Today we welcome Talia Hibbert, author of The Brown Sisters series, including the upcoming Act Your Age, Eve Brown. We had the chance to talk about the importance of acknowledging mental health in fiction, how representation is evolving, and taking care of yourself.
Tag: mental health

Shattering Stigmas: Q&A with Julian Winters
Welcome back to Shattering Stigmas! Today we welcome Julian Winters, author of The Summer of Everything, to talk about his books, keeping a balance between the good and the bad in…

It’s Already Over?! | Shattering Stigmas 4.0 Wrap-Up
My fellow hosts and I have been planning this event since September, and now it’s October 21st, and Shattering Stigmas 4.0 is officially over. I would have posted my wrap-up…

Q&A with Maf | Shattering Stigmas
As my blog’s grand finale for Shattering Stigmas 4.0, I would to welcome Maf to Ace Of Bens! Thank you so much to Maf for agreeing to a Q&A and…

Messy Fiction by Kitty @ Jellyfable | Shattering Stigmas 4.0
Content Warnings: mentions of vomit, menstruation, dermatillomania/self-harm A few years ago, I went to see the Everything, Everything movie in theaters. When I walked out of the theater, I turned…

Playlist: Songs About Mental Illness | Shattering Stigmas 4.0
Today, I wanted to share some songs about mental illness that I’ve found to be well-written, super relatable, or just spot-on in a way that I may not be fully…

Job Hunting While Nonbinary by Dan Hunsaker | Shattering Stigmas 4.0
Most folks I’ve talked to, even those without mental health concerns, experience some amount of stress over searching for work. Tracking down a new employer takes a significant amount of…

Book Recommendations by Sav | Shattering Stigmas 4.0
Hey everyone, I’m Sav and before I get started with recommending some books, I want to briefly talk about my own experience living with mental illnesses. Ever since I was…

An Open Letter To Depression by Meggan Turner | Shattering Stigmas 4.0
You haven’t taken enough already? Taking my every last ounce of happiness, and every last good memory away from me wasn’t enough? Was giving you every single tear I had,…

The Anxiety Of Coming Out by Ben Ace | Shattering Stigmas
Author’s Note: Yesterday (October 10th) was World Mental Health Day, and today (October 11th) is National Coming Out Day. I like that these days come right next to each other…