Three sentence movie reviews: Hysteria

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This movie is clever in that way that women–for most of history viewed as nothing more than chattel–have had to be clever in that it seems to be a story about a man inventing an ingenious device and finding success and love, but which also tells us the story of women lining up for a “treatment” that I suspect most of them knew did nothing for their diagnosis of hysteria, but was beneficial none the less. Great performances all around.   This is a light and funny film best taken with a glass of wine and some chocolate after a long hard day of being female.

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.

poster from IMP Awards

Last day at the North Portland Library

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My new 40-hour per week job means no more volunteering for Teen Lounge at the North Portland Library.  Today is my last day.  There were never many teens at teen lounge, but I did enjoy two solid hours each week to write these blog posts.  And I really enjoyed the setting.  The woodwork is beautiful, much darker in real life than in this picture.