Practicing what they
preach & teach:

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 each year,
Dr. Galician determines the recipients of the 26 awards
and writes each citation explaining the reason each portrayal earned its award.

The Annual Awards Archives contains the complete listings
of all previous award recipients, along with Dr. FUN's video announcements.

18TH ANNUAL AWARDS™
announced on Valentine’s Day 2020
(for 2019 portrayals)

NEW FOR 2020: SPECIAL "WINNER-TAKE-ALL" FORMAT!

Popular rom-com spoof "ISN'T IT ROMANTIC" wins
Dr. FUN's Realistic Romance© Grand Prize™

First-ever honoree to address all 12 Myths and stereotypes
of Dr. FUN's Mass Media Love Quiz©
AND ALSO
debunk each Myth/stereotype by demonstrating the wisdom of wiser strategies encapsulated as the antidotal 12 Dr. Galician's Prescriptions (Rxs)

First-ever sole recipient of each of the 12 individual Stupid Cupid Awards™
and each of the 12 individual Realistic Romance© Awards™

Overall Dr. FUN's Stupidest Cupid Award™ not awarded this year

NEWS RELEASE & COMPLETE LISTING OF ALL 26 AWARDS
WITH THEIR CITATIONS (REASON FOR THE AWARD)

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 over-all 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.

Realistic Romance® (and all material pertaining thereto) is a Registered Trademark/Servicemark.
Any and all other material herein is protected by Copyright © 1995–2020 by Dr. Mary-Lou Galician. All Rights Reserved.

18TH ANNUAL AWARDS™ announced on Valentine’s Day 2020 (for 2019 portrayals)

18TH ANNUAL AWARDS™
announced on Valentine’s Day 2020
(for 2019 portrayals)