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Dr. Mary-Lou Galician and her husband Dr. David Natharius share a kiss at their 1998 airport wedding — a media event — before their trans-atlantic flight to lead a group in London & Paris. (Read the newspaper story about the wedding.)

Dr. FUN’s
Stupid Cupid & Realistic Romance® Awards™
for the past year's worst and best mass media portrayals
of sex, love, and romance

ANNOUNCED EACH YEAR ON VALENTINE'S DAY
by
Dr. Mary-Lou Galician
(The Original "Dr. FUN")

Based on YOUR nominations,
my Awards Panel of Judges and I selected the recipients
in the 26 categories of these annual awards.

7TH ANNUAL AWARDS
announced on Valentine's Day 2009
(for 2008 portrayals)

Sex and the City: The Movie gets the overall Stupidest Cupid Award™;

Definitely, Maybe wins the Realistic Romance® Grand Prize™;

24 other awards go to popular films, TV shows, songs, and major magazines

NEWS RELEASE & COMPLETE LISTING OF RECIPIENTS

DR. FUN'S VALENTINE'S DAY MESSAGE ABOUT THE AWARDS

There are 12 Stupid Cupid Awards™ and 12 Realistic Romance® Awards™.

For each of the 12 myths and stereotypes of my Dr. FUN's Mass Media Love Quiz©, we give a Stupid Cupid Award™ to the media portrayal that most illustrates and perpetuates that unhealthy and harmful myth or stereotype.

For each of my 12 Dr. Galician's Prescriptions© (Rxs), we give a Realistic Romance® Award™ for the portrayal that best illustrates and models the strategy for successful, healthy relationships summarized by that Rx.

And we make two overall awards.

The Stupidest Cupid Award™ goes to the portrayal that perpetuated the most myths and stereotypes, and the Realistic Romance® Grand Prize™ honors the portrayal with the most Rxs.

For a complete listing of the Valentine's Day recipients for the previous years in all 26 categories

with the citations of the reasons they won
— and to read news releases and watch videos of "Dr. FUN" discussing her annual Awards:

VISIT
The Archives of Dr. FUN’s Stupid Cupid & Realistic Romance® Awards™.

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Rx © 2000, 2001 by Dr. Mary-Lou Galician. All Rights Reserved.
Awards © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Dr. Mary-Lou Galician. All Rights Reserved.

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7TH ANNUAL AWARDS announced on Valentine's Day 2009 (for 2008 portrayals)

7TH ANNUAL AWARDS
announced on Valentine's Day 2009
(for 2008 portrayals)