Book Review: The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation
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REVIEW: The Mixed Messages of “Maid”—New Netflix Series Addresses Domestic Abuse, Poverty, and Social Work
Maid, an October 2021 release on Netflix, provides an opportunity to learn about domestic abuse, poverty, and social work. However, the series is not representative of all the complexities social workers see in real life. Read more
Book Review: Unglued: A Bipolar Love Story
The New Social Worker book review of Unglued: A Bipolar Love Story. Read more
Book Review: Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
The New Social Worker book review of Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. Read more
Book Review: Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty
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Series Review: Mare of Easttown
Mare of Easttown - Two Love Letters and a Serious Omission. SaraKay Smullens provides commentary on the popular HBO series Mare of Easttown. Read more
Pieces of A Woman: Exploring the Birth and Death of a Longed-For Child
Review of the film, Pieces of a Woman. SaraKay Smullens reviews from a social work point of view. Read more
Book Review: Practicing Forgiveness: A Path Toward Healing
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Body Brokers: An Out-of-Control Perversion of The Affordable Care Act
Body Brokers is an unsettling film that reveals abuses that began to occur after the Affordable Care Act was signed in 2008, requiring every healthcare provider to cover treatment for substance use disorders. Read more
Promising Young Woman: An Unsettling, “Must See” Social Work Exploration
Promising Young Woman is not a film that our clients (or we) can turn to for direction in healing loss or trauma. Nor is it meant to be. Rather, it confronts myriad issues that social workers face ourselves and with our clients day in and day out. Read more
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