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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 6 Peggy & I'll Do It My Way

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 6
Peggy & “I’ll Do It My Way…”

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Doing it her way has never been easy for Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss). For subtle but understandable reasons to me as a psychoanalyst, Peggy needs Don and yet hates herself (and him) for it. She’s just not as self-assured as she thinks she should be. Then, again, neither is Don Draper (Jon Hamm). They share this. …

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Peggy & “I’ll Do It My Way…”
MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 5 Megan in Control

MAD MEN SEASON 7 EPISODE 5 
Megan in Control…? Hmmm…

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Jealousy can do it. In Mad Men Season 7 Episode 5 Megan (Jessica Paré ) is taking matters into her own hands. It’s now tit for tat. She’s decided if she’s going to be with Don (Jon Hamm), she’ll be the one with the power. She’s done with being pushed aside and left out. In …

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MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 5 What's In A Nipple?

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 5
What’s In A Nipple?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Could there be a more gruesomely horrifying image in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 5 than Ginsberg (Ben Feldman) presenting his severed and bloodied nipple in a box as a gift to Peggy? As the paramedics are carting him off, he yells: “Get out while you can!” What’s gotten into Ginsberg? The new computer isn’t what’s really …

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What’s In A Nipple?
MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 4 Why are your here Don Droper?

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 4
Why Are You Here, Don Draper?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The ’60s were the era of redefining what tells us who we are. The country was at war in more ways than Vietnam. Women fought stereotypes at home and in the workplace. The Black Panther movement empowered marginalized citizens. This country’s cultural revolution was a sign of just how much oppressive status quos would be …

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Why Are You Here, Don Draper?
MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3 About Those Gumdrops

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 3
About Those Gumdrops…

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

It could have been the perfect day in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 3. For the first time in his young life, Bobby has his mom along for a field trip and he couldn’t be more excited.  It’s all going so well, too. “Me and my mom are having a conversation,” Bobby tells his teacher …

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Mad Men Season 7 Episode 5 No More Good Girl

MAD MEN Season 7 Episode 5
No More Good Girl…?

August 2, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Betty Draper Francis (January Jones) finally takes a stand in Mad Men Season 7 Episode 5 – and weren’t we all cheering? It’s 1969, after all, and the Women’s Movement is in full swing. Betty’s finally sick and tired of living under society’s expectations (not to mention her mother’s) about just what kind of woman …

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No More Good Girl…?
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