Kat and Phoebe discuss mistrials, misogynists, and the mission impossible of trying to make liberalism sexy again.

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She Killed Her Three Children. Is She Guilty?

Like so - Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Kat, noted conservative lingerie influencer: Have Conservatives Taken Sexy Back?

Kat and Phoebe discuss the London substacker stalking her neighbor’s home renovation, and the Met’s cancellation of tiny, angry, wildly anti-Semitic fashion icon John Galliano.

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Have We Forgotten How to Decorate Like Normal People?

John Galliano Withdraws From Met Museum Show After Backlash

Critics Blast Metropolitan Museum’s Plan to Honor John Galliano - The New York Times

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Making a Very Bad Mistake - The New York Times

Galliano’s Greatest Fashion Moments | Vanity Fair

Jew-bash designer Galliano’s costume mocks faithful | New York Post

Opinion | Cancel the Met Gala Instead - The New York Times

Kat and Phoebe attempt an archaeology of wokeness and look forward to the next installment, a.k.a. Woke 2: Electric Boogaloo. Also: fabulists, plagiarists, and a wildlife update about two ugly birds in love.

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On the phases of woke:

AOC on Woke 1.0

Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in raccoon sightings, Phoebe’s European shopping adventures, and Kat’s brush with local law enforcement.

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Kat and Phoebe discuss Labubu consultants, bike camps, childhood nostalgia, and waning attention spans.

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When One Nanny Isn’t Enough, ‘CEO Parents’ Hire a Whole Team - WSJ

Kat and Phoebe discuss the lingerie of the long 2010s, the publishing industry’s Jewish problem, and the best place to hide your heirlooms and jewels (in a paper bag emblazoned with the words “DEAD RACCOON INSIDE.”)

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A Statement to Our Community - PEN America

‘A Silent Moratorium’ - PEN America

A Free-Speech Meltdown

Thank you Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Mark Sundstrom, Bob, TheNuclearBlonde, Dave, and many others for tuning into my live video with Rafael Frumkin! Join me for my next live video in the app.

Kat and Phoebe discuss Ozempic (the new lobotomy!), American patriotism (the new Zionism!), and the sad, strange, entirely predictable downfall of Graham Platner (we told you so!).

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The Drug That Made Me Want Less

Previously, on Platner:

Kat’s reporting on death doulas:

In a special episode to make up for last month’s shortfall and last week’s forgotten shoutouts, Kat and Phoebe discuss review-tagging, hate-following, and why one extremely tall politician was chased away from a trans pride parade.

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Is heterosexuality hopeless? | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian

Kat and Phoebe discuss the Bluesky backlash against Phoebe’s book, the Twitter suffrage discourse that made it feel, ever so briefly, like 2017 again, and the big, Gay link between the two. Also, a rare cat cameo!

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