https://www.es-forum.com/Documentary-about-Electrosensitivity-tp4025000p4025018.html
The intention of the phrase "identify as electro-sensitive" was to not discourage people who haven't been medically diagnosed as electro-sensitive from sharing their stories. We wanted to be clear that we didn't need a doctor's opinion to verify that one's symptoms are real and that genuine discomfort is occurring.
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> The fact that she's already said "identify as electro-sensitive" says enough about the biases this documentary may have.
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> This is not about who a person is, but about having a medical condition.
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> --- In
[hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@> wrote:
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> > On April 15, giganticproductionstv <giganticproductionstv@> wrote:
> > > Hello everyone!
> > > My name is Casey and I'm working towards producing a national television
> > > documentary on people who identify as electro-sensitive.
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> > Hi Casey - while it's always nice to get more exposure about this topic to
> > the general public, you didn't indicate what (if any) bias you plan to have
> > for your documentary. I say this because I recently read an article on
> > "Slate" about EHS, and the author was obviously convinced (and
> > wanted to convince his readership) that people with EHS are simply
> > paranoid and imagining that EMF is causing their health problems.
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> > I don't think the people being interviewed for that article would have
> > been too happy if they knew the author was going to portray them
> > as "crazy".
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> > Marc
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