Kat and Phoebe are joined by friend and favorite Leigh Stein to discuss bad advice, self-cancelled books, and the accessories of the middle-aged.

Links:

Roxane Gay's less-than-sound advice: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/business/roxane-gay-lgbtq-work.html

Leigh on the bad precedent: https://unherd.com/thepost/elizabeth-gilberts-self-cancellation-sets-a-dangerous-precedent/

Kat on the hostage-video vibe:

Phoebe on Ukrainians as marginalized-or-not: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-eat-pray-cancel-why-is-elizabeth-gilbert-censoring-herself/

Jordan Peterson's fashion DON'Ts: 

https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1670691291418750976

Henry VIII's fashion DOs:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/how-big-king-henry-viiis-codpiece/

Ilya Kaminsky's poetry:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/we-lived-happily-during-the-war

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