Word: oprah
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...sexually abused by both her parents as a child. "It's the secret that's been killing me my whole life," Arnold, 38, says. "I feel like screaming; I feel like running; I struggle hard not to forget again." She follows several other prominent people, including talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and former Miss America Marilyn Van Derbur, in telling stories of childhood abuse. And for every celebrity who has gone public, thousands of ordinary people have found the courage to confront their own pain, tell others about it and seek help...
...find themselves playing catch-up with their Protestant soul mates). Their arguments over sex are complicated by the fact that the Vatican, the ultimate source of authority in their church, is not known for taking its cues on matters of discipline from Gallup polls or what it hears on Oprah. Or from Protestants...
...passing from father to son. And with it went the masculine identity, the meaning and energy of a man's life, which should be an adventure, an allegory, a quest. Bly, with some validating help on television from Bill Moyers, has brought the masculine psyche onto the stage of Oprah- consciousness. There it is either enjoying its 15 minutes of fame or remaking Americans' understanding of men, and therefore of men and women and of life itself...
COVER TO COVER (NBC, debuting July 29, 11 a.m. EDT on most stations). This new magazine show targeted to women, with hosts Gayle King and Robin Wagner, will spotlight stories on such topics as fashion, health and parenting. The ones, presumably, that Oprah and Good Morning America have missed...
Trendsetting baby boomers meanwhile are growing older and confronting more pressing worries, such as holding on to their jobs and rearing their children. Besides, if they haven't achieved physical perfection by now, they recognize that they probably never will. And then there is Oprah Winfrey. Her public tribulations in the course of losing and then regaining weight have taught Americans perhaps the most salutary lesson of all. If Oprah can say "I'm learning not to judge myself because of weight," why can't they...