{"id":188843,"date":"2017-01-05T00:05:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T08:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=188843"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:22:21","slug":"114-filmdis-dvp-twitter-chat-on-split-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/01\/05\/114-filmdis-dvp-twitter-chat-on-split-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/14: #FilmDis & DVP Twitter chat on “Split\u201d & Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

#FilmDis Twitter Chat<\/b>
\n\u201cSplit\u201d & Mental Health<\/b>
\nSaturday, January 14, 2017<\/b>
\n4 pm Pacific\/ 7 pm Eastern<\/b>
\nCo-Hosts: Dominick Evans <\/b>@dominickevans<\/a>\u00a0and Alice Wong <\/b>@DisVisibility<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Disability Visibility Project\u2122 is proud to partner again with activist\/filmmaker\u00a0<\/span>Dominick Evans<\/b><\/a>\u00a0in his weekly #FilmDis Twitter chats. This chat will center on latest psychological horror film by M. Night Shyamalan: <\/span>\u201cSplit.\u201d<\/span><\/a> The film\u2019s main character has dissociative identity disorder played by James McAvoy. We will discuss the harmful messages about people with mental health disabilities in films like \u201cSplit\u201d and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please note that this chat may be triggering and distressing to many. Please practice self-care. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Participate<\/b><\/h3>\n

Follow <\/span>@dominickevans<\/b><\/a> and <\/span>@DisVisibility<\/a><\/strong> on Twitter. <\/span><\/p>\n

Use the hashtag <\/span>#FilmDis<\/span><\/a> when you tweet. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out this explanation of how to participate in a chat by Ruti Regan: <\/span>https:\/\/storify.com\/RutiRegan\/examplechat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Questions for #FilmDis chat<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Welcome to #FilmDis! Today we will talk about the upcoming horror film \u201cSplit\u201d & its depiction of disability and mental illness.<\/p>\n

During our #FilmDis chat, please note: MH = Mental Health and DID = Dissociative Identity Disorder <\/span><\/p>\n

Please note that this #FilmDis chat may be triggering and distressing to many. Please practice self-care.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are curious, here is a link to the trailer for \u201cSplit\u201d. Trigger warning for violence, ableism <\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=84TouqfIsiI<\/span><\/a> #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

Q1 The main character in “Split” has dissociative identity disorder. He is also the villain. How old is this clich\u00e9? #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

Q2 How often do you see stereotypes of people w\/ MH disabilities as ‘dangerous and violent’ in film, tv, & media? Examples? #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

Q3 How do these harmful stereotypes and tropes impact actual disabled people in society? Have you been hurt by them? #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

Q4 Based on what you do know about “Split,” what else is problematic about this psychological horror film? #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

Q5 What are some ways Hollywood gets psychiatry, institutionalization, and mental health super wrong? #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

Q6 Have you seen any films that depict people w\/ MH disabilities in a way that’s not gross caricature steeped in ableism? #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

Q7 What are the long term implications of the continued creation of characters that vilify MH disabilities? #FilmDis<\/span>
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Q8 Instead of Split are there any films you know of that get MH disabilities right? Do any get DID right? #FilmDis <\/span><\/p>\n

Q9 What would you like @mnightshyamalan to know about Split and his depiction of DID? #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

Q10 Do you plan to protest Split on 1\/20? How can we better protest cripping up and harmful disability portrayals in 2017? #FilmDis<\/span><\/p>\n

This concludes our #FilmDis chat. Thank you for participating and keep the conversation going!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#FilmDis Twitter Chat \u201cSplit\u201d & Mental Health Saturday, January 14, 2017 4 pm Pacific\/ 7 pm Eastern Co-Hosts: Dominick Evans @dominickevans\u00a0and Alice Wong @DisVisibility The Disability Visibility Project\u2122 is proud … Continue Reading 1\/14: #FilmDis & DVP Twitter chat on “Split\u201d & Mental Health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[548705971],"tags":[159346,6722,5967,40576,125524999,50623202,58990044,289446,58420,17979,4052,5004,49818,19989,599182],"class_list":["post-188843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dvp-news-and-events","tag-ableism","tag-activism","tag-advocacy","tag-disability","tag-disability-in-film","tag-disability-in-media","tag-disability-representation","tag-disabled-people","tag-filmmakers","tag-filmmaking","tag-hollywood","tag-mental-health","tag-social-media","tag-stereotypes","tag-twitter","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/filmdis-twitter-chate2809csplite2809d-mental-illness-1.png?fit=440%2C220&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-N7R","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}