"Women of color, poor and disabled women, and LGBTQ people face a host of specific challenges in their abusive relationships, which are seldom reflected on TV and film," writes @michellepolizzi.bsky.social in an analysis of coercive control in TV and film.

Can Coercive Control on TV Interrupt Real Cycles of Intimate Partner Violence?

Television transformed how I think about abuse in romantic relationships.

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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.