Dale Margolin Cecka (’04), Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Family Violence Litigation Clinic at Albany Law School, published a commentary in Salon panning the recently released Blake Lively film, “It Ends With Us,” for perpetuating stereotypes that downplay abuse (“How ‘It Ends with Us’ Gets Domestic Violence Wrong,” Aug. 21). Using the review as “an opportunity to tell a more accurate story about domestic partner violence,” Dale explained that “it is not just physical, it is not random, and it is not a snap action or anger management issue.” Rather, it is “a pattern of premeditated behavior used as a tool to control an intimate partner” and often includes “economic abuse – like restricting access to bank accounts, being given a limited ‘allowance’ – and emotional abuse through insults, humiliation and fearmongering.” She also noted that the film’s “dreamy cinematography, quirky characters and cast’s deflecting and inappropriate talking points during the press tour gave me the illusion that I had watched a rom-com, not a drama.”