Problematic faves, dissident feminism, and poodle interruptions: this is Feminine Chaos, featuring cultural commentary from Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield. femchaospod.substack.com
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Journalists Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content, part of an obsessive and ill-conceived attempt to extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires. www.blockedandreported.org
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Problematic faves, dissident feminism, and poodles.
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Episode 209: What Women Want (with Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy to discuss female heterosexuality (real or myth?) and the latest scandal in the world of Young Adult literature. “How MeToo became too cringe for America ” “Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?” “Age Gap Relationships: The Case for Marryi…
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Premium: Columbia Students Camp Out For Gaza
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This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest news from New York, New York: self-immolation outside the Trump trial, settler-colonial dogs, and Columbia students camping out for Gaza. Why Do People in NYC Hate My Dog? Who Is Max Azzarello? The Man Who Set Himself on Fire Outside Trump Trial. - The New York… To hear more, visit …
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NPR Voice in the Streets, Shock Jock in the Sheets
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Kat and Phoebe discuss a very horny theater critic, an uncommonly hot historian, and Uri Berliner's critique of NPR from inside the house. LINKS: Lea Ypi: "Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on …
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Episode 212: A Very Messy Breakup (with Billy Binion)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Reason Magazine’s Billy Binion to discuss the Libertarian Party, freeway protests, government theft, and Steven Crowder’s very public divorce. Can The Government Sell Your Home, Keep the Profits If You're Behind on Property Taxes? Why NOT Having Sex Might be Good for You | Fox News Waiting till …
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Premium: The Cass Review Finally Establishes Exactly How Many Genders Kids Can Have
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Jesse and Katie discuss a much-anticipated report out of the UK on youth gender services. Plus, that goddamn throuple article. The Brooklyn Power Throuple Making Space for a Baby Final Report – Cass Review https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-155-hannah-barnes-on-the The Evidence for Trans… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org…
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This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent essay by NPR editor Uri Berliner criticizing the network’s ideological bent. The Gist Grad Students Furious United Auto Workers Endorses Biden Code Switch To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgBy Blocked and Reported
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the mass bisexuality of Gen Z and the BookForum takedown of Lauren Oyler. LINKS: Kat on the bi boom: Gen Z-ers Are Identifying as Bisexual En Masse. Why? - Air Mail Phoebe on straight women: Straightness Studies | Who Do We Think We Are? | …
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Episode 211: Boycott Accelerated Fat-Shaming Tampon Classes (with PSA Sitch)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by streamer PSA Sitch to discuss fat activism, Seattle’s revolutionary plan to fix racial gaps in education, and perhaps the most famous tampon in recent American history. https://twitter.com/PSA_Sitch https://twitter.com/Friended4Ever https://www.youtube.com/psasitch https://www.youtube.com/channe…
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Heirloom Brains and Other Adventures
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Kat and Phoebe discuss sexually adventurous podcasting, unwanted heirloom dining sets, the phenomenon of "divorce rings," the latest viral Cut essay about age gap relationships, and what to do when your foyer is too narrow to hold your collection of body parts in jars. LINKS: Kat and Phoebe on BARpod Twitter: Won’t someone think of the boomers’ fur…
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Episode 210: Facilitating Communicating (with Helen Lewis)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss the complex and controversial world of facilitated communication. Plus, Scotland's new hate crime law and Helen's new show. All Stories by Helen Lewis - The Atlantic BBC Radio 4 - Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat “The Ones We Sent Away” “In defense of Crossley, McDonald & fac…
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Premium: Oh Sweet Baby (Inc) Jesus, Another GamerGate Episode
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This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the controversy surrounding diversity consultancy Sweet Baby Inc. Plus, Anita Sarkeesian at the UN, and a penis paper gets yanked. “WITHDRAWN: The association between adult penile length and IQ: evidences from 139 countries” * "'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over." To he…
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Bonus Premium: The Dumb Origins, Terrible Present, And Probably Even Crappier Future Of Candace Owens
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On this special bonus episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dicuss the origins of and allegations against internet superstar/supervillian Candace Owens. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgBy Blocked and Reported
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This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the origins of the cultural scandal that led to the Trump election, the Ukraine invasion, the Slap, January 6th, Covid, Nex Benedict’s murder, Kate Middleton’s cancer, and the October 7th attack: GamerGate. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org…
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Premium: My "I'm Not a Missing Princess" T-Shirt Is Raising a Lot of Questions Already Answered By the Shirt
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the moral quandary of missing royalty. Links: Kate announces her cancer diagnosis: https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1771235267837321694 Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me | Ben Sixsmith | The Critic Magazine Opin…
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Episode 208: Ayesha Erotica Can't Disappear (with River Page)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Pirate Wires staff writer River Page to discuss an underground pop star whose fans will not let her go away. Plus, the investigation into the death of Nex Benedict concludes. Club Med | Broadcast “Coomer Conversion Therapy” “The Strange and Fascinating World of r/meth” “No Charges in Death of Ne…
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Episode 207: A YouTuber Goes Dark (with Helen Lewis)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss the allegations against, and disappearance of, YouTuber James Somerton. Plus, JK Rowling, Kate Middleton, and Scottish bog porn. NY Mag: “Why Trans Kids Have the Right to Change Their Biological Sex” NY Mag: “Gabriel Mac on the Story of His Penis” “An Overemotional Look at…
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Premium: ”Top-Surgery Without Nipples”: The WPATH Files
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This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss leaks at the New York Times and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. NYT: “‘Screams WIthout Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7” NYT: “U.N. to Study Reports of Sexual Violence in Israel During Oct. 7 Attack” The Intercept: “New York Times Holds “Daily” …
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Kat and Phoebe discuss breast aesthetics, 90s nostalgia, and whether we're all taking too many drugs. Links: Are We Sunsetting Ass and Entering a Golden Age of Boobs? Sydney Sweeney has brought boobs back - The Spectator World Katherine Dee: “I think benzos and SSRIs are overprescribed for the same reason antibiotics and birth control are. Pharmace…
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Episode 206: Plot Twist (with Leigh Stein)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by novelist, poet, and critic Leigh Stein to discuss scandals in the worlds of sci-fi fantasy and poetry. Leigh Stein: Self-Care Hugo Awards voting process LA Times: “How did ‘Space Raptor Butt Invasion’ by Chuck Tingle become a Hugo finalist?” Esquire: “Hugo Awards 2024: Inside the Censorship Scan…
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Premium: Self-Immolation At Aella's Birthday Gangbang
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In this very special Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Aella’s very happy birthday party and the self-immolation of an American GI. “U.S. Airman’s Winding Path Ended in Self-Immolation to Protest Israel” Aaron Bushnell’s Reddit Shadi Hamid: “How can one suicide protest be heroic and another crazy?” Jesse: “Awareness is Overrated” To hear more,…
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Episode 205: Sippy Cup Socialists (with Mike Pesca)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Mike Pesca to discuss California's failed experiment with Woke Kindegarten and the resulting school board battle. Plus, Sandwichgate. https://www.mikepesca.com/ https://www.mikepesca.com/thegist Adam Rubenstein: “I Was a Heretic at the New York Times” James Bennet: “When the New York Times lost …
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe talk about the sandwich anecdote that melted the internet, how they got jobs in journalism, and the one-way feud between two memoirists. Links: The origins of Sandwichgate: I Was a Heretic at The New York Times - The Atlantic Phoebe on sandwich dis…
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This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Robert Moses’s allegedly racist monkeys in New York. Plus, Bret Weinstein has some thoughts. Katie: “After Evergreen” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgBy Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
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In this emergency broadcast, Brad Polumbo joins Katie to discuss the collab no one asked for: Taylor Lorenz and Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Richik. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgBy Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
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Episode 204: Jeffrey Marsh vs Shumirun Nessa and Libs of TikTok vs Everybody (with Brad Polumbo)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist and commentator Brad Polumbo to discuss the latest allegations against Libs of TikTok. Plus, an intersectional pile-up featuring non-binary influencer Jeffrey Marsh and Muslim comic Shumirun Nessa. https://twitter.com/brad_polumbo https://www.instagram.com/bradpolumbo/?hl=en Damage Co…
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BONUS: Jesse Interviews Rob Henderson About His Book At The Village Underground
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As a bonus to BARPod listeners, here’s the audio of a February 20 live event at the Village Underground where Jesse interviewed Rob Henderson about his book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, which you should definitely buy. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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It's Desire, It's Divorce, It's De-Lovely
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Kat and Phoebe discuss a fun philosophical question about desire, a fine literary essay about not getting divorced, and the sacred gossip machine known as the whisper network. Is it better to desire or be desired? Many journalists, etc weigh in: The Desire Question|Dirt Emily Gould decompensates, turns decompensation into literature. Should I Leave…
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Episode 203: Trouble on TERF Island (with Helen Lewis)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by fan favorite Helen Lewis to discuss a schism in the British gender critical movment. Plus, goblin porn. https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/ https://twitter.com/helenlewis https://bsky.app/profile/helenlewis.bsky.social “Why it’s ok for boys to play with dolls” Posie Parker: “John Lew…
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This week on the the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Larry David’s actual literal abuse of a human child. Plus, Emily Gould has regrets, WHYY forces a black rapper out for using the n-word (“ninja”), a very gray weed market, inconvenient hate crimes, and more. “Surveillance shows vandals who wrote racial slur on cars at Providence… To hear m…
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