Nicolaia Rips debates the pros and cons of unprocessed obsession.
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Essay
Reality vs. Fiction
Story Editor Zoe Allen discusses the ever expanding inability to discern the authenticity of romance among public figures.
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Connecting the Dots: How My Celebrity Obsession Turned into Dating the Unavailable
Chandra Johnson comes to terms with how her formative, adolescent crushes turned into real world dating repercussions.
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Is Fan Fiction a Cultural Climax or Just Fangirl Crack?
Writer Olivia Ferrucci analyzes what most of us have either proudly–or not so proudly–indulged in: fan fiction.
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You Should Be Dancing: A Defense of Disco
Managing Editor Zoe Yu Gilligan writes about her love of disco, its political history, and why we should all be dancing.
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We’re all going to die anyways
Managing Editor Zoe Yu Gilligan contemplates death, astrology, New York City traffic, and why everything is going to be just fine.
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Theories of the Kardashians
Writer and Admin of the @kardashian_kolloquium Instagram account theorizes the cultural obsession surrounding the Kardashians.
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Obsession: Editor’s Letter
Crybaby’s editor-in-chief introduces the Obsession issue in this editor’s letter.
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Revisiting “Paris is Burning”
Story by Zoe Yu Gilligan In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Film Forum in New York City and Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles have been screening Jennie Livingston’s “Paris is Burning”, a 1990 landmark documentary about the city’s “Golden Age” of ball culture in its last years. It won the…
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I’m Ready to Talk Whenever You Are
Story Editor Zoe Allen shares her reality of being in a long term, long distance relationship in an age of technology.
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