1 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to Stuff 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: I Never told you production of I Heart Radio. So 3 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: disclaimer on this episode. We are recording this the week 4 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: before the United States election, so we don't know what's 5 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: going to happen as you're listening to this, UM, but 6 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: we thought we would do an update on some other 7 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: stuff that's happened, non election related. So we're like, everyone's 8 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: talking about the election, but us, we'll talk about some 9 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: other news stuff. I'm sure we'll eventually get there, but 10 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: right now we're going to talk about some other things. UM. 11 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: And not that it's all great things obviously, as we know, 12 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: the pandemic in the US is still continuing and growing, 13 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: and though communities everywhere are trying to reopen, new cases 14 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: are spiking. We are hitting new highs again and with 15 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: that the continued economy and unemployment suffers. Not too long ago, 16 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: we talked about the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had 17 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: on women, and now we have some more concrete numbers 18 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: and have even started a new word to describe what 19 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: is happening, which is she session oh wow, or they're 20 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: calling it she recession. So apparently there was used to 21 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: be Uh, the term man session way back when, but 22 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: now it's a she session, and that is really difficult 23 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: for me to say. I'm sorry. That's a tongue twister. 24 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: And many experts fear the regression of progress for women 25 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: in the workforce, including the fact that the closing the 26 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: gender gap wage gap is going backwards. That's so upsetting. 27 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: Between the months of August and September alone, almost one 28 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: point one million workers twenty and over are no longer working, 29 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: and out of the one point one million, eight hred 30 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: six hundred thousand of them are women, four times the 31 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: amount of men, and not surprisingly, a majority of these 32 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,639 Speaker 1: women are black and Latin X women who are seeing 33 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: the highest rates of unemployment. And a recent survey completed 34 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: by McKenzie and Lenan dot org show that one out 35 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: of every five working mothers are considering dropping out of 36 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: the work first, only eleven of men said that they 37 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: were thinking about doing that. Another of mothers reported slowing 38 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: down our quote, dialing back their careers. Yeah, and within 39 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: the head household, working mothers, at least of them say 40 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: they spent an additional three or more hours a day 41 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: on childcare and household responsibilities than they did during the 42 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: pre COVID times, while only twenty seven percent of the 43 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: men say that for themselves, women are three times as 44 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: likely to be responsible for housework and childcare and also 45 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: maybe twice as likely to be judged by the performance 46 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: or lack thereof, which, as we have discussed before, causes 47 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: a higher rate of burnout. And it's not just the 48 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: caregiving issues that are causing problems from women in the workplace, 49 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: but it also seems some of them most impacted industries 50 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: are those that are occupied by mainly women. According to 51 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: more data, women make up six of the state and 52 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: local government jobs and last month alone, there was a 53 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: net loss of one hundred and eighty two hundred thousand 54 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: state and local jobs. And with that this also impacts 55 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: the rest of the community as workers such as teachers, 56 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: public health and case workers also play critical roles in 57 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: maintaining our communities. And with that, we wanted to talk 58 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: about the food, insecurity and poverty issues that are happening. 59 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: In a recent report by care dot org. With the 60 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: already large number of people going hungry around the world, 61 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: an additional hundred thirty million people will be affected due 62 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: to COVID nineteen and those who are most affected are 63 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: women and girls. Uh They state women and girls are 64 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: eating less and earning less and struggling to find food 65 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: for their families, and with that, most international COVID relief 66 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: plans overlook their needs. All around the globe, women and 67 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: girls have had harder times due to losing jobs, social distance, 68 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: rules and regulations, and business closures, and at the same time, 69 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: food shortages, gouging prices, and overall closures have made it 70 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: hard for women to get food and because of this, 71 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: we see women sacrificing food to make sure that the 72 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: rest of the family can eat. Many of the policies 73 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: for age really for not including gender bias and struggles 74 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: in their plans, and if they do, um are including 75 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: them as victims instead of recognizing the women as leaders 76 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: and playing vital roles and their communities and bettering the 77 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: food system are as. Tonyar Raw, director of Global Food 78 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: and Nutrition Security Advocacy of CARE, states organizations and officials 79 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: need to include the women. Women are more at risk 80 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 1: of hunger and malnutrition, and they are themselves powerful agents 81 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: who are stepping up to lead in their families and 82 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: communities because they already play pivotal roles in food systems, 83 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: and yeah, with the increased risk of food poverty and 84 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: food and securities that are greater risk for likelihood of 85 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: sexual exploitation or even child marriages for dowries, as well 86 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: as possible increase in physical abuse and domestic violence. And 87 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: they're is so much we still don't know about COVID nineteen, 88 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: but more or more study users starting to come out, 89 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: and of course researches early in preliminary in a lot 90 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: of cases. But one thing we did want to touch 91 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: on is something called long COVID. A new study has 92 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: found that women between fifty to sixty years old are 93 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: more likely to experience long COVID, with symptoms like fatigue 94 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: and breathlessness lasting four months. Sometimes, I guess some people 95 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: who got it early still have it. UM About one 96 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: and twenty who have COVID nineteen will go on to 97 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: develop long COVID. Generally, women or twice as likely as 98 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,559 Speaker 1: men to experience symptoms for over a month up until 99 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: the age of sixty, when it pretty much evened out. 100 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,239 Speaker 1: The risk of long lasting symptoms do go up with age. 101 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: UM When compared with eighteen to thirty year olds, women 102 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: age fifty to sixty were eight times likelier to experience 103 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: long lasting symptoms, and compared to men of the same age, 104 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: women forty to fifty years old were twice as likely 105 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: to have long lasting COVID. Researchers believe this has to 106 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: do with gender differences in immune responses, but again they 107 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: also stressed that this is early research. It has been 108 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: pure reviewed. We still have a lot to learn. Um. 109 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: But that's interesting and frightening, I suppose. But let's move 110 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: on from COVID for now, and we're going to talk 111 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: about entertainment. Uh, there's a lot we wanted to touch 112 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: on in the entertainment world. Um, and I guess we'll 113 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: start with The Bachelorette, which, uh, Samantha and I do 114 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: not watch. Just to be up front, however, I have 115 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: friends who adore it, and I will get random angry 116 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: messages about it, especially when there's something that uh they 117 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: deem at me as a host on a feminist show. 118 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: Should I should know this? And recently, um, they were 119 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: texting me about a confrontation that happened on the Bachelorette. 120 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: So let me break this down for you, Samantha, Okay, okay, 121 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: please all right. So there were two teams playing dodgeball. 122 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: It was stripped dodgeball, you know. And so the bachelorette 123 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: is watching as these men play strip dodgeball whatever. Okay, 124 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: jump to the next episode. One of the dudes is like, Claire, 125 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: that was really classless of you and gross and I 126 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: can't believe you. How us do this? You know on 127 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: the show that I'm sure she has all creative decisions, 128 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: and also like it's the Bachelorette, dude, what do you 129 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: think is happening here? Um? And so she got really angry, 130 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: got in his face and was like I never thought 131 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: i'd have to say this, but I don't want you 132 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: to be the father of my child. You can't speak 133 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: to me that way. And he like angrily left and said, 134 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: you need to remember you're the oldest bachelor ever. Remember 135 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: your forty You're almost forty, Claire. Um. And that was 136 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: like his insult to her, and and it was kind 137 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: of like I watched the clip and it's kind of 138 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: like he was saying, like I don't want you to 139 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: be He said, I don't want you to be the 140 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: mother of my children. And also you're too old, you 141 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: probably can't have kids, and also like your value, you're 142 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: the worst bachelor ever because you're older. Um, so that 143 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: was pretty gross. It was pretty gross. Yeah, I'm guessing 144 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: he got kicked off. Yes, she was like get out 145 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: of here, man, and all the other dudes kept saying, bro, 146 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: calm down, Bro, calm down. Oh yeah, he end up 147 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: in the Bachelorette. I think that's the whole thing. Samantha 148 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: always how it goes, Okay, I think that the drama 149 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: is a big piece of it. From what I understand, 150 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: we sound like so out of touch. I'm so out 151 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: of touch. But to be fair, this is one of 152 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: the one again, a long running show that has been 153 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: around for a long time, so I'm honestly surprised as 154 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: still going. People love it. There's a whole like section 155 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: of podcasts that's just the Bachelorette reaction podcast. We have 156 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: friends who have for them, yes we do. Uh, But 157 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: I guess it's interesting to see how because I thought 158 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: most of the drama was between the contestants and not 159 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: necessarily with the main person. I think that's normally how 160 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: it goes, or the drama between the contestants and the 161 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: main person is much less angry drama and much more 162 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: like romantic drama. But yeah, I was. I was very 163 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,679 Speaker 1: outraged by it. Honestly, Well, he is now going to 164 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: be a villain. He knows that for the rest of 165 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: his life. Yes, So that's all we have to say 166 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: about the Bachelor for now. Um, let's move on to 167 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: Billie Eilish. So a couple of weeks ago, the Paparassi 168 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: took a photo of eighteen year old Billie Eilish wearing 169 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: more form fitting clothes than she typically does. Um. And 170 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: it was just a tank top and some shorts, and 171 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: of course the Internet went wild critiquing her body, uh, 172 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: defending the image, calling her brave. Uh. In ten months, 173 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: Billie Eilish has developed a mid thirties wine mom body. 174 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: Someone tweeted, um, and a lot of people just picked 175 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 1: this image apart, criticizing her body like they've just been 176 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: waiting for this opportunity. Uh yeah. And in a response, 177 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: people definitely stepped in to defend her, a majority of 178 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: them being a young woman, calling her brave. Which there's 179 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: a whole other conversation I know we're gonna talk about 180 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: in a minute, basically for having a body that isn't 181 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: a size zero as as the norm of women in Hollywood. 182 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: But Elisha's whole thing has been she wanted to focus 183 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: on her voice and not her body. She once said, quote, 184 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: if I wear what is comfortable, I'm not a woman. 185 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,439 Speaker 1: If I shed the layers, I'm a slut. But you've 186 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: never ever seen my body. You still judge it and 187 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: judge me for it. Why? And I think that's definitely 188 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: a big question because again, she's a teenager, and you 189 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: weren't talking about why so gross to sexualize a girl, 190 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: as well as the fact she could wear whatever she 191 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: wants a b if it and she was previously wearing very, 192 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: very very loose fitting clothes and everyone was giving her 193 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: about that. It's just like damned if you do, damned 194 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: if you don't. Yep, it's that line women I walk, 195 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 1: I'm telling you. And yeah, that whole thing about her 196 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: body being brave, it's just it's not brave, it's normal, 197 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: it's being comfortable. What the hell I know? It is 198 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: true that because of this very critique, this very thing 199 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: we saw, there can be some level bravery involved in 200 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: showing off your body publicly, especially if you go in 201 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: with that message. But mostly it's just inevitable when beauty 202 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: standards for women are so impossible to attain that your 203 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: body might not probably doesn't fit those beauty standards. Um. 204 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: For the most part, this isn't a brave choice we make. 205 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: It's just jeans. Um, it's rigid. It's a rigid, punishing 206 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: expectation on how women should look that we exist with. 207 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: And choosing not to hate your body when it doesn't fit. 208 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 1: That shouldn't be brave. Um. I get what people were 209 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: trying to do, right, but yeah, I mean it's just well, 210 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: it's also irritating to call it brave because what we 211 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: have to have some kind of extra strength to just yeah, 212 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: And I think that's the part that drives me crazy 213 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 1: because the photo is of her leaving a store, leaving 214 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: her house, just walking, So it's not like she's doing 215 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: a cover shoot where she's showing off her body. She's 216 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: living her life. And paparazzi because that's how they make 217 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: their money, and the take a picture and just everyone 218 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: like smears their opinions all over it, when in actuality, 219 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: she's just doing her life. She's not doing you think, 220 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: she's not trying to publicize anything. She's just there. And 221 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: sure she's famous because the craft she loves and what 222 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: she's good at and what she's getting paid for is 223 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: partly being in a public figure. But come on, this 224 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: is not brave. This is just what it is. And 225 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: to put either one of those connotations on it, it 226 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: is a smack in the face of everyday women. And 227 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 1: just like, this is what I'm wearing. Get over yourself, right, 228 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: So many feels about that. I see it. Talk about 229 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: Chris Prett and that's not gonna get any better either, 230 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: But yeah, let's talk about Chris Prett. A few weeks 231 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,719 Speaker 1: ago and Amy Burg tweeted out four pictures of Hollywood 232 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 1: Chris's and yes, I have my favorite of the Chris's, 233 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: claiming one must go, which went viral. It generated over 234 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: ten tho replies. And I thought, we've done this before, 235 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: but maybe whatever we've done in a million times. Yeah, 236 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: so it's It trended internationally and it made the news. 237 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: And despite the fact that it was meant to be 238 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: a joke most likely, UH and the Consists named Chris 239 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: Pratt Hollywood's Worst Chris because of his religious and political views. UH. Recently, 240 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: he had been alleged to be part of a church 241 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: that was anti LGBTQ and UM and honestly. I actually 242 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: talked about a conversion theory too, that they supported the 243 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: conversion therapy of LGBTQ community. UM. And also he leans republican, 244 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: uh and prompting a lot of his co stars to 245 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 1: issue public statements defending him, including R d J, Robert 246 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: Downey Jr. Mark Gruffalo, James Gunn, and Zoe Saldanna. And Yeah, 247 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: it was interesting to see everybody up in arms. I 248 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: will say, Chris Pratt hadn't said any thing and done 249 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: anything for this moment necessarily, so it was kind of 250 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: interesting to see everybody like, do I set wrong? Maybe not? Yeah, 251 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: And and and just to be clear about like the 252 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: political leanings he's been pretty it's hard to pin down, 253 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: but there's just very vague for sure, there's just been 254 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: science like it's not only Republican, it's like wave like 255 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: tea party level of Republican. Right. And I will say 256 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: he was also not a part of the fundraising thing 257 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: that the rest of the m c you were doing 258 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: for Biden Harra, so that also got Yeah, it was 259 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: wrapped up with this. But I mean, like you said, 260 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: one of the articles I've had, I think it was 261 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: from Vox. The authors that you know, we declare it. 262 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: We already had this argument twenty nineteen. It's not it's 263 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: not news. Why did these celebrities step in? Why did 264 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: they feel like they had to step in for this 265 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: sort of joke level thing? Um? And yeah, where was 266 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: all this support when other m c U stars like 267 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: Bree Larson was harassed viciously online for saying that, oh 268 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: Heaven forbid, these movies should have more diversity in um um. 269 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: There was even an attempted boycott of Captain Marvel pretty 270 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: much the same thing happened to Tessa Thompson. It's almost 271 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: like we've just accepted that that's the way it is 272 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: for women on the internet. Meanwhile, people are meaning to 273 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: Chris Brett unacceptable, no way, And it's it's fair to 274 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: not want to engage with misogynist, racist tools. But guess what, 275 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: I bet those women didn't want to either. I certainly don't. 276 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: We don't get the choice, right. And yeah, it was interesting, 277 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: I will say I think there was one several tweets 278 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: that said, you know, who's not a part of this conversation. 279 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: The other chris is who are still on the list 280 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: or the island. But yeah, and I will say uh 281 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: to that. When everything was going down with Bree Larson, 282 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: one of the people who did defend her was Chris 283 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: h Evans. I know, oh you got you get your 284 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: favorite Chris. It's just so funny that this became a 285 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: news story. It really didn't want to remember. When I 286 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: was going through a Twitter and I saw him trending, 287 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, what did he say? 288 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: Did he finally come out as a Trump supporter? And 289 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: there was nothing, he said nothing. It was just such 290 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: a like I was like, what is what? We're doing 291 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: this again? And this is a repeat. Yeah. I mean 292 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: we're grasping at anything at this point, any distraction. So, 293 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: speaking of let's talk about Cutie's, uh, the controversy around 294 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: Cutie's this Netflix film and note I have not seen it, 295 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: have you? Okay? Uh? And this is a really messy 296 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: This is a really messy conversation and we could probably 297 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: expand this out, but for this episode, which we are 298 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: recording on October THIRTI, by the way, to put this 299 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: in there. Um. This is a French language film that 300 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: centers on an eleven year old immigrant from Senegal named Any. 301 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: Before it made it to Netflix, it got generally good 302 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: review us and even an award. But when Netflix started 303 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: promoting it, it used this really misleading poster and description, 304 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: so specifically American Netflix. Um. So, the cuties in this 305 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: movie are a dance crew of cool girls in Paris, 306 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: and the poster shows them in their sparkly spandex outfits, 307 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: and the original description read that Amy quote becomes fascinated 308 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: with a twerking dance crew and she quote starts to 309 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: explore her femininity, defying her family's traditions. Uh. And as 310 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: you would expect, the internet went wild, petitioning for the 311 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: movie to be removed. Um and, by the way, it 312 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: hadn't been released yet, review bombing it accusing the film 313 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: of socualizing young girls. And again this goes kind of 314 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: hand in hand with a q and on hashtag save 315 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: our Girls or so save our children plot. So this 316 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 1: is definitely on top of what people are already believing 317 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: in conspiracy theories. Um and the petition got four hundred 318 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: thousand signatures in the first week, and it read quote 319 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: this movie slash show is discussing as it sexualizes an 320 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,959 Speaker 1: eleven year old for the viewing pleasures of pedophiles and 321 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: also negatively influences our children. There's no need for this 322 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: kind of content in that age group, especially when sex 323 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 1: trafficking and pedophilia are so rampant. Again Q and on um, 324 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: there is no excuse and this is dangerous content. And 325 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: then a separate petition was called um quote, I want 326 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: Netflix to remove the new movie Cuties as it promotes 327 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: child pornography. And both of these petitions now have hundreds 328 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: of thousands of signatures. But since the movie hadn't come 329 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: out yet, it was clear that most people hadn't even 330 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: seen it. People who have seen it say the American 331 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: promotional material is very misleading and mistress representing of the film, 332 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 1: which is a coming of age focus on a black 333 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: girl who directed by a black woman, which may be 334 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 1: part of the reason is getting so much outrage. Image 335 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: just comparing the French poster and the American posters started 336 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: circulating around the Internet. But of course it's kind of 337 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 1: laid on the draw when you have all the other 338 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: things rending. Yeah yeah um. In the face of this backlash, 339 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: Netflix updated the image and the description and issued an 340 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: apology quote, We're deeply sorry for the inappropriate artwork that 341 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,880 Speaker 1: we used for Mignons cuties. It was not okay, nor 342 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: was it representative of this French film which won an 343 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: award at Sundance. We've now updated the pictures and description, 344 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: but people still call for the film's removal, and director 345 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,719 Speaker 1: has been the recipient of several death threats and a 346 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 1: lot of harassment, as have critics who positively reviewed the film. 347 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: After the movie came out in September, conservative politicians got involved. Uh. 348 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: Texas state Representative Matt Schaffer tweeted he'd asked Texas Attorney 349 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: General to look into Cutie's for quote, possible violations of 350 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: child exportation and child pornography laws. A prominent figure and 351 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: far right media accused the movie of being communist propaganda, 352 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: and some have pointed out that yes, this whole conservative 353 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 1: backlash fits in with the Cuban on thing. Yeah, and 354 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: it definitely fits hand in hand. I will say to 355 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: a lot of this, you know, you have to start 356 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: a sinking about things like dance mom and all these 357 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 1: other kids. Yeah, like really, so if this movie, which 358 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: is a commentary on her own life, from what I understand, 359 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,719 Speaker 1: I believe that the director's own life um in like 360 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: the competition world and trying to learn what this is 361 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: and how it does kind of overtly sexualized girls and 362 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: teach girls, uh their value in this way? What are 363 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,479 Speaker 1: we doing with this seasonal you know huge shows that 364 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: comes through the US only. Yeah, yeah, and it's very 365 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: like again, I haven't seen it, but I read a 366 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: lot about it for this uh and I it sounds 367 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: like it's also very what it is? What is it 368 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: like with all this sexualization and social media? Right? And 369 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: how does that interact when it comes to young girls 370 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: coming of age? And I will tell you, like, I 371 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,719 Speaker 1: don't know if if you know this about me. I 372 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: was in dance for like a split second dance for 373 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 1: a while. Are you so? I did things like hip 374 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 1: hop and lyrical and lyrical is like a very like 375 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: beautiful mix of ballet and hip hop contemporary dance uh styles, 376 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: And it's usually partnered oftentimes and as usually a girl 377 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: and a boy doing all of these very like dramatic 378 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: dances and love sequences essentially. And I'm like, whatever, wherever 379 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: have you been in the last fifty years? This has 380 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 1: been existing in all of culture with young kids doing this, 381 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: So why are we talking about this now? But yeah, 382 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: Matt Schaefer, who we were just talking about who is 383 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: the politician representative in Texas went on to tweet the 384 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: filing of an indictment by the Grand Jury in Texas 385 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: for promoting material and Cuti's film which depicts lewd exhibitions 386 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: of pubic area of a cloth or partially closed child 387 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: who was younger than eighteen years of age, which appeals 388 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: to the period interest in sects. I wanna take a 389 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: big sigh. Yeah, and Netflix countered Cuti's is a social 390 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: commentary against the sexualization of young children. This is a 391 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 1: charge without married and we stand by the film. And 392 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: of course, Ted Cruz wrote a letter to Attorney General 393 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: Bill Barr requesting the Department of Justice to investigate um 394 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: and as of now, Netflix's cancelation rate was up eight 395 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 1: hundred percent attributed to the boycott of this movie, which, yeah, okay, 396 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: there's so many things. Yeah, I mean, this is many things. Yeah. 397 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: And and specifically the scene a lot of people are 398 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: mad at who have seen it, not just the poster, 399 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: the scene where the main character takes a picture of 400 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: her volva and sends it out on social media. But 401 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 1: the way it's shot, from what I understand like is 402 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: from profile you don't see anything and again it's about 403 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: like what is it with social media? And she regrets 404 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: it immediately and you can't take it back, and you know, 405 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: it's it's complicated and just that issue alone. Like I 406 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: told like the story many of times. Being in the 407 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: field that I was with the Department of Juvenile Justice, 408 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 1: I was working with young adults and teenagers and kids 409 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: who would do stuff like this and trying to teach 410 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: and why this is such a bad idea, and they 411 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 1: still don't grasp it. And so it's kind of like 412 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: some of the things some of the reasons that these 413 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,959 Speaker 1: things happen is because people ignore the fact that their 414 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: child might do this, which is part of the commentary 415 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,400 Speaker 1: in this movie. Yeah, and it's also she the director, 416 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: I think she interviewed at least a hundred It might 417 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: be way more than that, but it was at least 418 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,479 Speaker 1: a hundred young girls at this age of what, like, 419 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: what is it like being social media? What are these 420 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: pressures you feel? And all that. So anyway, uh, this 421 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: is a conversation for another day. But a lot of 422 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: the language criticizing this movie puts a spotlight on how 423 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: terrified we are of young women's sexuality. The transition into 424 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 1: womanhood and also like how sexualized girls and women are. 425 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 1: I couldn't think of a really good way to phrase this, 426 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,639 Speaker 1: but basically how they were like, of course this is 427 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 1: like pedophile attraction material, Like I don't know, like if 428 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: they were phrasing it in a way where it's like, wait, 429 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: what are you saying? That is also the fact that 430 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: they sexualized that they did it themselves and displaced whatever 431 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: they fell onto this film outside them They're like, so 432 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 1: this is more of a commentary of what you think 433 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: of young girls in general, like how you sexualize them 434 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: immediately no matter what. Yeah, that's a whole Diff'll come 435 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: back to that, uh, And speaking about sexualization of women. 436 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: In our recent episode about Missagy, Noir and hip Hop 437 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: with Kiana fitz Gerald, we talked a little bit about 438 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: the shooting of Megan the Stallion and how she had 439 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: to continually defend herself from the constant harassment and belittlement 440 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: due to it. But as of mid October, Tory Lanes, 441 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: who is the who was initially arrested in July for 442 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: the shooting, was charged with assault with fire arms and 443 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: possession of an unregistered gun. Of course, it will be 444 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: a while before we know the results of the case, 445 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: but Megan has not slowed down at all, and of 446 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: course the accusations and the harassment is continued even since then, 447 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: but whatever, she has continued to use her voice to 448 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: bring awareness to violence against black women. And in her 449 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: recent SML performance, if you weren't able to see it, 450 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: she highlighted the injustice of the Brianna Taylor case and 451 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: make sure to make her first performance as a platform 452 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: to discuss injustice and the continued fight of equality. And 453 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: it was a big conversation and she brought up amazing 454 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: platforms and a big discussion among Twitter and among all 455 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: other people who were watching that about what she was 456 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,479 Speaker 1: doing and how amazing her performance was and in her 457 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: highlighting not only in her performance but in her speeches, 458 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: it was. It was fantastic. I don't know if you 459 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: watched it at all, huh. I really liked the bottom 460 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 1: of your Face song. That's funny girls show Me the 461 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: Bottom of your Face. Uh. Yeah. So that's it for 462 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: the entertainment world, but we did want to talk about 463 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: some politics. But first we're gonna pause for a quick 464 00:25:48,320 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: break for word from her spots there and we're back. 465 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: Thank you. Sponsor. So yes, we're a little behind, but 466 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: we did want to talk about the last debate. The 467 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 1: last presidential debate. Um Kristen Welker, a NBC News anchor, 468 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: became the first black female moderator for a presidential election, 469 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 1: since she is the co anchor of Weekend Today, and 470 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 1: when it was announced she would moderate the last presidential debate, 471 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: Trump wrote, She's always been terrible and unfair, just like 472 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: most of the fake news reporters. But I'll still play 473 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: the game, which is unsurprising unfortunately from him. In that campaign. 474 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: Many praised her work though, as she did seem to 475 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: fact check a bit more than past moderators and also 476 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 1: followed up more to unanswered questions. Definitely, that kind of 477 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: kept it on track. Yeah, and in this debate, the 478 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: Commission of the Presidential Debate had the added edition of 479 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: a mute button which could be used by the commission 480 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 1: or someone the Commission told them to do so, um 481 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: and not necessarily by the moderator, So Kristen didn't have 482 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: any uh say so, and according to one report, was 483 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: only used once. So I'm trying to go back and 484 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: the look because I'm not gonna lie. I didn't watch 485 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: the thing I can't I can't watch. Um and because 486 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: I was less bombarding and creepy following a round of 487 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 1: an opponent, this debate was the more civil by a 488 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: lot of people. Are bar Is solo And according to 489 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: several news outlets, the consensus is that Joe Biden one, 490 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: but barely. According to CNN, six of women said Biden one, 491 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: while forty seven percent of men did and statistically showed 492 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: the independence and moderates stating Biden one as well. And yes, 493 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: we are recording a week ahead of the release. When 494 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: you listen to this, it's possible you know who the 495 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: president is. This all sounds very meaningless, um, but uh 496 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: we we did want to add you know, these stats 497 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: don't always predict what might happen during election. I keep 498 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: That's what I keep thinking. People like the polls and 499 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 1: pulls on like I just ignore the polls. Yeah, we 500 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: had similar polls. Yeah, but the gender divide is interesting. Yeah, 501 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: the ther divide was super interesting to me. I was 502 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 1: very surprised by it. Um, And more about politics, we 503 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,719 Speaker 1: wouldn't talk about Kamala. Not surprisingly, that continues to be 504 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,919 Speaker 1: random childish attacks towards Senator Harris as different officials and 505 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: politicians have been making last minute pushes for their choice 506 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 1: of presidential candidates and then making Georgia. Senator David Purdue 507 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 1: of Georgia was seen while introducing not only mispronouncing Senator 508 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris's name, but continuing on with mocking her name 509 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: and ending with whatever his campaign stated it was just 510 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: a mispronunciation, but many were quick to point out that 511 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: not only could he have just said Senator Harris, which 512 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: is fairly simple, um, he had also served alongside her 513 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: in the Senator Budget Committee for years, so he has 514 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: seen her and her worked with her face to face, 515 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: side by side. This doesn't make sense. Yeah, it just 516 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't believe for a second that's true. 517 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: But if it was, what it would be saying is 518 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: you're pad at your job, dude. And this opened up 519 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: conversation of how many people I've had to deal with 520 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 1: the min's pronunciation of their name and sometimes being ostracized 521 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: because of their name or ethnicity, as one article put it, 522 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: um being mothered made to be an outsider. The video 523 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: sparked hashtag my name is where people with less common 524 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,719 Speaker 1: names were able to discuss how to pronounce their name. 525 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: As well as the meaning behind it, m um and 526 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: more talking of people in politics. Earlier this month, when 527 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 1: the country found out that there had been a plot 528 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: to kidnap the Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. At the time, 529 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: instead of calling out against those who had plotted the 530 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: kidnapping plan, President Trump tweeted that he had quote his 531 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: Justice Department foiled the plan and that she did not 532 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: thank him, and then also continued about how awful of 533 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: a governor she was and that she needed to open 534 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: up the state, which by the way, has not been 535 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: under a stay at home order since June, so it's 536 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: been a minute um and has since then continued attacking 537 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: her while out attending rally ease throughout the country. During 538 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: his speeches, the crowd will often start changing lock her up, 539 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: which seems to be the lazy remake of his twenty 540 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: sixteen campaign opinion, um and for no reason. There's no 541 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: real reason why they are chanting this other than about 542 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: the COVID mandates um And he continues to state that 543 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: she's not allowing for the state to open up, though 544 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: again it has been opened for some time now, UM. 545 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: And during a recent interview Governor Whitmer stated, every time 546 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: he sets his sights on me, I get more death threats. 547 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: The violent rhetoric has an uptick, and there's no question 548 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: that it's had an impact. And Whitman also said, I've 549 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: had the conversation with my teenage children about why there 550 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: there's people with a R fifteens on our front lawn 551 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 1: on more than one occasion. And people are looking for 552 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: any hook to legitimize these domestic terrorism and tendencies. And 553 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: I think that Donald Trump knows that and it's not 554 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: a coincidence, and he's feeding into it um and I 555 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: think it's definitely obvious as he makes fun of her 556 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: statements by say, oh, I'm not gonna say anything bad 557 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: because apparently it's my fault that she's doing a bad 558 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: job as a governor. Yeah. It's also like in his 559 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: dramatic sixteen minutes leaving of Leslie Stall, uh she Leslie 560 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: Stall asked him like, you know, do you think she 561 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: should be locked up? And he's like, I never said 562 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: that that's anything. How terrible of you. That's a real 563 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: thing just said to me. And then there's like the clip. Obviously, 564 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: So we also wanted to talk about the rush confirmation 565 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: of Amy Coney Barrett, which we did in a Monday 566 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: many but just a little bit more on that. On 567 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 1: Monday October, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme 568 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: Court with a vote and was met with celebration when 569 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: she and Trump walked onto the balcony of the White House. 570 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: Uh in the night, I'll say, which many felt was 571 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: too much of a show for loyalty to a person 572 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: rather than a country is very partisan. Uh. And of 573 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: course many memes and commentary came from their posing yes. 574 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 1: And as of October, she has not been a part 575 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: of any ruling, including the Republican challenge in the Philadelphia 576 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: ballot deadline case stating that they should wait until after 577 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 1: election day to for a final way in as a reminder. 578 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: When questioned if she would refuse herself from any decisions 579 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: based on the elections, she did not answer and refused 580 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: to make a statement in regards to whether she would 581 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: or wouldn't right. Um, and as she was confirmed, she 582 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: is the fifth woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court. 583 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 1: And we did get a suggestion that we should do 584 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: an episode on the women in the Supreme Court, and 585 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: I think it's a good idea. People have that on 586 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: our list now um. And though some celebrate on the 587 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: basis that she has accomplished something because she is a woman, 588 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: many fear that her conservative views and background will push 589 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: back the works of those female judges like Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 590 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,959 Speaker 1: The Girl Scouts offered their congratulations to Judge Barrett after 591 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 1: our confirmation, and there are many who felt this to 592 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: be against what the Girl Scouts stood for, but many 593 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: who felt that celebrating a woman's accomplishment should be shared 594 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: within organ to stations like the Girl Scouts, but has 595 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,800 Speaker 1: since then, they have deleted this tweet as well as 596 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: in an apology. So interesting. Yes, wow, Girl Scouts. Okay, 597 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: we do have a little bit more for you. We're 598 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 1: gonna brought in our view, but first we're gonna follow 599 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: for one more quick break for word from our sponsor, 600 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: and we're back. Thank you sponsor, and we're back with 601 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 1: the Pope. The Pope. Yes. In a new documentary, Pope 602 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: Francis said, quote, homosexual people have a right to be 603 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: in a family, their children of God and have a 604 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 1: right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or 605 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: be made miserable over it. What we have to create 606 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 1: is civil union law. That way, they are legally covered. 607 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: I do want to put in here. I have not 608 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: seen this documentary either, so I can't speak to what 609 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: else goes on in it. Um. Several bishops when this 610 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:09,320 Speaker 1: comment came out, angrily fired back, which is interesting. UM. 611 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,760 Speaker 1: I believe he also named the first African American bishop 612 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: decently too. Yeah. UM, so there's that. See how that goes? Um. 613 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: And then we wanted to talk about New Zealand. New 614 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: Zealand's Prime minister to send to our durn just one 615 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: reelection and a landslide in part because of her successful 616 00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: handling of the coronavirus. Apparently, Pole show New Zealanders have 617 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: felt positive about their government for about twenty years and 618 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 1: the US has forty years of quote net negative feeling, 619 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 1: which I find fascinating. Um. And also this quote from 620 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,839 Speaker 1: Trump when he was asked about her, He said, this 621 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: woman wanted to get re elected, so she decided to 622 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 1: go after the coronavirus and beat it. This woman is 623 00:34:54,719 --> 00:35:02,800 Speaker 1: a disgrace. It's terrible. But it's so I don't understand 624 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 1: how that's aye, as if that's something to make fun 625 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: of someone fort because they actually have She succeeded. Yeah, 626 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: help their community. And you know, yeah, I was like, 627 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,359 Speaker 1: is this an onion article? This can't be real. Yeah, 628 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,799 Speaker 1: it's kind of like it's definitely one of those same things. 629 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 1: Because I was thinking about this yesterday, Uh, while I 630 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:30,439 Speaker 1: was driving with no power. Um, how everything is being 631 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,760 Speaker 1: made fun of, the masks, everything, and but the minute 632 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: he has a mask on it, so manly and so stylent. 633 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: You know, look all these like weird the same like 634 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,839 Speaker 1: the King with no clothes type of thing about them 635 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,279 Speaker 1: all sucking up. But this is the same thing. It's like, hey, 636 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 1: don't celebrate this, don't don't make this a thing because 637 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 1: I can't do it, so obviously we need to make 638 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: fun of it somehow if if if I'm not successful 639 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: and someone else is make fun of them. It's the 640 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: only way to do it. Yeah. And as in fact, 641 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: talking about New Zealand, there has been out of one 642 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,399 Speaker 1: six in their parliament, fifty seven of them are going 643 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: to women. That's forty eight percent, which is an amazing number. Uh, 644 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,520 Speaker 1: that is so close to getting fifty fifty. Could you 645 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: imagine getting to that point? You have to celebrate that 646 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,839 Speaker 1: way to go in New Zealand? Can I move there. 647 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think so, they're not gonna let 648 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: me in. We already know what's happening. That's true. That's true. 649 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:31,799 Speaker 1: I think I know. Um And though we don't want 650 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: to celebrate that, there are other things that are happening 651 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,719 Speaker 1: that are not celebratory and we wanted to talk about it. 652 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: We need to focus on some of the things which 653 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: for weeks now, protests have been erupting throughout Nigeria after 654 00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: a video of a young man being shot and pushed 655 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:50,280 Speaker 1: out of his car while a SARS or a special 656 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,759 Speaker 1: Anti Robbery Squad officer drove off in that car and 657 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 1: it went viral and Lagos, Nigeria protests has continued and 658 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,080 Speaker 1: gained an international following of the hashtag in stars so 659 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: OARS was created in in response to an anti robbery 660 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,799 Speaker 1: initiative where plain clothes officers without arms were patrolling with 661 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: their main responsibility being reporting, monitoring radio communications and assisting 662 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: in arresting criminals and armed robbers, which was a big 663 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,400 Speaker 1: problem in that part of the region. Um And by 664 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 1: two thousand two, Stars had spread to all thirty six 665 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 1: days and under the Federal Capital Territory Abuja as powers grew. 666 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:30,280 Speaker 1: Many allegations and reports were coming out about Stars extorting 667 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 1: a llegally detaining and even torturing and killing citizens. They 668 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: target a young man for online fraud, cyber crimes or 669 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: other things like that with a simple evidence that they 670 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,440 Speaker 1: owned a smartphone or a computer and would extort large 671 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:46,000 Speaker 1: amounts of money for their release. And on October twenty 672 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,960 Speaker 1: and now being referred to as Black Tuesday, police killed 673 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: twelve people who were peacefully protesting the continued brutality of 674 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,400 Speaker 1: the police and government throughout the nation. A total of 675 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: at least fifty two people have been killed, thirty of 676 00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:01,320 Speaker 1: those victims on that Tuesday alone. Amnesty International has reported 677 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,000 Speaker 1: at least quote eighty two cases of torture, ill treatment 678 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: and extra judicial execution by Stars between January seventeen and May, 679 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,239 Speaker 1: mostly targeting young men between the ages of eighteen and 680 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,920 Speaker 1: thirty five. And the protests have been happening since twenty seventeen. 681 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: The movement has brought more protesters, not led by one person, 682 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: but driven by the youth of Nigeria and as many 683 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,880 Speaker 1: women we talked about in our episode when Women Organized, 684 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,320 Speaker 1: the women of Nigeria continue to play big roles and 685 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,080 Speaker 1: pushing forward with the protest. As writer Trichima a cab 686 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: you and I hope I'm producing that correctly. Rights in 687 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,840 Speaker 1: our article hashtag instars, Nigerian women are no strangers to 688 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 1: organizing quote. Countless women have been involved in the hashtag 689 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 1: insards movement. MoMA del A and her team of lawyers 690 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,960 Speaker 1: have helped to release almost a hundred peaceful protesters from 691 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:50,360 Speaker 1: unlawful imprisonment. Chef Imoteba from Hills in the Kitchen provided 692 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,319 Speaker 1: protesters with meals. Kiki Morty helped to fund a few 693 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: journalists covering the protest. Amara the Lesbian, a YouTuber provided 694 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 1: queer protesters with money and support and reminded Nigerians that 695 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,360 Speaker 1: we are not free until everyone is. And so many 696 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:06,160 Speaker 1: other women, some without large social media followings to recognize them. 697 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,719 Speaker 1: They achieved all this while balancing their own lives and 698 00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,920 Speaker 1: displayed the empathy and transparency barren in our current government, 699 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,759 Speaker 1: and the women around the country continue to not only 700 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,480 Speaker 1: organize on the ground, but continue to spotlight the atrocities 701 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,840 Speaker 1: happening in their nation. Um Nigerian dj O Bion YouTube 702 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,799 Speaker 1: Catherine U Day or better known as DJ Switch, live 703 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,160 Speaker 1: streamed the black Tuesday massacre, which was witnessed by a 704 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand viewers at the time. Many women, 705 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,799 Speaker 1: like DJ Switch have been at the forefront of many 706 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,439 Speaker 1: of these protests and have been speaking out women such 707 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 1: as the Collective of Nigerian Women who are part of 708 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: the Feminist Coalition, which formed in July twenty to work 709 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,239 Speaker 1: for the embancement of women's rights in Nigeria. They've been 710 00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:46,879 Speaker 1: fundraising to support and aid protesters on the ground, and 711 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 1: of course we haven't mentioned all the many women who 712 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,280 Speaker 1: have been involved not only in this movement, but also 713 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 1: many other human rights movements that have made history and 714 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:57,920 Speaker 1: Nigerias such as uh Youth Sofo of the Bring Back 715 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: Our Girls movement, which called for the safe return of 716 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:05,319 Speaker 1: Tipic schoolgirls that were kidnapped by Bocaho ram and who 717 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:10,719 Speaker 1: has also been involved with the hashtag instars protest. So 718 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:13,799 Speaker 1: I feel like I say this in every episode, but 719 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,799 Speaker 1: we've covered a lot of ground in this one, and 720 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: there's so much going on right now. If there's something 721 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,520 Speaker 1: that we should have talked about or you want us 722 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:28,399 Speaker 1: to talk about, please let us know. Um you can 723 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 1: email us or emails stuff media mom stuff at I 724 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,960 Speaker 1: heeart media dot com. You can find us on Twitter 725 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,360 Speaker 1: at mom Stuff Podcast or on Instagram at Stuff I 726 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,480 Speaker 1: Never Told You. 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