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Shonda Rhimes How to Come Out The Other Side of Loneliness

SHONDA RHIMES
Coming Out The Other Side
Of Loneliness

March 17, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

In her Human Rights Campaign award speech on 3/14/15, Shonda Rhimes said that writing as a child saved her. I’m sure it did. Yet, I think her ability to create a world of people who served as placeholders until she could find her “people in the real world” is the most important thing. Shonda was …

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Coming Out The Other Side
Of Loneliness
AMERICAN CRIME What Makes Barb The Racist She Is?

AMERICAN CRIME
What’s Made Barb The Racist She Is?

March 14, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Racism is a symptom in American Crime – a troubling and destructive one, to be sure. But, like any symptom, it has its personal roots. As a psychoanalyst, my work is to find the roots of any symptom brought into my office. And, with the multi-storied American Crime unfolding each week, the roots of Matt’s …

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What’s Made Barb The Racist She Is?
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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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