{"id":2485,"date":"2025-08-27T22:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/the-obsessions-b-side\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T22:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:49:09","slug":"the-obsessions-b-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/the-obsessions-b-side\/","title":{"rendered":"The Obsessions B-Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-554438\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>You can\u2019t stop thinking about it. Your mind drifts off to it while you\u2019re working, eating, sleeping. You\u2019re one trigger word away from launching into a 10-minute rant, accompanied by a very necessary 20-slide presentation. People know you by it. You might even say you\u2019re <em>obsessed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s that one TV show that you can\u2019t stop quoting. The movie you saw five years ago that changed your life. A song that plays at the perfect moment, or even that cute guy who sits two rows in front of you during lecture. Regardless of the source, obsessions drive who we are. They become core parts of our personality, imbuing us with distinct sources of pleasure (or pain). Sometimes, they\u2019re healthy, giving us a break from the monotonous cycle of actions we call life. Other times, they\u2019re toxic, forcing us to linger on things we\u2019d be better forgetting. Most of the time, they\u2019re pretty neutral, a source of seemingly endless conversation fodder. Whatever the case may be, one thing is consistent: You can\u2019t stop thinking about them.<\/p>\n<p>Take a moment to join us in our obsessions. Delve into the intricacies of young adult dystopias, the songs from childhood we can\u2019t forget and the characters who can\u2019t get over crushes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t get us out of your head, don\u2019t worry. Just embrace the obsession.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><em>Daily Arts Writer Ian Gallmore can be reached at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/arts\/b-side\/the-obsessions-b-side\/mailto:gallmore@umich.edu\"><em>gallmore@umich.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can\u2019t stop thinking about it. Your mind drifts off to it while you\u2019re working, eating, sleeping. You\u2019re one trigger word away from launching into a 10-minute rant, accompanied by a very necessary 20-slide presentation. People know you by it. You might even say you\u2019re obsessed. Maybe it\u2019s that one TV show that you can\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[390,2686],"class_list":{"0":"post-2485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bside","9":"tag-obsessions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions\/2487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}