296 episodes
There Are No Girls on the Internet Outspoken
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4.1 • 92 Ratings
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Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.
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TANGOTI Update
An update about Bridget and the show. TLDR: We're going on hiatus for a bit while Bridget focuses on some family matters, but we'll be back with new episodes soon!
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Shein is hurting all of us and influencers are helping them do it — BEST OF TANGOTI
Amazon responds to Shein and Temu threat with new low-price storefront: https://www.techspot.com/news/103565-amazon-responds-shein-temu-threat-new-low-price.html
Fast fashion retailer Shein’s brand trip didn’t quite go as they planned. They sent a group of influencers to China to tour their facility after a bunch of bad press, but now those influencers are facing backlash themselves, and renouncing their partnership with Shein. The whole thing raises questions about the ethics and harm of fast fashion, as well as the influencers who shill for it.
Aja Barber wrote the book on consumption. She explains why it’s about more than just Shein.
Aja is the most stylish person I know! Follow her on Patreon for sustainable style insights: https://www.patreon.com/AjaBarber
Check out Aja’s book Consumed: https://www.ajabarber.com/book
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Is everyone a “personal brand” now?
Want to write a book, be a musician, or be a podcaster? You’d better also be a social media branding expert, too.
Bridget joins writers and creatives Yvest Jeffcoat and Katie Mitchell from the podcast On Theme to dive into why social media has turned everyone into personal branding experts and why it can sometimes be so exhausting.
Everyone’s a sellout now: https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/2/1/24056883/tiktok-self-promotion-artist-career-how-to-build-following
LISTEN TO YVES AND KATIE'S PODCAST ON THEME: https://www.ontheme.show/
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“Hawk Tuah” girl and “plane cheat husband” hold a mirror to our broken culture
What’s the Deal With ‘Hawk Tuah’ Girl? https://www.thecut.com/article/hawk-tuah-girl-viral-tiktok-video-explained.html
Exposing Cheaters Isn’t Always a Flex https://www.thecut.com/article/man-cheating-on-flight-tiktok.html
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If a Congressman is racist and nobody reports on it, does it make a sound?
After Georgia Congressman Mike Collins tweeted in support of frat guys harassing a Black woman with racist tropes… nothing really happened. Popular Information's Judd Legum explores why we need better stories about our democracy, the intersection of media complacency with corporate money, and what's at stake.
UPDATE: Congressman Collins feels the heat: https://popular.info/p/update-congressman-collins-feels
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AI generated Joe Rogan conspiracy theories are all over TikTok
Friend of the show Abbie Richards explains why low effort AI generated conspiracy theory content is all over TikTok right now and who is profiting from it.
With TikTok creator program, AI-sped misinformation pays: https://www.axios.com/2024/03/26/tik-tok-creator-program-ai-misinformation
Follow Abbie Richards on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tofology
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Customer Reviews
Internet news for an offline listener
I live offline, outta wifi and cell service, and get a lot of technology and culture news second or third-hand. Often it feels like many media channels can all feel like one sorta uniform channel all mysteriously converging onto certain main tropes. I’ve appreciated Bridget’s insights and reflections for a few years now, standing out in her articulation of how technology intersects with many systemic challenges to historically marginalized people, how it can change or just amplify systemic oppression in many forms. Really love learning about exposing fake black profiles, cool leaders in tech change, AI problems and solutions, and Bridget’s impassioned frustration about Harvard pres. resignation and pressure.
In general I have really low tolerance for talk radio, podcasts where people just chat back and forth, and lean towards more organized information on podcasts. So sometimes the episodes with guests are a little much for me, esp. when they chat a lot or just agree with each other repeatedly about something, but the info and reflections are valuable enough to me that I’ve stuck with this one.
Thanks so much for the work you do and the inspiring ‘good actors ‘ you introduce me to!
Ps as a long term, slightly skeptical follower of Huberman podcast, I also followed your takes with interest. I still listen to some of his work because Im a body/physiology nerd, but deeply appreciate the context, skepticism and more that people have brought to the picture.
A thoughtful and critical listen
This show is a must listen! Smart, interesting and so relevant. I always learn something that I don’t hear anywhere else. I particularly appreciate the critical lens brought to the reporting and analysis that is missing from other podcasts. The internet is political!! Thanks Bridgette and team for all your hard work.
Joey’s voice just ain’t working for me
Like,,,,,, how many like,,,, times? Can like,,, someone on a podcast say like,, the word “like???? Before it becomes like,,, impossible to hear and like,,,, enjoy????? Like not to be mean but like,,, can we like,,, make it stop???? Also all their sentences are like,,, questions????