The Breeders Who Want You to Have More Kids Right Now
Last week, the New York Times reported: “White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children”. But who exactly is behind this push, and why, and what does it have to do with Elon Musk’s ...
3 Maj 20251h 27min
“Alpha Males” Are Making Men Lonelier (with Ryan Broderick)
When fitness influencer Ashton Hall’s absurd morning routine went viral a few weeks ago, I was… moved. The hours-long skincare, gym, and journaling ritual felt like an American Psycho-inspired metrose...
18 Apr 20251h 16min
Maia Poet: The Final Boss of Detrans Grifters (with Kat Blaque)
What does “gender ideology” have in common with ISIS? Well, they are both… things, arguably. As more people become aware of opportunities to commodify their trauma into anti-trans right-wing media bai...
4 Apr 20251h 25min
Gwen Stefani: From Feminist to Fascist
When Gwen Stefani made a tacit endorsement of Tucker Carlson earlier this month, I felt like somebody had knocked the wind out of me. Had the iconic 90’s ain’t-no-hollaback girl made a not-so-sweet es...
21 Mars 20251h 22min
The Complex Tragedy of Grimes
To the mainstream news, she’s the mother of three of Elon Musk’s children. To a certain type of extremely online Tumblr user in the year 2012, she once approximated God. Today, we take a challenging l...
7 Mars 20251h 17min
The Incoherent Sexual Politics of the Right
Elon Musk just (allegedly) had his thirteenth child with a fourth woman — a 26-year-old “conservative” influencer named Ashley St. Clair. In a past version of the “traditional family values” party, th...
21 Feb 20251h 15min
How Conservatism Infiltrated Pop Culture
Quiet luxury. Clean girl. Old money. Trad living. Kylie Jenner’s pivot from Black culture vulture to glass skin pilates princess. College youth dressed like polyester Shein replicas of Reagan-era prep...
7 Feb 20251h 3min
The Tech Bro-ligarchy
Our country is now run by a bunch of spineless billionaires who were cast out as nerds in college so they launched a vendetta against humanity. Today, Edward Ongweso Jr. of This Machine Kills helps us...
24 Jan 20251h 28min
