There Are No Girls on the Internet

There Are No Girls on the Internet


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Elon Musk turns Twitter into an MLM with payout promises; AI deep fakes put voice actors in porn with lawsuits aplenty; Surgeon live streams and loses license; Buffalo shooting victims sue; Smartphone removable batteries; Happy Birthday TANGOTI! –
July 14, 2023

Happy Birthday There Are No Girls on the Internet! The podcast turned 3 years old this week! We are officially a toddler! Thanks to everyone who made this possible by listening!Twitter promises payouts for ad share...but will they pay up? https://www.was

What is a journalism? TikTok and the future of news (w/ Vitus Spehar of Under the Desk News!)
July 11, 2023

Bridget has a deeply fascinating and important conversation with the brilliant Vitus Spehar from Under The Desk News about the news. TikTok and social media have changed who gets to tell the news, for good and for bad. On the positive side, engaging cre

Jonah Hill, Keke Palmer, and social media’s role in controlling relationships [PATREON TEASER]
July 10, 2023

Jonah Hills ex released some pretty controlling texts from the actor policing her Instagram posts. Keke Palmers boyfriend publicly shamed her concert outfit on Twitter.Its clear we need to talk about the role social media plays in controlling relation

Elon breaks Twitter to save it; Threads app slithers in for the kill; Meghan Markle gets an apology;Digital surveillance in France + Virginia + Sacramento. — NEWS ROUNDUP
July 07, 2023

So much happened with Twitter. It broke, or maybe they broke it. Then they broke it more, possibly trying to fix it. It's still broken and the vibes are off. Meta launched its new Threads app into the social hole abdicated by Twitter, and 30 million peopl

Shein’s disastrous brand trip, the future of influencing, and the ethics of fast fashion (w/ Aja Barber!)
July 04, 2023

Fast fashion retailer Sheins brand trip didnt 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 partnersh

Dylan Mulvaney breaks returns to social media; debunking affirmative action myths; Canva’s Black hair backlash; Is ChatGPT stealing your data?; Google blocks Canadian news sites — NEWS ROUNDUP
July 01, 2023

SCOTUS affirmative action ruling leaves us mad as hell; Dylan Mulvaney, the trans influencer targeted for extremist hate in the wake of a Bud Light brand partnership, returns to social media; Canvas AI text to image tool labels Bantu knots unsafe; A

Is the internet making us all lonelier? (w/ Tinder Live's Lane Moore!)
June 27, 2023

Theres no denying that dating apps, social media, and smartphones have changed the way platonic, romantic, and sexual relationships play out in all of our lives. But its more than just that! Making meaningful friend relationships can be tough because of

Elon Musk declares 'cis' a slur; Poll workers targeted by Trump+Giuliani exonerated; RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan say stupid things; Illinois bans book bans; Grammys are for humans; Zuckerburg vs. Musk cage match - NEWS ROUNDUP
June 23, 2023

Theres a heavy musk of Elon in this episode. He tries to redefine the word cis to be a slur and says it will be considered harassment on his janky platform that encourages deadnaming; he inspires the CEO of Reddit to follow his lead and alienate his ow

Shiny Happy People: It's not just the Duggars, religious zealots want to control your future (w/ Eve Ettinger)
June 20, 2023

On Amazon Prime's new docu series Shiny Happy People, we're given a look into the Duggars' harmful religious ideology. Eve Ettinger shares their story in the film. Eve joins to talk about their work with the Coalition for Responsible Home Education to hel

ChatGPT gets sued; Google's anti-choice cash in; GLAAD grades Twitter; Teslas go full self-rampaging; Women be Gaming — NEWS ROUNDUP
June 16, 2023

A besmirched radio host sues OpenAI over ChatGPT hallucinations of impropriety. Google rakes in ad cash from anti-choice "pregnancy crisis centers" designed to trick pregnant people. GLAAD releases its third annual Social Media Safety Index on platform sa