1 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: There Are No Girls on the Internet as a production 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: of I Heart Radio and Unbust Creative. I'm Bridget Todd 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: and this is there Are No Girls on the Internet. 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: Today we have another edition of Things on the Internet 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: that Don't Suck, and today that thing is Olivia Juliana 6 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: Olivia is an abortion advocate and political strategist for the 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: organization gen Z for Change, a youth led nonprofit working 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: to educate and make tangible change on issues that disproportionately 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: affect young people. So strapping because Olivia is about to 10 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: become your new favorite person on the Internet. So you've 11 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: probably heard the name Matt Gets. He's a Florida Republican 12 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: congress person, a huge Trump ally, our right wing extremist, 13 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: and disinformer who says that he's quote proud to be 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: in the corner of folks like Marjorie Taylor Green, who 15 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: we know is a very vocal Q and On supporter, 16 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: which is really something when you consider that Gets himself 17 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: is currently under investigation for sex trafficking a minor, So 18 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: you might think that someone facing allegations of pretty serious 19 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,559 Speaker 1: sex crimes against a minor would just kind of lay 20 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: low and not attract too much attention to himself, especially 21 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: not attention involving young women. But you would be wrong. 22 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: At a rally in Tampa, gets one out of his 23 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: way to make fun of abortion rights activists. Why is 24 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 1: it that the women with the least likelihood of getting 25 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions? Nobody 26 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb. 27 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: These people are odious on the inside and out. They're 28 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: like five to fifty pounds, and they're like, give me 29 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: my abortions or all get up in march and protests. 30 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: And I'm thinking, March, do look like you got ankles 31 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: weaker than the legal reasoning behind rowe versus way boo, 32 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: we hate it, we hate it, we hate it. And honestly, 33 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: this is just such a tired joke. And it's also 34 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: a rip off of an old George Carlin stand up 35 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: routine which was actually originally making fun of anti abortion advocates, 36 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: So yeah, he wasn't even being original on top of 37 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: not even being funny. And I also love how he 38 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 1: clearly kind of pauses for like a big laugh or 39 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: a big round of applause that kind of really doesn't 40 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 1: come because it wasn't very funny, and you know who 41 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: else didn't find it funny? Olivia. Nineteen year old Olivia 42 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: took to Twitter to respond, saying, it's come to my 43 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: attention that Matt gets a legend. Pedophile has said that 44 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: it's always the quote odious five ft to three fifty 45 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: pound women, that quote nobody wants to impregnate? Who rallied 46 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: for abortion. I'm actually five eleven six four in heels. 47 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: I wear them so the small men like you are 48 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: reminded of your place and shout out to all the 49 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: all girls. I'm fave eleven. So you know I loved that. 50 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: So as my mom likes to say, a hit dog 51 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: will holler, So of course Matt had to have something 52 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: the same. He retorted by tweeting an image of Olivia 53 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: alongside an article about his comments about abortion advocates being 54 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: gross looking. Yeah, that's right, that jokes about a nineteen 55 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: year old from a sitting congress person. So this naturally 56 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: and unfortunately led to Olivia getting all kinds of really 57 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: nasty messages from his supporters. She tweeted, this is what 58 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: happens when a sitting Republican congressman body shames and blast 59 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: you on social media. Matt Gets intentionally directed his followers 60 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: to harass a young person. This is the Republican Party, 61 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: these are their leaders. But Olivia didn't stop there. Oh no, no, 62 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: no, no no no. You see, Olivia grew up watching professional wrestling, 63 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: and she says that watching w w E taught her 64 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: about the power of quick wit and the devastating comeback 65 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: to really put somebody in their place. So that's exactly 66 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: what she did. On behalf of her organization, gen Z 67 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: for Change, Olivia used gets His ugly comments to start 68 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: a campaign to fundraise for abortion rights. She raised fifty 69 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: dollars in less than twenty four hours, and as of today, 70 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: she's raised a whopping two million dollars, more than she 71 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: says the organization has ever taken in. According to The 72 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: Washington Post, the funds will be split between fifty different 73 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: abortion funds with the goal of widening access to abortion services, 74 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: birth control, contraceptives, and other reproductive health services. Here's what 75 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: Olivia told MSNBC. Honestly, I think my age is a 76 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: gift because I'm so young. A lot of these politicians 77 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: think that I'm young, dumb, naive, or ignorant. When the 78 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: reality is I am the political strategist for one of 79 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: the top and largest youth led nonprofits in the country, 80 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: gen Z for Change. We've had multiple success stories on 81 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: mobilizing young owners across the country. We're working alongside Democratic 82 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: candidates from across the country, and so by underestimating me 83 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: and thinking that I won't be able to fire back 84 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: as hard as I proved that I can, they are 85 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: truly gifting me a national platform on a silver platter. 86 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: So honestly, I would like to thank them for consistently 87 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: undermining me and undermining gen Z, because at the end 88 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: of the day, we're the ones who usually win these battles. 89 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: I also really love what she had to say in 90 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: teen Vogue. Olivia told teen Vogue that Matt really just 91 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: picked the wrong team to bully, saying, quote, Matt had 92 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: put a spotlight on me, he had given me the 93 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: chance to rebut publicly, and I think that what he 94 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: was expecting was for me to fall into an outrage cycle. 95 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: He wanted me to be like, this is horrendous, You're evil, 96 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: you should be canceled. He wants people to label him 97 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: as a monster and a free speech absolutist and I 98 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: don't think he expected me to respond the way that 99 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: I did to fundraise for abortions. He also probably didn't 100 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: expect me to bring up his criminal and the stigation. 101 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: What a weirdo to talk about another teenager. And I 102 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: really love this because I think that she brilliantly subverted 103 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: this tired notion of a young person as this delicate 104 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: scold who would just fall apart when challenged. I know 105 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: that's the portrait that people like Matt Deets and his 106 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: supporters like to paint of our young people, but it 107 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: is a fiction. Young people gen z. They're some of 108 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: the most resilient, creative, strong people I have ever met, 109 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: and honestly, they inspire me to stay in this movement 110 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,239 Speaker 1: time and time again. And Yeah, I think the bottom 111 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: line is don't mess with teens. I can tell you 112 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: this firsthand from hanging out with my teenage cousins, and 113 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: if you've got any teens in your life, I know 114 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: that you know what I'm talking about, because they will 115 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: embarrass you. Case in point, I think it's quite telling 116 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: that Gates's office would try to keep the word teenager 117 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: out of the headline. I'm Matt Gates and teenager trended together, 118 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: it didn't end so well for him, So a live 119 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: via Thank you for giving me something on the Internet 120 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: that doesn't suck. Thank you for being a light in 121 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: a world that feels like it is full of trash 122 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: and constantly on fire. And as you know, I asked 123 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: you all to send along your good news, things that 124 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: are making you feel something other than to spare in 125 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: these dark times, and listener, Valerie Maids in and Arbor, 126 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: Michigan shared a little good news that I actually didn't 127 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: even know about and wanted to share with all of you. 128 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: Valerie writes here in Michigan, LGBTQ protections were not insured 129 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: by law, and yesterday the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that 130 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: were the state's non discrimination law bands discrimination on the 131 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: basis of sex, that that now also includes protections for 132 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: the LGBTQ community. I didn't even know they were considering that, 133 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: and I was delighted to hear, and Valerie, I am 134 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: delighted as well. Thank you for sharing, and listeners, please 135 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: continue to share with me what's bringing you joy or happiness, 136 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: or a little bit of light or a little bit 137 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,679 Speaker 1: of laugh on the Internet. I don't care how petty 138 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: it is. I don't care how small it is, I 139 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: don't care how silly it is. I want to hear 140 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: about it. If you're looking for ways to support the show, 141 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: check out our mark store at tangodi dot com. 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