Eating For Free

What’s Tana Mongeau of Notorious ‘Tanacon’ up to? What has pop-culture critics up in a tizzy? Will BuzzFeed’s CEO ever allow his writers to unionize? Why is the Amazon-owned bluetooth-enabled doorbell company selling their user’s security camera footage? Who at Walmart decided to incorporate themselves into branded television content? Why does Gwyneth Paltrow continue to lie? All that and more on this week’s pop culture roundup, plus a very special announcement from Joan! 

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

Article Links

• What is Going on With Critics This Week? (TheRinger)
• BuzzFeed CEO Remains An Asshole (Wendy Lee, LA Times)
• Abigail Disney Protest Bob Iger and Her Inherited Wealth (The Guardian)
• Amazon-Owned Company “Ring” Wants To Start Producing Crime-News Content (Joshua Benton, Niemanlab)
• Gwyneth Paltrow Claims She’s The Victim of An Alleged Skiing Accident (E! Online)
• Martha Stewart had no clue who Chip and Joanna Gaines are (Page Six)
• Yikes! Tana Mongeau Gets Slammed for Offering Makeup Artists ‘Promo’ Instead of Money (J-14)
• Naomi Campbell does not know who Kim Kardashian is (VIDEO) (Entertainment Tonight)
• Walmart's Plan to Decimate Netflix Is Reportedly 'Shoppable Content' (Gizmodo)
• It's Only A Matter of Time Before Everyone Is An Influencer
• Natalie Portman explains how her veganism relates to women's issues: 'We're exploiting female bodies'

What happens when two reality television stars turn a former cult stronghold and out of the way Texas town into a mecca for the Instagram obsessed, Christian millennial? How have Chip & Joanna Gaines' Fixer Upper empire, rebranded as Magnolia, changed the landscape of the American tourist industry? What does the future hold for the ravaged town of Waco as taxes rise, housing prices skyrocket, and their local industries cater to out of town investment bankers? We investigate!

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:

• My Tortured Relationship With the HGTV Show Fixer Upper (Jezebel)
• "Fixer Upper" Is Over, But Waco's Transformation Is Just Beginning (Anne Helen Petersen, BuzzFeed)
• 'Fixer Upper' shotgun house listed for almost $1 million (Waco Tribune)
• Waco, Reborn (Paige Skinner, NYT)
• I Went to Waco and Stayed in a 'Fixer Upper' House, and I Don't Get the Appeal (Dallas Obverver)
• The Standoff in Waco (Texas Observer)
• Waco council takes aim at racial disparities, gentrification (Waco Tribune)
• HOPING FOR HOMES: Poor priced out of Waco's hot housing market, nonprofit officials say (Waco Tribune)
• What That 'Fixer Upper' Car Crash Says About Waco & Your Favorite HGTV Show (Country Living)
• Waco: Neighborhood meeting on development gets heated (KWTX)
• 'Fixer Upper' effect: Waco's economy benefits from Chip and Joanna Gaines lifestyle empire (USA Today)

What is Big Pharma doing with social media influencers? What exactly is #FreeBritney? Why is Charlize Theron doing A DailyMail exclusive about her trans daughter? Who is anti-gay congressman Aaron Shock and why did he abuse government funds to build a ‘Downton Abbey’ themed office? Will Nicki Minaj ever stop working with sexual abusers? Joan and Matt sped 120mph out of the Los Angeles Valley, still hungover from their Vanderpump Bar Crawl to catchup on all the latest hot-garbage coming out of the internet this week. 

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 (Main):

• What is #FreeBritney? (Insider)
• Protest Outside City Hall (ET)
• LuAnne De Lesseps #FreeBritney (Instagram)
• Former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock Spotted By Multiple People to be Making Out With Man At Coachella (Queerty)
• Editorial: The Downfall of Aaron Schock: Greed and Ego (Chicago Tribune)
• Aaron Shock Redecoration (Washington Post)
• Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj to Tour Together This [Summer] (Variety)

What is “Hell Joseon?” Why are women in South Korea being secretly filmed in public spaces? What does #MeToo look like outside of the U.S. in one of the most industrialized nations in the world? Why is a KPOP star accused of facilitating sex-work in popular Seoul nightclub? And how does this all connect together? This deep-dive Joan and Matt investigate the recent cases of spy-cam infiltration in multiple South Korean cities, which leads to the discovery of years-long social protest inspired by the #MeToo movement and the boiling effect of “Hell Joseon” among Korean youth. Our story ends with the recent scandal effecting the KPOP community with popular singer Seungri from BIGBANG charged in multiple prostitution cases facilitated in his co-owned nightclub, where leaked text messages showed the singer and other popular artist involved in a secret trade of illicit images and videos, of un-consenting adults having sex in the same nightclub. 

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!

You can 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

• Hundreds of Motel Guest Were Secretly Filmed and Live-Streamed Online (CNN)
• Owner of South Korean Revenge Porn Site Jailed for 4 Years (CNN)
• South Korea’s Spy-Cam Epidemic (BBC)
• KIM JI YEONG BORN 1982: (LA REVIEW OF BOOKS)
• A New Generation Fights Sexual Abuse in South Korea Schools (LA Times)
• Pres. Moon Urges Stern Punishment Against Sexual Crimes (The Korea Herald)
• K-Pop Star Seungri’s Charged in Prostitution Case (Time)
• Seungr’s Text Message Evidence (Soompi)
• K-Pop’s Sexual Assault Scandal Is the Tip of the Iceberg (Foreign Policy)
• “Hell Joseon” (Young South Koreans call their country ‘hell’ and look for ways out) (Washington Post)

Trigger Warning: Hosts discuss eating disorders for the later part of the episode regarding Jack Dorsey.

Dole Banana and Captain Marvel collab? Lori Loughlin is Going to Prison After Pulling Out of Plea Deal? Kim Kardashian is Becoming a Lawyer? Amazon Employees Are Witnessing Abuse Though Our Alexa Devices? Jack Dorsey Only Eats 5 Times A Week? Harvard Scientist Claim Jameela Jamil is Solving Body Image Issues? Jessie J Wrote An Essay On Why She’s A Heterosexual Woman? Hosts Joan and Matt this week get caught up in a flurry of hot topics that left us speeding out of the Bay to get a head start on our Los Angeles vacation! Catch our expansive deep-dive this week before we head out town!

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!

You can 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:

• Amazon Workers Confirmed Listening to Alexa Conversations (Bloomberg)
• Kim Kardashian Plans To Become a Lawyer Despite Never Finishing College (Elle)
• 73 Questions With Kim K (Vogue)
• Kim’s iOS Press Release (Instagram)
• Allison Mack Pleads Guilty in NXIVM Case (Vulture)
• Jack Dorsey Opens Up About His “Daily Health Routine” (People)
• Jameela Jamil Praised by Harvard Scientist (US)
• Jessie J Pens Thousand-Word Essay on Why She’s… Straight (UK Independent)
• Jack Dorsey and the Cult of Bro Science (Outside)
• Broken Friendships, Family Fights and Prison Sentence Anguish: How Lori Loughlin Is Coping With Her New Normal (E Online)

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Grimes is giving interviews in Florida? Aunt Becky launches her foundation for Instagram influencers with failing grades? Elisabeth Hasselbeck had a mental breakdown from prolonged exposure to Barbara Walters? Crime Scene Cleanup crews are the latest, trending Instagram stars? Wendy Williams was in a WalMart? 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!

You can 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

• The Grimes Moratorium Officially Begins Today (Stereogum)
• Beyonce Walked Out of Reebok Meeting Due to Lack of Diversity (PageSix)
• What The Hell is PreacherN’Sneakers? (Fashonista) 
• BuzzFeed Doubles-Down on Anti-Union Sentiments (Splinter)
• $2.5m Worth of Cosmetics Were Stolen From Jeffree Star’s New Warehouse (BuzzFeed)
• Kim Kardashian is Having a CBD-Themed Baby Shower (Page Six)
• Wendy Williams Spotted in Walmart Wearing Wedding Ring (PageSix)
• The Artist Formerly Known As Grimes (Cultured)
• Beyoncé reportedly walked out of Reebok meeting due to lack of diversity (ESPN)
• R. Kelly was pleased with his ‘passionate’ Gayle King interview (Page Six)
• Listen to Elisabeth Hasselbeck Quit ‘The View’ After a Fight With Barbara Walters (Variety)
• Ben Affleck smokes a cigarette after getting pulled over in his Bentley for allegedly driving on the shoulder of a freeway (Daily Mail)
• Aunt Becky Signed Some Autographs for Fans Before Her Court Date (Jezebel)
• Olivia Jade ‘trusted her parents’ and went along with bribery scheme (Page Six)
• Instagram’s New Stars: Crime Scene Cleanup Specialists (Daily Beast)

For almost 100 years, the American Military has funded, controlled, and manipulated Hollywood's image of the Armed Forces. With the release of Marvel's Captain America, we investigate the disturbingly deep ties between the Pentagon and the biggest blockbusters the world has ever seen. Our government claims it isn't recruitment or rehabilitation propaganda but the facts say otherwise! More than ever, we advise you to strap in tight- it's gonna be a rough and dangerous ride.

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!

You can 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:

• The Pentagon and the World's Biggest Film Franchises (Spy Culture)
• Jurassic Park (III) (Aljazeera America)
• Opinion: Marvel Comics Sends A Terrible Message by Partnering With Military Contractor (SYFY)
• Background on Northrop Grumman (Wiki, Corp-Research, CorpWatch)
• Marvel Cancels Crossover With Northrop Grumman (Gizmodo)
• Enlisting an Audience (The Outline)
• Marvel Cancels Comic Crossover with Defense Giant Northrop Grumman [Updated] (IO9)
• Northrop Grumman official site

Which of the Fab Five are communists? What’s Lori Loughlin up to in the face of her looming prison sentence? Which new schemes and lies has Kris Jenner cooked up to deflect rising criticisms of the Kardashian’s business arrangements? Mussolini has a granddaughter and she’s feuding with Jim Carrey? If you’re there God, we want out!

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!

You can 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:

• Kim Kardashian Confesses She Can’t ‘Babysit’ Kanye West Any Longer (Daily Beast)
• Political artist Jim Carrey is feuding with Benito Mussolini's granddaughter, so hey, how's your day? (AV NEWS) 
• Care.com Removes Tens of Thousands of Unverified Daycare Listings from Its Website (Jezebel)
• Jameela Jamil Says ‘Thank You, Next’ to Kardashians Weight-Loss Post Response (Us Weekly)
• LORI LOUGHLIN BREAKS SILENCE ON COLLEGE SCANDAL ... To Say She Can't Talk About It (TMZ)
• Keeping Up With The Kardashian’s Cash Flow (NYT)
• Vegan YouTube Stars Caught In A Tizzy (TheDailyBeast)
• Lithuanian Man Siphons $122m Out of Facebook and Google Through Invoice Scams (NY Daily)
• Facebook Finally Revises ‘Racist’ White Supremacist Terms (SFist)
• Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of Passwords in Plain Text With Employee Access (MacRumors)
• Tan France Denounces Capitalism (Twitter)
• JoJo Siwa Babysits Northwest (YouTube)
• Elon Musk Drops Harambe Tribute (SoundCloud)

For almost 100 years, the American Military has funded, controlled, and manipulated Hollywood's image of the Armed Forces. With the release of Captain Marvel, we investigate the disturbingly deep ties between the Pentagon and the biggest blockbusters the world has ever seen. Our government claims it isn't recruitment or rehabilitation propaganda but the facts say otherwise! More than ever, we advise you to strap in tight- it's gonna be a rough and dangerous ride.

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!

You can 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:

• Is Captain Marvel Military Propaganda? (The Daily Dot)
• How the CIA Helped Make "Zero Dark Thirty" (PBS)
• 'Captain Marvel' Is The Recruiting Tool Of The Air Force's Dreams (Task and Purpose)
• Captain Marvel's Feminism Is All Tangled Up with Military Boosterism (LA Mag)
• Adam H. Johnson Thread (Twitter)
• Hollywood's Military Complex (Fortune)
• The Pentagon and the World's Biggest Film Franchises (Spy Culture)

Grimes has fully lost her mind? GOOP pivoted to bondage? Supernatural is ending and fanfiction is officially cancelled? Olivia Jade can’t stop crying over lost brand deals? Barbra Streisand should keep her mouth shut? Chick-Fil-A won’t stop seasoning their chicken with homophobia? There’s so much to discuss!

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!

You can 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:

• Olivia Jade Giannulli blames her parents for 'ruining her life' (Page Six)
• Wendy Williams reveals she’s been staying in a sober-living house (Washington Post)
• All 2 Minutes of 'Bohemian Rhapsody's Queer Content Censored in China (OUT)
• ‘Supernatural’ To End After Season 15 On The CW
• Barbra Streisand “Profoundly Sorry” for Comments on Michael Jackson Accusers (VARIETY)
• Diana Ross Also Has Some Shitty Michael Jackson Opinions  (JEZEBEL)
• Gwyneth Paltrow sells saucy $786 leather lingerie set with kinky $300 whip on Goop site... with the products promising to fulfil bondage fantasies