A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

By Matt Bernstein

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For years, Matt’s been unpacking the events, people, and culture wars shaping the world around us. On A Bit Fruity, we take deeper dives into those issues — joined by celebrities, experts, and journalists who help us laugh and learn along the way.

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A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein episodes:

04.24.2024
Annoying Gays are Not the Problem
Autistic nonbinary TikTokers. Loud, flamboyant gay men. The twink who filmed himself having sex in the Senate hearing room. Are gay rights being eroded across the country because some of us are… annoying? It’s tempting to think so, but it...
04.09.2024
Drake Bell and the Cycle of Abuse
The new docu-series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” is shedding light on the abuse that early-2000s child stars faced behind the scenes of our favorite Nickelodeon shows. The doc focuses especially on Drake Bell (of “Drake...
03.26.2024
J.K. Rowling’s Spiral into Madness (with ContraPoints)
From “sex is real” to Holocaust denial — if it happened to the wizard lady, it can happen to you. Support me on Patreon! Watch more from the brilliant Natalie Wynn a.k.a. ContraPoints. Find more of A Bit Fruity. Find more...
03.12.2024
How Love, Simon’s Author was Pushed Out of the Closet
In 2018, I called “Love, Simon” a “gay movie made by a straight woman for straight people.” Today, I tell you why I was wrong. Support me on Patreon! Huge thanks to Blueland for sponsoring today’s show. Get 15% off a...
02.27.2024
Conservatives Don’t Care About Your Kids
A rant. Support me on Patreon! Learn more about Trans Lifeline. Big thanks to Rocket Money for sponsoring today’s show. Save more and get your life together at www.rocketmoney.com/fruity. Find more of A Bit Fruity. Find more of Matt. Learn more about...
02.13.2024
The 100-Year-Old Myth of Gays “Coming for Your Children”
I get called a “groomer” on Twitter every day — which is weird, because I want nothing to do with your kids. What is it with queers and kids that gets conservatives so livid? Today, we explore The Gay Agenda’s...
01.30.2024
Surviving AIDS in the 80s
Peter Staley was a 24-year-old, closeted finance guy when he was diagnosed with HIV. Having been handed a death sentence, he quit his job and devoted what life he had left to fighting the homophobic governments that were letting him...
01.16.2024
The Political Power of Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has the power to swing the presidential election. What if nothing else matters? Support me on Patreon! Find Angela on Twitter, not X. Find more of A Bit Fruity. Find more of Matt. Huge thanks to Blueland for sponsoring this episode. Get 15%...
01.02.2024
Bud Light and the End of Rainbow Marketing, For Now
How the manufactured hysteria over a single can of beer brought an end to the golden age of rainbow Doritos and “Homo Estás” Chipotle ads — at least until we’re profitable again. Support me on Patreon! (www.patreon.com/mattbernstein in case the hyperlink is...
12.20.2023
George Santos is a Terrible Person and the Embodiment of the American Dream
Is there valor in scamming your way through a system that failed you, even if you hurt people along the way? What is the value of the lies we tell ourselves about ourselves? Can you be morally bankrupt and a...
12.05.2023
The Detransitioner Panic
99% of people who transition continue identifying as transgender for the rest of their lives. The very small amount of people who stop or reverse their transitions — known as “detransitioners” — have become the center of a moral panic...
11.21.2023
Queer Palestinians & The Power of Pinkwashing
Are “Queers for Palestine” really like “Chickens for KFC”? No, but understanding intersectional justice can be hard, and sharing memes is easy. Joined by Moe Dabbagh, a gay Palestinian American with family currently in Gaza, we Venn diagram gay liberation...
11.07.2023
Christian Indoctrination in Homeschooling
The number of kids being homeschooled today is more than double of what it was four years ago, and nobody is making the rules. While the religious right is convinced that political indoctrination is rampant in public schools, we take...
10.24.2023
Libs of TikTok
At the forefront of today’s anti-LGBTQ movement is one shockingly uncharismatic woman. Journalist Taylor Lorenz helps us understand the rise of Chaya Raichik, a former real estate agent who now makes a handsome living terrorizing queer students and teachers across...
10.10.2023
The Mom Who Invented Gender Reveals Regrets It
In 2008, Jenna Karvunidis was looking for ways to involve her distant mother in the life of her soon-to-be child. Fifteen years, thousands of acres of wildfires, and a few plane crashes later, she wishes she could put the genie...
10.03.2023
Becoming a Woman (with Miss Benny)
Like many people, sitting still and staring at the wall during the early days of the pandemic brought up new feelings for Miss Benny. Notably, that she was transgender. From viral closeted teenager to out Netflix star, she walks us...
09.26.2023
Amber Heard & The Myth of the Perfect Victim
One year later, we revisit the trial that metastasized through society, leaving a culture of brutal misogyny in its wake. NBC journalist Kat Tenbarge helps us navigate a story not just about Amber Heard, but about our misunderstanding of abuse,...
09.19.2023
LGBT Conservatives
LGBT conservatives: Why? How? Where did they come from? What can we learn from them, and how can we dismantle the LGBT conservative that lives within all of us? Natalie Wynn (aka Contrapoints) helps us psychoanalyze one of the more...
06.22.2023
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A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein episodes:

Annoying Gays are Not the Problem

Drake Bell and the Cycle of Abuse

J.K. Rowling’s Spiral into Madness (with ContraPoints)

How Love, Simon’s Author was Pushed Out of the Closet

Conservatives Don’t Care About Your Kids

The 100-Year-Old Myth of Gays “Coming for Your Children”

Surviving AIDS in the 80s

The Political Power of Taylor Swift

Bud Light and the End of Rainbow Marketing, For Now

George Santos is a Terrible Person and the Embodiment of the American Dream

The Detransitioner Panic

Queer Palestinians & The Power of Pinkwashing

Christian Indoctrination in Homeschooling

Libs of TikTok

The Mom Who Invented Gender Reveals Regrets It

Becoming a Woman (with Miss Benny)

Amber Heard & The Myth of the Perfect Victim

LGBT Conservatives

Introducing: A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein