The pop culture that made us feel less ashamed

Welcome to No Shame November! This week we’re diving into the pop culture we love that society tells us we shouldn’t.

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Shame tends to be an isolating feeling. It convinces you that you’re repulsively strange or incorrigibly flawed, that no one else could possibly understand you or even want to. Worse, it has a way of feeding into itself, making it impossible to even consider reaching out to someone who might get it. 

Still, sometimes, someone manages to reach out to you even in the middle of all that turmoil. And sometimes, that someone is pop culture.

It might be a movie that reflects your anxieties back at you, reassuring you that others have been there before. Or a show that encourages you to open yourself up to the world, risky as it might be. Maybe it’s just someone reminding you to be true to yourself, and who cares what anyone else thinks. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | The pop culture that made us feel less ashamed