MeDIDa

Episode 13 of MeDIDa, and we are unfortunately discussing M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. Split is a film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It premiered in 2016 before being released to the general, global audience in 2017. The film depicts a group of girls getting kidnapped by a man with DID, who plans to sacrifice them to a supernatural alter called The Beast. Split quickly beca...

Episode 12 of MeDIDa is a very special episode, where I review the documentary We Are Jeni, and speak one-on-one with Dr. Jeni Haynes (part 2)! The documentary, We Are Jeni, was released earlier this year, 2026, with premiere screenings in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne on March 15th, 17th, and 19th respectively. The documentary was directed by Mariel Thomas and Akhim Dev, and specifically docume...

Episode 11 of MeDIDa is a very special episode, where I review the memoir The Girl in the Green Dress, and speak one-on-one with Dr. Jeni Haynes about her book and recent documentary, We Are Jeni (review and second part of the interview coming soon)! The Girl in the Green Dress is a memoir, published in 2022 by Hachette Australia, is co-written by Dr George Blair-West, who treated Jeni for many ye...

Episode 10 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing Jack Stauber's Opal. Jack Stauber's Opal is a short musical film that premiered on Adult Swim in 2020. The short depicts a child, Opal, as she explores a dark house after being drawn into it by a wailing siren song, and is repeatedly mistaken for another young girl known as Claire. Jack Stauber's Opal is not explicitly depicting DID, but it is explicitly...

Episode 9 of MeDIDa is a Special Episode, this time a Mother's Day special! I am reviewing the memoir Fractured Motherhood, and I also sit down again with Maggie Walters for an interview! This episode is dedicated to all those who did not have the mother that they needed growing up. Fractured Motherhood has been independently published through Blue Gum Publishing in 2026, only officially released...

Episode 8 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing Petals of a Rose Petals of a Rose is a 2023 short film created by Dylan Crumpler, co-written by Dylan Crumpler and Holly Crumpler and draws heavily on Holly's lived experience with dissociative identity disorder. The 15-minute film shows a day in the life of Rose, a women living with DID while she tries to navigate a Valentine's Day date with her boyfrien...

Episode 7 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing The Swan Book The Swan Book is a 2013 novel written by Alexis Wright and published by Giramondo Publishing. Set in a dystopian future, with climate change and political fallout being a central theme, the book follows Oblivia, a mute young woman who was gang raped as a child, who goes on to marry the first Indigenous President of Australia, and her struggl...

Episode 6 of MeDIDa is a Special Episode! I am reviewing the memoir SPLIT A Life Shared: Living with Multiple Personality Disorder, and I also sit down with Maggie Walters for an interview! SPLIT was independently published through Blue Gum Publishing in 2024, and chronicles Maggie’s journey with DID/MPD in her life so far. Walters also does author talks to share her lived experience, opening the...

Episode 5 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing the book Set This House in Order Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls is a 2003 novel written by Matt Ruff and published by Harper Collins, and tells the story of two different systems in two different bodies, those of Andy Gage and Penny Driver, their relationships with the world, themselves, and each other. Set This House in Order is a book inten...

Episode 4 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing the comedy TV show, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock and ran from 2015-2019 and had four seasons, with a special releasing in 2020. Kimmy, the titular character, is trying to reclaim her life after spending 15 years of her life trapped in a bunker, but she has a lot to learn. Luckily, her room...

Episode 3 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing the graphic novel trilogy, Elle(s). Elle(s) was written by Kid Toussaint and illustrated by Aveline Stokart and released 2021-2023. Elle is a normal high school girl... or is she? What her new friends don't know is that she has a colourful set of personalities that could take over at any moment. Elle(s) is a series about plurality, but was it intentionall...

Episode 2 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing James and the Giant Peach. James and the Giant Peach is both a 1961 book by Roald Dahl and a 1996 movie directed by Henry Selick. After James' parents die tragically, he is raised by his horrible Aunts. One day, something amazing happens: a giant peach grows on the old, dead peach tree. James ends up making his way inside the peach, coming face to face wi...

Episode 1 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing the tv show The United States of Tara. The United States of Tara is a series created by Diablo Cody and ran for 3 seasons from 2009-2011. Toni Collette plays the titular Tara, a suburban housewife with DID, dissociative identity disorder. This show is one of the most well-known representations of DID in mainstream media, but is it any good? Let's talk abo...

Join me, Avoticat, as I discuss DID and multiplicity in media! Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague