News Roundup: Black Mermaids, Hijab Mandates & The Chemical Imbalance Myth

This week we discuss three major news stories from the last two weeks: Black Ariel, Iranian protests against Hijab mandates and a bombshell report about the chemical imbalance myth. 

We talk about white supremacy and the concerning emergence of digitally-erased Blackness, white feminists and their gleeful demonisation of hijab (which is actually a praxis, not a clothing) and a suss shift in discourse around the role serotonin plays in depression.

 

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Sources:

Little Mermaid: Disney Made Non-White Mermaids Canon Nearly 30 Years Ago 

Protests over Mahsa Amini's death spread in Iran, authorities issue warning as death toll from clashes with police grows - ABC News

The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence | Molecular Psychiatry 

Is the chemical imbalance an ‘urban legend’? An exploration of the status of the serotonin theory of depression in the scientific literature - ScienceDirect