Are Our Grandparents Taking Over the Internet?

from The Avocado Social Club · host Natalia Albin and Fraser Bell

Over the last five years, there has been a rise of what's being called 'senior influencers', basically people who are 60+ gaining a lot of traction on social media and beyond. In the first episode of the new series, Fraser and Natalia talk about why this might be, the type of content they are creating and why we are all happy to follow them.  WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING TV AND FILM -Fleabag on BBC iPlayer -The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) on Mubi -Blackkklansman on Netflix -Short film and article: Jessica Mendez Siqueiros’s Pozole: https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/pozole-jessica-mendez-siqueiros/ BOOKS -Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan -Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsh -The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey -Lodestars Anthology: Mexico MUSIC -Taylor Swift - Folklore -The Naked and Famous - Recover ARTICLES AND PODCASTS - Hannah Mylrea’s feature of Haim for NME. https://www.nme.com/big-reads/haim-cover-interview-2020-women-in-music-pt-iii-2704642 made me want to listen to the album over and over again. -Every Proper Noun on Taylor Swift’s Folklore, Charted By HEATHER SCHWEDEL https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-album-lyrics-charted-explained.html?mc_cid=d8c68021ac&mc_eid=fa8d57f6af -The Unpaid Labour of Female Founders by Sharmadean Reid https://medium.com/@sharmadeanreid/the-unpaid-labour-of-female-founders-2a101efad24e Follow us: @theavocadosocialclub on instagram Contact us: [email protected]

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Over the last five years, there has been a rise of what's being called 'senior influencers', basically people who are 60+ gaining a lot of traction on social media and beyond. In the first episode of the new series, Fraser and Natalia talk about why this might be, the type of content they are creating and why we are all happy to follow them. WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING TV AND FILM -Fleabag on BBC iPlayer -The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) on Mubi -Blackkklansman on Netflix -Short film and article: Jessica Mendez Siqueiros’s Pozole: https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/pozole-jessica-mendez-siqueiros/ BOOKS -Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan -Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsh -The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey -Lodestars Anthology: Mexico MUSIC -Taylor Swift - Folklore -The Naked and Famous - Recover ARTICLES AND PODCASTS - Hannah Mylrea’s feature of Haim for NME. https://www.nme.com/big-reads/haim-cover-interview-2020-women-in-music-pt-iii-2704642 made me want to listen to the album over and over again. -Every Proper Noun on Taylor Swift’s Folklore, Charted By HEATHER SCHWEDEL https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/taylor-swift-folklore-album-lyrics-charted-explained.html?mc_cid=d8c68021ac&mc_eid=fa8d57f6af -The Unpaid Labour of Female Founders by Sharmadean Reid https://medium.com/@sharmadeanreid/the-unpaid-labour-of-female-founders-2a101efad24e Follow us: @theavocadosocialclub on instagram Contact us: [email protected]