Characters on the Couch
Film & Television Blog
by Dr. Sandra Cohen
DYING FOR SEX EPISODE 6 HAPPY HOLIDAYS: Making the Best of It (And Feeling Fear, Sadness, & Finally, Love …)
Molly makes the best of Stage 4 Metastatic cancer in Dying for Sex Episode 6, Happy Holidays. (Of course, the cannabis therapy doesn’t hurt, along with Nikki and Sonya, both high too (at least on celebrating Molly). Her life. Who she is. Partying it up to celebrate the fact she’s still alive, 1 year after…
DYING FOR SEX EPISODE 5 MY PET: Molly Lets Down Her Guard with Neighbor Guy (It’s Not Easy…)
Why is it sometimes preferable to have a pet? Dying for Sex Episode 5, My Pet, offers us a good example (as in Molly’s Barking Man/Pet). Pet doesn’t say you’re wrong, violate you, or tell your secrets (namely, Steve, Molly’s abuser, and her mom). Yes, it’s quite difficult for Molly to let her guard down.…
DYING FOR SEX EPISODE 4 TOPPING IS A SACRED SKILL: Molly Wants Power (& How She Gets Some…)
Dying for Sex Episode 4: Topping is a Sacred Skill reveals one thing you don’t have when you’re sexually abused as a child, and that’s: power. Your abuser has the power. You? You have no control. You’re scared, helpless, and you go away, go dead, shut down your desire, just like Molly did. If you’re…
