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[izzyampil.bsky.social @izzyampil]

i wrote about david choe, whose casting in beef is a classic example of hollywood nepotism doing exactly what it's supposed to do: protect & enable predatory behavior from powerful people https://t.co/6OzQcGDKHD

[BuzzFeed Culture @reader]

"It’s impossible to separate the choice to cast Choe from the celebrity networks and Hollywood marketing tactics that delivered him into the role." https://t.co/k3iH5SijX7

[Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky @kattenbarge]

In the world of erotic hypnotism, the “Bambi Sleep” files have been used to brainwash women and nonbinary people, rendering them vulnerable to sexual assault and torture in a cult-like group of adherents. Unbelievably great reporting from @jesslucaswrites
https://t.co/asLi2MZFG6

[Jessica Lucas @jesslucaswrites]

The Bambi Sleep files— controversial hypnosis recordings designed to turn listeners into sex-obsessed "bimbos" —are popular online.

They may have been used to brainwash several people, who claim they faced months of abuse in a Bambi-themed cult. My latest https://t.co/UXrsFt4ui4

[BuzzFeed News @BuzzFeedNews]

The Bambi Sleep files, a collection of audio recordings designed to hypnotize people, promised to make listeners obedient and sex-obsessed. But some consider them to be unsafe. (Warning: This article contains descriptions of alleged sexual violence.) https://t.co/iIO6WsYXha

[BuzzFeed Culture @reader]

Made by an anonymous creator — whom no one has been able to identify as of yet — the Bambi Sleep files first appeared online in 2017. The collection of hypnosis recordings are designed to instill a “Bambi” persona in the minds of their listeners. https://t.co/dSc5iIGfAy

[BuzzFeed Culture @reader]

“The amount of ego-stroking and making myself smaller I’ve had to do so a boyfriend doesn’t get depressed or resentful or just mean about the fact that I earn more is stomach churning.” https://t.co/BEFbBn8Ves

[BuzzFeed Culture @reader]

"The pause on the live reunion only gave me a chance to reflect on our voyeuristic desire to spectate as people process deep joy and pain on an often humiliating journey of publicly searching for love."
https://t.co/SEGt1T3gXN

[Venessa Wong @venessawong]

My latest story is about wives who outearn their husbands. Among married couples in which both spouses work, the share of women who earned more than their husbands reached a record high of 30.6% in 2021 — yet many keep quiet about it https://t.co/CGWdVLaD6I via @BuzzFeedNews

[BuzzFeed Culture @reader]

Among married couples in which both spouses work, the share of women who earned more than their husbands reached a record high of 30.6% in 2021, according to Census data provided to BuzzFeed News.
https://t.co/BEFbBn8noU

[BuzzFeed Culture @reader]

“Succession” Takes A Big Storytelling Risk And Pulls It Off, by @emilystjams https://t.co/1YjuYmUDIE

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"Dance Moms" continues to live on https://t.co/hGGa4Ddenn

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Part of what makes Beef so impressive is how confidently it moves beyond even the most widely accepted tropes of Asian parenthood, writes @izzyampil https://t.co/0DxmgGZ0ka

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“Enlarging my clitoris has always been about exploring a kink. It’s a sexual fetish.” https://t.co/8CnhPTEjNX

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"Time and time again, Hahn’s performance connects the story’s emotional dots where the rest of the show can’t."
https://t.co/HWPsTAhTuK

[Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos]

Good lord @stefficao_ went deep inside the word of weird little cult baby doll collectors https://t.co/I3RvGv4RbB

[Venessa Wong @venessawong]

Here is my latest Hard Cash column: Help, I Have ADHD And I Can't Stop Impulse Spending via ⁦@BuzzFeedNews⁩ https://t.co/sxYlEx9b4N

[BuzzFeed Culture @reader]

"The hardest part is getting the energy to set it up and doing the groundwork to figure out what your total recurring expenses are, and how much needs to go towards this and that. But once it’s set up, it’s automatic."
https://t.co/E42wdO2LOY

[BuzzFeed Culture @reader]

"Even as Pretty Baby seeks to reveal the human being behind the sex symbol, it can’t help but draw its audiences in with images of Shields’s youthful beauty, thus reinscribing the terms of her worth."

https://t.co/wlHYhhHDIb

[Albert Samaha @AlbertSamaha]

"Sports are supposed to be silly, playful, and petty, riddled with minor slights transformed into major motivations." Wrote about Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, and the art of talking trash: https://t.co/1mR4GcvBLu