All My Friends Are Thots All My Friends Are Thots

Part 2 of last week's episode!
We recommend our favorite food places in the east bay (Thank you to whoever asked the question in our ask.fm!). There’s something for everyone: vegans, people looking for a quick meal, or someone who is looking to drop $$$ for something *upscale*. Even people who like chain restaurants!
We’re also taking our much-discussed recording on emotional labor out of the vault.
“remember when "emotional labor" meant "people in shitty jobs who are forced to perform certain emotions to do their job"? but then we were all like "idk, it kinda sucks when i have to listen to my boyfriend”
The tweet that set it off, by Ashley Ray (@arayyay).

We noticed a huge rise in the use of “emotional labor” last year. Why did it seem to strike such a nerve, and how do we draw the line between emotional labor and just being there for someone as a friend/ partner?
We talk through what we consider emotional labor and when we have performed it.

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Back again
EPISODE 10

Ya’ll. We missed you. We know it’s been a while, but we’re BACK and we have two-part episode for you, because there was just so much to cover!

This week, we’re talking about what we’ve been up to and why we have been taking so long to get this episode out, and having an extended pop culture hour. Tell us why everyone just decided to drop shit in the last 2 months??

Sweetener.
QUEEN.
Nicki Minaj & Cardi B (& Rico Nasty).
Insecure (TBT to our modern love episode and ghosting).
Crazy Rich Asians.
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.

We’re going through all of it. And we know it’s a little late… but you know you’ve been waiting to hear our takes!

There are spoiler alerts so listen at your own risk! But honestly, we gave you a month so we don't feel too bad.

PART 2, NEXT WEEK (we promise): Our Thot Topic is...Emotional Labor! We’re also finally answering a listener question ;)

Episode 9! Fun fact: 9 is one of Montez’s favorite numbers. We’re also talking about one of his favorite thot thoughts this week ;) But before we get into all that, we celebrate things looking up during Leo season, Sharon's birth chart (FINALLY), and a picnic we stumbled upon while hiking the other weekend… and trying to figure out if they were just some harmless burning man crew or if it was a GET OUT situation.

We also react to Sorry To Bother You, talk about our pop fave Tinashe, and Sharon’s new love for Chef’s Table (because of course she loves Chef’s Table).

For our Thot Thoughts of the week we tap into our inner Cupcakke and talk about…. *slurp slurp* oral sex. Caution: we’re going balls deep. We talk about our first times, size queens, and trade stories.

Discussed:
Sorry to Bother You: https://youtu.be/XthLQZWIshQ
Tinashe, Sorry to Bother You: https://youtu.be/aeRMzoA-XQI

We had so much to talk about with Ali that not everything made the final cut! But some stuff was just too good to keep to ourselves. Listen to this fun quickie (a short and sweet episode) where discuss the current state of music, relive the days of Napster and shit on quality music.

Links to the music we talked about can be found on our Twitter!

Twitter: @liberated_thots
Email: allmyfriendsarethots(at)gmail.com

We’re joined this week by Ali, our amazing friend who has an AGENDA. It includes embarrassing stories from college (ok, that’s more Sharon's), being an art hoe in NYC (puppets specifically), and queerness as a 20-something, which we discuss for our thot thoughts!

What is it like to be queer in your 20s, especially as a women who likes women? Or come into queerness at an older age? Why is the validation of masculinity so gratifying, either by masculinity via your partner, or presenting as masculine? We’re deconstructing all of it (while drunk).

Apologies for some of the white noise. It’s summer time so we needed to keep our windows open!

Talk to us on twitter! @liberated_thots
We would love to hear your thots.

DISCUSSED:
Bed, Nicki Minaj ft Ariana Grande: https://youtu.be/zxtl5ExJmag
Treasure Island, Azealia Banks: https://youtu.be/HFnVIElNup4
Journalist Jenna Wortham On Cultivating Community For Queer People Of Color, Taryn Finley
https://bit.ly/2LLwxXo

This week we finally prove that we actually have friends with our very first and very special guest, Alvin! (FYI the alternative title for this episode was Alvin and the Thotmunks)

Alvin sends us on some very fun tangents including: what Twitter drafts does Sharon have saved on her phone? What does THOT actually mean? What pop culture can we talk about that is not Rupaul or Azealia Banks related? (the answer is Nicki Minaj)

And something we can all relate to: modern dating. We talk about what modern dating even means, and one of the biggest symptoms- ghosting.

Follow Alvin! Twitter: @alvinclee

Discussed:
APESHIT by The Carters: https://youtu.be/kbMqWXnpXcA
BED by Nicki Minaj featuring Ariana Grande: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZEm9cJC05rawV2tptNfTS
Ocean's 8 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFWF9dU5Zc0
Manohla Dargis, NYT film critic: https://www.nytimes.com/by/manohla-dargis
Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23453112-modern-romance