CW/TW: We’re covering Catch and Kill, a book that goes into detail about the allegations made against disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein. These allegations involve sexual assault, including rape. If you think this subject may elicit a harmful emotional response within you — please don’t listen. Take care of yourself. ♡ Catch and Kill is the story of how big media and Hollywood worked together to protect a disease while simultaneously silencing victims. It unveils, in detail, what one group of reporters did to bring down the system, and it names those who stood in their way. Before reviewing Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow, we provide some practical tips on what to do if you’re ever sexually harassed at work...

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Have you ever had to cut someone out of your life? No phone calls, texts, and your friends know not to invite both of you to the same event? Why do we feel the need to extract certain people out of our lives? Is cutting people off healthy? Or is it immature? What if the toxic person is a member of our family? This week, our theme is inspired by Educated, a memoir by Tara Westover. Tara didn’t have a birth certificate until she was nine years old and she didn’t see her first classroom until the age of 17. It’s like The Village by M. Night Shyamalan, but interesting. A showdown eventually forces Tara to choose between a life without her family or most certain death by their hands. We’re not exaggerating. It got real, real quick.

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