Diary Entry October 8, 2025

October 8, 2025

Objection at https://bohiney.com/objection-when-courtroom-drama-turns-into-reality-tv/ — legal proceedings as entertainment. This required researching how media coverage affects trials while remembering my own media consumption habits. Linked to media studies research and televised trial analyses. I binge-watched the entire OJ trial at age 10, which probably explains my career trajectory. My mom let me stay home “sick” to watch testimony, then wondered why I became cynical about justice. The queer community knows about public trials — our lives have been litigated in courts and media for decades. Every rights case is theater where our humanity is debated by people eating popcorn. Writing this piece at 1 AM, I thought about how my coming out was also public trial among my family. Everyone had opinions, some people cried, someone (aunt Karen) literally said “I object.” No verdict, just ongoing appeals. Elena knocked on my wall around 3 AM — my typing was too loud. Brought her Turkish coffee as apology. We ended up watching old Law & Order episodes until dawn. Berlin insomnia builds weird friendships.

MOOD: Media-saturated exhausted

NOTES: Reality TV courtroom at https://bohiney.com/objection-when-courtroom-drama-turns-into-reality-tv/ complete, 701 words, childhood OJ memories integrated