The Sleepover Club: The Death Of Nuance, Why Being 'Chronically Online' Gives You Brain Worms, And The Era of Anti-Intellectualism

The Sleepover Club: The Death Of Nuance, Why Being 'Chronically Online' Gives You Brain Worms, And The Era of Anti-Intellectualism

Anti intellectualism is having a moment. Express an opinion online and they'll be at least five people in your mentions telling you that you're wrong. Maybe you spend your morning drinking coffee with your partner, causing uproar from those who have to be at work in the early hours. Perhaps you hate Marvel films, or dare to prefer one type of bread over another. But is our inability to contextualise the posts we see a form of anti-intellectualism? Are the binaries of 'high' and 'low' culture changing? And should we just let people enjoy things? This week Ione and Eden are discussing whether this constant dumbing down of discourse, art, and everything in between is more insidious than it may seem.


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The Sleepover Club: Is Inclusivity On Reality Shows Like Love Island Always Necessary?

The Sleepover Club: Is Inclusivity On Reality Shows Like Love Island Always Necessary?

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20 Jun 202225min

The Sleepover Club Special: How Pleasure Depicts The Nuances Of Sex Work, With Director Ninja Thyberg

The Sleepover Club Special: How Pleasure Depicts The Nuances Of Sex Work, With Director Ninja Thyberg

In this live Sleepover Club special, Halima and contributing culture editor Misha MN sit down with director Ninja Thyberg to discuss her debut feature film, Pleasure. A raw and groundbreaking explorat...

17 Jun 202226min

The Sleepover Club: Is TikTok Ruining The Music Industry?

The Sleepover Club: Is TikTok Ruining The Music Industry?

Musicians are being held captive! Forced to step onto the content treadmill and churn out TikTok's that they supposedly don't want to make, this week Halima and Ione are discussing whether the social ...

13 Jun 202224min

The Sleepover Club: DeuxMoi Is No Longer Anon - But Are Gossip Accounts Harmless Fun, Or Is Their Impact Far More Sinister?

The Sleepover Club: DeuxMoi Is No Longer Anon - But Are Gossip Accounts Harmless Fun, Or Is Their Impact Far More Sinister?

DeuxMoi has been unmasked, with the famed gossip account being run by two socialite-adjacent white New York women. In honour of her no longer anonymity, we're discussing the legacy of modern gossip ac...

6 Jun 202228min

Does The Amber Heard vs. Johnny Depp Trial Signal The End Of #MeToo?

Does The Amber Heard vs. Johnny Depp Trial Signal The End Of #MeToo?

As the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard civil trial comes to an end, Ione and Halima are discussing the case. From why the internet is so anti-Amber, what the discourse surrounding it says about how we tre...

30 Mai 202233min

The Sleepover Club: Ione's Book, Poor Little Sick Girls, is here!

The Sleepover Club: Ione's Book, Poor Little Sick Girls, is here!

This week Ione is in the hot seat, as she sits down for an interview with our one and only Halima to dish all the deets about her debut non-fiction book, Poor Little Sick Girls! Exploring how Wellness...

23 Mai 202229min

The Sleepover Club: The Cult Of Confidence Feminism

The Sleepover Club: The Cult Of Confidence Feminism

We're told being confident is the answer to all of life's problems. That to be a good feminist, or friend, or to excel at your job and learn to love yourself, you must be confident. But when did empow...

16 Mai 202227min

The Sleepover Club: Instagram Is In It's Flop Era

The Sleepover Club: Instagram Is In It's Flop Era

For the last five years, we've all collectively been lamenting the downfall of instagram. First, they took our chronological feed. Then, they pivoted to Reels. But as we all become increasingly exhaus...

9 Mai 202229min

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