Eating For Free

Joan and Matt cover a wide range of controversial issues from the last week regarding ‘pinkwashing’, capitalism, LGBT ‘allies’, and even YouTube drama, it’s a perfect way to kickoff pride month! We cover Jeffree Star working with Shane Dawson, Budweiser’s corporate presence at London Pride, fake Harvard degrees for celebrities, film crews protesting Georgia abortion-rights, Tony Robbins’ recent book deal, and much more! Strap in, and prepare for this week’s part-two special on our Instagram diet/GOOP coverage, it’ll be a doozy!

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)! 

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• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Links:

• Jeffree Star Enlists Shane Dawson to Cause Drama Weeks After Claiming He Was 'Done With Drama'
• Ciara, Chip and Joanna Gaines, and Kevin Love Pretend They Graduated From Harvarderi (The Blast)
• Taylor Swift Pleads With Tennessee Senator to Support Equality Act in Open Letter (The Blast)
• College admissions money was for CHARITY and not a bribe, say lawyers for parents including Lori Loughlin, as ex-USC women's soccer coach agrees to cooperate with prosecutors after pleading guilty in the cheating scandal (Daily Mail)
• How Benjamin Wadsworth proposed to Stella Maeve (Daily Mail)
• Celebrity LGBT Allies (US Magazine)
• Pride Month Cancelled! (Budweiser UK)
• Film Crews Not Leaving Georgia Anytime Soon (Washington Post)
• Tony Robbins’ Book Scrapped By Publishers (Buzzfeed)

Hello girls and gays, the time has finally arrived! Joan and Matt spend the next two weeks deconstructing and dissecting the incredibly shady, unsubstantiated, manipulative, expensive, and exploitative vitamin and 'wellness' industry so prolific on social media sites, specifically Instagram. We start with the controversial Sugar Bear Hair Care supplement, that was the center of last month's James and Tati YouTube drama, then move on to the various like-scams the populate so many influencer feeds, including but not limited to: online-survey based home-delivery supplements, Alex Jone's 'DNA Force' pills, vitamin-infused vodka, vitamin-c mega-doses, appetite suppressant lollipops, 'wellness' vapes, and IV drip 'bars'. Stay tuned for part two coming out next week, where we pivot into the real-world effects of these irresponsible companies, explaining how they propagate the myth of 'endless illness' in women, to trick millions into buying bogus products and spread misinformation.

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)!

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Links:

• The Truth About SugarBearHair Vitamins (CBC News)
• The Shady Marketing by 'Ritual Vitamins' (NYT)
• How Vitamins Went From Medical Marvel to Marketing Scam (Slate)
• Sorry, Your Vitamin C Megadose Is Basically Useless (HuffPost)
• We Sent Alex Jones' Infowars Supplements To A Lab. Here's What's In Them (BuzzFeed)
• The Problem With Those Appetite-Suppressant Lollipops (Refinery29)
• The Creators of Vitamin-Infused Vodka Say It Will End Hangovers (Vice)
• Vapable Vitamins (Cosmo)
• IV Drip 'Bars' (Harvard Health)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDADbDqlcbo

Hosts this week recover from last week’s beauty-guru drama to talk about the different ways corporations are ruining our lives (again!) We talk de-platforming Alyssa Milano, Burger King’s ‘mental-health inspired’ un-happy meals, Amazon’s hyper-exploitative employee-only video games, updates and new music from ‘The Curvy Wife Guy’, Uber’s secret plan to takeover public transit, Kanye’s (re)uprising of MAGA support, an update on James Charles, and much more! Tune in later this week for the debut of our deep-dive on instagram diets and the ridiculous vitamins they shill for profit, it’s gonna be a ride girls!

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)! 

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Links:

• ‘MissionRacer’: How Amazon Turned The Tedium Of Warehouse Work Into A Game (Washington Post)
• Uber’s Secret Plan to Takeover Public Transit (48 Hills)
• Spending Two Days With Curvy Wife Guy (Vox)
• Olivia Jade Allegedly Knew Aunt Becky Bribed Her Way Into USC, After All (Jezebel)
• Burger King’s Answer to Slut-Shaming Is Like a Happy Meal, but Sad (Eater) - Video
• (CITYLAB)
• Kanye West defends Trump supporters on Letterman show
• Harvey Weinstein accusers could get less than $60K each in settlement
• Olivia Jade Allegedly Knew Aunt Becky Bribed Her Way Into USC, After All (Jezebel)

Joan and Matt officially hit the edge of the internet, and what they found on the other side was something much darker. For an entire 90 minutes we break down everything that has happened throughout these last two weeks, and give you the capitalist take that needs to be acknowledged. From the Instagram stories preluding, we analyze every major player's video response, including all the tweets and iOS press releases in between, and find out what's really going on behind the scenes. It's a wild ride girls, strap in for the fun!

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)!

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Links:

1. How Tea Accounts Are Fueling Influencer Feuds (The Atlantic)
2. The James/Tati Drama Timeline (Cosmo)
3. https://twitter.com/glamlifeguru/status/1130259755111346176?s=21
4. Important Aspects From James' Video (Maria Sherman, Jezebel)
5. Jeffree Star, and the racism scandal upending the YouTube beauty community, explained (Vox)
6. All Of The Times Jeffree Star Has Feuded With Another Celebrity (Or been racist) (Elle)
7. Jeffree Star Apologizes (Allure)
8. Link to Jackie Aina tweets.

Dive in this week as Joan and Matt spend an incessant amount time covering the absolute far edges of the internet. We asks this week... why is a polish instagrammer defacing historic statues? Why is Ariana Grande being sued by her paparazzi photographer? What’s going on Britney’s Instagram? Why is Boohoo so addicted to union busting? Who is Tony Robbins and what has he been accused of? What’s going on with the Floridian man who got $22million to build an illegal border wall? Also, join us later this week for an update on the James Charles, Tati Westbrook, Jeffree Star drama!

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)! 

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Links:

• Outrage after Instagram model smashes nose off Poland statue - NY Post
• Julia Slonska: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know - Heavy.com
• Boohoo refuses to let union talk to workers about representation - DailyMail.com
• The Robocalypse comes: Amazon offers workers $10k to quit after unveiling machines that pack 700 boxes an HOUR and could put thousands out of a job - DailyMail.com
• Welp, Get Ready for That Whitney Houston Touring Hologram - Jezebel
• Purple Heart triple amputee veteran behind $20million 'build the wall' GoFundMe hits back at claims he is misspending funds after buying a $600,000 boat - as donors question what happened to their money - DailyMail.com
• Leaked Records Reveal Tony Robbins Berated Abuse Victims, And Former Followers Accuse Him Of Sexual Advances - BuzzFeed
• Ariana Grande is Being Sued for Posting Paparazzi Photos of Herself to Instagram - BuzzFeed
• Britney Fans Claim ‘New Update’ Video On Instagram is From Months Ago (Page Six)
• Bebe Rexha’s Instagram Post - Page Six

We break down the ongoing downfall of James Charles and the many capitalist manipulations of Tati Westbrook. We were sold a story about a predator to sell HAIR GUMMIES. HAIR GUMMIES! Who benefitted from this callout? What has the fallout been for the gay community in the international conservative press? What can we learn from the rise of influencers who's moral compasses are guided by profits?

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)!

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Article Links:

• YouTube star James Charles, 19, loses 3 MILLION followers after beauty guru claims he tried to 'trick straight men into thinking they're gay' - as popstar Zara Larsson reveals the teen 'slid into her boyfriend's DMs'
• EXCLUSIVE: 'He told me I was the hottest guy he had ever laid eyes on - I told him I wasn't gay.' Vlogger reveals how James Charles made him question his sexuality as the disgraced YouTuber arrives at LAX in Prada high heels (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7031941/YouTube-star-James-Charles-straight-vlogger-Carmie-Sellitto-question-sexuality.html)
• https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/13-alleged-messages-and-screenshots-from-james-charles-that
• ⁠every single time james charles has said "hi sisters" for one minute straight⁠⁦

Did TMZ purposefully stage paparazzo photos of Britney Spears to make her look “crazy”? Did a “digital shopping mall” segregate a house of young Instagram influencers in the Coachella valley? Why is Miss Vanjie shilling Chips Ahoy on Twitter? What the fuck happened between a tech startup and rural computer scientists in West Virginia? Did Lisa Vanderpump reveal she’s finally quitting the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? Is Alyssa Milano the most tone-deaf person on Twitter right now? Let’s dive in!

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)! 

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Links: 

• https://twitter.com/vanessavanjie/status/1127616794254962689?s=21
• Britney Arrives in Court (THR)
• YouTubers Say Their Coachella Influencer House Was Segregated (Emily Alford, Jezebel)
• The Decline of The Instagram Influencer (Rosie Spinks, Quartzy)
• Britney Spears claims her father committed her to a mental health facility and forced her to take medication as she pleads with a judge to free her from his control (DAILYMAIL) (VIDEO)
• Author may lose book deal after shaming black transit worker (NY POST)
• Students Claim a West Virginia Nonprofit Promising to Teach Them to Code Was a Scam (Emily Alford, Jezebel)
• Alyssa Milano calls for ‘sex strike’ to protest wave of anti-abortion bills. (PAGE SIX)
• Demi Lovato hires Scooter Braun as her new manager (PAGE SIX)
• EXCLUSIVE: 'Sometimes you have to say OK, enough.' Lisa Vanderpump gives her biggest hint yet that she's quitting RHOBH, following 'hurtful' fallout with Dorit Kemsley and Kyle Richards, as she admits she 'floundered' after brother's death (DAILYMAIL)

What happened at Jake Paul's million-dollar Calabasas mansion that put eight different women in the hospital for suspected drugging? Joan and Matt go on a deep-dive investigating the short but controversial history of Jake Paul and the shady people he works with—we discover shocking facts surrounding the incident and make connections others aren't willing to make, it's a ride girls!

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)!

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Article Links:

• JAKE PAUL WOMAN CLAIMS SHE WAS DRUGGED ... During Desiigner's Party at Jake's House (TMZ)
• Moms of Conejo Valley Group Facebook Post (Daily Dot)
• YouTuber Jake Paul Hosts Party Where Multiple Guests Were Allegedly 'Drugged,' a Mother Claims (People)
• YouTuber Jake Paul Is Taking The Allegation Of A Woman Being Drugged At His House Party "Very Seriously," His Lawyer Says (Buzzfeed)
• Woman Reports Being Drugged During Party At Calabasas Home Of YouTube Star Jake Paul (CBS, Los Angelas)
• New Member of YouTube Star Logan Paul's Crew Is a Convicted Pimp (Daily Beast)
• Timeline of Jake Paul's Controversies (Seventeen)
• Dolan Twins Callout Jake Paul (Seventeen)

Videos:

• DESIIGNER: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! Chris Brown, Lamar Odom, Bella Thorne (TMZ)
• Woman Reports Being Drugged During Party At Calabasas Home Of YouTube Star Jake Paul (CBS)
• "How We Got Our House" (YouTube)
• Teamdom and Team10 (YouTube)
• Jake Paul Diss Track (YouTube)
• Alyssa "What you've been waiting for" (YouTube)
• "Its Everyday Bro" (YouTube)

Are we gonna talk about the Met Gala? I guess we have to talk about the Met Gala... Festivities aside, Joan and Matt stand to report on the edge of the internet, and reality. Sonic is getting a new bod; Kanye and Kim are starting a church; a YouTuber witnessed a murder; Louis CK is copyrighting his ‘XXX’ standup, Lori Laughlin is scrambling for good press, and James Charles is being conned (again?) 

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)! 

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Article Links

• Sonic Getting A New Bod! (The Guardian)
• James Charles Desperate The House (Twitter)
• Are Kim and Kanye Cashing in On Their Church? (CheatSheet)
• Louis C.K.’s New Sold-Out Show (ACME Comedy Co.)
• YouTuber may have unknowingly filmed a suitcase with a body inside (Mashable)
• Lori Loughlin and her husband 'are recruiting a crisis manager to help improve her rep' amid college admissions scandal as movers are seen at her Bel Air mansion sparking speculation that daughter Olivia Jade is moving (DailyMail)
• Inside Met Gala 2019’s crazy unwritten rules: from smoking to selfies (NY Post)
• 9 celebrities who have boycotted or been banned from the Met Gala (NY Post)
• Stars are ‘freaking out’ over this year’s Met Gala theme (Page Six)

It's time for listener letters! We start with our favorite communist book recommendations,, turn towards a follow-up on the Noodles and Beef story, and bring up the historical significance of "shotgun" homes from the Fixer Upper deep-dive. We then cover JoJo Siwa sightings, clarification on the Korean Pop controversy, our Zodiac sings and the charts of the most famous celebs, biases on our coverage, the concept of "Netflix-Core", and a blind item from Norway!

Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare!

Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)!

Do you have a tip for us? Want to leave some feedback? Need to get any questions off your chest? Send us an email at [email protected]!

• Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram, [email protected].
• Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram

Literature Mentioned:

1. Romance of American Communism by Vivian Gornick
2. Kids These days by Malcolm Harris
3. Commune Magazine
4. The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
5. Author - Noam Chomsky