Hello pals, 

It’s been a ~week~ for music. Grammy nominations were released and the ARIAs ceremony happened almost… under the radar? 

Jas reads from this Sydney Morning Herald article by Neil McMahon titled ‘What ARIAs Lacked In Energy It Made Up In Young Stars’ while Maggie references this piece for Refinery29 Australia by Alicia Vrajilal called The ARIA Awards Has Introduced Gender Neutral Categories — So Why Are 64% Of The Nominees Men?

Next, the Kar-Jenner-Disick-West dynasty continues. Penelope Disick and North West have blown up on TikTok recently. We ask what this means for the famous family, how they are creating a new form of reality TV and why we just can’t stop analysing the psychology behind it all. We reference the TikTok account Kardashian Kolloquium; an academic style account chronicling the Kardashians.

Will Smith made headlines this week after Will’s autobiography, titled Will (say Will again), went into detail about how he used sex as a coping mechanism. When does the line blur between TMI and sex-shaming someone sharing a vulnerable moment? We reference this piece by The Citizen titled ‘Psychosomatic reaction’ to an orgasm? We learn more about Will and Jada’s sex life as well as this TikTok by user Charley Marlowe.

Through this convo, we chat about the Pamela Anderson biopic Pam & Tommy. Maggie references Is It Just Me, Or…is the Teaser for Pam & Tommy Deeply Offensive? by Hayley Maitland. 

Maggie references the Netflix film Tick, Tick… Boom! (and the Vanity Fair scene run down with Andrew Garfield and Lin Manuel-Miranda). Jas recommends the new Beatles documentary Get Back on Disney Plus.

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