Cruel voyeurism: why reality TV shows are inherently bad for contestants’ mental health
When I was 17, the women’s clothes store where I worked in Birmingham crowned me the all-time worst sales rep.…
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Unlicensed Drugs on the Rise: How Diazepam and Other Prescription Medications are Bought Online
On a subsection of the social media website Reddit, users swap “pill porn” pictures of prescription drugs they have acquired. Some show…
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Why Netflix’s To the Bone could be triggering
Jokes about how Emma Stone is “fat” are deeply misplaced and can simply move the goalposts for more vulnerable audiences
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How Fight Club explores psychology and mental illness
Dr Elizabeth Nelson of the Pacifica Graduate Institute in California explains how film can teach psychological concepts.
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