Raising the Bar(re)

A scrub, a bum, the rat from Flushed Away. The tale as old as time of a gorgeous woman and her questionable, must have a heart of gold, is actually a wet sock boyfriend. Come dive into our newest episode where we explore the pull these men have and the effect of how an ugly man takes your spark told by our resident manless lesbian Sky. Sources https://medium.com/heart-affairs/why-more-women-should-date-unattractive-men-2f3552539e7b https://heatherspurrell.com/are-you-dating-down/ https://medium.com/pen-with-paper/shes-out-of-his-league-so-why-did-he-cheat-the-real-reasons-d338e5acef4a https://medium.com/@laurabduma/the-rise-of-the-tradwives-2f606c832e1f https://www.autostraddle.com/lowkey-i-chose-to-be-a-lesbian/ https://medium.com/@rii21/theres-a-man-inside-my-head-b02e43621388 https://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-panopticon-what-is-the-panopticon-effect/

After a brief intermission in our posting schedule we are BACK!! Dive into the dark side this episode as Mira takes us into the deep under belly of cults. From her personal experience to their extensive research we'll be knee deep in Kool-aid, just don't drink it!! Sources https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-a-cult https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a10309417/scariest-cult-stories/ https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/cults-dangerous-deadly-history/7/ https://davenportpsychology.com/2024/02/12/understanding-the-manipulative-tactics-of-cults/ https://online.utpb.edu/about-us/articles/psychology/the-psychology-of-cults/ https://www.brightonandhovepsychotherapy.com/blog/the-psychology-of-cults-part-one-what-defines-a-cult/ https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/FC/FC8AEB056C2C32F10AFC327BA91F4A45_The_Bohemian_Grove_and_Other_Retreats.rtf.pdf https://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/background/brief-history https://www.nbc4i.com/news/investigates/its-really-tragic-former-members-speak-out-against-columbus-church/ Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell https://goodreads.com/book/show/55338982.Cultish_The_Language_of_Fanaticism

This episode our resident lesbian will be diving into "heteropessimism", tradwives and the very known question, "Are the straights ok?" From wives posting the inconsiderate things their partners did but never divorcing, to I hate my boyfriend final bosses, and from incels to the Sabrina carpenter of it all. We'll jump head first into why straight women hate being straight. Sources: https://thenewinquiry.com/on-heteropessimism/ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/heteropessimism-might-be-a-good-thing.html https://shanspeare.substack.com/p/the-glamorous-world-of-hetero-pessimism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUQSrCF0Rus&t=1028s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULxrsvTT7qo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4xCbmCG2Rc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Dm5B1FuVA

A look into the dark side of fashion, the side pushed into the back of the closet and told to not come out, fat people in fashion. From the racially charged origins of fatphobia to the stick skinny era of the 90s to the body positivity facade of the 2000s and shows ANTM, we are talking about how fat people are left out of the fashion world or put into a little box and expected to never complain. Resources ED hotlines: https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/treatment-for-eating-disorders/eating-disorder-hotlinesGia (1998)Fat is just an adjective - The Fat Girls Guide to Life by Wendy Shanker“Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia,” by Sabrina Strings (https://csw.ucla.edu/2020/11/23/fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia-by-sabrina-strings-nyu-press-2019/).https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/nov/20/heroin-chic-fashion-skinny-worship https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/statistics/#body-image https://wellnesspulse.com/health-trends/americas-next-top-model-impact-on-body-image/ https://www.singlecare.com/blog/news/ozempic-statistics/

These week we're kicking off with talking about Lesbian media and the kill your gays trope.https://www.thetrevorproject.orgResourceshttps://bookriot.com/bury-your-gays-trope/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_your_gayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kWt5d5PnGwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0fZjSluzI8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkGbysZRB_wFriends and fellow lesbians: Trish and MonSocialsinsta: @raisingthebar.repodcastTT: @raisingthebar.repodcast