{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/655ce147a2b4520012ffdbe8/67dc3afefe6b19f2d2ff7ecf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Adolescence, Severance & Fatphobic Filters","description":"<p>Congratulations – you've made it through the week. Your gift is a brand new EIC episode!</p><p><br></p><p>Everyone has (rightly) been floored by Netflix's latest drama tackling misogyny, online bullying and radicalisation. Adolescence has been praised as 'flawless' TV. Is four episodes enough&nbsp;to explore such a rich issue? And are the right characters platformed in this story?</p><p><br></p><p>Severance stans&nbsp;– you've waited long enough. We finally clocked in for our Severance shift, and dissected the much-loved Apple TV thriller, and its second series.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile, if things weren't dark enough in pop culture, IRL fatphobic TikTok filters have been gaining in popularity. But how did we get here... again? The blatant cruelty is galling.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you so much for listening! Please consider leaving us a review and rating, and following us wherever you're listening &lt;3</p><p><br></p><p>In partnership with <a href=\"https://www.cuepodcasts.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cue Podcasts.</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Ruchira has been loving... <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/2MHUaRi9OCyTN02SoyRRBJ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lady Gaga's Mayhem</a> and <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-end-of-seriousness#:~:text=Our%20unfunny%20times%20are%20rife%20with%20laughter%20that%20seldom%20offers%20relief.&amp;text=The%20other%20day%2C%20I%20flew,humming%20trepidation%20of%20flight%20anxiety.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The End of Seriousness</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Beth has been loving...&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@niall.gray/video/7482333959012158742\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tea alarm</a> and <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0c99012/ellie-natasia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ellie and Natasia</a></p><p><br></p><p>Oenone has been loving... <a href=\"https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81483318\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Running Point</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81756069\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Adolescence</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/13/adolescence-review-the-closest-thing-to-tv-perfection-in-decades\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Adolescence review – the closest thing to TV perfection in decades</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/the-parental-panic-of-adolescence\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Parental Panic of Adolescence</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx?mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&amp;mttnagencyid=a5e&amp;mttncc=UK&amp;mttnsiteid=143238&amp;mttnsubad=OUK2019927_1-729426895109-c&amp;mttnsubkw=174009049412_kwd-1599964651421_cx4oLrtQ_&amp;mttnsubplmnt=_adext_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Severance</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/opinion/chubby-skinny-tiktok-filters/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The ‘Chubby’ and ‘Skinny’ TikTok Filters Prove Fatphobia Is Worse Than Ever</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mLW37RQWUcNLH6TCLOTYP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Society has never hated fat people as much as we do now</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/maintenance-phase/id1535408667\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Maintenance Phase</a></p>","author_name":"Beth, Ruchira & Oenone"}