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Black Swan and the Horror of Perfectionism

Stuff Mom Never Told You
Stuff Mom Never Told You
Episode • Oct 20, 2021 • 44m

What's the cost of being perfect? Of losing yourself in the name of performance? Why do we applaud women's pain? The film Black Swan sets the stage for a conversation around the line between art and life, toxic mother-daughter relationships, mental health, symbolism, doppelgangers, ageism, orgasms, and the dangers of perfectionism. 

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