Leigh Silverton, Ph.D. psychologist-writer *banned on Twitter
@leighsilverton.bsky.social
Leigh Silverton, Ph.D. | Psychologist-writer. I break down minds, myths, and power—where science meets satire. For the curious, the outraged, and the heart-intact. https://medium.com/@leighloveshelping https://www.facebook.com/leighsilverton/
medium.com/new-literary... Winning the case, losing the reader - a short piece on craft, journalism, memoir, psychology and a journalists' story war.
WINNING THE CASE, LOSING THE READER
A craft war between two writers — and how both accounts of the same affair fail the reader.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
medium.com/new-literary... Winning the case, losing the reader - a short piece on craft, journalism, memoir, psychology and a journalists' story war.
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Two journalists just lived through a public disaster they still can’t narrate — because neither could see themselves clearly.
In my new piece, I use their story to show what *every* writer misses when blind spots, defenses, and unexamined motives take over the narrative.
Two journalists just lived through a public disaster they still can’t narrate — because neither could see themselves clearly.
In my new piece, I use their story to show what *every* writer misses when blind spots, defenses, and unexamined motives take over the narrative.
THE STORY YOU CAN’T TELL: WHY WRITERS FAIL WHEN THEY CAN’T FACE THEMSELVES
A psychological and narrative craft essay — a romance, two writers, and the case of missing interiority
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December 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Two journalists just lived through a public disaster they still can’t narrate — because neither could see themselves clearly.
In my new piece, I use their story to show what *every* writer misses when blind spots, defenses, and unexamined motives take over the narrative.
Two journalists just lived through a public disaster they still can’t narrate — because neither could see themselves clearly.
In my new piece, I use their story to show what *every* writer misses when blind spots, defenses, and unexamined motives take over the narrative.
Chuck Philips.
The journalist who got close enough to the East–West rap wars to smell the cordite—and lived to tell the truth nobody wanted printed.
Starting his story today.
Stay tuned.
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#Tupac #ChuckPhilips #EastWestWars #JournalismMatters #RapHistory #TruthOverMyth
The journalist who got close enough to the East–West rap wars to smell the cordite—and lived to tell the truth nobody wanted printed.
Starting his story today.
Stay tuned.
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#Tupac #ChuckPhilips #EastWestWars #JournalismMatters #RapHistory #TruthOverMyth
The First Time I Saw Chuck Philips
I was fifteen. He was nineteen. Neither of us knew the story had already begun.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Chuck Philips.
The journalist who got close enough to the East–West rap wars to smell the cordite—and lived to tell the truth nobody wanted printed.
Starting his story today.
Stay tuned.
medium.com/new-literary...
#Tupac #ChuckPhilips #EastWestWars #JournalismMatters #RapHistory #TruthOverMyth
The journalist who got close enough to the East–West rap wars to smell the cordite—and lived to tell the truth nobody wanted printed.
Starting his story today.
Stay tuned.
medium.com/new-literary...
#Tupac #ChuckPhilips #EastWestWars #JournalismMatters #RapHistory #TruthOverMyth
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The Nuzzi–Lizza moment is teaching us: Reporters don’t just cover relationships — they’re caught in them. Yet journalism offers zero language for transference, identification, or emotional blind spots.
My new essay asks what happens when those forces shape the news.
The Nuzzi–Lizza moment is teaching us: Reporters don’t just cover relationships — they’re caught in them. Yet journalism offers zero language for transference, identification, or emotional blind spots.
My new essay asks what happens when those forces shape the news.
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order Not to See
Why Journalism Needs Emotional Literacy Now
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December 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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The Nuzzi–Lizza moment is teaching us: Reporters don’t just cover relationships — they’re caught in them. Yet journalism offers zero language for transference, identification, or emotional blind spots.
My new essay asks what happens when those forces shape the news.
The Nuzzi–Lizza moment is teaching us: Reporters don’t just cover relationships — they’re caught in them. Yet journalism offers zero language for transference, identification, or emotional blind spots.
My new essay asks what happens when those forces shape the news.
Just dropped a new piece on the Nuzzi–Lizza saga — where memoir ambition collides with moral theater and America stares straight into its own funhouse mirror. If you thought the interviews were wild, wait until you see what happens when psychology steps in. #tragedy
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THE GIRL IN THE LOBBY AND THE MAN WHO TOOK NOTES
A Tragedy
Ryan Lizza didn’t walk into a love story. He walked into a case file he didn’t yet know he was starring in. That’s how these things start —…
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December 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Just dropped a new piece on the Nuzzi–Lizza saga — where memoir ambition collides with moral theater and America stares straight into its own funhouse mirror. If you thought the interviews were wild, wait until you see what happens when psychology steps in. #tragedy
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Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir as a masterclass in what happens when you have plot, lighting, and metaphors—but no actual self. . 🧠✍️ If the narrator never shows up, the memoir becomes the alibi. #WritingCommunity #Memoir #Psychology #AmWriting #LitCrit #WritersLife
Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir as a masterclass in what happens when you have plot, lighting, and metaphors—but no actual self. . 🧠✍️ If the narrator never shows up, the memoir becomes the alibi. #WritingCommunity #Memoir #Psychology #AmWriting #LitCrit #WritersLife
The Hollow Center: A Psychological Profile of Olivia Nuzzi — With a Guide for Memoirists Who Want…
When a Narrator Goes Missing and Nobody Files a Report
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December 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir as a masterclass in what happens when you have plot, lighting, and metaphors—but no actual self. . 🧠✍️ If the narrator never shows up, the memoir becomes the alibi. #WritingCommunity #Memoir #Psychology #AmWriting #LitCrit #WritersLife
Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir as a masterclass in what happens when you have plot, lighting, and metaphors—but no actual self. . 🧠✍️ If the narrator never shows up, the memoir becomes the alibi. #WritingCommunity #Memoir #Psychology #AmWriting #LitCrit #WritersLife
Kyle poem: medium.com/@leighlovesh...
(Field notes from the afterburn)
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December 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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medium.com/@leighlovesh... RFK, Jr. sends you a sexy, Merry Christmas with his love Haikus
🎄 THE TWELVE HAIKUS OF RFK Jr.
A Christmas Booklet by RFK Jr.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
medium.com/@leighlovesh... RFK, Jr. sends you a sexy, Merry Christmas with his love Haikus
I think Elon banned me for satire.
He’s acting like nobody’s ever called him a psychopathic mama’s boy before. #ElonMusck
He’s acting like nobody’s ever called him a psychopathic mama’s boy before. #ElonMusck
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I think Elon banned me for satire.
He’s acting like nobody’s ever called him a psychopathic mama’s boy before. #ElonMusck
He’s acting like nobody’s ever called him a psychopathic mama’s boy before. #ElonMusck
medium.com/@leighlovesh... Steve Schmidt's lament for tonight focuses on L'affaire Nuzzi-Lizza et al.
⚠️ NIGHTLY LAMENT FOR THE REPUBLIC
Episode 423: “The Lizza-Nuzzi of It All”
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December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
medium.com/@leighlovesh... Steve Schmidt's lament for tonight focuses on L'affaire Nuzzi-Lizza et al.
Our moral and religious leaders are speaking up - the times they are a'changing (hopefully): www.youtube.com/shorts/ZWv-W...
How much longer?
YouTube video by Fr David
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December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Our moral and religious leaders are speaking up - the times they are a'changing (hopefully): www.youtube.com/shorts/ZWv-W...
medium.com/@leighlovesh... To write for - a take off on "To die for" - the Olivia Nuzzi story #Satire #News #OliviaNuzzi #RyanLizza
TO WRITE FOR: THE OLIVIA NUZZI STORY
A Ten-Scene Story
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December 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
medium.com/@leighlovesh... To write for - a take off on "To die for" - the Olivia Nuzzi story #Satire #News #OliviaNuzzi #RyanLizza
“My Life With Bamboo: A Postmortem”
By Ryan Lizza
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December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If RFK Jr. secretly vaccinates his own kids, he’s not misinformed — he’s a showman who sells panic to the crowd and keeps the antidote at home.
There’s a clinical term for that: callous-instrumental cruelty #RFKJR #Vaccinations #sadisticpersonality
There’s a clinical term for that: callous-instrumental cruelty #RFKJR #Vaccinations #sadisticpersonality
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If RFK Jr. secretly vaccinates his own kids, he’s not misinformed — he’s a showman who sells panic to the crowd and keeps the antidote at home.
There’s a clinical term for that: callous-instrumental cruelty #RFKJR #Vaccinations #sadisticpersonality
There’s a clinical term for that: callous-instrumental cruelty #RFKJR #Vaccinations #sadisticpersonality
Why is Donald becoming more violent- he's deteriorating psychologically and neurologically. When someone gets dementia, the underlying personality becomes more pronounced. His underlying volcanic rage, sadism, and chaos are increasing. And I'm afraid he doesn't have the intelligence to understand
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Why is Donald becoming more violent- he's deteriorating psychologically and neurologically. When someone gets dementia, the underlying personality becomes more pronounced. His underlying volcanic rage, sadism, and chaos are increasing. And I'm afraid he doesn't have the intelligence to understand
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
In an effort to rehabilitate her reputation, Olivia Nuzzi meets Michael Wolff for a deep, investigative journalistic interview:
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THE HOT LAVA INTERVIEW
When Olivia Nuzzi falls for Michael Wolff, and he responds by trying to out–RFK Jr. her with volcanic metaphors, dirty gardening innuendo…
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November 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
In an effort to rehabilitate her reputation, Olivia Nuzzi meets Michael Wolff for a deep, investigative journalistic interview:
medium.com/@leighlovesh... #Satire #OliviaNuzzi #Parody @borowitzreport.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social
medium.com/@leighlovesh... #Satire #OliviaNuzzi #Parody @borowitzreport.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social
Reposted by Leigh Silverton, Ph.D. psychologist-writer *banned on Twitter
