Did Brooklyn Beckham just blow up any chance of a family reunion with his controversial $1m Door Dash ad, or is it straight out of the Victoria Beckham playbook? Also this week: the increasingly fraught discourse about Ariana Grande's weight loss, and whether Emily Ratajkowski is ragebaiting us with her viral new essay and accompanying photoshoot that’s ‘sexualising breastfeeding’. Plus, why women are obsessed with Off Campus, the must-read, five-star book about the Kardashians, and the traumatising experience of reporting sexual misconduct within the Met Police. Thank you to this week’s incredible guest co-host, broadcaster, writer, pop culture queen and OG hun Jackie Adedeji! 

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Recs/reviews

• DeKonstructing the Kardashians, MJ Corey
• The Moment, AppleTV
• Off Campus, Amazon Prime
• Off Campus’s Hannah Finally Makes Me And My Big Boobs Feel Seen, Pedestrian TV
• Katie Price: Nothing to Hide, SkyTV (out July 8)
• Karen Carpenter offers a haunting warning for Ariana Grande fans, Telegraph 
• What if we're not actually worried about Ariana Grande? Liz Plank, Substack
• Reporting ‘police sexual misconduct’ - my traumatic experience, Channel 4 News
• My Big Boobs: Untold, Channel 4
• I Don't Trust My Therapist: Untold, Channel 4

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Pregnant women are being unfollowed in their droves on social media, but at the same time, pronatalist messaging has never been harder to escape. So why is it that both the child-free community and parents alike feel so under siege? We take a look at the celebs at the centre of the discourse, from Margot Robbie facing backlash for “pretending she’s not a mum” and Emma Grede catching heat for her comments on balancing work and motherhood, to Rihanna’s body being under constant surveillance and Nara Smith-style ‘momfluencer’ culture. Plus: K’s personal experience of pregnancy, why society isn’t set up for people to procreate and postpartum representation. 

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Recs/ reviews: 

• Madeleine White Responds to Commenters Who Say They Are Unfollowing Her for Being Pregnant, People
• Margot Robbie, stop pretending you’re not a mum, The Courier Mail 
• The Bump Watch That Won't Quit, Yahoo Entertainment
• Influencers are selling a delusional fantasy of being postpartum. Why is it so easy to believe? Substack
• The Kardashian Whisperer Who Says Three Hours With Her Kids Is Enough, WSJ
• Emma Grede: from the East End to $300m with the Kardashians, The Times 
• The Big Kids Question: does anyone want to be a parent anymore? Straight Up 
• Dispatches from Motherhood, Substack 

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Did Dua Lipa just host the celebrity wedding ‘of the decade’? We rake over all the gossip from the three-day bash in Palermo and debate over whether Callum Turner’s status as ‘Mr Dua Lipa’ is reductive and career-damaging. Also on the show: how former ‘kidfluencer’ Piper Rockelle monetises a Lolita fantasy on OnlyFans (including a countdown to her 18th birthday), Bonnie Blue's 'golden' baby shower and Euphoria star Chloe Cherry’s viral interview about how we’re having the wrong conversations about sex work. Plus, Cara Delevingne’s incredible Call Her Daddy episode, the Right-wing backlash to Alex Cooper’s pregnancy, and the woman selling ‘good wife’ courses to Christian women. Thank you to this week’s very special guest Emma-Louise Boynton, journalist, broadcaster and author of the incredible new book Pleasure: The Reclamation of My Body, about how sex therapy transformed her relationship with her body and broke a 17-year-cycle with bulimia.

Pleasure: A Reclamation of My Body, by Emma-Louise Boynton is available to buy here. 

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Recs/reviews

• Michael Jackson: The Verdict, Netflix
• Margot’s Got Money Troubles, AppleTV
• The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?, Guardian
• Euphoria’s Chloe Cherry On Cassie’s OnlyFans Storyline: “Holy Sh*t, That’s Where We Are In Society?”. Refinery29
• The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, Netflix
• Why is the Right so mad about Alex Cooper’s pregnancy? New York Magazine
• Gen Z Women's New "Anti-Woke Voice", Diabolical Lies
• ‘A husband expects a yes’: how wife schools are shaping submissive Christian women, Guardian

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Insecurities from body image in the Ozempic era to aging and whether we’d have cosmetic surgery are first up on the agenda today, huns, as we answer all your juiciest questions! We get deep into changing our minds about having children, gender disappointment, pregnancy, the single life and getting back with an ex, as well as whether incel culture is making dating harder. Also: book recs, subreddits and our absolute fave things about one another! Enjoy and please do let us know any questions you might have for future ‘ask us anything’ eps x

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The BBC’s disturbing new Panorama documentary about Married at First Sight’s abuse allegations should be a watershed moment for reality TV, but will anything actually change? Plus, the problem with Harper Beckham’s new skincare line, the rise of tween skincare influencers and the ‘toe-dipping’ rumours around why Maya Jama split with Reuben Dias. Finally, a big debrief on Rivals s2, from Rupert Campbell Black’s potentially problematic redemption arc to the show’s female stereotypes.

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Recs/ reviews: 

• 1536, Ambassador’s Theatre
• The Dark Side of Married at First Sight, iPlayer
• ‘An element of exploitation’: the world of TikTok child skincare influencers, Guardian
• Rivals s2, Disney Plus
• Rivals is a depressingly familiar study of women and the toxic workplace, Glamour
• Topology Interiors

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The Guilty Feminist, aka Deborah Frances-White, is on the show this week and we couldn’t be more excited! In this fascinating chat with the OG podcasting queen, we get into everything from whether feminism is currently on the defensive in mainstream culture and the eroding of women's rights, to the rise of the manosphere, ‘brocasters’ and her thoughts on Steven Bartlett. Plus: the threat of Christian nationalism, dating apps, identity politics and Deborah’s culture recs! 

You can buy Deborah’s book Six Conversations We're Scared to Have: How to Change Minds, Including Your Own here. Deborah's IG: @theguiltyfeminist

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Recs/ reviews: 

• Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Susan Faludi
• Feminism on the defensive in the mainstream culture, The iPaper 
• Money, Lies, and God: Inside The Movement To Destroy American Democracy, Katherine Stewart
•  The Conspiracists, in cinemas
• Manhunt, Apple TV
• Stalked (podcast) 
•  All British Comedy Explained (podcast) 
• ROAD TO GILEAD: Fascism with Desiree Burch and Professor Roger Griffin, Guilty Feminism 
• In The Print, King’s Head Theatre 

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Dua Lipa and Britney Spears have been embroiled in very different legal dramas this week, so we’re breaking down exactly what’s going on with both. Kris Jenner has been raving about peptides – but what actually are these supplements and why are celebs and biohackers alike so obsessed? Plus: the tragic passing of reality TV star Jake Hall and the so-called “TOWIE curse”, those Sarah Ferguson and P Diddy romance rumours, Amandaland series two and gossip from the set of Rivals, from Alex Hassell’s prosthetic penis fitting to Danny Dyer’s return as Britain’s most unlikely heartthrob. 

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Recs/ reviews: 

• But First, Dinner, Eleanor Steafel 
• Amandaland s2, BBC iPlayer
• Legends, Netflix 
• All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now, Ruby Tandoh
• Britney Spears Embraces ‘Spiritual Journey’ After Pleading Guilty to Reckless Driving: ‘All a Blessing in Disguise,’ Singer Says, People
• Alex Hassell: ‘On Rivals we’re all filthy with each other’, The Times 
• ‘Men are so frightened of being too cuddly or affectionate’: Danny Dyer on going from hardman to heart-throb in Rivals, Guardian 
• Kris Jenner Is a Peptides Devotee, Too, The Cut 
• Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides? The New Yorker 
• What are peptides, are they safe and is there evidence to back up the hype? Guardian

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 is out and so ofc we had to review it on today’s show! From how the sequel compares to the 2006 cult classic to Vogue’s piggy-backing of the promo cycle, we’re diving into its very timely depiction of billionaire influence over fashion and the decline of glossy magazines – arriving in the exact same week the Met Gala faced backlash over its Bezos ties. Like Miranda Priestly, does Anna Wintour have a master plan? Plus: the return of The Celebrity Traitors, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled out of court and our thoughts on Matthew Rhys’ hit new comedy horror Widow’s Bay. 

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Recs/ reviews:

• Widow’s Bay, AppleTV
• DTF St Louis, Now TV
• Should I Marry a Murderer, Netflix
• Why the Bezos-backed Met Gala is so controversial, Today In Focus
• The Devil Wears Prada 2, in cinemas now
• The Devil Wears Prada 2' Filmmakers on How They Nailed the Fall of Fashion Magazines, Back Row with Amy Odell
• Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour on Power, Fashion, and Acting the Part, Vogue 
• The Devil Wears Prada 2 Is A Love Letter To Female Ambition, Grazia 
• The Real-Life “Emily” From ’The Devil Wears Prada’ Publicly Reveals Her Identity Decades After Film, Hollywood Reporter
• Exclusive: Leslie Fremar on Being the Real Emily In 'The Devil Wears Prada', The Run-Through with Vogue
• Life After 'The Devil Wears Prada', Vogue

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Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd is back with a divisive new series about toxic masculinity: should Half Man be mandatory viewing for men or is it just trauma porn? Also on the show: Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz seem to be engaged, what the explosive I’m a Celeb live show fallout says about reality TV and the Bloomberg expose into Alex Cooper’s company. Plus, Dan Levy’s new crime comedy, Netflix thriller Unchosen and a look at some of the creepiest real-life British cults. 

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Recs / reviews: 

• Strangers, Belle Burden 
• Big Mistakes, Netflix 
• Unchosen, Netflix 
• Transmissions From Jonestown
• Inside Alex Cooper’s Unwell: Tears, Screaming and Employees Looking for the Exit, Bloomberg
• I Read Russell Brand's Unreadable New Book, For My Sins, New Statesman
• Half Man, Netflix
• Half Man review – more brave, brutal, blazing TV from the maker of Baby Reindeer, Guardian
• Half Man Is Masochism at Its Absolute Worst, Esquire

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OnlyFans, motherhood and sex work are in the spotlight this week as one of our fave novels, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, gets an Apple TV+ adaptation starring Elle Fanning. Also on the show: the murder charges against alt-singer D4vd dominating the pop culture news cycle, a first look at the new Kate Moss biopic, Zayn Malik allegedly punching Louis Tomlinson and the Gen Z vs millennial divide at the heart of Carey Mulligan's season of Beef. 

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Recs/ reviews

• Beef S2, Netflix
• How a Gold House Dinner Helped ‘Beef’ Creator Lee Sung Jin Land Season 2 Star Charles Melton, Hollywood Reporter
• I Love My Husband (Who Hates Me), The Cut
• D4vd charged with first-degree murder over death of teenage girl, BBC
• Moss & Freud trailer
• Kate meets Lucian and they get on brilliantly with absolutely no funny business at all, Guardian
• Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Apple TV
• Elle Fanning comedy drama about OnlyFans and motherhood is five-star TV, Independent 
• Margo’s Got Money Troubles actually gets OnlyFans right, GQ 
• ONLYFANS: Bonnie Blue, sex stunts and the rise of the porn 'influencer'
• Behind the Scenes With Sophie Rain, the Clean Queen of the Dirty Internet, GQ

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