Welcome to spooky szn! Let's kick it off together by looking back on the things that made September 2021, well, September 2021!  Catch us at the same time, same place next month. And in the meantime, follow us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast,@yazminelomax, and @majkahahn (who is also on Twitter as @majkahahn). Reading Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney  Crying in the H Mart by Michelle Zauner Watching  Breaking Bad  El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie  Jen Lilley Hallmark Movies  Harvest Love  A Dash of Love Eat, Play, Love Listening  Yearbook by Seth Rogan (the audiobook)  star-crossed - Kasey Musagraves Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast  Bartees Strange  Politics https://theconversation.com/the-disturbing-history-of-how-conservatorships-were-used-to-exploit-swindle-native-americans-165140 https://www.vogue.com/article/history-of-reproductive-coercion-britney-spears-conservatorship https://www.teenvogue.com/story/britney-spears-conservatorship-disability-rights https://variety.com/2021/music/news/britney-bill-introduced-congress-conservatorships-1235024037/ Pop Culture  https://editorialist.com/lifestyle/what-is-an-instagram-photo-dump/ https://www.cnet.com/news/photo-dump-is-the-easiest-trend-of-the-pandemic-and-its-kinda-fun-too/ https://www.inputmag.com/culture/instagram-photo-dump-trend-captions-meaning-kim-kardashian-kylie-jenner-bella-hadid-emma-chamberlain https://www.gq.com.au/success/opinions/asking-for-a-friend-why-are-we-all-posting-instagram-photo-dumps/news-story/721127543f8211e9b4d7e1e70ed96f10 https://mashable.com/article/instagram-photo-dump-trend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitposting 

Different Things Can Be Sad

Conservatorships and Photo Dumping

August did it again--it slipped away into a moment in time! And did so like a bottle of wine! So here we are again, recapping all things politics and pop culture that happened in August. More specifically, the headline issues that Majka has been pondering and Molly-Mae Hague's appointment as Creative Director of Pretty Little Thing. Enjoy!   Can't get enough? Follow us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn (who is also on Twitter).   Reading  The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green The Brown Sister series by Talia Hibbert  A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety by Sarah Jaquette Ray (discussed in the Politics section) We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry  All Girls by Emily Layden  On Yaz’s list for fall: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (coming out in September), Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper (coming out in October), Toil and Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft (YA anthology), Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, The Secret History by Donna Tart, Cackle by Rachel Harrison, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, The Once and Future Witches by Alice E. Harrow  Recommended for fall: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas Watching  Luca  Motel Makeover  White Lotus  Search Party  Listening  Pressure Machine - The Killers Solar Power - Lorde  Politics  Climate Change and the IPCC Report  Simon Clark video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4&t=229s  Lena Norms Chanel: https://www.youtube.com/c/justkissmyfrog/featured  Dear Hank and John (they start talking about IPCC at the 22:50 mark): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/300-robocalling-ryans/id1002937870?i=1000532148472  Hank Green video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMLFMsIVis  Canadian Election Canadaland podcasts: https://www.canadaland.com/podcasts/ Indigenous Resistance Teen Vogue: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fairy-creek-blockade-indigenous-land-defenders-protest-forest-logging-climate-justice This Land podcast: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/  Afghanistan Mutual Aid: Kamala Mutual Aid Collective https://www.instagram.com/kalamamutualaid/?hl=en Traditional Charity: https://give.unhcr.ca/page/86611/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=OL21_AFG_HQ&utm_source=unhcr.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=CA_PS_EN_Georedirects  Pop Culture  Molly-Mae's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTCDcmLoFN_/  Molly-Mae and PLT: https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/27/molly-mae-hague-how-love-island-star-built-her-brand-after-plt-deal-15163260/ Drapers interview: https://www.drapersonline.com/insight/molly-mae-hagues-plans-to-elevate-prettylittlething-in-new-role Good on You directory: https://directory.goodonyou.eco/ Impact of fast fashion: https://goodonyou.eco/fast-fashions-environmental-impact/ Rana Plaza collapse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Dhaka_garment_factory_collapse Boohoo Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boohoo.com  Pangaia's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSw8rfcN_Cq/ Pretty Little Thing’s Good on You rating: https://directory.goodonyou.eco/brand/prettylittlething  The rise of Shein: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22573682/shein-future-of-fast-fashion-explained 

A Tour of Majka‘s Brain and The Future of Fast Fashion

Happy summer, pals! This episode, we're looking back at the month that was July 2021 -- from the start of the very contentious Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to the likes of Blake Lively and Gigi Hadid calling out paps for snapping photos of their kids. So find a hammock, grab a frozen margarita, and enjoy!   Find us on Instagram at @dtcbspodcast. Keep up with Majka on Instagram and Twitter as @majkahahn, and Yaz as @yazminelomax on Instagram.    Reading Reproduction by Ian Williams Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hildebrand Watching  Love Island  Maggie's Plan 20th Century Women Listening Chatty Broads Politics  https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/28/its-impossible-separate-politics-olympics/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/olympics/female-athletes-grabbing-spotlight-olympics-political-social-demonstrations-n1275222 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/07/right-rooting-against-americas-olympic-athletes https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/19/japans-government-faces-dual-challenge-tokyo-olympics-covid-19/    Pop Culture  https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/g10381781/celebrity-parents-against-paparazzi-following-their-kids/?slide=10 ​​https://www.birthandbeyondmagazine.com/lifestyle-news-blog/2014/2/26/why-its-time-to-end-our-obsession-with-celebrity-kids https://stylecaster.com/children-paparazzi/ https://www.bustle.com/articles/120312-north-west-shutting-down-the-paparazzi-may-be-cute-but-its-also-really-sad-video http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/parenting-and-families/nokidspolicy-how-a-hashtag-changed-the-way-the-media-treat-children-20140820-3e0np.html https://www.bustle.com/articles/17488-kristen-bell-and-dax-shepard-got-into-a-heated-argument-with-the-paparazzi https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1412371953017667588 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRaYEhsNowN/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=a792c916-4f13-43ec-8106-53b54762eadd https://people.com/celebrity/people-does-not-support-paparazzi-who-target-celebs-kids-editors-letter/ 

Olympic Politics and Paparazzi Wars

We're not gonna beat around the bush here. We're releasing this episode on Canada Day 2021 and encourage you to head straight to the resources Majka has shared so you can learn more about Canada's residential "schools", including what you can do to support survivors and the families of victims.  Reading Rachel Lindsay article: https://www.vulture.com/article/rachel-lindsay-the-bachelor-franchise.html Lowlands by Jhumpa Lahiri  One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston  Watching  In the Heights  https://www.vox.com/culture/22535040/in-the-heights-casting-backlash-colorism-representation The OC  Listening  Solar Power by Lorde  Welcome to the OC, Bitches  Politics TRC Calls To Action: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf A tracker on the progress of the TRC: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform-single/beyond-94?&cta=1 Places to Donate: Indian Residential School Survivors Society https://www.irsss.ca/  Orange Shirt Society: https://www.orangeshirtday.org/orange-shirt-society.html Native Women’s Association of Canada: https://www.nwac.ca/  More Information from Indigenous Journalists  On the Catholic church not releasing records: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/catholic-order-staffed-kamloops-residential-school-refuses-share-records-1.6065322 Aftermath of first discovery: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kamloops-residential-school-remains-update-1.6053467 General History: https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/  On Canceling Canada Day: https://idlenomore.ca/cancelcanadaday/  Newfoundland Ends Seizure of Indigenous children: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-birth-alerts-discontinued-1.6080729  Pop Culture The bear pushing incident: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/06/02/girl-pushes-bear-viral-tiktok-video-dogs-experts-say-dont/7495123002/ The Texas Beeworks controversy:  https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/the-bee-lady-tiktok-fraud-controversy-explained.html Erika Thompson profile: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/erika-thompson-beekeeper-tiktok/ About Pekingeses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekingese  AKC popular breeds: https://www.akc.org/most-popular-breeds/  Flea isn't happy: https://uproxx.com/indie/red-hot-chili-peppers-bassist-flea-westminster-dog-show/ 

Residential Schools and Up in Arms About Animals

Tune in this month to hear Majka discuss recent legal action that's been taken against oil companies, and Yaz define May's word of the month--cheugy! Plus, we've got a bumper discussion of Emily Henry's new book, People We Meet on Vacation, in there too. Don't say we don't look after you.  Find us on Instagram as @DTCBSpodcast or follow us individually as @MajkaHahn and @YazmineLomax.  Episodes Mentioned: Wet'suwet'en Protests and The One With The Reunion The Global Gag Rule and Drivers License The Politics of Pride and Old Town Road Reading  People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Skip to 22:05 to avoid spoilers) Watching Friends: The Reunion on HBO Max Barry on HBO Max Listening  SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo  Politics https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadas-oil-industry-on-watch-after-dutch-court-orders-shell-to-cut/ https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/eyes-on-climate-lawsuits-after-landmark-dutch-ruling-against-shell https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/shell-dutch-court-ruling-emissions-1.6040842 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_litigation https://www.theguardian.com/business/commentisfree/2021/may/28/the-guardian-view-on-climate-change-lawsuits-big-oil-is-in-the-dock https://theappeal.org/the-lab/explainers/the-climate-change-lawsuits-against-big-oil-explained/ Pop Culture  https://www.tiktok.com/foryou?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=6945562242259684613#/@webkinzwhore143/video/6945562242259684613 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cheugy https://www.tiktok.com/foryou?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowvre8WSspX8KQ5IAAM%2FdHSFZeCjSLt4dDeOEygZjeW4sR%2BWCs8Ova4%2BX%2Fxdf1dKP9GgA%3D&language=en&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAHiIr3p18lPmO4Ekrf_1vvsDZ2WmWJfkcdaSH9oWWr-A5U02-Gt1sizg4r3t_6nJx&share_app_id=1233&share_item_id=6958851811080031493&share_link_id=163DE237-6A8F-46F3-9151-4E5BB38C6C02&source=h5_m&timestamp=1620327351&tt_from=copy&u_code=d8g5g72hc4leec&user_id=6743271165337289733&  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/style/cheugy.html https://www.instagram.com/cheuglife/  https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-is-cheugy-millennial-girlboss-tiktok-aesthetic-1163515/ https://foundation.app/gabyrasson/the-cheugy-nft-35394 

The People v Oil and Cheugy

We're back! You'll have to listen to this episode to find out what the hell happened last month, and to learn all about the politics of childcare as well as the fall out of Demi Lovato walking into a yogurt store. And if you can't wait until next month, catch us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkhahn, and @yazminelomax in the meantime.  Reading How To Break Up With Fast Fashion by Lauren Bravo House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Watching  Minari Girlboss (Netflix) Better Call Saul Broken Hearts Gallery Shiva Baby Listening  Somewhere by Sun June  Today We’re the Greatest by Middle Kids Politics  Employment gap: https://www.ilo.org/infostories/en-GB/Stories/Employment/barriers-women#intro Gender wage gap: http://mjpa.umich.edu/2020/04/10/narrowing-the-gender-wage-gap-with-universal-child-care/ Gender wage gap: https://canadianwomen.org/blog/no-moms-the-gender-pay-gap-is-not-on-us/ Gender wage gap and children: https://www.vox.com/2018/2/19/17018380/gender-wage-gap-childcare-penalty Canada’s child care plan: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2021/04/budget-2021-a-canada-wide-early-learning-and-child-care-plan.html Biden is also trying to get government funded childcare to be a thing: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/28/biden-plan-could-save-families-nearly-15000-a-year-on-child-care.html  Pop Culture  About Demi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi_Lovato Demi calls out Disney: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/demi-lovato-slams-disney-channel-over-eating-disorder-joke/ Eating disorders and diet culture: https://recreation.ucsd.edu/2021/01/diet-culture-social-media/#:~:text=What%20Is%20%E2%80%9CDiet%20Culture%E2%80%9D%3F,good%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Cbad%E2%80%9D. https://anad.org/get-informed/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/ https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/blog/recognizing-and-resisting-diet-culture  The yogurt store incident:  https://www.eater.com/22393899/demi-lovato-bigg-chill-frozen-yogurt-fight-explained https://www.huffpost.com/entry/demi-lovato-the-bigg-chill-diet-culture_n_607d8b66e4b0eac48140a68b About Eat Me Guilt Free: https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/miami-com-news/article250862739.html  

Universal Childcare and The Yogurt Store Incident

Happy pandemic-versary! Yes, it's now March 2021 which means it's been a whole year since March 2020 aka the month everything went downhill. But today we're reflecting on February and the politics and pop culture happenings that occurred within its 28 days - including the Myanmar coup and celebs celebrating Valentine's Day! Listen on to learn it all... Miss us already? Follow @DTCBSpodcast on Instagram! You can also find Majka on Twitter and Instagram as @MajkaHahn, and Yaz on Instagram as @YazmineLomax. Reading They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life and Growing Up by Eternity Martis  You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle  Watching  Succession  Judas And The Black Messiah  Barb And Start Go To Vista Del Mar  Listening Anna Leone   Politics The Coup https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55902070 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/28/world/asia/myanmar-protests.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/2021/02/28/thai-marchers-link-their-democracy-cause-to-myanmar-protests.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/myanmar-democracy-protests-fatalities-1.5931068 The Rohingya  https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/rohingyas-burma/540513/ https://www.hrw.org/tag/rohingya https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41566561 History https://www.britannica.com/place/Myanmar/Resources-and-power  THE workout video https://www.nbcnews.com/video/pe-teacher-leads-workout-as-myanmar-s-coup-unfolds-behind-her-100518981756  Pop Culture  How celebrities celebrated Valentine's Day: https://people.com/celebrity/celebrities-celebrating-valentines-day-2021/? 2020's Sexiest Man Alive episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drug-decriminalization-and-2020s-sexiest-man-alive/id1380846237?i=1000501120546  Lori Harvey: https://people.com/movies/michael-b-jordan-girlfriend-lori-harvey-everything-to-know/ Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-ariana-grande-pete-davidson/id1380846237?i=1000414782140 2018 New Year's Special (in which we discuss Ariana Grande): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2018-new-years-special/id1380846237?i=1000426898721  Chrishell Stause and Keo Motsepe split: https://www.etonline.com/chrishell-stause-speaks-out-following-split-from-dancing-with-the-stars-pro-keo-motsepe-161331 Clare Crawley and Dale Moss: https://people.com/tv/clare-crawley-dale-moss-spotted-kissing-after-split/  Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker: https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/kourtney-kardashian-travis-barkers-relationship-timeline/january-2021-20/  Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers: https://thespun.com/nfl/nfc-north/green-bay-packers/shailene-woodley-aaron-rodgers-engagement-surprise  Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a35181428/harry-styles-olivia-wilde-relationship-timeline/  Skeet Ulrich and Lucy Hale: https://pagesix.com/2021/02/28/skeet-ulrich-gets-flirty-with-lucy-hale-on-instagram/  

The Myanmar Coup and Celebs Celebrating Love

Happy New Year! While the advent of 2021 didn't quite bring the end of COVID/all our other woes, it did bring a helluva lotta politics and pop culture news. Here's what you need to know.  Reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings  *We found the story about the book with an error! https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/naomi-wolf-interview-book-error-bbc-interview.html  Watching  Never Rarely Sometimes Always  On The Rocks  Small Axe  Promising Young Women  Blown Away  Listening  right where you left me and it's time to go by Taylor Swift  *And our Taylor Swift episode for your reference: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/womens-health-care-and-taylor-swift-7/id1380846237?i=1000437216656  Politics  Planned Parenthood International: https://globalgagrule.org/ Guttmacher Institute: https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2020/04/unprecedented-expansion-global-gag-rule-trampling-rights-health-and-free-speech# The impact of the global gag rule https://ghrp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41256-019-0113-3 COVID impacts: https://www-thelancet-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31679-2/fulltext  Pop Culture Olivia Rodrigo background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Rodrigo Olivia and Josh dating?: https://www.feelingthevibe.com/news/are-high-school-musicals-olivia-rodrigo-and-joshua-bassett-dating/ Relationship timeline/breakup: https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/what-happened-between-high-school-musical-spin-off-stars-joshua-bassett-olivia-rodrigo-explainer/6bf0a9c1-c0cf-4046-a8ac-dbba0a8ac78e Josh and Sabrina: http://www.justjaredjr.com/2020/08/17/sabrina-carpenter-grabs-weekend-lunch-with-fellow-disney-star-joshua-bassett/ 

The Global Gag Rule and Drivers Licence

2020 IS OVER! Ring in the new year with our 2020 Party where we drink themed cocktails, present awards to our favorite Reading, Watching and Listening items of the year, and discuss the politics and pop culture moments that made 2020 what it was. Go on. You deserve it.  Reading  One To Watch by Kate Stayman-London Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green Untamed by Glennon Doyle Beach Read by Emily Henry Watching  Schitt’s Creek The Great Sex Education High Fidelity Normal People Selling Sunset Emma Palm Springs Boys State Holidate Eurovision First Cow Listening  Women in Music Part III by HAIM  I Feel Alive by TOPS The Loves of Your Life by Hamilton Liethauser Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers Folklore and Evermore by Taylor Swift Staying In with Emily and Kumail Resistance Nice White Parents Maybe Baby by Hayley Nahman Not Without My Sister by Rosemary and Beatrice MacCabe Politics Wetsu’wet’en Protest (Listen to episode #23: Wetsu’wet’en Protest and The One With The Reunion for more) Black Lives Matter India Farmers Protests Pop Culture Braniston (Listen to episode #22: Royals and Braniston 2020 for more) Schitt’s Creek Dominic West

DTCBS 2020 Party

Hello hello hello! Welcome to another episode of Different Things Can Be Sad, specifically one where we're discussing the movement to decriminalize drugs (inspired by a wave of this happening during a certain event that dominated November) and the lovely Michael B. Jordan.  Can't get enough of us? Check out @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn and @yazminelomax on Instagram (and @majkhahn on Twitter!).  Reading Beach Read by Emily Henry  Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb Again but Better by Christine Riccio  Watching  The Holidate (Netflix) Dawson’s Creek  Listening  Therefore I am by Billie Eilish  Copycat Killer by Phoebe Bridgers  Politics  https://drugpolicy.org/issues/drug-decriminalization https://drugpolicy.org/resource/drug-decriminalization-portugal-learning-health-and-human-centered-approach https://www.theverge.com/21578535/oregon-drug-decriminalization-ballot-measure-intitiative-public-health https://globalnews.ca/news/7471363/vancouver-drug-decriminalization/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/drug-decriminalization-vancouver-philpott-1.5808764   Pop culture Michael B. Jordan Talks OnlyFans: https://www.buzzfeed.com/terrycarter/michael-b-jordan-only-fans-mustache People Magazine story: https://people.com/movies/michael-b-jordan-people-sexiest-man-alive-2020/ People Magazine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_(magazine) Why Michael B. Jordan Was Chosen: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/entertainment/people-sexiest-man-alive-michael-b-jordan/index.html 73 Questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOQ-wZQhZZo  PeopleTV Interview: https://peopletv.com/video/sexiest-man-alive-2020-michael-b-jordan/ 

Drug Decriminalization and 2020's Sexiest Man Alive

How was your Halloween? Spooky? Socially distanced? Good! If your November is looking less so (read: a lot more stressful) channel your energy into learning about the current protests in Poland or aquatic mystery n Ireland.  Reading Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (to skip this discussion, go to: 8:15)  All Adults Here by Emma Straub Watching  Deaf U (Netflix) Dream Home Makeover (Netflix) Selling Sunset (Netflix)  The Bachelorette (every Tuesday!)  Listening  Resistance (podcast) Two Chatty Broads (podcast)  Politics  Wikipedia article (useful in that it translates Polish sources): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2020_Polish_protests Human Rights Watch:https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/14/poland-reject-new-curbs-abortion-sex-ed NYTimes 2020 election: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/world/europe/poland-election-court-challenge.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article NYTimes Poland in 2018: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/world/europe/poland-european-union.html Politico on the Protests: https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-abortion-protests-shake-government-retreat/  Pop Culture  About Fungie: https://www.ireland.com/en-us/articles/dingle-dolphin-fungie/ More about Fungie: https://dingle-peninsula.ie/attractions-on-the-dingle-peninsula-co-kerry/family-friendly-activities-on-the-dingle-peninsula/28-attractions-on-the-dingle-peninsula/family-friendly-activities-on-the-dingle-peninsula/122-fungi-the-dingle-dolphin.html Reporting on his disappearance: https://www.baltimoresun.com/pets/sns-nyt-ireland-missing-dolphin-fungie-20201031-4h6s3i3mgradpd6n3bj7s4paoq-story.html Migration theory: https://www.irishpost.com/news/could-fungie-have-simply-moved-new-research-suggests-missing-dingle-dolphin-has-migrated-not-died-196503 Fungie conspiracy: https://www.irishpost.com/news/worlds-longest-living-wild-dolphin-fraud-169542 Bryce Dallas Howard on The Graham Norton Show: https://www.dailyedge.ie/bryce-dallas-howard-ireland-4036269-May2018/ 

Poland Protests and Fungie the Dolphin

It's officially fall, y'all! If you're interested in learning more about the best season, you'll love this month's pop culture segment in which Yaz covers pumpkin spice lattes and Christian Girl Autumn. And if being knowledgable and informed about the election process is on your fall to-do list, Majka's got your back with a politics portion that dives deep into the definition and execution of fair and free elections. Reading The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson  An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Watching  Parenthood  Say I Do (Netflix)  Sweet Magnolias (Netflix)  Listening Last Seen: https://www.wbur.org/lastseen Chasing Cosby: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/los-angeles-times-la-times-studios/chasing-cosby S-Town: https://stownpodcast.org/  Politics  Help Floridians vote: https://wegotthevote.org/finesandfees/ Inter Parliamentary Union: https://www.ipu.org/our-impact/strong-parliaments/setting-standards/declaration-criteria-free-and-fair-elections  Bishop and Hoeffler article: https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/doi/full/10.1177/0022343316642508 Freedom House: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-on-the-net/2019/the-crisis-of-social-media/digital-election-interference  Elections during pandemics: https://theconversation.com/how-to-hold-elections-safely-and-uphold-democracy-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-145628 The Daily episode on Russian troll farms: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/podcasts/the-daily/russia-trolls-misinformation.html  A Vox video about online voter suppression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Veo_T4a5dM  Pop Culture  The science behind our obsession with fall: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scientific-reason-we-love-fall_n_57f41713e4b04c71d6f0979f?guccounter=1 More of said science: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/why-are-people-so-obsessed-with-fall-experts-explain-your-love-for-autumn-18735529#:~:text=Peer%20pressure%20to%20enjoy%20autumn,and%20think%20turkey%20is%20tasteless. The pumpkin spice industry: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2018/10/31/inside-the-600-million-pumpkin-spice-industrial-complex/#661a54e11b95 Pumpkin spice latte facts: https://grow.acorns.com/coronavirus-spending-pumpkin-spice-lattes/ Even more pumpkin spice latte facts: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/pumpkin-spice-industry_ca_5d654fb4e4b0d2fa2db1ef89 Cost of Thanksgiving: https://lendedu.com/blog/cost-of-thanksgiving/ Hot Girl Summer: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/12/20690515/hot-girl-summer-meme-define-explained Christian Girl Autumn: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/14/20804030/christian-girl-autumn-meme-hot-girl-summer-explained 

Free & Fair Elections and All For Fall

As the wonderful and wise Taylor Swift once said: August slipped away like a bottle of wine. So here we are, already talkin’ all about the month of August 2020! Listen to hear us discus the legacy and influence of Shirley Chisholm, the viral power of that Strawberry Dress, and exciting new media bits like Nice White Parents, Boys State, and I May Destroy You. Keep in touch with us until the next episode: Instagram: @dtcbspodcast Personal ‘Grams: @msclearwater, @yazminelomax   Reading The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks on Race (essay collection by Jesmyn Ward) Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer   Watching American Made Boys State on Apple TV I May Destroy You on HBO (USA) – Trigger Warning: Sexual violence. Please feel free to skip from 15:00 to 19:15 if you would like to skip this discussion.   Listening Nice White Parents by Serial and The New York Times Imploding The Mirage by The Killers Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was by Bright Eyes   Politics  *Note: Lena Dunham was actually involved in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign in a different, controversial way to the one we discussed in this segment (https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/01/25/politically-illiterate-democratic-celebrities-continue-to-embarrass-themselves/) It was actually Taylor Swift who felt her public image would be detrimental to the campaign (https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/8/20791816/taylor-swift-hillary-clinton-2016-endorsement-vogue-september-issue) https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-shirley-chisholm/ https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-chisholm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/unbought-and-unbossed-when-black-woman-ran-for-the-white-house-180958699/ https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CHISHOLM,-Shirley-Anita-(C000371)/  Pop Culture  https://lirikamatoshi.com/pages/about https://www.vogue.com/article/strawberry-dress-lirika-matoshi-popular https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/lirika-matoshi-strawberry-dress https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/style/strawberry-dress-tiktok-instagram-who-designed-where-to-get.html https://www.allure.com/story/tess-holliday-strawberry-dress-tiktok-trend-fatphobia https://goodonyou.eco/how-ethical-is-zara/ https://thecurvyfashionista.com/size-inclusive-vs-plus-size/ https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kim-kardashian-fashion-nova-mugler-knockoff-1203037428/ https://www.glamour.com/story/fat-tax-is-about-more-than-money 

Shirley Chisholm and The Strawberry Dress

We hope this episode *finds you well in these unprecedented times* and, y’know, that you like it! If you do and you want more Different Things Can Be Sad in your life, make sure to follow our podcast Instagram @dtcbspodcast, as well as our personal accounts @yazminelomax and @msclearwater.   Reading On Beauty by Zadie Smith Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham  So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo   Watching  The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)  Michael Clayton (2007)  The Babysitters Club on Netflix    Listening  Women in Music Part III by Haim  Folklore by Taylor Swift   Politics (If you’d like to skip this section, jump to 41:35) Gender and Covid research: https://www.genderandcovid-19.org/ Turkey: https://www.arabnews.com/node/1714741/middle-east https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/turkey-convention-combating-violence-against-women-must-not-be-abandoned http://bianet.org/english/male-violence/228290-istanbul-convention-what-is-it-what-is-it-not  Poland: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-politics/heightening-eu-frictions-poland-queries-pact-on-violence-against-women-idUSKCN24V1UU https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/49844/1/how-lgbtq-rights-are-under-threat-in-poland-and-how-to-help-fight-it https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53538205 https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/poland-should-not-withdraw-from-the-istanbul-convention-says-secretary-general   Pop Culture  Rolling Stone article that explains why albums are being pushed back: https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/album-delays-caused-by-covid-19-973870/ Phoebe Bridgers’ New Yorker profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/phoebe-bridgers-frank-anxious-music Cousin Greg’s pandemic song: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/succession-cousin-greg-nicholas-braun-song-antibodies-1234720585/ Grey’s Anatomy featuring coronavirus next season: https://ew.com/tv/greys-anatomy-season-17-coronavirus/ Newsletter recommendation! Maybe Baby by Haley Nahman: https://haleynahman.substack.com/ Not Without My Sister podcast: https://www.thewarren.ie/not-without-my-sister Pants2Bags: https://www.instagram.com/pants2bags/?hl=en Sundae Service: https://www.instagram.com/sundaeservice.nyc/?hl=en

The Istanbul Convention and Pandemic Art

Welcome to the second half of 2020! Here's hoping act two has more happiness in store for us than the first did, hey? This month we're returning to our regular Politics and Pop Culture format, as well as providing you with a BLM focused Reading, Watching and Listening. Bon app the teeth! Reading  *Got some bookshop.org links for ya, not affiliate links!  If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin: https://bookshop.org/books/if-beale-street-could-talk-9780307275936/9780307275936 Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson: https://bookshop.org/books/red-at-the-bone/9780525535270 Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid: https://bookshop.org/books/such-a-fun-age/9780525541905 The Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds: https://bookshop.org/books/opposite-of-always/9780062748379 Watching  Da 5 Bloods on Netflix  Do the Right Thing  Malcolm X  13th on Netflix Listening  1619 from The New York Times Code Switch from NPR Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers Politics  Wet’suwet’en https://globalnews.ca/news/6936521/wetsuweten-draft-agreement-details/ https://thepostmillennial.com/alberta-energy-minister-says https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/20/gas-pipeline-wetsuweten-coronavirus-pandemic-indigenous-sovereignty-canada-oil/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wet-suwet-en-territory-rcmp-armed-officers-1.5633987?cmp=rss Hong Kong  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/world/canada/huawei-extradition-meng-wanzhou.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/05/27/hong-kong-is-no-longer-politically-autonomous-from-china-pompeo-says/#3a1adf3b30fb https://hongkongfp.com/2020/05/28/video-hong-kong-police-conduct-mass-arrests-in-mong-kok-as-clashes-continue-into-night/ Pop Culture Celebrities being unrelatable online: https://www.insider.com/celebrities-quarantine-social-media-distancing-have-been-completely-unrelatable-in-2020-4#ellen-degeneres-comparing-being-in-quarantine-to-being-in-jail-21 Imagine video:https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/celebrities-singing-imagine-video-explained.html I Take Responsibility video: https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2020/06/12/i-take-responsibility-video/ 'Celebrity Culture Is Burning', New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/arts/virus-celebrities.html 'Celebrity Quarantine Posts Are Inflaming Tensions Between The Haves and Have Nots', Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2020/4/22/21228696/celebrity-quarantine-coronavirus-influencer-instagram-ellen-degeneres-arielle-charnas-class-wealth Wear A Damn Mask challenge: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a33023419/celebrity-wear-a-damn-mask-challenge 

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