Beth Teitell

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

Boston, what is happening to us? Weren’t we once ... buttoned-up? But now, between season two of Karen Read and what could be called The Real Housewives of Gillette Stadium, we’re turning into the tabloid capital of the country — one short Snooki away from full-blown Jersey Shore. Or maybe it’s one Hoodie away. And maybe we’re already there.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

The playlist, “Market Basket Classics,” is on Spotify, where it has a robust 25 hours worth of songs, an admittedly modest 366 followers, and a loving description that reads “one-hit wonders” and “clunky 80’s hits.” Behind the music is a former bagger with two dreams: To make a playlist so good that it triggers nostalgia no matter when you were born, and that it’s endorsed by no less a musical icon than Market Basket itself.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

Did she do it, or was she framed? That’s the question burning at the core of the Karen Read retrial. But as her case spirals ever deeper into full circus mode — igniting a civil war in Canton, spawning collateral lawsuits, becoming an ecosystem unto itself with fund-raisers, podcasts, experts, and merch — a second question is getting louder. Why do people care so much?

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

The is making me sick. I can’t take a cleansing breath without hearing about some podcaster, celebrity — or, god forbid, dear childhood friend — who’s doing something I’m not, thereby forcing me to age by comparison. Billions of dollars are pouring into longevity research and I can barely make myself moisturize. Wherever you look, the anti-aging fanatics are working every angle, ruining it for the rest of us. They’re tucking themselves into hyperbaric oxygen chambers.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Beth Teitell

“I’m a bit paranoid about personal info like my cell getting leaked,” a third worried. And finally: “Be careful.”Ho hum. Just another day in the Karen Read trial. The correspondents were people who had once fervently believed in Read’s innocence, and, who, almost more importantly, had bonded with others in the trial’s grip. They spent their days hearting each other’s social media posts. Some had mustered outside the courthouse or on random roadways waving signs. Raised money for her defense fund.