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They Just Don’t Get It: the Sexual Harassment/Inappropriateness Epidemic in Real Time

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Cheryl_McCourtie

When I really want to see a movie, I go to the screening first, and then read the reviews after. Recently I was stunned to see a line in a review of The Shape of Water by Dani Di Placido,Read the Rest »

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Not That Kind of Person: Black Women and Suicide

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Cheryl_McCourtie

In one of my favorite Superman movies, the superhero (played by the hunky Christopher Reeve) catches Lois Lane (the doe-eyed Margot Kidder) before she plunges stories to her death.  “You’ve got me,” Lois says, wild-eyed and incredulous, “you’ve got meRead the Rest »

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Is the Presidency of the United States an Unsuitable Job for a Woman?

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Cheryl_McCourtie

In the PBS TV series, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, the protagonist, Cordelia Gray, runs a detective agency solo after the death of her partner. A former secretary, she is wracked by self-doubt as she navigates her way throughRead the Rest »

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