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TV and the evolving portrayal of personal journeys

April 2, 2015

Walter means well by cooking crystal meth to cover his cancer treatment costs in order to support his family. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

“I’ll never give up.” “I won’t stop until I reach the top”. “Once I get that job my life will be set.” These statements resemble our culture’s current obsession with the personal journey, that which sees someone rise from a…

Off the clock: The effects of emotionally draining jobs

November 6, 2014

Some people choose to have emotionally draining jobs so that they can help others. Art by Neha Sekhon

“You never know when you answer the phone if someone is going to die. If you don’t pick it up quick enough, are they going to kill themselves?” Debbie Matthews, 55, struggled sporadically throughout her 33-year career as a 911…