Mind Over Media
Welcome to Mind Over Media, where we decode the psychology behind your favourite movies, TV shows, music, and pop culture moments. From deep-diving into complex characters to analyzing the lyrics that hit home, we explore the hidden psychological themes shaping the media we love. Whether it’s the mental struggles of iconic protagonists, the psychology of villains, or the deeper meaning behind a song’s lyrics, this is where entertainment meets the mind.

Once Upon a Trauma: Unveiling the Dark Psychology of Original Fairy Tales
Explore the dark psychology behind classic fairy tales, uncovering disturbing original versions sanitized by modern retellings. Discover how these hidden themes shape deeper psychological interpretations.

Rewriting Myth and Morality: A Thematic Analysis of So Good’s “I Rewrote The Fucking Bible”
A bold thematic analysis of So Good’s Bratpop anthem “I Rewrote The Fucking Bible,” exploring feminist rage, queer liberation, and the power of rewriting sacred narratives through punk-pop defiance.

Spinning Shadows into Gold: Individuation, Autonomy, and Patriarchal Alchemy in Rumpelstiltskin
Explore a Jungian and feminist analysis of Rumpelstiltskin, revealing how the tale's alchemical imagery and power dynamics expose the commodification of women and the cost of partial liberation.

Purrforming for Salvation: Cats as a Psychological Allegory for Celebrity Culture
This essay explores Cats the musical as a dark psychological allegory for celebrity culture, analysing themes of moral judgment, identity performance, shame, and ritualized redemption through the lens of psychology and cultural theory.

Hansel and Gretel: Hunger, the Symbolic Uterus and the Fire
A dark, psychological analysis of Hansel and Gretel exploring trauma, abandonment, the devouring mother archetype, and what children become when love is scarce.

Snow White: The Mirror, the Womb, and the Coffin
Explore a dark, feminist analysis of Snow White through Freudian and Jungian lenses, uncovering themes of beauty, power, patriarchy, and the silent rivalry between women shaped by the male gaze.

Snow White: Is She Safe or Silenced? Protection as Patriarchal Cage
This analysis of Snow White explores how the dwarfs' protection functions as control, revealing how the illusion of safety silences female agency. Is Snow White truly safe or simply contained?

White as Snow: Race, Innocence, and the Colour of Desire
Explore how the fairy tale of Snow White reflects and reinforces racialized beauty ideals. This essay examines the colonial roots of whiteness as virtue and the global consequences of Eurocentric standards.

Villain or Victim? The Evil Queen’s Tragedy in a Patriarchal Mirror
A dark, psychological reimagining of the Evil Queen from Snow White; exploring aging, beauty, and female power through feminist and psychoanalytic lenses. Was she a villain, or society’s most tragic victim?

Into the Woods: A Psychological Journey Through Red Riding Hood
Explore the deep psychological symbolism in Red Riding Hood, from Freudian and Jungian theories to cultural meanings of the red hood, wolf, forest, and more.

Racial Codes in Imagined Worlds: Power, Oppression, and the Legacy of Speculative Fiction
Explore how sci-fi and fantasy reinforce or challenge racial stereotypes through allegory, power dynamics, and evolving storytelling in speculative fiction.

Is the Film Unhinged Pandering to Incels?
Explore how the film Unhinged reflects themes of male rage and incel ideology. An in-depth analysis of its cultural impact, character dynamics, and critical reception.

How Justin Roiland “Became” Szechuan Sauce: The Viral Rise, Sudden Fall, and Uncanny Parallels
Explore how Justin Roiland's rise and fall mirrors the chaotic Szechuan sauce craze sparked by Rick and Morty. A viral tale of fandom, controversy, and pop culture gone wrong

Top 10 MCU Characters with the Most Intriguing Psychology
Explore the minds behind the masks. We rank the Top 10 MCU characters with the most intriguing psychology, from trauma and grief to identity struggles and redemption.

A Freudian Analysis of Doctor Ivo Robotnik (Doctor Eggman)
Explore a deep Freudian psychoanalysis of Doctor Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog. Uncover the hidden psychology behind Eggman's obsession with control, his rivalry with Sonic, and the inner conflicts driving his villainy

The Evolution of the Zombie: Fear, Society, and the Undead Imagination
Explore the evolution of zombies from folklore to pop culture icons, revealing how these undead creatures reflect societal fears, cultural anxieties, and the psychology of fear over time.

A Psychoanalytic Reading of Frankenstein
Explore Frankenstein through a Freudian lens in this in-depth psychoanalytic reading. Discover how Mary Shelley's classic novel reflects themes of repression, the id, ego, and superego, and the psychological consequences of unchecked ambition, parental abandonment, and unconscious desires.

Delilah Bon: Champion of the Marginalized
Discover how Delilah Bon, the fierce alter ego of Lauren Tate, is revolutionizing music with her powerful blend of punk, rap, and nu-metal. Advocating for women, non-binary individuals, and the marginalized, she tackles gender-based violence, industry sexism, and societal oppression through unapologetic lyrics and activism.

Rag Doll - Catharsis, Control, and Cosmic Pain in K.Flay & Poutyface’s Collaboration
Explore the deep emotional themes of Rag Doll by K.Flay and Poutyface in this in-depth analysis. Uncover its raw lyrics, powerful metaphors, and cathartic energy as the song navigates pain, loss of control, and existential reflection.

Does Gene Belcher Exhibit Signs of the Oedipus Complex?
Does Gene Belcher from Bob’s Burgers exhibit signs of the Oedipus complex? Explore Freud’s theory, Gene’s affectionate bond with Linda, and whether his behaviour aligns with classic psychoanalysis or is just comedic exaggeration.