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Creepiness
Creepiness | Adam Kotsko
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A specter is haunting contemporary televisionthe specter of creepiness. In our everyday lives, we try to avoid creepiness at every cost, shunning creepy people and recoiling in horror at the idea that we ourselves might be creeps. And yet when we sit down to watch TV, we are increasingly entranced by creepy characters. In this follow-up to Awkwardness and Why We Love Sociopaths, Adam Kotsko tries to account for the strange fascination of creepiness. In addition to surveying a wide range of contemporary examplesfrom Peep Show to Girls, from Orange is the New Black to Breaking BadKotsko mines the television of his 90s childhood, marveling at the creepiness that seemed to be hiding in plain sight in shows like Full House and Family Matters. Using Freud as his guide through the treacherous territory of creepiness, Kotsko argues that we are fascinated by the creepy because in our own ways, we are all creeps.
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kelli7990
kelli7990
Creepiness | Adam Kotsko
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Hi y‘all! Please be aware of this user. He followed me last night on here in the middle of the night, liked this post I made about my journaling and he made this comment. I looked on his profile. People are following him and he‘s following people but he hasn‘t added any books he wants to read to his profile and he hasn‘t made any posts on his profile. I blocked him because I thought this comment was creepy. I don‘t like creeps.

Bookwormjillk I saw that same comment on several posts from that user last night. I agree that the creep factor is there! 5d
Susanita Yikes! This is why I don‘t follow back anyone who hasn‘t made any posts. 5d
DaveGreen7777 Sorry this happened to you! ☹️ Hopefully he‘ll be booted from Litsy soon! 5d
OrangeMooseReads That‘s weird. Good call blocking. Sorry it even happened though. 5d
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jdiehr
jdiehr
Creepiness | Adam Kotsko
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Beware of this user, everyone.

Seems creepy and not Litsy appropriate to me.

Is there something we should do other than flag the comment??

TheBookgeekFrau Oh I'm so glad you did this!! I got that comment too and blocked him. 1y
Patchshank I wonder if its a bot 1y
sherrisilvera I got one too. Just blocked also. 1y
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MatchlessMarie
MatchlessMarie
Creepiness | Adam Kotsko
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I think today I will start a new #BookSpin ritual where I look through all the early posters and snatch some of your picks to add to my own pot. I start out with 60 and then use my bingo spinner to narrow that list to 20 so if you see one of yours in my final list, well… 🦹🏻‍♀️

Zoes_Human What a cool idea! 4y
SamAnne 😂😂😁😁 4y
rabbitprincess 😂😂 at the tagged book! 4y
sprainedbrain Love that idea! 😂 4y
MatchlessMarie @rabbitprincess omg I just did it for the title but now I want to read it lol 4y
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amazingmavis
amazingmavis
Creepiness | Adam Kotsko
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These chapters 😂 love love love

MyBookLife Say hello to my little friend 😂😂😂 9y
amazingmavis Hah right?! @mybooklife 9y
MyBookLife 'Awkward men in love' Mmm, why do they always seem to fall for me 😏😏 9y
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amazingmavis
amazingmavis
Creepiness | Adam Kotsko
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So excited to have snagged this today! All about our fascination with underlying or overt creepiness in pop culture. I don't know that a book could get any further up my alley.

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