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Hey flistees/dw circle!
This is a question for those of you who have mental health issues and/or close people in your lives with mental health issues. (If this does not apply to you, please don't answer! I'm not saying your opinion isn't valid or anything like that - it's just that I would like to solicit opinions from a specific subset of you, please.)
You can answer anonymously if you like. This post is not locked and comments aren't screened, so please be aware of that before saying anything you wouldn't be comfortable saying in public.
My question: Would you consider the book title "Crazy Like a Fox" ableist? Do you think a book with a title like that would make you uncomfortable? (For context, the book itself is a light caper fantasy; the title is in no way subversive or self-aware.)
It's a quite serious question. This is the working title of a novel of mine -- namely the title that popped into my head while I was noodling with this project today. I really like this title and I think it fits the book well. However, if I'm eventually going to feel uneasy enough to change it, I'd much rather do it now than a year down the line. So I would like to know if it makes *you* uncomfortable, if you don't mind answering.
ETA: Thank you very much for the answers! I'll reply individually a bit later, but I think I've collected enough feedback to make me decide that it would be better, for a number of reasons, to change the name. And I've brainstormed some other options that I like. Thank you all again. :)
You can answer anonymously if you like. This post is not locked and comments aren't screened, so please be aware of that before saying anything you wouldn't be comfortable saying in public.
My question: Would you consider the book title "Crazy Like a Fox" ableist? Do you think a book with a title like that would make you uncomfortable? (For context, the book itself is a light caper fantasy; the title is in no way subversive or self-aware.)
It's a quite serious question. This is the working title of a novel of mine -- namely the title that popped into my head while I was noodling with this project today. I really like this title and I think it fits the book well. However, if I'm eventually going to feel uneasy enough to change it, I'd much rather do it now than a year down the line. So I would like to know if it makes *you* uncomfortable, if you don't mind answering.
ETA: Thank you very much for the answers! I'll reply individually a bit later, but I think I've collected enough feedback to make me decide that it would be better, for a number of reasons, to change the name. And I've brainstormed some other options that I like. Thank you all again. :)
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(I actually kind of wonder that too - the sheltered part, I mean - because my own issues are almost entirely on the depressive end of the spectrum, which isn't usually considered "crazy" per se.)