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I think its a contemptuous spin on that old pop-psychology staple of the toothed vagina.
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Dargis's desire to distance herself from pop-psychology is understandable; to simplify the film to the female perfectionist is doing the film a disservice.
Tiffany Tsai: Seduce Me: Female Bodies in Black Swan Tiffany Tsai 2011
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Before the therapists, before the counsellors, before the no-fault divorce laws, before advice columns, before "self-help" and pop-psychology, the down-times were considered the "for-worse" part of the marriage, and taken in stride.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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A minor quibble: Ferguson should not have included The Black Swan with his list of pop-psychology junk books.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010
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Dargis's desire to distance herself from pop-psychology is understandable; to simplify the film to the female perfectionist is doing the film a disservice.
Tiffany Tsai: Seduce Me: Female Bodies in Black Swan Tiffany Tsai 2011
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Before the therapists, before the counsellors, before the no-fault divorce laws, before advice columns, before "self-help" and pop-psychology, the down-times were considered the "for-worse" part of the marriage, and taken in stride.
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Dargis's desire to distance herself from pop-psychology is understandable; to simplify the film to the female perfectionist is doing the film a disservice.
Tiffany Tsai: Seduce Me: Female Bodies in Black Swan Tiffany Tsai 2011
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That detail alone is fodder for a season's worth of pop-psychology analysis.
Fashion takes a leading role in 'The Real Housewives' franchise 2010
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The pop-psychology de rigueur depiction of familial dysfunction where members act as arm chair psychologists and solve each others 'problems is America's cheapest form of mental health care (and will sadly remain so even if health care reform passes).
Catie Lazarus: A Review of The Cleveland Show : Hancock's Previous Episodes 2010
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There's another pop-psychology element to the delight as well, says Herek.
Left Wing: When Gay Bashers Are Gay, Why Do People Just Mock and Turn Away? 2010
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