Feminine Chaos

Kat and Phoebe unsheath their wooden swords to discuss an all-hemp house featured in the NYT's "Living Small" column, and the latest galaxy-brained takes about sexual violence in Gaza.

Links:

Their Cape Cod Home Isn’t Small, but Its Carbon Footprint Is

Accounts of Sexual Violence by Hamas Are Aired Amid Criticism of U.N. - The New York Times

Phoebe on the #MeToo Unless You’re a Jew phenomenon

Kat and Phoebe battle a glitchy recording platform to talk about the reporting process behind Kat's latest Airmail article, why people are firing bullets at Jewish buildings, and what the Israel/Palestine discourse has to do with Taylor Swift.

Links:

Kat: The Israel-Hamas Conflict Causes a Rift Among Young Progressives - Air Mail

A school shooting (that is, a school was shot): Montreal police investigating gunshots at two Jewish schools early in the morning of Nov. 9

Phoebe on the food-appropriation discourse: In which I claim no personal credit for hummus

Kat and Phoebe, notorious signatories of the Harper's letter on free speech, discuss tasty hats, terrible ballet flats, strange bedfellows in the queer activism community, and why the New York Times hired a Hitler fanboy for its coverage in Gaza.

Links:

The hat-eater (when will the free speech crowd say something oh wait they have):

https://twitter.com/BovyMaltz/status/1716629638988857732

Worm Joke Causes Science Twitter Flame War Over Accusations of Sexism and Racism

Background on the NYT's Hitler-loving videographer: News outlets backtrack on Gaza blast after relying on Hamas as key source

Remember Donald McNeil?

Ex-Times Reporter Who Used Racial Slur Publishes a Lengthy Defense - The New York Times

“Lezbollah”!

https://twitter.com/blakeflayton/status/1716812963636793404

 https://twitter.com/MattiAharon/status/1716813816267518418

BDM on Balletcore:

The terrible shoes:

https://www.thereformation.com/products/barbara-ballet-flat/1313874.html

Kat and Phoebe discuss war discourse and reality dating shows, which are, of course, basically the same thing.

Links:

Leigh Stein on personal brands facing difficult times:

Phoebe on wishy-washy war commentary: https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/it-is-actually-fine-to-care-when-jews-are-killed-phoebe-maltz-bovy-on-tepid-responses-to-terror/

Kat on war discourse and civility: https://unherd.com/2023/10/can-the-pro-palestine-left-redeem-itself/

What's a keffiyeh? Wonder no more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_keffiyeh

Kat on reality-TV singles of the old and naked varieties:

The not-so-Golden Girls themselves: https://ew.com/tv/the-golden-bachelor-cast-contestants-women/

Kat and Phoebe grope for answers to this week’s big philosophical questions: what is the best Broadway show at which to get to third base? Do the Russell Brand allegations represent a new frontier in age gap discourse? If you say Jann Wenner’s name three times, will he show up and harass your dinner party guests with unsolicited opinions about who does and does not qualify as a philosopher of rock and roll?

Links:

Lauren Boebert apologizes again for ‘maybe overtly animated’ behavior at theater 

Marcotte on Boebert: Lauren Boebert's sexy adventure

Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse

Jann Wenner Removed From Rock Hall Board After Times Interview - The New York Times

Phoebe's take:

Kat and Phoebe discuss body counts, TV nudity, and what you can do with a falafel in the shower.

Links:

Phoebe on body count discourse:

"The question we must ask young women is this: who told you it was acceptable to have a high body count?"

https://twitter.com/Sargon_of_Akkad/status/1698099127467336124

The Clerks scene:

The falafel incident:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/evgxkw/remember-bill-oreillys-extreme-sexual-harassment-falafel-lawsuit-from-2004

The NYT on nudity:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/movies/nudity-onscreen-idol-oppenheimer.html

Kat and Phoebe discuss an alleged denial of service at a Manhattan bar, NYC Mayor Eric Adams' most recent horny-on-main incident, and romantic approaches for all genders.

Kat and Phoebe's recent work:

Unraveling the Secrets of the Barbieverse

Here come the female Andrew Tates - UnHerd

"I'd like to be Eileen Gum / and call myself 'just a mum'

The non-fact-che…

Kat and Phoebe discuss a young man's existential crisis over being rudely awakened by his girlfriend, the cultural significance of the Barbie movie, the hot pink aesthetic known as "Barbiecore", and the $5 million log cabin for a man and his dog.

Links:

The regretful Redditor:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sex/comments/151hlva/my_gf_woke_me_up_with_a_blowjob_and_i_kinda_like/

Kat on boundaries:

Kat on Barbie and her millennial girlboss contradictions. https://unherd.com/2023/07/barbie-is-fight-club-for-women/

Barbiecore https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/realestate/barbiecore-home-decor-interior-design.html

The opposite of Barbiecore: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/realestate/cabin-restoration-ontario-canada.html

Phoebe on the dog cabin:

Kat and Phoebe discuss plotting a murder with ChatGPT and the latest in academic diversity dramas.

Links:

With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool: Adversity Scores

Phoebe on the state of academic affairs:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-waterloo-attack-is-part-of-a-broader-trend-of-hatred-for-academia/ 

https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/affirmative-action-and-diversity-statements-a-complicated-history-phoebe-maltz-bovy-on-local-and-not-so-local-edi-news/

Our friends at Blocked & Reported explain the Yoel Inbar imbroglio:

Suspect charged in hate-motivated stabbing in Canada university gender issues class

UChicago Course on Whiteness Sparks Debate Over Free Speech and Cyberbullying - The New York Times

"Some of my best ex-wives are lesbians!"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/nyregion/de-blasio-marriage-chirlane-mccray.html

Kat and Phoebe are joined by friend and favorite Leigh Stein to discuss bad advice, self-cancelled books, and the accessories of the middle-aged.

Links:

Roxane Gay's less-than-sound advice: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/business/roxane-gay-lgbtq-work.html

Leigh on the bad precedent: https://unherd.com/thepost/elizabeth-gilberts-self-cancellation-sets-a-dangerous-precedent/

Kat on the hostage-video vibe:

Phoebe on Ukrainians as marginalized-or-not: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-eat-pray-cancel-why-is-elizabeth-gilbert-censoring-herself/

Jordan Peterson's fashion DON'Ts: 

https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1670691291418750976

Henry VIII's fashion DOs:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/how-big-king-henry-viiis-codpiece/

Ilya Kaminsky's poetry:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/we-lived-happily-during-the-war