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UnREAL Bullying Woman & The Bully In Your Head

UnREAL
Bullying Women &
The Bully In Your Head

October 27, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

October 2015 is Bullying Prevention Month: Defeat The Bully In Your Head Lifetime TV UnREAL’s Rachel Goldberg (Shiri Appleby) and Quinn King (Constance Zimmer) are the quintessential bullies. They use, torment, humiliate, tear down, and pit their reality show’s women contestants against each other for a chance at Everlasting love. Love is the key word here. …

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Bullying Women &
The Bully In Your Head
Orange Is The New Black Stinky Panties Murder & More Women Robbed of Power

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Stinky Panties, Murder & More
Women Robbed Of Power

July 14, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The women of Litchfield Prison in Orange Is The New Black were robbed of their power long before they got there. Piper, with her courtyard pulpit plea for self-respect in Season 3 of OITNB, is the new inspirational speaker on women’s empowerment. Granted, she’s got a lot to gain monetarily from convincing her fellow inmates …

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Stinky Panties, Murder & More
Women Robbed Of Power
Wayward Pines Paranoia Is Reasonable When You're Lied To & Controlled

WAYWARD PINES
If You’re Lied To & Controlled
Paranoia Is Reasonable

July 5, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

No one in Wayward Pines has any independence at all. And, ironically, it happens to be Independence Day. Yet, what do you do with that? Be paranoid? Maybe. Because when you’re being controlled, it makes sense to be paranoid. Especially in Wayward Pines, where you live in a world made up of lies, secrets, and …

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If You’re Lied To & Controlled
Paranoia Is Reasonable

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Talking To Soso About Depression
Healy Gets It 100% Wrong

July 3, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Never stop a depressed person from talking. Healy gets it 100% wrong in Orange Is The New Black. Never say, “It’s all in your head.” It’s not. Or that no one wants to be around you because of your feelings. There are reasons for every depression. Including Soso’s, in Season 3 of Orange Is The …

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Talking To Soso About Depression
Healy Gets It 100% Wrong
Wayward Pines Arrogant People

WAYWARD PINES
Watch Out For Arrogant People

June 29, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The people of Wayward Pines can’t watch out now. It’s too late. But it’s important to distinguish between arrogant people and someone who wants to help. Arrogance gives you no Choices. Truly, there couldn’t be a more ironic title for Episode 6 of Wayward Pines. Because no one who ended up in Wayward Pines really …

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Watch Out For Arrogant People
Orange Is The New Black Piper Isn't Manipulative

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
“Manipulative” Isn’t Piper’s Story

June 23, 2015 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

“Manipulative” is a throwaway description that never tells the whole story. Piper may be manipulative, but really she’s desperate for love (and scared of it). Wily ways to get what she wants, even out and out lies, might seem the best way to go. Especially since openness doesn’t work so well with her mom and …

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“Manipulative” Isn’t Piper’s Story
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