obsessed

obsessed

society + culture

Obsessed: Elisabeth Finch Lied About Having Cancer and We Watched It On Grey’s Anatomy

TV writer Elisabeth Finch is the latest human exposed for lying about being sick and suffering assorted traumas — but she’s not the first. More on Finch’s story and others like…

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May 6, 2022

amazon prime video

documentaries

culture

Obsessed: Twin Flames Universe, a New Age Cult With a Surprising and Insidious Approach To Turning Gay People Straight

Two documentaries about the Twin Flames Universe exposes a psuedo-spiritual cult that emotionally abuses and financially exploits its followers who are simply looking for love. Underneath their alleged LGBTQ+ acceptance,…

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Nov 18, 2023

horror

Horror Is So Gay

movie features

Obsessed: How “Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” Ruined Its Gay Lead’s Life

“Looking back, it was so gay. It was amazing….all I can say was, we were all incredibly naive. Or, all incredibly latently gay. I’m not sure which.”

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Oct 27, 2023

obsessed

sports

Obsessed: The Manti Te’o Documentary Reveals That Nobody Handled It Well

Netflix’s new Manti Te’o documentary casts a different light on the “hoax” surrounding the football player’s fake online girlfriend and my lord is there a lot to unpack here!

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Aug 19, 2022

obsessed

music

Obsessed: Woodstock ’99’s Fire Fest of White Boys Mad About Stuff

A new Netflix documentary looks at the infamous Woodstock 99 festival, a weekend of bathing in sewage, crowd-surfing with Fred Durst, throwing bottles of urine at Carson Daly, $4 waters,…

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Aug 12, 2022

obsessed

true crime

society + culture

Obsessed: The Stayner Family’s Real American Horror Story

Hulu’s “Captive Audience” is one of the most intense crime stories I’ve ever heard, and it starts with the kidnapping of a seven-year-old boy and ends with a serial killer…

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Jul 15, 2022

obsessed

spiritual practices

health

Obsessed: Spiritual Guru and Alleged Arcturian Alien Teal Swan

Culty spiritual leader and self-proclaimed genius healer Teal Swan is the subject of Hulu’s “The Deep End,” Gizmodo’s “The Gateway,” and also my nightmares

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Jun 10, 2022

amber heard

mental health

society + culture

Obsessed, Everyone: The Celebrity Defamation Trial

It’s been impossible to avoid news of the Amber Heard / Johnny Depp trial, and its verdict isn’t sitting so well.

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Jun 3, 2022

obsessed

true crime

society + culture

Obsessed: “The Staircase” and The Shoddy Science Of Blood Pattern Analysis

HBO’s “The Staircase” revisits the very Documented Michael Peterson true crime story and it’s time for us all to get into some blood pattern analysis content !

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May 20, 2022

90s nostalgia

obsessed

queer fashion

Obsessed: Abercrombie and Fitch’s Bleak “American Dream” and Its Very Bizarre Quarterly Magalog

Inspired by Netflix’s “White Hot: Abercrombie & Fitch,” a journey into the brand’s appalling history, the super-weird A&F Quarterly (and its lesbian wedding!), the Look Policy handbook, an apparent comeback…

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Apr 22, 2022

obsessed

health

Obsessed: Elizabeth Holmes, Founder of Theranos and Noted Rich Liar

Welcome to the first edition of Obsessed, in which I provide you a reading list / media consumption list that speaks to my primary hobby: doing obsessive amounts of research…

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Apr 15, 2022