Oh, the tragedy of sacrificing body for mind

In 1992, Patty Duke published her story of living with mental illness, A Brilliant Madness. This month, two writers, one a psychiatrist, hijack "her story" in Beautiful Madness, a sexist testament to their male entitlement, and their defense of the entitlement of others, to ogle an attractive 17 year-old.

Nia, 17, is "too beautiful to be in a psychiatric ward" the article begins. Suffice it to say that it just goes downhill from there. After all is said and done, the authors are left in a conundrum. "Beautiful and mad" vs. "fat and sane". Oh, their suffering!

This story was originally spotted via scathing reaction posts at I Blame the Patriarchy and Feministe, where the threads are still on fire.