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Whitney Cummings on Freezing her Eggs, One Year of Celibacy, and Addiction

Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen

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How to Cope With Shame in a Family System

"I dated exclusively, you know, drug addicts, alcoholics, violent people," she says. "You're only sick as the secrets you keep and I can't fuck with anyone that doesn't tell the truth" In an alcoholic family system, look at the things your family jokes about: "It's not funny." The way that they cope with their shame is to make jokes about it.

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