Title - This Week in Disbelief… There are four boxes. A woman and her friend are typing. Box one Tell me the BPS model of #ME and Long Covid is absolute rubbish, without calling it rubbish...a woman starts thinking Box Two She types “The Biopsychosocial Model (circa 1977- 2025) ‘Hailed as medicine's grand reconciliation of mind. body, and society, its architects promised a revolution. its politicians mistook vagueness for wisdom, and its custodians filed the death certificates without consequences’” Box Three - she asks her friend “What do you think Sue?” Box Four - Sue is unimpressed with the big words and replies dismissively “Just call it SH*T and move on!” The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

#ME #PEM #FanningTheFlames
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#Justice4ME #Plan4ME
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
@decodemestudy.bsky.social
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The poem’s title is - Can Sir Symon Wiffle-Waffle Save Camelot? He rides forth upon a nation's quest to destroy the worst and save the best Which is which he does not know but he's certain of the way to go! The sickest shall be made to run the saddest will be forced to fun Medics must not diagnose. they must listen to his psycho bros: 'no-one is ever truly sick, just misinformed. female. or thick. He'll ban benefits. food + eating no tv. cigarettes or heating. Illness is no bar to work if you die, you will not shirk. Obey his rules and maybe you can have wealth and government contracts too! (But probably not as he's got them all) The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

#ME #PEM #FanningTheFlames
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#Justice4ME #Plan4ME
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
@decodemestudy.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@profstevegriffin.bsky.social
@davidjoffe64.bsky.social
@drjoepajak.bsky.social

There is an image of a cat wearing glasses and reading books. Round the cat’s neck is a pendant with the words “Wise Cat” The title says - “Do you suffer from outdated prejudices about #ME and #Long Covid?” Wise Cat is saying “Stuff those prejudices down and see if you can squeeze a thought into the gap - here’s a link”. The link is - https://meassociation.org.uk Round the outside of the cartoon is a dotted line with scissors on it and the words ‘cut out and keep for those annoying relatives/friends/doctors’ The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

Handy cut-out-and-keep for annoying relatives/friends/drs
💙💙

#ME #Disability #PEM #FanningTheFlames
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#Justice4ME #Plan4ME
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
@decodemestudy.bsky.social
@thelancet.com
@nhsengland.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

This is a cartoon pretending to be a shop coupon. There is an image of a cat wearing glasses and reading books. Round the cat’s neck is a pendant with the words “Wise Cat” The title says - “Do you suffer from outdated prejudices about #ME and #Long Covid?” Wise Cat is saying “Stuff those prejudices down and see if you can squeeze a thought into the gap - here’s a link”. The link is - https://meassociation.org.uk Round the outside of the cartoon is a dotted line with scissors on it and the words ‘cut out and keep for those annoying relatives/friends/doctors’ The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

#ME #Disability #PEM #FanningTheFlames
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
#Justice4ME #Plan4ME
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
@decodemestudy.bsky.social
@thelancet.com
@nhsengland.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@davidjoffe64.bsky.social
@drjoepajak.bsky.social

#FanningTheFlames
#FaragePinnochio

This is a cartoon of an interview in 3 boxes. Title - In our Oxford studio we talk to a local psychiatrist ... In the first box the interviewer is #FanningTheFlames (FTF). She is asking “Aren't the unscientific ideas of some powerful psychiatrists the main barrier to solving post-infectious illnesses?” The local psychiatrist (for it is he!) is replying “NO. #LONG COVID AND #ME ARE JUST MASS HYSTERIA!!! In the second box FTF then takes out a magic wand and says “Time for a bit of wishful wishing!” The psychiatrist has disappeared in a puff of smoke. Pffft! The third box has a cartoon image of a female devil holding a wand and it says “WARNING - DANGER! We've sent him to read some evidence-based medicine. but with these BPS repeat offenders you might find him spouting #ME related fake news on a tv channel near you! The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

This week #FanningTheFlames imagines a better future
#ME #LC#Psychiatry
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Fanning the flames - pretty much sums it up 🔥
@dailykos.com
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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#trumpisintheepsteinfiles #DailyKos #Cartoon #Fanningtheflames

Title - People with #ME and their families have been subjected to: Then a series of words, each larger than its predecessor say - Ignorance Indifference Medical Abuse Gaslighting Psychiatric detention Starvation Abduction and now... Arrest In the bottom right hand corner is a white car called ‘Wise Cat’. Wise cat is saying - “And all because a bunch of feckless psychiatrists defined very sick people with #ME as illness-fakers” The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

Here’s the #FanningTheFlames response.

#ME #Disability #Medicine #Psychiatry #Biopsychosocial
@meassociation.org.uk
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social
@chronicillness.bsky.social
@thelancet.com
@wesstreeting.bsky.social
@nhsengland.bsky.social
@bmauk.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

#EpsteinFiles #FanningTheFlames #conspiracy #TrumpIsGuilty

Don't think there's much Celebrating going on at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Today!
#trump
#fanningtheflames
#assonfire
#epstein

#FanningTheFlames has got its teeth into ideas about wisdom and the BPS model of #ME …

The heading says - ‘‘Wessely, King at Kings, heads into space to find something…’ Four women of different nationalities are talking. Simon Wessely is in a rocket flying overhead The woman on the left is saying “I see another annoying white man has launched himself into space” The second woman is saying “Oh dear, wisdom has been at his heels for decades” The third woman is saying “Well, it’s never going to catch him now!” The caption says ‘More adventures tomorrow’ The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames

#FanningTheFlames is launching Simon Wessely into space on a personal odyssey to find the source of the ‘illness beliefs’ which he’s convinced float around in the air+cause #ME
Join him on his predictably futile expedition…which will include plenty of sarcasm, cultural theory and a bit of physics.

Yup 💙- I did that for 15yrs and out of it came textile art, #FanningTheFlames cartoons, and in the last year a new relationship. Definitely a better life than before 2009 - despite my having an energy limiting illness. #PutYourselfFirst

What are you writing? I find thatin the creative process I go through cycles of positive feelings and despair and the trick is to recognise they’re both phases and to just keep going until you get to the end. (I’m currently in the depressed/despair phase and not making #FanningTheFlames cartoons) 🤷‍♀️

When I’m not doing #FanningTheFlames I do textile art

Section of a hand stitched, hand-painted silk wall hanging.

Recently I’ve been focussing on graphic art in my #FanningTheFlames cartoons, but I also make textile art.

There is a picture of a man with glasses, an elaborate beard, a bow tie and a pipe The heading says “WARNING SIGNS of BPSM disease in doctors” The caption says - “this doctor is unlikely to be helpful” USEFUL RESPONSE - “I see you prefer bow ties to science”

#FanningTheFlames
@pausedME @PaulRKeeble @swastrosarah @CraftyMissB
@MEAdvocatesIre
@actionforme @MEFoggyDog @MEAssociation
#ChronicIllness #ChronicIllnessMemes #PEM
#ME #MEcfs #LC #POTS #MCAS #InvisibleIllness #Fibromyalgia #LymeDisease
#PostInfectiousIllness

You may - please keep the #FanningTheFlames logo in place though 😊💙

There is a cartoon image of a male doctor on the left and a grey looking woman on the right. The doctor is saying “why didn’t you come to see a doctor sooner?” The woman is replying “I’ve given up trying to predict which illnesses you’ll help me withstand which ones you’ll ignore”

Good message, thank you.

#FanningTheFlames
#MEcfs

In the cartoon there is a young man on the left and a woman on the right. The man is looking slightly taken aback. The woman has her hand and arm out in a ‘stop’ sign and is creating a visible barrier between them. He is saying “Everyone knows you’re pretending to be ill, we read it in the newspapers etc etc blah blah…” The woman is saying “yeah, we talked about you - we’re not impressed by the idiot-followers of medical ignorance” The title says “When you’re targeted by an individual…” The caption says “remember you’re part of a group.” #IYKYK #ChronicIllness #ChronicIllnessMemes #WheelchairUsers #PEM #ME #MEcfs #LC #POTS #MCAS #InvisibleIllness #Fibromyalgia #LymeDisease #PostInfectiousIllness

Two skeletons are shaking hands and laughing. The one on the left is saying “What killed us was the prioritising of unsubstantiated philosophy over science” The skeleton on the right is saying “Let’s not forget the overlays of power, confirmation bias, and performative cruelty” At the bottom is a cartoon another skeleton is saying “It would have been nice to have been killed by kindness” The cartoon was made by #FanningTheFlames

There’s a drawing of a woman holding binoculars and beside her is a microscope and some test tubes. The title says- ‘Is there any evidence that medical prejudice against people with post-infectious illnesses is decreasing? The woman is saying “I see very little, and believe me I’ve looked!” The cartoon creator is a#FanningTheFlames

Hmmm - if you look at my cartoons (see below) #FanningTheFlames you will see I’m very critical of many things medical, and do a good line in rage against the world. However, I’m not prepared to live in negativity because despite my illness I want to be (and feel) alive and happy.

There is an image of a young woman on the floor. She is being crushed by the letters P.E.M. and she is saying “Ooof”

Yup - I spent last Saturday on a glorious afternoon out with friends - got away with it for nearly 4 days, and then wham! #FanningTheFlames
#pwME #MEcfs #ME

There's a festive image with holly and a background of semi-transparent branches with lights. At the top it says "hoping for a better 2025" In the middle are two line drawn people; a doctor and a patient. The doctor is saying "I'm sorry you've suffered so much, let's see what we can do to help you" The patient is standing there with a look of shock on her face. At the bottom it says "Have a Restive Festive"

This statistic sounds very close to the 25% of people with #ME who become chronically disabled and find it so hard to recover.

Thank you for posting this and best wishes for the festive season. Here’s my festive cartoon. #FanningTheFlames

That’s going to piss some people off. #FanningTheFlames

Heading - How well has the BPS model of #ME performed since that infamous 201 conference? First image - a woman is sitting in bed and there's a question "did the incidence of #ME decrease?" A wise cat replies "no one iota" Second Image - is a foot of a dead resin with a Ho toe rage that says #pwME. The caption asks "did the suffering, or number of deaths decrease? gisie The wise cat replies "no those increased too- it'S..' depressing isn't it" work fo of deaths decrease? patients from #ME Third Image - is of the COVID-19 virus. The no, but by caption says "Did the psychologising of #ME. prepare the world to cope with post-covid illness" #FanningTheFlan The wise cat replies "if you believe that you haven't got the gist of this have you?!" In the final box the wise cat is saying "the psychologising of #ME doesn't work for patients" Beneath that is a photo of Simon Wessely (the chief architect of the bio-psycho-social model of #ME and other post-infectious illnesses, he's replying "no, but by golly it worked pretty well for me.'

It’s disgraceful.Here’s my angry cartoon, #FanningTheFlames is laying the blame.

Image is of a ghostly woman reaching towards us. Title says - Our wasted qualifications, skills, opportunities and lives are tragic, but the REAL HORROR lies in dying from medical ignorance. At the bottom it says - #ME #LongCovid There is no mercy in the BPS model of post-infectious illness.

Today’s cartoon from #FanningTheFlames

Image is of a ghostly woman reaching towards us. Title says - Our wasted qualifications, skills, opportunities and lives are tragic, but the REAL HORROR lies in dying from medical ignorance. At the bottom it says - #ME #LongCovid There is no mercy in the BPS model of post-infectious illness.

Thanks @rorystewart - what a thoughtful and kind man

This week’s cartoon from #FanningTheFlames draws attention to the plight of truly sick people being victimised by the inappropriate application of the BPS model to post infectious illnesses
#mecfs #LC
#AufgebenIstKeineOption
@GeorgeMonbiot

A ghostly woman’s outline reaches forward. The caption says “Our wasted qualifications, skills, opportunities and lives are tragic, but the real horror lies in dying from medical ignorance” At the bottom of the picture it says- “#ME #LongCovid, There is no mercy in the BPS model of post-infectious illness”

After a week of a familiar exhausted silence, here’s the new cartoon from #FanningTheFlames

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Real life re-enactment of me going from 0 to 3 stars instantly in GTA.

#firewalkersofig #firewalkwithme🔥 #fanningtheflames

Title - #FanningTheFlames Image - a smug man is talking to a feisty woman. The smug man is saying “now them ladies, these so-called women’s illnesses* are not an excuse for lying around, putting on weight, or avoiding exercise if you have PEM

Here’s your personal
copy of today’s dose of anger from #FanningTheFlames -
(definitely also directed towards that man at the @meassociation.bsky.social)

Title - #FanningTheFlames Image - a smug man is talking to a feisty woman. The smug man is saying - “now then ladies, these so-called women’s illnesses* are not an excuse for lying around, putting on weight, or avoiding exercise (even if you have PEM) The feisty woman is saying - “Want to try that again boys; this time with some science and without the prejudice? At the bottom the * says ‘menopause, HG, fibroids, endometriosis, lupus, ME, long covid, MS, UTI (other illnesses exist and may also be affected by male prejudice)

Today #FanningTheFlames is angry about men telling women to ‘buck up’. @chronicillness.bsky.social #ME #LC #endometriosis #HG #Lupus #PEM #UTI #MS @MEassociation