I am so, so grateful that mariela (she/her, @mercifullymad) was willing to let me share her summary of Alexandre Baril's new theoretical framework, suicidism, here. It has been a life-changing anti-oppression framework for me to learn about.
There are no explicit descriptions of suicidal ideation or suicidal actions in this article.
Explaining suicidism:
How the system of oppression named by Alexandre Baril structures the unjust way Suicidal people are treated, and what we can do instead.
Content:
Police violence mentioned, without details, in the ending notes.
Sanism (a form of ableism that is specifically against neuro-different people).
Discussion of responses to suicidality.
There are no explicit descriptions of suicidal ideation or suicidal actions.