I've cried in public more times than I can count. I've cried openly on the bus after saying goodbye to a loved one, I've cried at parties, and I've cried at work. Yesterday I sat in a coffee shop and told a trusted friend about a bunch of shit that I've been going through lately, and cried with the pain and the release of a host of feelings I can barely describe.

I've lived with depression and anxiety for most of my life, and for me crying is a part of that. Crying in public has allowed me to get through my worst moments and release feelings that needed to be released. I don't really care what strangers think, and I've been lucky enough to have  friends who are pretty supportive and non-judgemental.

How many Conservative cabinet ministers does it take to mislead Canadians?

Last weekend, Stephen Harper trotted out his own trusty troika -- Defence Minister Rob Nicholson, Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino and Justice Minister Peter MacKay -- for a photo op/announcement during the Halifax International Security Forum, a.k.a. Peter's Playground (official cost: $2.49 million).

Days before a damning veterans' mental-health audit, Nicholson triumphantly declared Ottawa would spend what everyone was intended to understand was "$200 million over six years" to combat mental illness in the Canadian Forces.

Amira Elghawaby is always on the hunt for new and exciting progressive films. This month, she spotted this review by rabble.ca contributor Greg MacDougall, and thought we should share it with you. Here is his review of The Inmates are Running the Asylum.

Set in the time of mass de-institutionalization of psychiatric patients, the Mental Patients Association (MPA) emerged in Vancouver at the start of the 1970s. This 36 minute documentary film, produced in 2013 by History of Madness Productions, captures the MPA experience and its impact through interviews with former members, supplemented with animated illustration and archival footage