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Isn't it possible she said these things as a statement about how mental illnesses are already stigmatized, how none of us can be open about what we're dealing with, without being judged? Because to be honest, that's what it sounds like to me.
I'm not saying it was necessarily the best choice of words, or that it will be amenable to everyone, but I am saying it was likely well intended and not malicious. Artists are disruptors, there to open up conversations and not shut them down. Art and activism often feed off each other, but not always by working in tandem.
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.”
— Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)
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