Over five seasons, Orphan Black earned a massive fan base.  Message boards, a Wiki, and individual fan sites have hosted discussion after discussion.  We can’t get enough of the show’s star, Tatiana Maslany, a powerhouse deserving every accolade laid at her feet.  However, Orphan Black hasn’t achieved monolithic status like Star Wars, Star Trek, or […]

While a psychology major at San Jose State during the mid-1980s, I interacted with a group studying psychopathology under Sheila Bienenfeld, a professor famous for using biographies of noted writers to teach diagnostic methodology.  Here assigned selections included Louise DeSalvo’s Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work and Diane […]