Dare We Say

Jon Lovett puts on his Gen Z skirt and helps Josie, Alycia, and Yasmine draft the most problematic, chaotic and perfect U.S. government. Like, don't you want Kris Jenner, Olivia Wilde, Christian Walker, and Snooki leading our country? Also in this episode: Alycia's mom thinks her daughter died, and country music is the girlies' guilty pleasure.

Turkey trotting awayyy from our colonial past. Josie, Alycia, and Yasmine talk to icon and legend Crystal Echo Hawk from IllumiNative about Native American Heritage Month and how we should reframe the way we think about Thanksgiving — and indigenous people all year round. Then, the girlies share their tips and tricks for not starting WWIII at the dinner table.

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IllumiNative on Instagram

Phones! Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. Josie, Alycia, and Yasmine talk about our dependency on our iPhones (boo, green texts) and how we can feel a bit less overwhelmed by them. Then, we're blessed with another Unhinged with Yasmine.

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Are screen devices soothing children or soothing parents?
Smartphones revolutionize our lives—but at what cost?
Phone withdrawal has physical impact: expert
First Cellular Phone Call Was Made 45 Years Ago

Twitter is dead, Elon Musk is unhinged, and TSwift Era's Tour has initiated a gay frenzy. This week Josie, Alycia, and Yasmine turn the conversation towards the midterms and talk to four activists and politicians who are doing the real work and ask their fellow GenZers to get involved!

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Tiffany Dena Loftin + The Debt Collective
Lauren Rankin + Bodies on the Line
Chi Ossé
Nithya Raman

We are fully in our villain era and Josie, Alycia and Yasmine are setting boundaries bbs! Taylor Swift might think it's exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero, but baby we live for them. This week we're taking a cold hard look at "the villain"....are villains just heroes in disguise? Who are the real villains? Is being a villain kind hot? Plus, The Ickuation Room. Today's topic: sexy v. funny costumes.

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We are doing a GIVEAWAY!! of an exclusive Dare We Say gift box, filled with self-care essentials that'll make you feel like the hot girl you are. All you have to do is follow us on Instagram @darewesay, like the pinned post, and tag two besties by November 10th.

Wait a second, are all Disney villains gay? [The Tempest 6/4/20]
Is 2022 really the year of the villain? [i-D 4/21/22]

Sad Girl Autumn is upon us, and some of us are already crying to TSwift and wishing we had someone to snuggle. Josie, Alycia, and Yasmine get into the szn's loneliness and learn that maybe, making friends and hanging with your loved ones is worth trudging through a foot of snow.

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can i get a tissue? (the official Dare We Say sad girl playlist)
What Is Cognitive Dissonance?
Cuffing season: are people really coupling up just because it is winter?
Winter coating is the latest dating trend for cuffing season

November's midterms are coming up, and we've got tips for staying civically engaged AND aggressively hot. Josie, Alycia, and Yasmine get into common questions among Gen Z'ers who are eligible to vote — everything from "why does this matter, the world is ending?" to "what does voter suppression even mean?" — before sharing their top 10 hottest ways to get politically involved ahead of the elections.

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The Impact of Voter Suppression on Communities of Color [Brennan Center 1/10/22]
The Wilderness: Gen-Z Voters in Orange County [10/3/22]
Generation Z Doesn’t Remember When America Worked [The Atlantic 8/14/22]
How to get Gen Z to the voting booth [Boston Globe 5/18/22]

Gen Z slang may sound silly to other demographics, but joke's on them: our BIPOC and queer elders are actually the ones who coined these terms! So, calling it "Gen Z slang" is...misleading. Join us as we talk about the history behind the "urban" in urban dictionary. Then, grab a hot drink and sit down with Alycia as she talks about Black hair during her new segment, Cafecito.

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What Is African American Vernacular English (AAVE)?
The Language of Ballroom
Black English is being misidentified as Gen Z lingo, speakers say
A Twitter Account Is Tracking the Cringiest Misuses Of Black Language

Rihanna is redefining the NFL as the National Fenty League. Plus: missing middle school sleepovers? Us too! Grab your matching pajamas, and get to know Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Peña, and Yasmine Hamady a little more through a series of icebreaker questions and a classic game of truth or dare.

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Taller Salud (non-profit helping Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona)

Fundación Solidaria Del Divino Niño Jesús and Direct Relief (non-profits helping Dominican Republic after storms)

Women's Committee NCRI and United4Iran (non-profits helping Iran during Mahsa Amini protests)

Let's talk about sex, baby! This week, we're answering all the hot 'n' heavy questions about hookup culture. What does it even mean to "hook up"? Why are society's patriarchal values penetrating us in the bedroom? What makes consent sooooo sexy? Plus, we debut a new segment: Unhinged with Yasmine.