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Personally, Toy Soldier tells the story of Alex Kersham, who faced a choice as a child.

Be killed or joined the killers.

His decision saved his life, but erased his identity.

Listen now.

A warning.

This segment contains references to sex and sexuality.

Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luceuce and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.

You know the phrase that you don't want to yuck someone's yum?

If you start with Orlock at a yuck by the end, you're like, I see what Ellen is getting into with this.

Speak for yourself, but okay.

It is the last week of Oscar season. And instead of talking about the glitz and the glamour, I want to get nasty, but not in the way you may be thinking.

My producer Alexis,

Hey.

Notice that some of our favorite films from the past year have been portraits of women battling

with what disgusts them most themselves their insecurities their desires their yearning

and how those feelings manifest in a society that's often hostile to women think about it

the substance nos feratu, even baby girl,

all feature women dealing with some type of self-loathing made real, whether that's through

a literal monster or an affair with a younger coworker. But I wanted to dig deeper. So I called

at Pop Culture Happy Hours Aisha Harris to help.

Hi.

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