I Think About This A Lot

fixations Oct. 15, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Bagel Retrieval Scene on The LeftoversJustin Theroux’s Kevin Garvey desperately tries to get a grip on his sanity — and his carbs — in a world of unknowns.

By Sarah Nechamkin

sealed with a kiss Oct. 11, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Ursula Applying Red Lipstick in The Little MermaidShe does it left-handed, underwater, and in six seconds.

By Erica Smith

fixations Oct. 8, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Song ‘God Loves a Terrier’ From Best in ShowThe comedy was a portrait of fanatic dog love before pretty much everyone became a fanatic dog lover.

By Esther Zuckerman

fixations Oct. 1, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The ‘Live Más Mentality’ Moment From Ink MasterI can’t believe I was so naïve to think that living más would only be done in one episode — one cannot simply live más just once!

By Crissy Milazzo

fixations Sept. 24, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: These Photos of Scott Eastwood Working OutFor starters, he’s barefoot and wearing jeans.

By Kerensa Cadenas

fixations Sept. 17, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Vanessa Bayer’s Sunday Routine“I order food from my couch,” she admits, “and I don’t leave my couch again until it comes.”

By Katherine Gillespie

fixations Sept. 10, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The 1993 Adam Sandler Song ‘At a Medium Pace’If you weren’t listening closely, it could have been a Bryan Adams theme song from a blockbuster movie. But it got far more graphic.

By Josh Gondelman

fixations Sept. 3, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Palate Cleanser From The Princess DiariesWhen I watched this scene for the first time, my 10-year-old self needed to know everything about these alleged “palate cleansers.”

By Priya Krishna

fixations Aug. 27, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Beauty Habits of This Possible Cult LeaderTeal Swan is a controversial self-made guru who calls herself “the spiritual catalyst” — but what I can’t stop thinking about are her pores.

By Maureen O’Connor and Maureen O'Connor

fixations Aug. 20, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Scarlett Johansson’s Tom Waits Cover AlbumThe songs absolutely succeed in making you think, I should listen to the Tom Waits version of this.

By Kelly Conaboy

fixations Aug. 13, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Susan Sontag on ‘Emotional Book-keeping’Ceaseless emotional bookkeeping was my vain attempt to apply order and logic to the unpredictable moods of my hot little heart.

By Maggie Lange

fixations Aug. 6, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Cher Saying Tom Cruise Was One of Her Top 5 LoversCher is Cher. Tom Cruise needs a last name.

By Carla Ciccone

fixations July 30, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Dave Matthews Band Poop Bus IncidentI told everyone I knew: “Did you hear about Dave Matthews’ bus? How it dumped POOP on a bunch of TOURISTS?”

By Laura Turner

fixations July 23, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Kirstie Alley’s Bikini Reveal on OprahThe lead-up was so excessive, you’d think that she was preparing us for something more groundbreaking than a woman wearing a swimsuit on television.

By Katherine Milsop

fixations July 18, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Horny Week EditionFrom the ice-bath scene in Stick It to Prince Charles’s Tampongate, 11 writers share the horny pop-culture moments that have stayed with them.

By Gabriella Paiella

fixations July 9, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Kelly Bensimon Running in Front of a CabShe’s just barreling down the city streets like she’s some sort of very tan Prius.

By Alison Leiby

fixations July 2, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: This Photo of a Family Arriving at Ellis IslandThere were seven sons and one daughter, and I feared she spent her entire life caring for others.

By Alexis Coe

fixations June 25, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling Sharing Frozen YogurtSpecifically the tabloid line that claimed they were seen walking with “yogurt in their hand.”

By Adriane Quinlan

fixations June 18, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Ally Hilfiger’s Burrito Breakdown on Rich GirlsShe’s not sure what kind of beans to get, or what kind of cheese goes on nachos. She ends up staring at a row of salsas for a million years.

By Marie Lodi

fixations June 11, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Food Fight in This Olsen Twins MovieAs with most fun things, I figured this was something children are not allowed to do, but that we’d have ample opportunity to enjoy as adults.

By Sophia Benoit

fixations June 6, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Sex and the City EditionFrom Aidan eating too much chicken to the socialite falling out of the window, 15 writers share the moments that have stuck with them over the years.

By Gabriella Paiella

fixations June 4, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Hilary Duff’s Feud With Faye DunawayHilary Duff loves a feud.

By Allie Jones

fixations May 28, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: A Song About New York From This ’70s MusicalThere’s a joke in the lyrics about alternate-side-of-the-street parking, for god’s sake.

By Christopher Bonanos

fixations May 21, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Kim Kardashian Brushing Her TeethAnd I feel closer to Kris Humphries than anyone in the world.

By Jessica Bloom

fixations May 14, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Last Scene of The HillsAs the cameras pulled back to reveal a sound stage, two things became abundantly clear: the TV had lied to me, and this was deeply upsetting.

By Brandy Jensen

fixations May 7, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Kris Jenner’s 30th-Birthday Music VideoWatching it, which I did countless times during the first few months of my son’s life, was like entering an alternate universe devoid of anxiety.

By Gabrielle Birkner

fixations Apr. 30, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Robert De Niro Yelling ‘You Blew It!’ in Cop LandIt is the greatest line reading in the history of cinema.

By Jess Bergman

fixations Apr. 23, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: This Song About Zach Braff Being Your DadMaybe this song sticks with me because it gets to a little tiny truth in the world: we’re trained to see the faces we love everywhere.

By Elisabeth Donnelly

fixations Apr. 16, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: This Bling Ring Member’s Voice-mail Meltdown“Nancy Jo, this is Alexis Neiers calling.”

By Jessica Goldstein

fixations Apr. 9, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Sliding Doors in Sliding DoorsSliding Doors is a perfectly light, frothy rom-com that shoves you down into a bottomless funk of self-doubt right after the credits.

By Ashley Fetters

fixations Apr. 3, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Emily Weiss’s Wedding Prep RoutineMuch of its impact can be traced to an early admission of lingering dissatisfaction, if not outright deficiency.

By Charlotte Shane

fixations Mar. 26, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Mark Cuban Saying ‘Right’ on Shark TankEver since Cuban opened my ears to the tic, I’ve noticed it near constantly.

By Katy Schneider

fixations Mar. 19, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: This Grainy Photo of Katie Holmes and Jamie FoxxIt’s an incredibly intimate moment, rendered even more so by its banality.

By Reyhan Harmanci

fixations Mar. 12, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Kanye West at the Katrina TelethonKanye West, predecessor of the shoe chucked at George W. Bush’s head during a press conference three years later.

By Morgan Parker

fixations Mar. 5, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Pool Scene in The Bachelor Season 13 FinaleEvery single season of The Bachelor claims to be the most dramatic in the history of the show, but Jason Mesnick’s actually was.

By Kelsey McKinney

fixations Feb. 26, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The ’90s Computer Game Chop SueyTheresa Duncan decided that the most beautiful thing a young person could see was something possibly similar to her own life.

By Amy Rose Spiegel

fixations Feb. 19, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: When Stuart Little Went on a DateWhenever I’ve felt that particular, familiar tug of humiliation and longing in my own life, I’ve thought of Stuart and Harriet.

By Naomi Fry

fixations Feb. 12, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: This Photo of Nora Ephron Looking MiserableShe hasn’t yet turned the situation into a funny story, she’s just frozen in time in that moment feeling exactly what she’s feeling.

By Michelle Markowitz

fixations Feb. 5, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The Song ‘Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover’You get your chance to say all the things you want to say, to a person you’d like to seduce, and you say shucks? Language is a prison.

By Jen Vafidis

fixations Jan. 29, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Martha Stewart Sharpie-ing Her Louboutin SolesAt best, this is an act of sadism against moms who own novelty wineglasses that say things like, “Chocolate is good but shoes are carb-free!”

By Gabrielle Noone

fixations Jan. 22, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Salman Rushdie Calling a Woman ‘Gorgeous and Hottt’The winner of the Man Booker Prize is a worse booty caller than your average college freshman.

By Kath Barbadoro

fixations Jan. 15, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: A Photo of Britney Spears Holding Voltaire’s CandideDid Britney pick up a copy of Candide while in Maui? Did she bring it with her for the trip? Did she finish it? Would she recommend it to a friend?

By Philippa Snow

fixations Jan. 8, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: The First Episode of The Ashlee Simpson ShowLike many things from 2003 that most people forget existed, this has been archived to my “Very Impactful to Your Essential Being” memory file.

By Allie Volpe

fixations Jan. 2, 2018

I Think About This a Lot: Paparazzi Photos of January Jones Getting Out of a CabMultiple sites ran the photos with some variation on the phrase “walk of shame.” To me, all of this seems glamorous as hell.

By Angela Serratore

fixations Dec. 26, 2017

I Think About This a Lot: The Insane YA Series About an ‘Alpha’ Girls’ SchoolOverwhelming late capitalist undertones aside, I tried hard to be worthy of this fictional school.

By Sarah Spellings

fixations Dec. 18, 2017

I Think About This a Lot: Cal and Lovejoy’s Relationship in TitanicIt took me well into adulthood to identify one of the most important — and oft-overlooked — dynamics in the oceanic thriller.

By Anne T. Donahue

fixations Dec. 11, 2017