The Danger of Making Oversharing Your Whole Career | from SATC to Girls to TikTok & Beyond

Go to http://www.groundnews.com/take to make sure you're getting the full picture of every story while also supporting The Take! Subscribe through our link to get 40% off unlimited world wide coverage for less than the cost of a single tub of popcorn at the movie theater per month. || Everyone likes to talk about themselves every once in a while, but what is it that compels some people to make it their entire career? To get a better understanding of this phenomenon, let’s use some of our favorite oversharing writers from movies and TV like (Carrie Bradshaw, Lena Dunham/Hannah Horvath, and even Gossip Girl himself Dan Humphrey & more) to unpack: the reasons why people tend to overshare, how some turned it into an entire career (from books to blogs to TikTok and other social media), and all of those downsides that people often don’t think about until it’s too late… CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:58 Why do we love to share so much? 06:03 Making "oversharing" your job 06:57 The radical, positive side of sharing 07:59 Writers writing oversharing writers... 09:32 The eruption of oversharing online 10:51 Oversharing on modern social media 11:57 The big problems with sharing so much 14:36 Why sharing *can* be worth it! Join our Patreon to unlock the members-only series “Total Take," vote on what we cover next, and more: https://www.patreon.com/thetake Read articles on film, TV and culture: https://www.the-take.com Follow our socials: https://linktr.ee/thisisthetake The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough