Stan Culture Extremes, Existential Elmo & Vanderpump Rules

It was the week that Elmo asked us if we were all ok… spoiler alert: we’re not. Beth, Ruchira and Oenone have been to a VERY exciting screening... there's a deep dive on stan culture (please don't come for us!) and we take a look at how our 2024 reading goals are going so far. Warning: your TBR may double (or triple) in size after this episode... Let us know on Instagram @everythingiscontentpod what book you'd like us to read together - we'll decide before next week's episode and then will all discuss it together in March! On the podcast today: 1:02 - Stamptown 3:18 - Existential Elmo 6:58 - Stans 18:36 - Vanderpump Rules 25:37 - Reading Update — BETH MCCOLL: Romanticise Your Life STAMPTOWN INDEPENDENT: Sesame Street’s Elmo is inundated with existential dread after asking the internet: ‘How is everybody doing? INDEPENDENT: A timeline of Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion’s feud: From Hot Girl Summer to Hiss and Big Foot GUARDIAN: Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes ANATOMY OF A STALKER HAYU: Vanderpump Rules --- BOOKS FOR YOUR TBR PILE: The Secret History - Donna Tartt Parason Against The Axe - Helen Oyeyemi Issac and the Egg - Bobby Palmer The Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa The List - Yomi Adegoke War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy Poor Things - Alasdair Gray Come and Get It - Kiley Reid Daisy Jones and The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid Penance - Eliza Clark Boy Parts - Eliza Clark I’m A Fan - Sheena Patel The Guest - Emma Cline BOOKS FOR YOUR PRE-ORDER LIST: Private Rites - Julia Armfield Revolutionary Acts - Jason Okundaye Blue Sisters - Coco Mellors — Follow us on Instagram: @everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma @oenone --- Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are Grape Music: James Richardson Photography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner