Cancel Me, Daddy Katelyn Burns

This week, Katelyn talks with Miles Klee of Rolling Stone about the annoyingly pernicious "p*ssy in bio" bots that have taken over Twitter lately before coming a popular meme format on the site. The bots have become the latest evidence that the social media site, and even the internet at large may be becoming worse. We talk all of that and more (along with the best out of context cancellations segment since Oliver left).Links:Why Porn Bots Have Taken Over Your Twitter Feed - Rolling StoneMiles Klee TwitterMiles Klee BlueSky 

This week, Katelyn talks with legendary trans author and activist Julia Serano, who is coming out with a third edition of her trans feminist book Whipping Girl (March 30). This episode we talk a lot about how the internet has shaped both the trans and anti-trans movements and how trans people can help protect ourselves from the obsessed weirdos that have been radicalized by our existences.

Citations:Julia's website: juliaserano.com 

Julia's book pre-order link: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/ 

Hello Cancelers!It feels like Taylor Swift is everywhere this year. She just broke a record at last weekend's Grammy's and this weekend we're likely to see numerous camera shots of her at the Super Bowl as her boyfriend Travis Kelce takes the field. Katelyn spoke with independent journalist Frankie de la Cretaz about everything Taylor, from the relationship, to Gaylors, and the roots of the weird right wing conspiracy theories that have popped up around her.Show links:Cosmo: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44903791/taylor-swift-queer-theories-camp-gaylore/ 

NYT Gaylor piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/opinion/taylor-swift-queer.html 



NYT article how Travis Kelce got famous https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/style/travis-kelce-managers-agent.html 



Beckham documentary https://www.netflix.com/title/81223488 



WaPo concussion report https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/the-broken-promises-of-the-nfls-concussion-settlement/ 



Cosmo bachelorette party piece https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a57490/almost-no-one-came-to-my-bridal-shower/ 



Frankie substack https://thefrankiedlc.substack.com/ 


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Hey Cancelers!This week Katelyn sits down for a discussion with Leanna Garfield, Social Media Safety Program Manager at GLAAD, about how social media companies like Meta and Twitter are profiting from encouraging hate speech online. LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD has been at the forefront of lobbying these companies to take steps towards cracking down on those who spread hate against queer and trans people online.Links:2023 GLAAD Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) & Platform Scorecard 

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Over the last several months a concentrated media campaign to oust the president of Harvard, Claudine Gay, found success. But in the last several weeks, one of its primary figureheads, Bill Ackman, has come into focus on social media.Returning guest Parker Molloy joins us to break it all down and get into some of the underlying power dynamics behind the controversy.



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Links:

Bill Ackman's celebrity academic wife Neri Oxman's dissertation is marred by plagiarism - Business InsiderAckman Escalates Attack On Business Insider—And Musk Eggs Him On  - ForbesGoogle search of New York Times Harvard President articles - GoogleBill Ackman addresses wife Neri Oxman’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Brad Pitt - New York Post (sorry for Murdoch-posting)Parker Molloy links: The Present Age, Social Media links

Last week, an hbomberguy YouTube video about plagiarism swept across social media and Katelyn found herself right in the middle of the discourse. This week we welcome back guest Michael Hobbes (If Books Could Kill, Maintenance Phase, formerly You're Wrong About) to talk about YouTuber and plagiarist James Somerton's plagiarism and the larger systemic issues that enabled it all.



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Citations:Plagiarism and You(Tube) - hbomberguy video

I Fact-Checked The Worst Video Essayist On YouTube - Todd in the Shadows video

J.K. Rowling’s transphobia is a product of British culture - Katelyn's article that was plagiarized by Somerton

(All James Somerton videos have been taken down from his channel)

Reddit post documenting the plagiarism of the Vox article



Michael Hobbes links:

If Books Could Kill podcast, Maintenance Phase podcast