Kat and Phoebe discuss the Ozempification of the populace and the traumatic sleepovers of our respective youths. Also, raccoons.

Links:

I Speak From Experience When I Say: Weight-Loss Drugs Give Women Freedom.

The Parental Safetyism Arms Race - Cartoons Hate Her

Kat and Phoebe discuss the Met Gala, one man's polarizing torso, and the legacy of the MeToo movement now that its chief villain is back on trial.

Early access for premium subscribers.

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The tweet that launched a thousand 'I prefer a dad bod' sentiments: https://x.com/CostelloWilliam/status/1914860472723005446

Cartoons Hate Her makes the case for chiseled:

Phoebe pored over some torsos so you don't have to:

Kat on the surprising-but-not GOP pro-Weinstein moment:

As promised:

Kat and Phoebe discuss capsule wardrobes, online discourse degradation, natalist White House policies, and whether you can get pregnant from a toilet seat.

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The elusive instagram post featuring a very expensive not-jumpsuit:

Your capsule wardrobe stinks

White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children

​​Health Hazard: AIDS Fight Is Ske…

Kat and Phoebe discuss some personal news, some internet drama, some political blame-laying, and some promising signs (or are they?) that we are entering a Renaissance du Blog.

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Kat's big book news:

The Podcaster versus the Vice President:

https://x.com/jessesingal/status/1912573409029947456

The bulldog-in-top-hat weighs in:

https://x.com/CharlesPBarkle…

Kat and Phoebe discuss a list of Wirecutter recommendations with a surprise, um, ending. Then: the sexual politics of the new FX series Dying for Sex, which you should under no circumstances watch on an airplane.

Links:

We Believe in Buy-It-For-Life Products. Here Are Our 25 Favorites. | Reviews by Wirecutter

In ‘Dying for Sex,’ Men Are Eternally Disappoin…

Early access for premium subscribers! Kat and Phoebe discuss the Ghiblification of deportation, political tone policing, and the evangelical lesbians who study heterosexual women like zoo animals.

The Last Unicorn by Topstar a.k.a. Studio Ghibli before it was Ghibli:

The White House jumps on the Ghibli meme train:

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1905332049021415862

Whoops: An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison

Elon Musk's new hat:

Elon Musk wears new MAGA hat with 'big message' on at Trump's latest cabinet meeting - News - UNILAD Tech

Carlos Lozada on the executive orders: Opinion | What I Learned About Trump’s Second Term by Reading His First 100 Executive Orders

Phoebe bait:

If Hetero Relationships Are So Bad, Why Do Women Go Back for More?

Kat and Phoebe discuss the cartoon avatars of the political resistance, the fall of 23andMe, the aesthetics of MAGA, and the 14 year-old pig wrangler whose icy stare stole our hearts and/or souls.

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The original pseudoposter/realposter collab:

Kat and Phoebe discuss an incredibly Canadian neighborhood poop drama, the allure of bisexual men, and the free speech imbroglio surrounding the deportation of a Columbia student protester.

Links:

Ladies, is it gay to like men?

The FP on the ICE arrest of a Columbia protester:

Melissa Chen with thoughts on the probationary green card:

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Kat and Phoebe discuss the tragic denouement of a recent celebrity death, the spicy for-podcast-only outtakes from Phoebe's recent Globe & Mail column on woman-defining, and whether robots are coming for our jobs.

LINKS:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-what-is-a-woman-an-obsession-with-defining-women-has-become-a/

https://x.com/katrosenfiel…

Kat and Phoebe discuss post-woke fashion, ideological trends, a sexy Oscar-winning movie, and a minor vandalism incident in Kat's front yard (stay tuned to minute 39 for the thrilling live-on-podcast denouement!)

NOTES:

The license plate holder:

Amy Odell: Fashion Has Given Up on Being Woke, and That’s OK

Andrew Sullivan: We All Live on Campus Now

Kat on post-politics actors and Anora

Phoebe on the 2010s: