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Thanks for the rec cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #1
Did you ever see the film the Magdalen Sisters? BainsBane Jan 2014 #2
Yes, saw it. It's hard to watch but excellent. JNelson6563 Jan 2014 #5
I didn't see it yet. It disappeared before I got around to it. CTyankee Jan 2014 #9
see if your library can get it for you niyad Jan 2014 #20
it wasn't just one convent--it was all across england and ireland, and even here in the US niyad Jan 2014 #25
I've seen it..... and it's a great movie! rdharma Jan 2014 #30
Did you mean Steve Coogan dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #3
yes, sorry, I need more coffee this a.m. CTyankee Jan 2014 #7
L O V E him! Especially in Hamlet II PassingFair Jan 2014 #37
Does the film speak of the government's role in the laundries?n/t TexasProgresive Jan 2014 #4
no, that was missing. Perhaps the original story that the journalist wrote does... CTyankee Jan 2014 #10
Here's a snip and link from Feb 2013 TexasProgresive Jan 2014 #21
You want anger? See 12 Years a Slave. Auggie Jan 2014 #6
Exactly! Ugly, open, cruel, heartless all apply to both here! CTyankee Jan 2014 #8
My son told that yesterday. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #11
Same here. It'll stick with me for a long time, Auggie Jan 2014 #13
I am angry for what the patriarchy has done, and continues to do, to women. and I am angry niyad Jan 2014 #23
It's all heinous, whether ideological, for-profit or ego. Auggie Jan 2014 #28
Steve Coogan is the actor. Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #12
His performance, along with Dench's, show how well the Brits do this. CTyankee Jan 2014 #15
I love Alan Partridge! If you have Netflix,check out sufrommich Jan 2014 #39
I had a friend who lived it. 1965, 6 months in the "home for unwed mothers" run by nuns. mountain grammy Jan 2014 #14
I worked with a social worker at a women's clinic here in New Haven back in the CTyankee Jan 2014 #16
Joni Mitchell wrote a song about this solara Jan 2014 #17
Thank you so much for sharing that. mountain grammy Jan 2014 #18
I was very happy that I was able to post it solara Jan 2014 #24
+1 glinda Jan 2014 #31
Wow. Thanks for this,never heard of it before. nt sufrommich Jan 2014 #40
still waiting for francis to apologize for the horror of the magdalen laundries, and offer some sort niyad Jan 2014 #19
He would but he's too busy with important stuff like looking humble. Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #22
for those of you with truly strong stomachs (and LOTS of caffeine): the myths of the magdalene niyad Jan 2014 #26
OH, there was a grave scene in the movie that was devastating. The journalist wanders around CTyankee Jan 2014 #32
Bill Donohue is one guy I wouldn't mind seeing fed to a woodchipper... nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #38
the only trouble with your idea is that there is no way I would use that obscenity for mulch. would niyad Jan 2014 #42
Didn't say it had to be *your* woodchipper... nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #43
no, you didn't. I was just thinking that one really could not do anything with that mulch. niyad Jan 2014 #45
Give it to a neighbor they hate? I dunno... nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #46
There were plenty of horror stories right here in the U.S. as well PatSeg Jan 2014 #27
And there are people in this country (even women) who literally want to go back to that. nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #47
True PatSeg Jan 2014 #48
Right-wing Christians really do see women as disposable. Even as a 14-year-old boy I knew this nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #49
I don't know why I never thought of that, PatSeg Jan 2014 #50
And once you realize that, you pretty much know there's no negotiating with these freaks. nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #51
Hey Pope Francis DonCoquixote Jan 2014 #29
that was the infuriating part of this movie, where the nuns are still covering up 50 years later but CTyankee Jan 2014 #33
+2 nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #44
There was a documentary on the Magdalene Laundries shown on US TV Years ago marew Jan 2014 #34
I have a hard time sitting through those kind of movies ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #35
I was not prepared for the brutality, based on the ads for the movie. CTyankee Jan 2014 #36
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm reading this sufrommich Jan 2014 #41
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