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Arkangel: Overprotective Parenting and Its Hidden Costs

Jan 29, 2026

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Arkangel: Overprotective Parenting and Its Hidden Costs

A deep analysis of Black Mirror’s Arkangel (S4E2), exploring modern overprotective parenting, parental fear, and how excessive safety leads to anxiety and rebellion.

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Jan 22, 2026

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USS Callister: The Age of Digital Narcissism and the Fragile Power of Robert Daly

Black Mirror S4E1 “USS Callister” explores digital narcissism through Robert Daly’s personality, showing how people with low self-esteem use virtual control to escape powerlessness in real life.

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Jan 15, 2026

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Black Mirror’s “Hated in the Nation”: The Crowd Without a Face

Black Mirror S3E6 “Hated in the Nation” explores deindividuation and digital echolalia—how group behavior erases personal responsibility and transforms moral outrage into collective imitation.

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Jan 8, 2026

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Black Mirror’s “Men Against Fire”: When Dehumanization Became Visible

Black Mirror S3E5 “Men Against Fire” visualizes dehumanization, showing how perception erases empathy and turns ordinary people into executioners.

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The Mauritanian: How Fear, Fatigue, and Authority Can Twist the Truth

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The Psychology of Ritualized Guilt and Collective Punishment

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