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What a Week
by Taylor Davis
Pop culture is always trying it. Something is always happening in our fast paced, never stopping news cycle. Once a week, I take something that stressed me out and break it down with a friend. From media's widespread layoffs to Black History Month being ruined by blackface, this is an ode to the pop culture that's exhausting and draining us all.
Episodes
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Bye Bye Birdie: The Cultural Impact of Twitter (Part 1)
I'm gonna smack the next person to ask, "what app are we going to when Twitter is done?" Why? Because if you're looking to replicate the experience, there's no where else (that exists at this moment) that can give it to you. I break down what makes Twitter its own little island in the United…
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TV Take: Has the Target Demo graphic for 'Love Is Blind' Outgrown The Emotional Maturity of Its Contestants?/A History of Dating on Reality TV
This isn't really about Love Is Blind. Well, it is a little, so skip the first 5 minutes if you haven't seen the reunion. Instead, I make the case that the audiences of dating reality tv shows have reached an inflection point. A lot of us are older than the youngest contests on some of these…
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Blue Tick (Tick, Boom!): The Impending Doom of Elon Musk's New Blue Tick Verification Plan, Explained (Part 2)
The unintended consequence of buying a social media platform with ruthless users is that when you make choices that don't make sense, they will be the first people to let you know.
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Blue Tick (Tick, Boom!): The Impending Doom of Elon Musk's New Blue Tick Verification Plan, Explained (Part 1)
The Blue tick system on Twitter is about to implode. In part one (I know I said I was taking break at the end...and just ended it), I talk about how El*n Mu*k doesn't really understand the company he just bought for $44 Billion or the people who use it and how we shouldn't have to pay for his...
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TV Take: Love Is Blind, Episode 1 (Netflix)
Every single thought I had watching the Love is Blind season 3 premiere. Too long, don't wanna listen? Being a Ballerina isn't a personality trait, what would you share about your body while dating in the pods, going on this show before moving for grad school is chaos and someone needs to disable...
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A Debrief: Drake's Debauchery, Explained
I don't know if he said “This b—h lie ’bout getting shots, but she still a stallion" or “This b—h lie ’bout getting shot, but she still a stallion". Either way, I don't like it, Drake is a menace and Drake's PR team has had a day.
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TV Take: Inside Man, Episode 2 (Netflix)
Much like the plot of this show, I'm not even sure what I'm trying to say. This show is painful to watch. Why would Ceaser Flickman of the Hunger Games do this to his IMDB?
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TV Take: Inside Man, Episode 1 (Netflix)
This show makes zero sense. I need to get over it or stop watching it. But I can't do either of those things.
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An Announcement: I'm trying something new.
I have thoughts. I'm not letting marketing, perfectionism, self doubt or anything stop me from getting them off. Here's the deal, I'll set a timer. I'll talk for 5 minutes. That's it. Simple.
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7 | Keep Your Sorry Ass Apologies, Beloved
If you thought your week was stressful, imagine being a publicist for the Kardashian-Jenner family, Jordyn Woods, Robert Kelly, Gayle King or Taylor Swift. Celebrities are using new avenues to reclaim their narrative following a scandal in the public eye and Aneisha is back to talk about how the...
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6 | Digital Blackface Is a Thing, and You May Or May Not Be Doing It
Being "Ghetto" is the worst thing that you can be, if you're a little black girl. While you don't understand everything, you do know that there's a thin line between expressing your emotions and being called a hoodrat so you don't roll your eyes, your neck or snap your fingers in a Z formation.…
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5 | Celebs Are Like Regular People, They Do Blackface Too!
Can Black people dress up in Blackface? Is it worse if a light skinned Black person does it? Is it less offensive if it they're dark skinned? Aneisha and I aren't sure. The one thing I know for sure, is that Aneisha wasn't prepared to learn that her fave Queen B has been accused of Black face. We...
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4| Blackface, But Make It Fashion
It's Black History Month, and as it's been for much of the history of the United States, people have decided to take all of the nice things away from Black people. No one needs to put more RESPEK on the name of Black History Month more than the fashion industry. I sat down with my good friend...
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3 | Black Women Everywhere Are Surviving R. Kelly, And It's Making Us Tired
I sit down with my good friend Cass Alcide (@cassndra_ on Twitter) to talk about how exhausted the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly made us. Everything about those six hours sucked the soul out my body: the lack of empathy from R. Kelly's apologist, the overt complicity from so many people...
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2 | My Job Is Becoming Obsolete, Thanks A Lot Facebook
I worked in media as a writer and then suddenly, I didn't. Media companies everywhere have been downsizing their editorial departments as the entire industry has made a collective "pivot to video". This week, I talk to my friend Sankara (@s_sankara24), who works in the media department of a major...
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1 | Tumblr Bans Porn, The Internet Erupts in Chaos
In an attempt to rectify a massive child pornography problem, Tumblr announced its plan to remove any content containing nudity from its platform. A lot of people have long abandoned their tumblr accounts brushed past this new update because they felt that this was a news item that wasn't…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Pop culture is always trying it. Something is always happening in our fast paced, never stopping news cycle. Once a week, I take something that stressed me out and break it down with a friend. From media's widespread layoffs to Black History Month being ruined by blackface, this is an ode to the pop culture that's exhausting and draining us all.
HOSTED BY
Taylor Davis
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