Welcome to Side Eye Media
Not everything adds up.
Side Eye Media is a home for independent thinking, raised eyebrows, and the quiet moment when you realize a story feels off. Not because you are cynical. Because you are paying attention.
This is not a place for outrage scripts, moral theater, or ideological loyalty tests. It is a place for curiosity, pattern-spotting, cultural decoding, and the kind of skepticism that comes from wanting to understand rather than react.
Side eye is not anger.
It is awareness.
It is the pause before the pile-on.
The question behind the headline.
The moment you notice the framing.
If you have ever thought, Something about this feels strange, you are in the right place.
Independent thinking. Raised brow included.
What This Site Is
Side Eye Media covers politics, culture, media, and public life through a lens that assumes readers are capable of nuance.
You will not find talking points here.
You will not find outrage bait.
You will not find content written for algorithms instead of humans.
You will find commentary that questions narratives, examines power, and names absurdity when it appears.
Sometimes that looks serious.
Sometimes it looks amused.
Often it looks like a raised eyebrow.
What You’ll Find Here
The Raised Brow
Quick takes, commentary, and reactions to stories that don’t quite pass the smell test.
Second Look
Longer pieces that dig into patterns, motives, and what is really going on beneath the surface.
Media Theater
Coverage of narrative-making, press behavior, performance politics, and public absurdities.
Cultural Static
Trends, pop culture, generational weirdness, and modern social behavior.
The Long View
Big-picture thinking. Where this is headed. Why it matters.
Why This Exists
Side Eye Media exists because too much of modern media tells people what to feel before they are allowed to think.
It exists for readers who want clarity, not chaos.
Humor, not hysteria.
Questions, not scripts.
This is not a community built around outrage.
It is built around noticing.
A Note From Carol
I built Side Eye Media because I wanted a place where skepticism was not treated as hostility and curiosity was not treated as betrayal.
A place where questions are normal.
Where humor is allowed.
Where independent thinking is still considered a virtue.
This is that place.
Welcome in.
— Carol