<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[PRETTYMANDEM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pretty Mandem]]></description><link>https://www.prettymandem.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:37:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.prettymandem.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Ouroboros ]]></title><description><![CDATA[3/3 Depression Whispered to Me, Its time to 'Be Happy' ]]></description><link>https://www.prettymandem.com/post/ouroboros</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d6a6d9bf4ea4bc2307d263</guid><category><![CDATA[Psychoanalysis & Image Making]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:05:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4f8c7_07931ae6286a4cebad5d0d351cae5483~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lattina Da&apos;Costa</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Rhizomes To the Soul ]]></title><description><![CDATA[2/3 Depression Whispered to Me, Its time to 'Be Happy' ]]></description><link>https://www.prettymandem.com/post/depression-whispered-its-time-to-be-happy-how-mental-health-shapes-image-making</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d65cad4424ffa457c1adbb</guid><category><![CDATA[Psychoanalysis & Image Making]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:57:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4f8c7_2d592cfb7b0a453ca89c5f3a569e3e3a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lattina Da&apos;Costa</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Order To Be Happy, You have to be Sad. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[1/3 Depression Whispered to Me, Its time to 'Be Happy' ]]></description><link>https://www.prettymandem.com/post/depression-whispered-its-time-to-be-happy-how-image-making-shapes-mental-health</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b5ad6c5f6a1e874c578c88</guid><category><![CDATA[Psychoanalysis & Image Making]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:47:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4f8c7_7f42c1afa341460eb2f22ed06891901a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lattina Da&apos;Costa</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do monsters reveal the cultures in which they were made?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written in the style of a therapy session, "How do monsters reveal the cultures in which they were made?” is a critical dialogue between a symbolic  the character of Saiint (a young artist of colour studying at UAL) and a clinical therapist. Ideas from  the writing of Gerbner, Deleuze and Guattari make up the voice of the therapist while Saiints’ responses combine anecdotes and  musings on trauma, that I use here to meditate on the challenges of naming and confronting the idea of  ‘monsters’. Th]]></description><link>https://www.prettymandem.com/post/hey-so-i-think-i-m-friends-with-the-monsters-under-my-bed-how-do-monsters-reveal-the-cultures</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b5a830d1b1d9cdf216c362</guid><category><![CDATA[Culture studies]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4f8c7_48c32ef099df4782a0d179fcfb701d43~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lattina Da&apos;Costa</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>