Feminine Chaos: The Feed

Kat talks with poet and novelist Leigh Stein about the world of contemporary poetry scandals. An extended version of this episode is available for subscribers on Patreon.Links:Jia Tolentino poem archived https://archive.is/DzrjtPoetry magazine published a child porn convict in its prison issue, but did it deserve the backlash?Poetry Twitter Debates Whether 'After' Poems are PlagiarismA very unsympathetic (to Jia) account of the allegations against her family: NYT Bestselling Author Jia Tolentino Defends Her Human Trafficker ParentsLauren Oyler · Ha ha! Ha ha! Jia Tolentino · LRB 13 January 2020

Kat and Phoebe discuss the (dis)pleasures of being scolded by sitcoms, evolving norms surrounding office-appropriate hairstyles, and a bizarre controversy surrounding Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper.A clip from Shrill: BBC Three on Twitter: "Yikes."NYT: Why 'Kim's Convenience' Is 'Quietly Revolutionary'Slate: Ellie Kemper, queen of the Veiled Prophet Ball: “KKK princess” controversy, explained.Kat’s article about Ellie Kemper: Ellie Kemper and Twitter's Two Minutes Hate - The Spectator WorldDad Pulls Biracial Daughter Out of School After Classmate and School Employee Cut Her Hair

Kat and Phoebe discuss the scandalous allegations against Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey and the eternally-creeping concept of "grooming."Links:Slate: Blake Bailey's former eighth grade student on being sexually assaulted by him years later.Also Slate: Blake Bailey's former Lusher students on how their eighth grade teacher groomed them.NOLA: Author Blake Bailey accused of abusing ex-Lusher students' trust for sex; denies illegal conductSexual Assault Allegations Against Biographer Halt Shipping of His Roth BookSome statistics: Clearance rate - crime by type in the US 2019

Kat and Phoebe talk about Prince William, pretender to the throne… of sexy baldness, that is. Is Prince William the world's sexiest bald man? Heck, is he sexy at all? And speaking of sexy, Naomi Wolf is kind of a weirdo these days, but does this mean that her 1990s feminist polemic, The Beauty Myth, is no longer good? Finally, we foray briefly into the weird, wonderful, and sometimes deadly world of gender reveal parties.Links:Stop trying to make 'sexy Prince William' happen - The SpectatorA tweet thread explainer: how the "sexiest bald man" study came to beDoes Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth hold up? What I think of it now that she's an anti-masker.Naomi Wolf's Book Corrected by Host in BBC InterviewWhat Would Phoebe Do?: The Beauty Myth, Part IPlane Crashes During Gender Reveal, Killing Two 3/31/2021

Kat and Phoebe discuss Oprah's big wild interview with Meghan and Harry, formerly of the British monarchy, now just a couple of normal dudes... sort of. Also: can the endangered species known as the Basic Straight Girl survive when there is literally one good man available to be mated with?Links:11 things we learned from Meghan and Harry's interviewI'm OK -- You're a RacistKat at Unherd: Hollywood's Cinderella has spokenPhoebe at Hedgehog Review: Straightness Studies | Who Do We Think We Are? | Issues

Kat and Phoebe discuss the mother of all privilege disclaimers and the cancellation of Mandalorian actress Gina Carano.Links:Ashley Judd's hospital interviewThe BBC interviewNeglecting Yourself Doesn’t Make You a Better MotherBehind Disney's Firing of 'Mandalorian' Star Gina CaranoGina Carano and Crowd-Sourced McCarthyism