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The Oscar nominations dropped, and folks are MAD. Despite breaking box-office records, Barbie failed to get the nod for Best Director or Best Actress. Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, foiled again! As our friend Ben Dreyfuss tweeted: “The Other Genocide: The Oscars Treatment of White Women.” We talk about who really got snubbed, and why some people will never stop complaining about the treatment of women. Also:

* Sarah has a scary stalker (no really)

* More polyamory talk? We got you!

* Did Barbie even make sense?

* But the Ryan Gosling dance sequence!

* … so mad we got our periods.

* Saltburn burned again

* “Do you lick the equipment?”

* Moms and technology <3

* Hear us out: The show opens with hummus being rubbed on her breasts …

* Nancy is the fake Joan Didion

* Vince McMahon allegations are not safe for work — or home, really

* Is it even possible to p**p and have sex at the same time?