Women Proposing, Incel Influencers & RIP Cool

Hello EICongregation! Welcome to content church!

This week we're going into the depths of the discourse so that you don't have to. Charli XCX is getting heat for the quality of her newest Substack essay, Sydney Sweeney seems to be doing a 180 on her recent public attitude, fridges may or may not be sending people into psychosis- and we're breaking it down right here.

Also in this episode: Oenone's algorithm has been hijacked by a sharp-jawed looksmaxxer called Clavicular. Confused? We've got you. Looksmaxxing is a subculture that emerged in incel forums and focuses on teaching men and boys how to optimise their appearance through grooming, cosmetic procedures and sometimes extreme lifestyle changes. We discuss the implications of this kind of content as it expands into the mainstream.

And finally a woman in America is getting roasted up, down and side to side on the internet after proposing to her boyfriend of 14 years. She said: "I really wanna get married. We’ve been together for 14 years already. He hasn’t proposed....So why not?” The internet replied: BECAUSE WE SAID SO. We discuss her decision to flip the tradition and whether shaming her for getting down on one knee is just another way to police women and tell them if they aren't chosen with a diamond ring then they aren't worthy.

We hope you enjoy this episode and if you do- please leave us a rating and a review on your podcast player app. Ciao! O, R, B x

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This week Beth's been loving The Real Secret Lives of Secret Mormon Wives (or whatever it's called), Ruchira's been loving Coyote Ugly and Oenone's been loving The Night Manager and Eternity.

Links

Charli's Substack - The Death of Cool

Dazed - The Death of Cool

INDY100 - Did a Pluribus advert really trigger a psychotic episode?

E! - Sydney Sweeney explains her "silence"

The Tab - Who is Clavicular?

VICE - Women Want One Thing in Men, and It's Hunter Eyes

Channel4 - UNTOLD: The Toxic World of Perfect Looks

The Cut - You Could Not Waterboard Me Into Proposing to a Man

BBC Woman's Hour - Why Don't Women Propose More

VARIETY - Actors on Actors with David Corenswet & Jonathan Bailey

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