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How a psychologist thinks about your favorite Film & TV characters.

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girl power

Period. End of Sentence. Rise and Fly Out Of Shame.

PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.
Oakwood School’s Pad Project
Rise & Fly Out Of Shame!

March 5, 2019 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

A sentence to shame is worse than having no sanitary pads month after month. Period. End Of Sentence. This film, 2019 Oscar Winner for Best Short Documentary, shows us clearly that you can’t do much as a girl in rural India if you’re bleeding. But, not only that. When old superstitions and taboos about menstruation …

Read morePERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.
Oakwood School’s Pad Project
Rise & Fly Out Of Shame!

Inspiration

“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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