join us as we recount the many ways the internet traumatized us in our long awaited (for us at least) Tumblr episode. digressions include the pros of being one of the best dressed in the office, the superiority of UK Skins, and the adolescent drama that comes from being a Tumblrhead. TRIGGER WARNING: this episode contains mentions of depression, suicide, self-harm, and mental illness. 

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join us for our long awaited iNtElLeCtUaL episode in which we get edumacated by our special guests Jesse and Cas. the besties talk LBGTQ youth activism, inclusive education practices, and Jesse debunks sociobiology and the quest for the "gay" gene. digressions include designer babies, therapy as part of Medicare for All and the UMass to Brooklyn pipeline. spoiler alert: sometimes its not your genes, it's just capitalism.

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Sources Mentioned:

"Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen

"Biology as Ideology" by Richard Lewontin

join us for an introspective dive into dissociative feminism, toxic passivity, and the so-called feminine urge to self destruct. digressions include the pitfalls of sarcasm as a coping mechanism, Julia's Killing Eve obsession, and why we should really work to make stability cool again. warning: you may be (compassionately) clocked by the contents of this episode--we certainly were. 

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SOURCES:

The Smartest Women I Know are All Dissociating by Emmeline Clein

The Fleabag Era of Dissociative Feminism Must End by Sophia Peyer

https://medium.com/matter/against-chill-930dfb60a577

join us as we examine the ways that capitalism has commodified self-care in order to encourage us to engage in our own exploitation. digressions include the abomination that is THAT girl's lifestyle, the sinister intersection of self-care and beauty standards, and the conflation between self-care and self-indulgence.  

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RESOURCES!

https://hbr.org/2017/06/6-ways-to-weave-self-care-into-your-workday

https://socialworkmanager.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Selfcare-toolkit.pdf

SOURCES:

https://feminisminindia.com/2022/02/21/is-self-love-only-about-stocking-our-shelves-navigating-the-commodification-of-self-love/

https://brokeassstuart.com/2019/10/17/the-commodification-of-self-care-what-it-is-and-what-it-isnt/

https://ucsdguardian.org/2019/02/18/self-care-commodified/

https://www.palatinate.org.uk/the-commodification-of-self-care-why-treating-ourselves-has-become-dangerous/

https://iep.utm.edu/fouc-eth/#H4

https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1241&context=srhonorsprog

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/happiness-self-help-positive-psychology-eva-illouz-edgar-cabanas

joins us for an extra special episode featuring extra dirty martinis, New York City shenanigans and surprise guests! digressions include--but are certainly not limited to--self proclaimed cringe behaviors, our retirement aspirations, and the utter lack of tall men in Boston. 

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join us for a positively qUiRkY time as we dissect the infamous Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope and its impact on pop culture and our humble little lives. digressions include heinous pick-up lines a lá dating app, a healthy slandering of soft bois and why you should never accept cold pasta from a man. 

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episode links:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManicPixieDreamGirl

https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/07/the-real-world-consequences-of-the-manic-pixie-dream-girl-clich-233/277645/

https://www.wikihow-fun.com/Be-a-Manic-Pixie-Dream-Girl

https://the-take.com/watch/the-manic-pixie-dream-girl-trope-explained

https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/harry-styles-soft-boy-aesthetic-manic-pixie-dream-boy

https://www.instagram.com/beam_me_up_softboi/

join us as we ask ourselves what it means to be an artist in a capitalist hellscape. digressions include middle schoolers' terrorist status, Michi's upcoming appointment, and whether or not we live in a psychotic society. part one of two! 

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join us for this Valentine's Day special in which we do a deep dive into the past, present, and future of BDSM. digressions include the dominatrix blueprint, just how gay Ancient Greece was, and the fact that the Venn diagram of hot girls and IBS is a circle.

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in which the we introduce ourselves, the pod, and our love of dirty gin martinis. digressions include the color of our auras, blizzard pastimes and a sneak peek into our birth charts for all you astrology girlies out there. 

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