Self care is a multi-billion dollar industry and an Instagram buzzword, so naturally it's a bastardized capitalist version of a concept developed by Black feminists. We dive into why the "self care" on social media is expensive, competitive and optimized for all the wrong reasons, and what self care really means to us! Tangents include goop, clean eating, mantra posts and the golden bachelor <3

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Happy spooky season! We put 16 of our favorite women in horror up against each other to find the true queen of scares. This episode is full of spoilers for so many different things. Yes the line up makes no sense and features very few Actual horror characters. Yes the Babadook counts as a woman. Tell us who would win yours!!

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Are you torn over whether girl dinner is a subversive feminist statement or just a silly meme? We don’t have an answer, but we do have a linguistic analysis over why we choose the word girl over woman for trendy media, and what that means for our concept of adult womanhood. Can we call ourselves women if we’re not married or mothers? Can we still be fun and socially valuable if we aren’t “teenage girls in our twenties”? God we hope so !!!

Disclaimer!! I (Tori) did not do a great job balancing out a volume issue with my mic so just don't listen to this ep on full volume or it will be Very loud ok love you i'm working on it bye

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Who needs a high school English class when you had Tumblr’s #words? Today we host a reading sesh with the poems and quotes from the #words tag that stuck with us into adulthood, followed by screaming about how much we love hopeful and accessible poems. To much surprise, these Tumblr-famous poems aren’t depressing. And to no surprise, Carly reads Two-Headed Calf and Tori cries about it. Also if you’re Tori’s professor who she talks about the whole time don’t listen to this episode <3

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Have you ever thought, "I wish there was an AI chatbot that could connect me to a teenager on Tumblr for therapy?" There is! And it sucks! Join us for a horrifying exposé about the ethical nightmare that is Kokobot.

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KOKOBOT - The Airbnb-Owned Tech Startup - Data Mining Tumblr Users' Mental Health Crises for "Content" - @viridianriver on Tumblr

'Horribly Unethical': Startup Experimented on Suicidal Teens on Social Media With Chatbot - Vice

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This week we return to the podcasting grind after our break (and big project release!), resulting in an ep full of life updates about moving, discussing our Facebook marketplace excursions, and seeing our Tumblr icon Halsey!! We also update on the culture (of course) including the awful updates from Tumblr staff, some thoughts on the new Black Mirror season and weird creations from the new Legend of Zelda game—among other things. Love ya and glad to be back!

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Our secret project is finally here! This episode is made in collaboration with Kat Jokinen, curator of the Hell is a Teenage Girl archive. Check out her full site in the links below!

In this ep we explore the modern day "girl blogger," who is really not that different from the 2014 tumblr girl. We explore the themes of mental illness (labeled as delusion), disordered eating (disguised as aesthetics), and pre-mature self sexualization (the lolita trope).

We so hope you enjoy this deep dive into teenage girlhood on Tumblr—the unfortunately never changing experience it seems.

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We're talking about fanfic again!! But this week, we're talking all about the best, the worst, the most horrifying yet efficient fic library the web has to offer: Archive of our own. If you're long time users like us, you'll still be horrified by what you can find there! If you're new, we give you the run down on how to navigate. Plus, a game of guess the ship based on the most bizarre tags!

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In this no-theme, everything-is-the-theme episode, we clear out our minds for your enjoyment! Listen as we critique Met Gala looks, talk about how much driving sucks, and share our ins and outs for this Spring! (Hint: skincare and self-compassion are in. Cover letters and soda are out.)

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We were born to be fangirls, and fangirl we did over American Girls, Webkinz, Club Penguin, Barbies, and sooooo many more. So maybe getting in touch with your inner child just means collecting and crafting again!!

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