Freaky Friday is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by - wait. Sorry. Wrong media production. While we are neither Jamie Lee Curtis nor Lindsay Lohan, this month we are presenting to you a body swap story of sorts; Yaz takes over politics, Majka takes over pop culture and you (yes, YOU!) get to learn how Gina Martin changed the law on upskirting, and why the Vlogbrothers are YouTube royalty.

Reading

• My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

 Watching

• Dumplin’ (Netflix)

Listening

• Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Politics

• ‘Meet Gina Martin, The 25-Year-Old Who Wants to Make Upskirting a Sexual Offence in England and Wales’, RightsInfo https://rightsinfo.org/gina-martin-upskirting/

Pop Culture

• ‘The Official NerdFighter Lexicon’, Nerdfighteria: https://nerdfighteria.com/lexicon/#T

And so this is 2019! We’re back and chatting about elections coming up around the world this year, as well as analysing our obsession with Caroline Calloway and Fyre Festival

Reading

• Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett

Watching

• The Favourite

Listening

• Heard It In A Past Life by Maggie Rogers

Politics

• CBC’s list of elections: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-elections-2019-1.4968234

Pop Culture

• Kayleigh Donaldson’s Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Ceilidhann/status/1075852265674719232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1075852265674719232&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.refinery29.com%2Fen-us%2F2019%2F01%2F221909%2Fcaroline-calloway-instagram-influencer-disaster-tour-explained

Happy New Year! In this surprise episode of Different Things Can Be Sad, Majka and Yaz look back on the year that was 2018 - from the best of Reading, Watching and Listening to the political and pop culture moments that shaped the tumultuous 12 months

Show Notes

• Yaz’s 2018 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/yazminel/playlist/6arRibHkKosfDsI3RoYoOU?si=LxlhK45RRoCeMJ2db1P9eg

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwwP3SiBIC8

• https://www.icrc.org/en/support-us/operation/yemen-crisis

From climate change to Christmas movies, Majka and Yaz are covering it all in the December episode of Different Things Can Be Sad

Reading

• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Watching

• Gilmore Girls on Netflix

Listening

• Oxnard by Anderson Paak

Politics

• COP24’s official website: https://cop24.gov.pl/

Pop Culture

• Sinead Stubbins’ The Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/24/i-dont-want-to-achieve-anything-on-the-weekend-i-just-want-to-watch-tv?CMP=share_btn_tw

All The Meghan Markle References in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding: https://www.glamour.com/story/all-the-meghan-markle-references-in-a-christmas-prince-the-royal-wedding

What have you been up to this November? Majka and Yaz have been busy little bumble bees working on papers and visiting cool cities but have squeezed in some time to talk about the new political force that is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the bizarre world of Goop gift guides.

Reading

• Eat Drink: https://www.eatdrinkmorningtonpeninsula.com.au

Watching

• New Girl on Fox

Listen

• Study music:

• TOPS

Politics

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned Her Most Important Lessons From Restaurants: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-lessons-from-restaurants

Pop Culture

• Goop Holiday Gift Guide: https://goop.com/holiday-gift-guide/

Majka and Yaz are here to brighten up the grim current climate with talk of women’s suffrage and babies!

Reading

• I’ll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara

• (The Fog in San Fran is called Karl : https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/05/20/pic-of-the-week-san-franciscos-fog-has-a-name-its-karl/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4e2ad328f989)

Watching

• Practical Magic

Listening

• My Favorite Murder

Newsletter goodness: http://hayleyglatter.strikingly.com

Politics

• Note: We’re a little late in our release and by the time this episode aired, Michael D. Higgins was re-elected as President of Ireland! Yay!

• Women’s Suffrage Timeline: http://womensuffrage.org/?page_id=69

Pop Culture

• All the babies born in 2018: https://people.com/parents/celebrity-babies-born-2018/

Social Pipes 

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Yazmine: @yazminelomax 

If you like fierce ladies, you’re going to love this month’s episode of Different Things Can Be Sad. Majka and Yaz cover everything from Ann Patchett and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (yup, again), to Australian politics and that fashion week fall out.

Reading

Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett

Sharp: The Women Who Made An Art Of Having An Opinion by Michelle Dean

Watching

Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

(Funny Thomas the Tank Engine New Yorker article: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-repressive-authoritarian-soul-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-and-friends)

Sierra Burgess is a Loser

Crazy Rich Asians

Listening

Maggie Rogers

Office Hours with College Fashionista (link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/office-hours-collegefashionista/id1080477908?mt=2at=10l6a2)

Skimm’d from The Couch https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/skimmd-from-the-couch/id1345547675?mt=2)

Politics*

* Majka would like to clarify that when she said indigneous people were "wipped out", she meant from positions or power and as the owners of their land. 

• Development on Australia Day date: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-25/scott-morrison-suggests-new-indigenous-celebration-day/10301916

Pop Culture

• Marc Jacobs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=xiF_NSCV0nw

Let's talk about sex, baby! Well... sex education. This month, Majka and Yaz discuss the politics of sex-ed around the globe as well as the party of the year - King Kylie's 21st bash. 

Reading

Run by Ann Patchett

In Her Day by Rita Mae Brown

Meet Me In The Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Watching

To All the Boys I Loved Before (Netflix)

Queer Eye (Netflix) (Majka just watched the episode 'To Gay or Not To Gay' and cried so go watch that)

X Company (At least on Canadian Netflix)

Good Bye, Lenin!

Listening 

Voicenotes by Charlie Puth 

NYTimes Article

Marauder by Interpol 

Politics 

Swedish call for a new word for 'vagina' goes viral: https://www.thelocal.se/20170128/swedish-call-for-a-female-word-for-willy-goes-viral 

NGO sex ed around the world: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/may/20/six-best-sex-education-programmes-around-the-world

Canada:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/07/12/scrapping-the-new-sex-ed-curriculum-a-giant-leap-backwards-experts-say.html

USA:

https://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about/index.htm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426905/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/for-educators/whats-state-sex-education-us

Australia:

https://www.afao.org.au/article/sexuality-education-australian-secondary-schools-averting-sexual-health-crisis-among-young-people/

Ireland:

http://www.thejournal.ie/lgbtq-groups-demand-taoiseach-progress-sex-ed-bill-to-next-stage-before-pride-4094764-Jun2018/

http://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-sex-education-bill-3965868-Apr2018/

http://www.thejournal.ie/teenage-pregnancies-ireland-stis-3419273-May2017/

Sex-ed on YouTube

Sexplanations: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkxMlA7rt-mnIc1AjbyAsPw

Hannah Witton: https://www.youtube.com/user/hannahgirasol/about

Let's talk about sex, baby! Well... sex education. This month, Majka and Yaz discuss the politics of sex-ed around the globe as well as the party of the year - King Kylie's 21st bash. 

Reading

Run by Ann Patchett

In Her Day by Rita Mae Brown

Meet Me In The Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Watching

To All the Boys I Loved Before (Netflix)

Queer Eye (Netflix) (Majka just watched the episode 'To Gay or Not To Gay' and cried so go watch that)

X Company (At least on Canadian Netflix)

Good Bye, Lenin!

Listening 

Voicenotes by Charlie Puth 

NYTimes Article

Marauder by Interpol 

Politics 

Swedish call for a new word for 'vagina' goes viral: https://www.thelocal.se/20170128/swedish-call-for-a-female-word-for-willy-goes-viral 

NGO sex ed around the world: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/may/20/six-best-sex-education-programmes-around-the-world

Canada:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/07/12/scrapping-the-new-sex-ed-curriculum-a-giant-leap-backwards-experts-say.html

USA:

https://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about/index.htm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5426905/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/for-educators/whats-state-sex-education-us

Australia:

https://www.afao.org.au/article/sexuality-education-australian-secondary-schools-averting-sexual-health-crisis-among-young-people/

Ireland:

http://www.thejournal.ie/lgbtq-groups-demand-taoiseach-progress-sex-ed-bill-to-next-stage-before-pride-4094764-Jun2018/

http://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-sex-education-bill-3965868-Apr2018/

http://www.thejournal.ie/teenage-pregnancies-ireland-stis-3419273-May2017/

Sex-ed on YouTube

Sexplanations:

This month Majka and Yaz infiltrate your eardrums with thier chat about the upcoming referendum in Ireland and all the #lewks from the Met Galla.

*Re-Uploaded due to technical difficulties :)

Reading

They both die at the end by Adam Silvera

An abundance of Katherines by John Green

Looknig for Alaska by John Green

Watching

The Crown

The Good Place

Avengers Infinity War

Friday Night Lights

Listening

Lost Friends by The Middle Kids

*Correction: They're definitely not sisters (or all girls) but they're still great

Harry Potter and the Sacred Texts

Tranquility Base Hotel and Casion by The Artictic Monkeys

Anna Farris is unqualified 

http://www.unqualified.com/2016/07/06/episode-38-aubrey-plaza-retta-part-two/

Politics

How to Vote if you're Irish

The Irish Times' wonderful website

Accessing Abortion in the UK statistics

A bit of history part 1

A bit of history part 2

The new proposed legislation

Pop Culture

The Lewks

The Oracle of Bacon

Social Pipes

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Majka: @msclearwater