

Bill Farmer as Goofy (All Appearances)

Bret Iwan as King Mickey (BBS)

Eddie Caroll as Jiminy Cricket (KH1, Re:CoM, and KH2)

Joe Ochman as Jiminy Cricket (Re:Coded and KH3)

Jesse McCartney as Roxas (All Appearances)

Meaghan Martin as Namine (Re:CoM and Days)

Brittany Snow as Namine (KH2)

David Boreanaz as Leon (KH1)

Doug Erholtz as Leon (KH3 DLC)

Christy Carlson Romano as Yuffie (KH1)

Mae Whitman as Yuffie (KH2)

Chris Edgerly as Cid (KH3 DLC)

Steve Burton as Cloud (KH1 and Re:Coded)

Quinton Flynn as Axel (Re:CoM, KH2, and Days)

Shanelle Grey as Larxene (Re:CoM and KH3)

Dave Boat as Lexaeus/Aeleus (Re:CoM and BBS)

Corey Burton as DiZ/Ansem the Wise (Re:CoM)

Alyson Stoner as Xion (Days and KH3)

Kirk Thornton as Saix (All Appearances)

James Patrick Stuart as Braig/Xigbar/Luxu (All Appearances)

Ryan O’Donohue as Demyx (All Appearances)

Robin Atkin-Downes as Luxord (All Appearances)

Will Friedle as Seifer (KH2)

Justin Crowden as Hayner (KH2)

Sean Marquette as Pence (KH2)

Jessica DiCicco as Olette (KH2)

Corey Burton as Yen Sid (KH2, BBS, and KH3)

Jeff Bennett as Merlin (All Appearances)

Rachel Leigh Cook as Tifa (KH2)

Matt McKenzie as Auron (KH2)

Hedy Burress as Yuna (KH2)

Tara Strong as Rikku (KH2)

Gwendoline Yeo as Paine (KH2)

Luke Marinquez as Little Sora (BBS)

Ariel Winter as Little Kairi (BBS)

Kirk Thornton as Isa (BBS)

Quinton Flynn as Lea (BBS)

Jason Dohring as Terra (0.2 BBS and KH3)

Jesse McCartney as Ventus (BBS and KH3)

Hayley Joel Osment as Vanitas (BBS and KH3)

Ben Diskin as Young Xehanort (Re:Coded, 3D, and KH3)

Lara Jill Miller as Chirithy (X Backcover, KH3, and MoM)

Ray Chase as the Master of Masters (X Backcover)

MID TIER:

Alyson Stoner as Kairi (Re:CoM)

Richard Epcar as Ansem/Terra-Xehanort (Re:CoM and BBS)

Shaun Flemming as Tidus (KH1)

Molly Keck as Selphie (KH1 and KH2)

Doug Erholtz as Leon (KH2)

Mae Whitman as Yuffie (KH3 DLC)

Andrea Bowen as Aerith (KH3 DLC)

Keith Ferguson as Marluxia (Re:CoM and KH3)

David Dayan Fisher as Xaldin/Dilan (KH2/FM and BBS)

Meaghan Martin as Namine (BBS, Re:Coded, KH2 FM, and KH3)

Hayden Panettiere as Xion (3D)

Brandon Adams as Rai (KH2)

Jillian Bowen as Fuu (KH2)

Melissa Disney as Vivi (KH2)

Crispin Freeman as Setzer (KH2)

Corey Burton as Yen Sid (Re:Coded, 3D, 0.2 BBS, and MoM)

Willa Holland as Aqua (BBS, 3D, and 0.2 BBS)

Rick Gomez as Zack (BBS)

Ty Panitz as Little Riku (BBS)

David Gallaghar as Young Xehanort (BBS)

Matthew Mercer as Ira (X Backcover and KH3)

Travis Willingham as Aced (X Backcover and KH3)

Kevin Quinn as Gula (X Backcover and KH3)

Karissa Lee Staples as Invi (X Backcover and KH3)

Isabela Moner as Ava (X Backcover)

Matthew Mittleman as Luxu (X Backcover)

Michael Johnson as Ephemer (X Backcover and KH3)

Madison Davenport as Nameless Star (KH3 and MoM)

Vince Corazza as Ienzo (3D, KH3, and MoM)

Zachary Gordon as Hayner (KH3)

Tristan Chase as Pence (KH3)

Ashley Boettcher as Olette (KH3)

Drake Bell as Young Eraqus (KH3)

Dylan Sprouse as Yozora (KH3 DLC)

LOW TIER: Hayley Joel Osment as Sora (Re:Coded, 3D, and 0.2 BBS)

Alyson Stoner as Kairi (Days, 0.2 BBS, KH3, and MoM)

David Gallaghar as Riku (Days, Re:Coded, and KH3)

Richard Epcar as Ansem/Terra-Xehanort (KH2)

Wayne Alwine as King Mickey (Re:CoM)

Phil Snyder as Jiminy Cricket (Re:Coded and 3D)

Dee Bradley Baker as Wakka (KH1)

Mandy Moore as Aerith (KH1)

Steve Burton as Cloud (KH2)

George Newbern as Sephiroth (KH2)

Chris Edgerly as Cid (KH2)

Vince Corrazza as Zexion (Re:CoM, KH2 FM, and Days)

Corey Burton as Ansem the Wise (3D and KH3)

Quinton Flynn as Axel/Lea (Days Movie, 3D, and KH3)

Jason Dohring as Terra (BBS)

Willa Holland as Anti-Aqua (KH3)

Rutger Hauer as Master Xehanort (KH3)

Bret Iwan as King Mickey (all post-BBS appearances)

SHIT TIER: Lance Bass as Sephiroth (KH1)

Mena Suvari as Aerith (KH2)

Willa Holland as Aqua (KH3)

Corey Burton as DiZ/Ansem the Wise (BBS, Days Movie, and MoM)