Love Bringing My Own Olives to The Bar

Warning: if you are a Labubu or a Tradwife, you may feel personally victimized by this episode. In another book review episode, we explore two main threads of Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert: Voyeurism in the online space, and weaponized wifehood as a tactic to quell women’s liberation. We cover:• “Specular media” and how exposing our lives is a mechanism to feel less lonely• The phenomenon of marketing through “real” personalities (and why it works so well)• Voyeuristic content as a means of controlling the narrative in a world stacked against us• Universalizing the personal as a creative act (especially for women)• The harmful origins of the tradwife trend and the concerning obsession with wifehood• What the Labubu craze is telling us about modern adulthood and consumerism• Patriarchal structures disguised as “feminine leisure”Launching next: Life of the Party. Hop on the waitlist here for $1000 OFF!