hi there!

thank you so much for listening to episode 2 of the Ready or Not podcast! we really appreciate you being here and hope that you found us at the v least entertaining. now more than ever the effect that people on social media have on our lives is extremely relevant. how easy it is to take in and see what these people say as truth or idolize them for it makes us and everyone else online vulnerable to falling under their spell and losing more of ourselves as we do. we discuss the importance of thinking critically about the people who we give influence online, as well as the psychological ways that they can even have that influence in the first place. as teenagers, we love social media and seeing people interact and find communities online - but it's also important for us that we don’t let these single ideas and communities take over who we are and what we think.

as per our usual disclaimer (and meant more so in this episode): we are not bashing any specific group of people or opinions, the aim of this podcast is to share new perspectives and ideas and we're just doing that for ours!

please leave us any thoughts or comments on our Instagram (@ReadyorNot_podcast_) - we'd love to hear your point of view!

as mentioned in the episode - below is our resource bank, complete with some cool sources to check out for your own interest.

thank you all for being here and have a lovely day! <3

noemie and ruthie <333

Resource bank <3:

• Incels">https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-44053828">Incels: Inside a dark world of online hate - BBC News - CNN article that's basically a deep-dive into what being an ‘incel’ is abt and what it's like
• brianmichaelhinds">https://www.tiktok.com/@brianmichaelhinds.int">brianmichaelhinds (@brianmichaelhinds.int) TikTok- TikTok maria was talking abt, just a good laugh and a show of the force of good that the internet can be