Feminine Chaos

Phoebe debuts a sexy new limited-edition podcast voice (available only while seasonal respiratory virus lasts)! Then: new developments in last week’s spon-con meltdown, and some extremely sour grapes over the continued survival of cancelled men at cancelled magazines.

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Tolentino retraction-watch:

https://www.instagram.com/jiatortellini/

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Kat and Phoebe break their previously RIGID rule against oversharing about their romantic histories to reveal which male celebrities once looked at them with maybe lust, or maybe a potent mix of disgust and curiosity, who knows. Then: the cancellation-in-progress of Jia Tolentino over an ill-advised piece of sponcon and the cancellation anthems of Taylo…

Kat and Phoebe discuss the fallout from the acquisition of the Free Press, including an epidemic of Bari Weiss derangement syndrome and Kat’s betrothal to the reanimated corpse of Dan Rather Walter Cronkite. (Sorry, Dan!) Then: a great new novel, the plight of the “visible Jew”, and Bluesky’s live nude waffles problem.

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PSA: All of the Free Press (i…

Kat and Phoebe are joined by special guest Katie Herzog to discuss sobriety narratives, publishing journeys, and Katie’s new book, which you should all buy immediately.

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Order Katie’s book here!

No, seriously, did you order yet?

Fresh, hot, FULLY NUDE self help right here, y’all.

Read an excerpt from Katie’s book at The Free Press:

Also mentioned:

Kat’s piece on psychedelics: The Middle-Class Women Who Are Tripping Balls

Phoebe on Ozempic, etc: Is Jewish dieting culture over? Reading ‘This is Big’ in the age of Ozempic

Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in attempted cancellations, the French first lady’s war on lying podcasters, and what fraction of the female population are Samanthas.

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Kat’s new wilderness murder thriller is available for pre-order here!

Required viewing!

Kat and Phoebe discuss free speech, government interference, sociopathic clout-chasing, personal memoir, and accidental death-by-self-induced-whiplash.

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Woody Allen on Life and Death - by Bari Weiss

You can take the girl out of

What is jawboning? And does it violate the First Amendment? | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

Brendan Carr…

Kat and Phoebe try to figure out what a Labubu is. Then: herbicidal maniacs, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the death of all hope (but only for a moment.)

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Whence Labubu Feminism:

Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine? - The New York Times

The Internet Locusts Descend on Ristretto Roasters

Kat shares some exciting professional news, followed by Phoebe’s latest dispatch from Dead Rodent Central aka Toronto proper. Then: what do we both think about the Lena Dunham zeitgeist and the new Netflix series Too Much?

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See Kat’s new book cover in People magazine and preorder HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WOODS!

Also, Chicagoans can see Kat in real life at the Substack debate on Sex and AI — there are very few tickets left, get them here.

Phoebe on Too Much: Not that kind of nebbish: a review of new Lena Dunham Netflix series ‘Too Much’

Kat on Together (and, tangentially, Too Much): ‘Together’ Is a Scary Proposition - by Kat Rosenfield

Kat and Phoebe discuss a certain comedienne's May-December relationship that was (or, possibly, wasn't), the forever war over Sydney Sweeney's genes, and whether anti-woke signaling as advertising strategy is a terrible mistake, or just a happy little accident.

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Kat on the Sydney Sweeney debacle: Hot Girl Wears Denim, Fourth Reich Imminent

Nick Asbur…

Kat and Phoebe welcome special guest Leigh Stein for a discussion of female heterosexual rejection, gothic age gap relationships, and crying on TikTok in the attention economy.

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Leigh's new book, If You're Seeing This It's Meant for You, releases August 26! Order it here to get the bonus gift of cool limited-edition tarot card stickers:

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You by Leigh Stein | Madison Street Books

Or on Amazon if you're basic:

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You: A Novel eBook : Stein, Leigh

Leigh's essay on the art of creating a brooding, lust-worthy middle aged man:

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