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all's unfair in love - by john d. zhang - ordinary instants

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kill the cop inside your heart

A still from Éric Rohmer’s 1970 film Le genou de Claire (translated unstylishly as Claire’s Knee). I have not seen it, but Becca Rothfeld praises its depiction of romance in her excellent new essay collection, All Things Are Too Small. In an interview about intimate partner violence with physician and media commentator Dr. Kevin Pho, psychiatry resident Dr. Chloe Lee recalls a female patient who had reported relationship abuse. This patient was both physically attacked and socially isolated by her partner. In the episode, Lee admits to doing what we fear all physicians do upon being…

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