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Film Review: "Obsession" Explores the Horror of Love Overgained
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (139+ words) Posted June 4, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk So we settle for its poor cousin: drama. Intense drama. Because it makes us feel alive. Romantic fantasy is so seductive because it speaks directly to childhood hunger. Children crave unconditional love, and once…...
Why You're More Attractive When You Put Down Your Phone
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (182+ words) Updated June 4, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma People who score high in warmth are perceived as friendly and sincere, and people evaluated as having a high level of competence are viewed as intelligent and capable. The person who phubs demonstrates disengagement;…...
Is It a Ghost You're Sensing, or Just the Plumbing?
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (546+ words) Psychology Today Is It a Ghost You're Sensing, or Just the Plumbing? It may be infrasound rather than a spirit that's raising the hairs on your neck. Updated June 4, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma - People often cite an "uneasy feeling" as…...
"Obsession": Film Review
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (139+ words) Posted June 4, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk So we settle for its poor cousin: drama. Intense drama. Because it makes us feel alive. Romantic fantasy is so seductive because it speaks directly to childhood hunger. Children crave unconditional love, and once…...
The Secret Psychology of Nostalgia
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (588+ words) Updated June 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Hara Estroff Marano I've been kicking this feeling over for weeks, partly because I keep seeing versions of it everywhere. The internet has decided that 2026 is the new 2016. There's even a full Wikipedia page devoted to…...
The Pitt and the "Perfect Swarm" of Teamwork
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (587+ words) Posted June 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Like more than fifteen million others, I've consistently tuned in to episodes of the televised medical thriller, The Pitt, where across little and large events, the drama literally turns on trauma. The hyper-realistic series…...
Backrooms: Film Review
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (521+ words) Psychology Today What happens when someone experiences their own unconscious? Posted June 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk - The definition of hell: On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet who you could have become. - Jacques Lacan's "subjective…...
What Slips of the Tongue Reveal About the Mind
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (615+ words) Updated June 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley During a recent episode of The View, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin was discussing Donald Trump Jr. s wedding when she accidentally referred to it as a "funeral." Realizing the mistake, she quickly corrected herself,…...
Are You Still Using a Mid-20th Century Career Framework?
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (646+ words) Posted June 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Hara Estroff Marano What comes to mind when you think of Henry David Thoreau? Thanks to Ken Lizotte's book Walden for Hire (2026), we will make the case that this 19th Century poet from Concord, Massachusetts, is a…...
Lean Into Your Imposter Syndrome
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (216+ words) Posted May 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader To C. M. - a reminder. On the one hand, it would seem, we are desperate to believe that there are people out there who know what they are doing. On the other, we refuse to believe…...