the parasocial trap

The Story

You feel like you know them. They don't know you exist.

This episode is about parasocial relationships, what they are, why they're not new, and what happens when you find yourself on both sides of one simultaneously. It's also about online dating, the 2019 beauty community implosion, being recognised from a video I'd completely forgotten making, and what it felt like to post on YouTube at sixteen.

And it's about what these one-sided relationships have actually given me. Because the answer isn't nothing.