Chrissy Stockton
Chrissy Stockton is the editorial lead at Thought Catalog and has held leadership roles at The Thought & Expression Company for over ten years. She is a writer, poet, cinephile, and eternal philosophy student based in Minnesota. In her role, she shapes editorial strategy, entertainment news, and cultural critique. Her writing has reached over 100 million readers through Thought Catalog and she is one of the major brand architects behind the brand.
Experience
- Co-founded Creepy Catalog, Thought Catalog’s horror entertainment offshoot website.
- Authored over 8000 articles across various media outlets.
- Co-created the viral phiLOLZophy Tumblr, which later became a major book that explored philosophy from a human and accessible angle.
- Published numerous other books, including How You’ll Do Everything Based On Your Zodiac Sign and What I Didn’t Post on Instagram.
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Kirsten Dunst Says She’d “Rather Get Old And Do Good Roles” Than “Screw Up My Face And Look Like A Freak.”
Kirsten Dunst has spent her whole career refusing to change how she looks, and she has the receipts. In a new interview with British GQ, the actor laid out just how early — and how bluntly — Hollywood pressured her to alter her appearance, and why she pushed back every time. The most striking example…
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Kaia Gerber Says She Got a Didgeridoo “Exorcism” on the American Horror Story Set After Cindy Crawford Sent Holy Water
Kaia Gerber says she has spent her life attracting “beings from other dimensions in a very casual and chill way,” and she’s been “haunted” her whole life. Thus when she landed back-to-back roles in Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story” universe, Cindy Crawford came prepared. Crawford sent holy water to the set of “American Horror Story:…
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Taylor Frankie Paul Wants Fans to Sign a Petition to Release Her Season of The Bachelorette
Taylor Frankie Paul’s fans aren’t ready to let her season of The Bachelorette disappear without a fight. A fan-created petition urging ABC to release the shelved season has gained more than 16,000 signatures, and Paul herself has publicly thrown her support behind the effort. The reality star shared the petition on Instagram, thanking the fans…
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Andrew and Tristan Tate’s Lawyer Says They’re Being Treated Like Prisoners. In Other News, They’re Literally Prisoners.
Manosphere influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested in July at the request of British authorities. They are currently being held in U.S. federal custody while they fight extradition to the U.K. They’re both facing charges on rape, sexual assault, and arranging/facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, among other charges. Previously, they were arrested in Romania…
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Jonah Hill Says Jiu Jitsu Has Him Ready to “Annihilate” Anyone Who Still Calls Him the Fat Guy from Superbad
Jonah Hill says jiu jitsu has him ready to “annihilate” anyone who still sees him as the fat guy from Superbad. He took up the martial art in 2018, saying he was weary of it at first because it was something his high school bullies practiced. Now, Hill joked that his body “is begging” him…
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Does Anyone Else Find Brad Pitt’s Sob Story Media Tour Kinda… Sus?
Brad Pitt would like us to know that he has suffered. In a series of increasingly personal interviews, the 62-year-old actor has opened up about his struggles with alcohol, his mental health, his divorce from Angelina Jolie and the darkest period of his life. In his latest interview with Esquire, Pitt discussed experiencing suicidal thoughts…
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The Best Character in House of the Dragon Isn’t Who You Think It Is
There are many beloved characters on House of the Dragon. Daemon Targaryen is somehow both cruel and affable. Aegon II is the kind of campy villain it’s hard not to root for. Helaena is a tortured ethereal goddess. Even Rhaenyra is likable at times because she is correct that she is the rightful heir to…
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Everything We Know Will Happen In House of the Dragon Season 4
After last night’s House of the Dragon finale, Rhaenyra and the Blacks still technically have the upper hand, but morally and politically, they are in terrible shape. Because Ormund Hightower used children as human shields during the battle in Tumbleton and because Rhaenyra murdered the High Septon, she comes to be known as “Rhaenyra the…
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House of the Dragon Finale: Helaena’s Death Has a Chilling Connection to Game of Thrones
Last night on the House of the Dragon season 3 finale, Rhaenyra discovered that her prisoner, a pregnant Helaena Targaryen, has jumped to her death out of a window in the Red Keep. Next to the window, Rhaenyra found the tapestry Helaena was making, which portrayed Helaena’s own death as well as a foreboding depiction…
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Theory: Rhaenyra Was Cut By The Iron Throne Because It Rejects Unworthy Rulers
The Iron Throne is said to reject unworthy rulers. On House of the Dragon, King Viserys was cut by the throne during a heated argument with Daemon. If you don’t know the lore of the books, it could seem to be simply symbolic of Viserys’s deteriorating health. However, now that Rhaenyra has also been cut,…
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Vicki Gunvalson Seemingly Confirms Fan Theory About Why Briana Culberson Won’t Return to The Real Housewives of Orange County
The Real Housewives of Orange County have been hating on Ryan Culberson for more than a decade. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Vicki Gunvalson says it’s one of the main reasons her daughter Briana has no interest in returning to Bravo. The controversy dates back to 2013, when Vicki hosted a party…
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Is Ariana Grande Being Bullied? Or Are People Rightly Worried About Her Health?
Ariana Grande has announced she is taking a break from the spotlight after her Eternal Sunshine tour ends on September 1. Her representative told People: “Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour. She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note,…
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‘House of Stassi’: Jessi Draper Reveals Scheana Shay Wanted to Join ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’
Stassi Schroeder and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jessi Draper shared a little reality TV gossip during the premiere of House of Stassi — and the conversation quickly turned to Scheana Shay. While meeting for lunch, Draper teased that she had some “tea” involving the former Vanderpump Rules star. According to Draper, Scheana…
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Tiktok Has Found Its Latest Hill to Die on: the Cheesecake Factory’s Skinnylicious Menu
The Cheesecake Factory has somehow become the latest battleground in the internet’s ongoing culture wars—and this time, it’s all because of one word. Skinny. A menu called SkinnyLicious, which has existed for years, suddenly exploded across TikTok after a viral video questioned whether the name is outdated and harmful. Within days, thousands of people were…
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Ryan Murphy Said Your Favorite American Horror Story Characters Are Returning For Season 13
Ryan Murphy has officially confirmed one of the biggest details about American Horror Story Season 13—and it’s not what many fans were expecting. While viewers have spent months speculating that the upcoming season would be a return to Coven, Murphy says Season 13 is actually an “all-star season” that reunites characters from across the entire…
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Jesse and Alli McBee’s Marriage Is Struggling—But These Little Moments Show Why They’re Stuck
On McBee Dynasty, Jesse is dropping the ball as a father. But the way Alli speaks to him isn’t helping. On this week’s episode, Jesse brings his infant daughter, Summer, to a meeting at the family carwash with him. When Alli shows up to pick her up, she asks Jesse when Summer last ate and…
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Ciara Miller Says There’s One Type of Girl You Shouldn’t Be Friends With
In a new interview with Us Weekly, Ciara Miller reflected on everything that’s happened since her friendship with Amanda ended after Amanda started dating West Wilson—Ciara’s ex.
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Criston Cole Died Hallelujah
I posted last week that Criston Cole needs to die ASAP. I guess God answers prayers because on last night’s episode of House of the Dragon, Ser Criston faced his final battle. Knowing his Green army was badly outnumbered, Cole challenges the enemy commanders to face him in single combat. However, because Cole is one…