{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67f669f1147c7d9dd6621a01/6ada2d18a25058b22ab1d25d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The SNL joke, Victoria’s Secret’s $50M bra & France’s protests","description":"<p>This week: an SNL joke that was not, in fact, a joke, a $50 million bra that has us asking whether “sexy” has moved on at all, France’s teenagers showing everyone how to protest, and Sally Rooney’s books vanishing from UK shelves. Plus a few opinions nobody asked for. The internet ate our first recording, so you’re getting take two...</p><p><br></p><p>Links: </p><p><br></p><p>The Real Joke? Spouting Tired Old Misogyny And Calling It “Comedy”, by Claire Cohen for Vogue | https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/shane-gillis-snl-joke</p><p><br></p><p>Victoria’s Secret Brings Back the Fantasy Bra — and an Old Stereotype of Sexy, by Vanessa Friedman for The New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/style/victorias-secret-fantasy-bra-sexy.html</p>","author_name":"Annabel Preston and Nicole Cherruault"}