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They produce a magnificent chemistry that not only gives the audience full understanding of the love they exude for each other, but also a cathartic desire to be one of them.
‘FIREBIRD’ IS AN INSTANTLY CLASSIC LGBTQ LOVE STORYROB WATSONAUGUST 24, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
It’s true that high-intensity workouts can give you cathartic release through a rush of positive emotions and clarity.
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It’ll be really cathartic to get to play certain songs again.
JAPANESE BREAKFAST ISN’T THE ARTIST SHE USED TO BEALEXA LEEJUNE 4, 2021VOX
Perhaps disgust is cathartic to enjoy when there’s no real threat of contamination, just like it’s cathartic to feel the rush of heart-pounding thrillers or tragedies.
WHY WE LOVE TO BE GROSSED OUT - FACTS SO ROMANTICMARCO ALTAMIRANOAPRIL 22, 2021NAUTILUS
I also appreciated that Cassie’s death paid off one of the ideas that Promising Young Woman laid out early on, which is that her revenge was not going to be cathartic and sexy.
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN’S EXPLOSIVE ENDING AND BEST PICTURE CHANCES, EXPLAINEDEMILY VANDERWERFFAPRIL 16, 2021VOX
To do that kind of glossy version would have cheated me out of the really cathartic and healing experience that it was.
HOW CELEBRITY MEMOIRS GOT SO GOODCADY LANGAPRIL 13, 2021TIME
It was cathartic to hear them try and describe the guy, his life’s work, his day job at Saturday Night Live, and his magical series of projects pairing the strangest combinations of artists you could not even imagine.
GILLMOR GANG: DAYS GO BYSTEVE GILLMORAPRIL 9, 2021TECHCRUNCH
The book uses dark humor to examine family ties and expectations of motherhood, with the Booker judges calling it “utterly compelling … sometimes emotionally wrenching but also cathartic.”
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Regardless of what the humans of 2120 might make of the scraps of fabric that the people of 2020 found precious, the act of packing up the symbols of a crappy year can be cathartic.
THE THINGS THEY BURIED: MASKS, VIALS, SOCIAL-DISTANCING SIGNAGE — AND, OF COURSE, TOILET PAPERMAURA JUDKISMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST
For Havas, that took the form of weekly venting sessions called “Wednesday Whinge” — where team leaders could meet for a candid, cathartic rant with peers.
‘IT TOOK THE HEAT OUT OF PEOPLE’S SITUATIONS’: AGENCIES PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYEES’ KIDSJESSICA DAVIESMARCH 5, 2021DIGIDAY
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