Stephanie Fornasier

PSYCHOCINEMATIC

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A podcast analysing depictions of mental illness and disabilities in film and TV. Hosted by a psychologist, Stephanie, with a little help from guest hosts with lived experience. We may ruin your favourite movie, but we promise to do it with fun, humour, and perhaps an important lesson or two.

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Stephanie Fornasier

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Episode 8: The Queen’s Gambit, aka chess & drugs & Anya Taylor Joy (with Maz Fornasier) 16.02.2021 1:36:35

TRANSCRIPT HERE We welcome the enigmatic Maz Fornasier back for our EIGHTH episode covering 2020’s Netflix phenomenon, The Queens Gambit, based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis (Steph AND Maz call him William, apologies!) Can an adaptation be both harmful and helpful all at once? Find out, as Maz also gets deep into her own lived experience with addiction. Content Warning: Drug and alcohol us...

Episode 6: Love Actually - about mental health and disability, actually. 22.12.2020 53:54

TRANSCRIPT HERE It’s our mini ep on Love Actually (2003), Directed by Richard Curtis. This generation’s favourite Christmas movie. But you know what we watch Christmas rom coms for right? MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY! Obviously. Maz Fornasier joins us for this special episode, and she is an efficient talker. Michael pls take some pointers. CONTENT WARNING: psychosis, stalking, death of a pare...