When does stan culture go too far?

It was the week that Elmo asked us if we were all ok… spoiler alert: we’re not. Beth, Ruchira and Oenone have been to a VERY exciting screening... there's a deep dive on stan culture (please don't come for us!) and we take a look at how our 2024 reading goals are going so far. Warning: your TBR may double (or triple) in size after this episode...

Let us know on Instagram @everythingiscontentpod what book you'd like us to read together - we'll decide before next week's episode and then will all discuss it together in March!

On the podcast today:

1:02 - Stamptown

3:18 - Existential Elmo

6:58 - Stans

18:36 - Vanderpump Rules

25:37 - Reading Update

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BETH MCCOLL: Romanticise Your Life

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1398720860/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1706812058&sr=8-1

STAMPTOWN

https://www.stamptowncomedy.com/

INDEPENDENT: Sesame Street’s Elmo is inundated with existential dread after asking the internet: ‘How is everybody doing?’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elmo-sesame-street-how-is-everybody-doing-b2487049.html

INDEPENDENT: A timeline of Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion’s feud: From Hot Girl Summer to Hiss and Big Foot

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/nicki-minaj-megan-stallion-feud-bigfoot-b2487105.html

GUARDIAN: Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/30/taylor-swift-ai-deepfake-nonconsensual-sexual-images-bill

ANATOMY OF A STALKER

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/anatomy-of-a-stalker/id1725278548

HAYU: Vanderpump Rules

https://www.hayu.com/show/episode/460038184320

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BOOKS FOR YOUR TBR PILE:

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

Parason Against The Axe - Helen Oyeyemi

Issac and the Egg - Bobby Palmer

The Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa

The List - Yomi Adegoke

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

Poor Things - Alasdair Gray

Come and Get It - Kiley Reid

Daisy Jones and The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Penance - Eliza Clark

Boy Parts - Eliza Clark

I’m A Fan - Sheena Patel

The Guest - Emma Cline

BOOKS FOR YOUR PRE-ORDER LIST:

Private Rites - Julia Armfield

Revolutionary Acts - Jason Okundaye

Blue Sisters - Coco Mellors

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Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are Grape

Music: James Richardson

Photography: Rebecca Need-Meenar

Artwork: Joe Gardner

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