How was your spooky szn, friends? Tune into this episode to find out how ours was and learn about two very different events that happened this October: the hunger strike for climate justice taking place outside the White House and British girl band Little Mix's very public feud.
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Trigger warning for this episode: discussions of depression, eating disorders, and suicide.
Reading
- Luster by Raven Leilani
- The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
- After We Collided by Anna Todd
Watching
- The French Dispatch
- Arrival
- The Worst Person in the World
Listening
Politics:
- Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hunger-strike-for-climate-justice
- https://www.teenvogue.com/story/hunger-strike-for-climate-justice-dc
- https://newrepublic.com/article/164062/sunrise-climate-activists-hunger-strike
- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/manchin-biden-climate-clean-electricity-progressives.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/20/sunrise-movement-climate-activists-hunger-strike
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/18/joe-biden-climate-crisis-legislation
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/us/climate-hunger-strike-white-house/index.html
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hunger-strike-young-climate-activists-biden-democrats_n_6179e0c8e4b093143213e787
- https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/why-i-m-fasting-demand-bold-action-climate-change
Pop Culture:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mix
- https://thetab.com/uk/2021/10/11/jesy-nelson-little-mix-drama-explained-225671
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj
- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/08/jesy-nelson-boyz-review-derivative-and-dated-p-diddy-mashup
- https://www.instagram.com/p/CUxBLWloACK/
- https://www.vogue.com/article/the-problem-with-blackfishing-jesy-nelson
- https://www.buzzfeed.com/natalieoganesyan/nicki-minaj-jesy-nelson-blackfishing-controversy