Subjectivity, Citizenship and Mental Health: UK Service User Perspectives

In a viral 2009 TED Talk entitled ‘ The danger of a single story ’ , Nigerian feminist author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said, ‘ How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they ’ re told, how many stories are told, are really dependent on power . . . Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person but to make it the de fi nitive story of that person. ’ 1