A rose is a rose is a rose. And so is a magnolia… even the Steel Magnolias.
The 2012 remake of the movie Steel Magnolias that hit the silver screen 23 years ago aired worldwide on Sunday evening on Lifetime TV.
Like before, the film tells the story of a young woman from the South, Shelby, who is living with type 1 diabetes and dealing with the joys and stresses of being a newlywed. It’s basically a film…
Quick, name the movie!
“Drink your juice, Shelby!”
“Don’t talk about me like I’m not here!”
Those two lines are likely what’s burned into any PWD’s brain who saw… you guessed it! (if you read the post title)… the movie Steel Magnolias.
It’s the film in which Julia Roberts plays Shelby, a young woman with type 1 and dealing with family stresses in the U.S. South. There’s the famous scene in the beauty parlor, where…
Jennifer Dyer, MD, is an endocrinologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. In addition to all her hard work as a doctor, she also is passionate about consumer health communications and health media to improve health literacy. She also happens to be one of the few endos you can find using social media on a regular basis; you can follow her on Twitter…
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