Hello EICrystals! This week on the podcast- shocking sex stunts, digital literary drama, surveillance for safety. Plus: a suspicious vibrating sound, Oenone losing her voice & Ruchira filing paperwork.

First up- provocateur and viral adult creator Bonnie Blue is back in the headlines after turning her baby shower into... well, a very different kind of shower. The 27-year-old has begun releasing footage from Saturday's event, where 112 attendees reportedly took part over the course of six hours. Is this an adult entertainer exercising her bodily autonomy or a huge safeguarding concern for her unborn baby? And are we complicit for covering it? Let us know in the comments/ our DMs if you think this should be the last time we say the words Bonnie or Blue on the pod.

Next up- we know that hot girls read, but do hot girls also file trademarks for widely used phrases they didn't invent? Last week business owner and BookTok creator Allie Mitrovich announced (in a now-deleted post) that she had officially secured the registration for the phrase "Hot Girls Read". We track the backlash, the outcome and ask why everyone online thinks they have to be a business owner.

And finally: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that tech companies must introduce in-built software that stops underage users from taking or sharing nudes. Apple and Google have both been given until September to comply or will face legislation to force them to do so. Is this a major win for child safety or a sly attack on all of our most fundamental privacy rights?

We hope you luuuurve today's episode because we luuuurved making it for you. If so, please leave us a rating or a review or share us on social media or in the group chat. O, R, B x

Ruchira's been loving The Invite (out July 3rd) and Backrooms, Beth's been loving Two Weeks In August on BBC iPlayer and The Comeback on NOW TV and Oenone's been loving Main Characters by Bobby Palmer (out July 2nd!) with special mention to Isaac and the Egg.

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Lad Bible - Bonnie Blue shares photos from 'disgusting' baby shower stunt

YouTube - "I'm not responsible for 13-year-olds...' Bonnie Blue x Shelagh Fogarty LBC

People - A Content Creator Filed to Trademark 'Hot Girls Read,' Then the BookTok Community Erupted Online

Lit Hub - A content creator tried to trademark "Hot Girls Read." BookTok clapped back.

NPR - 'Very demure, very mindful' trademark issue is 'handled,' TikTok influencer says

Substack - Hot Girls Don't Weaponize Trademarks Against Small Businesses: The Book Community Might Have a Greed Problem

Podcasts - Matilda Djerf on Creator-Led Brands, Secrets Behind 300% Growth and Tough Lessons in Entrepreneurship

Good Noticings - Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia

The Guardian - Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones

The Times - Tech bosses threatened with prison if they fail to protect children

Big Brother Watch statement

Signal statement

GOV UK - New plans to stop children taking, sharing or viewing nude images

CBS - Musk fires outsourced content moderators who track abuse on Twitter

BBC - Australia has banned social media for kids under 16. How does it work?

BBC - Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced

BBC - Mandatory digital ID launch called 'a fiasco' by scrutiny committee

Lad Bible - Sexual offences lawyer warns of 'explosion' of illegal images as ChatGPT plans adult content

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Hello EIChihuahuas, happy Pride month!

The NYT chose violence this Pride with an op-ed on why being straight is great, actually. They quickly changed the title to "There's Nothing Wrong With Wanting Men" – a possible response to rising criticism. Naturally, we (and you) had a few thoughts on the topic...

Thank you for your amazing thoughts and for listening to us <3 love O, R, B xxx

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There’s Nothing Wrong With Wanting Men

Chanté's TikTok

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Hello EICornettos! It's been a hefty week in the world of pop culture, so grab a lolly and let's get into it.

Oenone is away at a wedding... very unusual timing because Mr and Mrs Dua Lipa legally tied the knot last week. But the internet had some choice words about the singer's white suit. EIC Fashion Police LTD. are wading through the mess to share our searing hot takes for you.

Ruchira did some on the ground reporting from SXSW, which hit headlines this week after speakers Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur were barred from entering the UK by the Home Office, who said their "presence would not be conducive to the public good". We dive into the difficult debate around free speech, authoritarianism and our fears of rising antisemitism.

And finally Euphoria 3: Over For Good. Sam Levinson has done what he did, meaning EIC had to do what it does best. We gave our honest reviews and (of course) didn't hold back.

Thank you for listening to us this week <3 love O,R,B

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This week Ruchira shared some thoughts from her time at SXSW. She also read The Lost World. Beth loved the incredible story of Tim Payne's rise to social media superstardom and Fruit Fly.

(SXSW Talk) The Authoritarian Creep: How Far Right Rhetoric Impacts Culture

Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

Hasan Piker on antisemitism, America's support of Israel & the need for trust in mainstream media

Labour MP Calls on Home Office to Ban Hasan Piker From the UK

Why ‘Euphoria’ Had to End This Way. For Good.

The Mess Was the Point

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Hello EIComrades, happy Pride month 🎉

In today’s episode we speak to Maxine Heron. Maxine is the online comms officer at Not a phase a registered, trans-led British grassroots charity dedicated strictly to supporting and uplifting transgender and gender-diverse adults across the UK, as well as being a model, creator, writer and public speaker, and friend of the pod.

A couple of weeks ago, the The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) ruled that single-sex changing rooms and bathrooms in England, Wales and Scotland must exclude trans people. The guidance issued to public bodies, businesses and other service providers, has been approved by ministers. It’s such a dark time in UK politics, we speak to Maxine about the real world implications on trans people, how we got here, and what we can do to help.

Sending lots of love to every trans person out there, we love you & so do all of our mates. O,R,B xoxoxx

Write to your MP

Maxine Heron

Not A Phase

Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms

Trans lives survey 2021: Enduring the UK’s hostile environment

Where does the British public stand on transgender rights in 2024/25?

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Happy Friday EICompetitors! This week on the podcast, what lengths will humans not go to, to feel a little bit special?

First up, a 2025 survey by the American Academy of Dermatology revealed that half of Gen Z participants got a sunburn in 2024, with 10% getting burns severe enough to cause blisters. They also found that 37% didn’t know the risks of tanning and 57% believed common tanning myths- e.g. that a base tan protects you from sunburn. More than a fifth of Gen Z respondents prioritise getting a tan over protecting their skin, and 25% said that it’s worth looking good now even if it means their skin looks worse down the line. Is this just the naivety of youth? Or does it signal something shifting in culture? We talk everything tanning!

Secondly, what does extreme wealth do to the brain? This is the title of a piece for New York magazine by Lane Brown, and the question he tries to answer within it. So Lane Brown you may also remember authored The Feed Is Fake, about stealth marketing online which we discussed in last week’s episode. And for this piece about the ultra-rich, he spent two months interviewing the 0.1 and 0.001% and asking them how money has changed the way they think, how their worldview shifted when they were no longer under the same financial constraints and how becoming mega rich altered their perception of status, friendship, obligation and maybe even reality itself. 

And lastly, while we were enhancing the UK bank holiday heatwave with picky bits, day drinking and ice lollies, over in Las Vegas, another kind of enhancement was going on at The Enhanced Games. Is this just inevitable in a world of optimisation? We discuss.

We hope you enjoy, as always please do rate, review and share the show, it helps others to find it and us to keep making it! LY! O,R,B xx

Beth's been loving: I want to go home but I'm already there, Patrick Radden Keefe on Adam Buxton

Ruchira's been loving: Two Weeks In August,

Oenone's been loving: The Crash, It Ends With Us

What Will It Take to Get Young People to Stop Tanning (Again)?

AAD survey: half of Gen Z got sunburned in 2024 — and many still don’t know the risks

RFK Jr. pushes “personal choice” over teen tanning bed ban

As influencers spread ‘toxic’ claims, what is the truth about sunscreen?

Sam Faiers slammed for pushing ‘dangerous’ suncream conspiracy theory

The myth of good skin, with Jessica DeFino

Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning

What Does Extreme Wealth Do to the Brain?

Enhanced Games devolves into daft, 'high school-level' sporting circus

Record 50m freestyle time at controversial Enhanced Games

The Enhanced Games fit right in with the rest of 2026’s longevity vibes

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Happy Wednesday EICreations!

In today's episode we sit down with bestselling author and former host of the brilliant Should I Delete That Alex Light to discuss everything from weight loss jabs to bikini bodies. She also offers invaluable advice on how to limit the impact of social media on kids, raise body positive sons and get through to older generations about their toxic relationship to food and thinness. Alex's new non-fiction book The Price of Pretty is out now, and deftly examines the unbearable and unattainable beauty standards that women are subjected to while also exploring the relationship between a waning body positive movement and the rise of Ozempic and AI. Other topics include motherhood and body image, eating disorder recovery, tweakments, filters and social media.

We loved chatting to Alex and you can follow her on Instagram here!

Links:

NICE Guidance on Semaglutide

Body Happy Kids by Molly Forbes

Waterstones - The Price of Pretty by Alex Light

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Hello EICorroborators! Happy Friday and welcome back to Everything Is Content- your one stop podcast shop for everything pop culture and beyond.

This week- and trigger warning for discussion of sexual violence and abuse- we're discussing BBC Panorama's harrowing new documentary ‘The Dark Side of Married at First Sight' in which former MAFs UK contestant Shona Manderson alleges that her on-screen partner had sex with her without a condom against her wishes. She alleges the team took her to get the morning after pill, but that nothing else was done. The show has pulled all of its episodes from the internet while discussions continue to rage on about how reality TV can't seem to stop failing its subjects. We share our takes as (former) fans of the show.

Next up we're talking about Harry Styles' new tour- which has been criticised after some attendees reported having little to no visibility of their fav as he happily scampered around his enormous walkway stage set-up. Has the singer prioritised his Strava over his set design? We investigate.

Then we mull over Jacob Elordi's love life after the actor was spotted out and about with model and the inventor of tequila, Kendall Jenner. The internet has separated into two camps in response to the possible pairing- people saying "huh??" and people saying "duh...". Plus: Everything In Conversation with... Kylie?

Also (and we're sorry) we chat about Elon Musk's latest MORONIC OUTBURST after the friendless loser suggested that Oscar winning actress and generational beauty Lupita Nyong'o was somehow badly cast as the fictional generational beauty Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan's upcoming adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. We insult Elon Musk's pathetic existence discuss with consideration for all sides.

And finally we revisit the topic of internet fakery and advertising creep after a new piece in Vulture by Lane Brown suggested that just about everything we see online nowadays has been placed there to sell us something. From the piece: "On social media, popular opinion is being formed, measured, and manipulated all at once, and every signal the platforms produce... can now be fabricated by unseen actors with hidden agendas." In other words... is it time to log off?

This week Ruchira was loving Legends on Netflix and Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash, Oenone was loving Sister Europe by Nell Zink and Beth was loving SNL UK and London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe.

Thank you SO much for listening, commenting, agreeing, disagreeing, sharing us on socials or leaving us a review. It means the world and really does help us keep making the show. See you Wednesday! O, R, B x

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BBC iPlayer - The Dark Side of Married at First Sight / Panorama

Vanity Fair - Why Can’t Elon Musk Shut Up About Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?

Forbes - Musk Boosts Misinformation About ‘The Odyssey’ In Days-Long Crusade Against Christopher Nolan Movie

Vulture - The Feed Is Fake by Lane Brown

Waterstones - The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson

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Hello EICeo's, lean in for a second – we're talking about the return of the girlboss.

Emma Grede is the entrepreneur and business partner of a handful of Kardashian businesses. She's recently entered the media circus promoting her debut book, Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life, and in the process started a few conversations around work, motherhood and WFH culture.

Thank you for all of your incredible thoughts for this one <3 love O,R,B xoxo

Emma Grede: the real mastermind of the Kardashian empire

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Hello EICookies, we've got a thought-provoking episode for you this week.

Firstly, we have to discuss the depressing local election results and how we begin to process it and move forward. A Substack essay on the end of the Western earnest tourist our interest on if we'll ever regain the sense of wonder and charm from a path rarely travelled in the age of TikTok travel content, and Google Earth shining a light on every corner, far and wide, on the planet. Finally, she's back: Amanda and her cringy exploits have returned to screens.

Also Beth is back next week, so do not fear our third essential ingredient will be back in the mix ASAP.

This week Oenone loved Why More Americans Are Seeking Religion and wanted to dive into Charli XCX's Rock Music. Ruchira loved Gen Z's New "Anti-Woke Voice" and Hacks season 5.

Also could we request a lovely review on Apple or Spotify? It's a huge push for the podcast and helps us continue to grow <3

Lots of love, O,R,B xoxox

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The More Than 30 Scandal-Hit Reform Candidates Elected Last Week

Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains

‘I’ll talk to work on Monday’: what happens when a ‘paper candidate’ actually wins?

Reform cold calling public in bid to find ‘paper’ candidates for local elections

The End Of Elsewhere

The Myth of Authentic Travel

Amandaland

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Happy Wednesday EIChatters!

To voice note or not to voice note, that is the question. In a piece for the Independent from the start of the year Helen Coffey explored whether a rise in voice notes has helped kill the art of conversation. She writes that despite being an initial sceptic about voice notes and finding them awkward and less useful than a phone call, she has since come around and become a primary source of communication in her circle.

A 2025 survey commissioned by Sky Mobile found that 62% of voice note recipients had experienced ‘voice note fatigue’, and 20% said they’d personally received a voice note longer than 10 minutes. More than one in ten said they received over 10 voice notes a day, and 44% said they listened at double speed to get through them quicker. 

There’s also apparently a geographical element to this that suggests the UK is actually lagging behind other countries in our adoption of recorded messages. A 2024 YouGov survey found that 48% of Indian respondents either preferred receiving voice notes or liked them just as much as texts, compared to just 18% of people in Great Britain. 

We dive in with your help!

We hope you enjoy, as always please do rate, review and share us with a friend :) Kisses! O,R,B x

The inexorable rise of voice notes: ‘I’m thinking of you – I just don’t want to speak to you’

VOICE-NO! Brits call time on long voice notes

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