So You Think You’ve Been Gaslit
April 03, 2024 at 04:06AMThe term “gaslit” is thrown around a lot nowadays, but where did it come from, and why do we use it so much? Leslie Jamison explores our love affair with the term in a fascinating piece that merges language and psychology.
The popularity of the term testifies to a widespread hunger to name a certain kind of harm. But what are the implications of diagnosing it everywhere? When I put out a call on X (formerly known as Twitter) for experiences of gaslighting, I immediately received a flood of responses, Leah’s among them. The stories offered proof of the term’s broad resonance, but they also suggested the ways in which it has effectively become an umbrella that shelters a wide variety of experiences under the same name.
from Longreads https://longreads.com/2024/04/02/so-you-think-youve-been-gaslit/
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