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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli review a heady brew of gossip, glamour and defiance

Liza Minnelli's memoir reveals how childhood trauma from her mother Judy Garland's mental illness and addiction shaped her own struggles with substance abuse and her journey toward recovery.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 days ago

Tennessee Williams' first hit glimmers at Lakewood Center for the Arts * Oregon ArtsWatch

Lakewood Center for the Arts' production of The Glass Menagerie faithfully adapts Williams' 80-year-old semi-autobiographical play about an emotionally repressed Southern family struggling with communication and social decline.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says the generation that survived the most hardship is also the least equipped to talk about it - and their children are paying the therapy bills for that silence - Silicon Canals

Unprocessed trauma from the Greatest Generation created intergenerational emotional wounds passed through silence rather than communication, requiring descendants to seek therapy to break the cycle.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Rosebush Pruning review dysfunctional rich family move in strange circles

A satirical film portrays a wealthy, dysfunctional plutocrat family whose abusive, infantilized dynamics expose capitalism and patriarchy, but the execution feels heavy-handed despite strong performances.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Nightborn review Rupert Grint bringing up a monster baby

And now she has given these ideas a retread with this programmatic and unsubtly acted film, a scary movie about a monstrous newborn that is very much less interesting and original than Hatching; the paganism is cliched and the element of black comedy so often the alibi for not being scary in films like this is really not all that funny.
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Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash review clever comedy for our conspiracy theory age

Tenderness combined with sharp satire provides a successful comic response to contemporary apocalyptic anxiety.
Relationships
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

When Adult Children Like Brooklyn Beckham Speak About Toxic Parents, We Should Listen

Adult survivors often delay speaking about familial abuse due to fear, shame, confusion, and social expectations, and need belief and compassionate support when they disclose.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

A Debut Novel About the Quest for Eternal Youth

The boundary between responsible adult and dependent child has frayed as caregivers flail through midlife while youth confront a crumbling, dishonest world.
Relationships
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

My Parents Hid A Dark Secret While Preaching Purity That Nearly Destroyed Our Family

Strict parental religious beliefs and controlling behavior caused avoidance of birth control, leading to unplanned, unprotected first intercourse amid family dysfunction.
Psychology
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

4 signs you might be the family scapegoat - and how it ties into all your relationships

One family member often becomes the scapegoat, blamed for broader family dysfunction and burdened as the black sheep for not fitting family norms.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

My Husband Is Careful Not to Fall Into the Same Dark Traps His Father Did. But He's Taken It Too Far.

A partner provides financial support but consistently neglects daily household and childcare responsibilities, creating imbalance, resentment, and financial strain.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

3 Life Moments That Reveal Family Dysfunction

Major life transitions—college, romantic relationships, and parenthood—often reveal family dysfunction and prompt adult children to reassess boundaries and change behavior.
fromVulture
4 months ago

The Morning Show Recap: Parenting Techniques For Dummies

In case you forgot, you can be in your 50s and your parents can still fuck you up real good. The youths don't have a lock on that, okay? It's a shame that Alex and Cory have such a distaste for one another at the moment because both of their parents are psychotic in their own special ways, but psychotic nonetheless, and those two would have a lot to share after the events of "The Parent Trap."
Television
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Adult Children and the Pressure to Be Perfect

Adult children of dysfunctional families often develop perfectionism as a survival strategy, causing anxiety, burnout, poor boundaries, and difficulty trusting and asserting themselves.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

No Other Choice review sensational state-of-the-nation satire from Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook's film blends black comedy and social critique to examine family dysfunction, fragile masculinity, job loss, and national economic anxiety.
fromThe Nation
6 months ago

Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Remakes the Family Drama

He'd been shooting large-format prints of lakes in Ontario, he explains, and was trying to capture the mist that rises off their mirrored surface at dawn. "It was really the fog that interested me-much more than the lakes," he says. "The right combination of fog and morning light and the lake reflecting it all was somehow very spooky and serene at the same time."
Arts
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

3 Ways Black Sheep Break the Cycle of Dysfunction

In dysfunctional or abusive families, fixed family roles sustain dysfunction, allowing those with power to externalize blame onto a scapegoat, often a black sheep.
Relationships
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

I was too good': Sharon Stone on stardom, family secrets, sexual abuse and her comeback after a stroke

Sharon Stone openly addresses her mother's abusive behavior and their complicated relationship after her recent passing.
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