What if some of our most deeply held beliefs aren’t culture... but control? This week on Overthinking, we spiral into the unspoken scripts we call tradition, the fear that disguises itself as morality, and what freedom might look like if we finally stop performing. Don’t press play unless you’re ready to question everything and possibly lose your Black Card.

What if some of our most deeply held beliefs aren’t culture... but control? This week on Overthinking, we spiral into the unspoken scripts we call tradition, the fear that disguises itself as morality, and what freedom might look like if we finally stop performing. Don’t press play unless you’re ready to question everything and possibly lose your Black Card.

What if some of our most deeply held beliefs aren’t culture... but control? This week on Overthinking, we spiral into the unspoken scripts we call tradition, the fear that disguises itself as morality, and what freedom might look like if we finally stop performing. Don’t press play unless you’re ready to question everything and possibly lose your Black Card.

Plastic on the Sofa, Black Homophobia, and Supremacy and Certainty.

You ever feel like you’re thinking too much? Like you see what’s happening in the world—your life, this culture, these routines we swear by—and you just can’t pretend it makes sense? Good. Because same. I’m Karmen Michael Smith, your Overthinker-in-Chief, spiraling publicly so you don’t have to. This isn’t self-help. This isn’t hot takes. This is a disruption of the ordinary. One day, it’s the gym and why my body resists going. The next, it’s what happened to Starbucks? And sometimes? It’s calling out the cultural mess we’re all pretending not to see. No fake wisdom. No forced positivity. Just honest, unfiltered spirals about how we got here—and where we go next. New episodes every week. If you’re overthinking, you’re not alone. I’m already there.

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You ever feel like you’re thinking too much? Like you see what’s happening in the world—your life, this culture, these routines we swear by—and you just can’t pretend it makes sense? Good. Because same. I’m Karmen Michael Smith, your Overthinker-in-Chief, spiraling publicly so you don’t have to. This isn’t self-help. This isn’t hot takes. This is a disruption of the ordinary. One day, it’s the gym and why my body resists going. The next, it’s what happened to Starbucks? And sometimes? It’s calling out the cultural mess we’re all pretending not to see. No fake wisdom. No forced positivity. Just honest, unfiltered spirals about how we got here—and where we go next. New episodes every week. If you’re overthinking, you’re not alone. I’m already there.

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