One Take Wonder

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Source/Recommended Reading:

📚 Cut Short: The Broken Promises of Cosmetology Education ➡️ https://d1y8sb8igg2f8e.cloudfront.net/documents/Cut_Short_The_Broken_Promises_of_Cosmetology_Education.pdf

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📚Are We Raising a Generation of Heteropessimists?

 ➡️ https://www.thecut.com/article/brooding-are-we-raising-a-generation-of-heteropessimists.html?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IkdmV1hrRXNIWmoiLCJwIjoiL2FydGljbGUvYnJvb2RpbmctYXJlLXdlLXJhaXNpbmctYS1nZW5lcmF0aW9uLW9mLWhldGVyb3Blc3NpbWlzdHMuaHRtbCIsImV4cCI6MTc5MzA0OTg1NCwiaWF0IjoxNzkxODQwMjU0fQ._jLLarVEP-HTFTcVoylDSL-oTTS9Of1MkyNKhDp5ouQ&utm_medium=gift_link 

TW: Explicit mentions of domestic violence.

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Recommended Watch:

📺 Chrisean Rock & Blueface: 🅿️imps, Parasites, Profit & 304s

 ➡️ https://youtu.be/G5oIYsbiXoA?si=7sMeOsnbsloq-nrf 

I cannot stop thinking about this girl who said she goes to the Cheesecake Factory and orders gumbo with her entire family. Mind you, I'm someone who frequents a Cheesecake Factory (at the time of uploading, I went four times in September. I'm very serious, not new to this, Im true to this). And yet still - that is insane. Order the chicken Bellagio, kids.

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Recommended

📚 A Philadelphia teacher pretended to be Black and Palestinian, ‘a betrayal’ of the activists she supported ➡️ https://share.inquirer.com/Wwkxv0

#MOMTOK, they could never replace you.

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📚 Under the Mormon Influence ➡️ https://www.thecut.com/article/mormons-pop-culture-secret-lives-bachelorette.html

Or, at least, don't let me find out.

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📚 Why are you telling my boyfriend about my sex life? ➡️ https://www.thecut.com/article/why-are-you-telling-your-boyfriend-about-my-sex-life.html

📚I should be allowed to cold call my friends ➡️  https://www.thecut.com/article/i-should-be-allowed-to-cold-call-my-friends.html

Welcome to my favorite part of the year, I'll see y'all September 14, 2026. Love ya!
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For background, episode 131 covers my opinion on situationships. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

At the end of this episode, I ask you to remember of the life of Natasha Allen, a hilarious TikTok creator who passed away last August. Please take 5 minutes during this podcast to ⁠Urge Congress to Support NIH and Protect Medical Research⁠ ➡️ https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/AACR/campaigns/121586/respond?fbclid=PARlRTSAMZ_F1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp9_dt7vsnITOv3Qrhpr-XhvUNWCZRq--etxVozXrzW-QqjG1lZjdxX-2bu6o_aem_tJmKNMOQO7_6SUICNh1U8Q

Please consider supporting the ⁠Natasha Allen Research Fund ⁠through the Sarcoma Foundation of America. Natasha was a founding member of SFA’s Adolescent and Young Adult Committee and the very first guest on SFA’s Sarcoma Stories podcast. Her work helped shape we connect, support, and empower the sarcoma community ➡️ https://curesarcoma.org/ways-to-help/donate/donor-campaign/?c=possiblynatasha

And if you ever want to revisit her TikToks, please, visit ⁠Nat's TikTok⁠. 

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📚 The Underbelly Of Stan Culture: The Psychology, Legality, Of The Stan Experience ➡️ https://www.essence.com/of-the-essence/psychology-legality-stan-experience/

TW: This video has explicit mentions of gun violence, including crimes involving children. Viewer discretion is advised.

Carrie, girl, I wish this had been different.

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Recommended Reading: 

📚 Carrie by Stephen King (affiliate link to purchase the novel)➡️ https://go.shopmy.us/p-79618245

📚Why do we watch movies?➡️ https://www.read-frank.com/p/why-do-we-watch-movies?r=2cxs9o&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

📚“F[*]ggots, Fame and Firepower”: Teenage Masculinity, School Shootings, and the Pursuit of Fame (you can potentially get free access to the article if you’re a student) ➡️https://utppublishing.com/doi/pdf/10.3138/cras.2014.018?download=true

📚HORROR, FEMININITY, AND CARRIE'S MONSTROUS PUBERTY

 ➡️ https://www.jstor.org/stable/20687952 

The finale was incredible, we must discuss.

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📚 How the ‘Body Positivity’ Movement Died➡️ https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/08/the-internet-is-more-image-focused-than-ever/688170/?gift=cmAyw_GfCHJ55QPuNBKhGlD3Bn6osfeS6_UboEXsZjE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share 

Happy August!

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📚Call Her Mommy: Gen-Z women are paying for, and parenting, their boyfriends ➡️ https://www.thecut.com/article/young-women-earning-more-money-boyfriends.html

📺 Tell The Bees TikTok ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@tellthebeees/video/7667403167604182285?lang=en

Matthew Bartholomew Jamal [last name redacted] does not approve this message.

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📺 “If we aren’t going to f**k, what’s the point in coming over?”➡️ https://youtu.be/rFAZNspHnQg?si=doYHBytYyr-PyrEY

and they're dead serious too. big words and everything.

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Past Episodes on Adulthood + Suburbia 

🎙️Ep. 115: Does Adulthood Count (Spotify) ➡️  https://open.spotify.com/episode/32LcqVb7PcHFUBqeZSvtZR?si=l99XZOm0R2i8yCDwDxn2Jg

🎙️Ep. 115: Does Adulthood Count (Apple Podcasts) ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-take-wonder/id1685790890?i=1000736352248

🎙️Ep. 71: Black and Suburban and Why I Really Don’t GAF (Spotify)➡️ https://open.spotify.com/episode/72LseALxH2MSSGYAG1Imp7?si=0t80ksatS7OM8U-HMF6eBg 

🎙️Ep. 71: Black and Suburban and Why I Really Don’t GAF (Apple Podcasts) ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-take-wonder/id1685790890?i=1000673093673

Recommended Reading:

📚The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine ➡️ https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/

My poor Nicki. 

Listen to Part I here on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

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📺 Lucky Leftie On Obsession ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8GscBK5/

No, like, seriously.
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📚When Intimate Partner Violence Meets Same Sex Couples: A Review of Same Sex Intimate Partner Violence ➡️ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6113571/

Life is complicated and people are annoying ... they're still deserving of protection.

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Referenced/Recommended Reading:

📚 I Love My Husband (Who Hates Me) ➡️ https://www.thecut.com/article/i-love-my-husband-who-hates-me.html

Baron, I am going to **** you. 

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📚Nice guy facade: How to reconcile sexual violence and a good reputation ➡️ https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2018/10/02/nice-guy-facade-how-reconcile-sexual-misconduct-and-good-reputation-bill-cosby-accusations/1455688002/

CAN YOU? CAN YOU FIND MEEEEEEEEEEE? I DUG MYYYYY HEELS INTO THE GRAVEL AS EVIDENCE FOR YOU TO UNRAVEL. A DRAGPATH ETCHED IN THE SURFACEEEEEEEE (CAN YOU FIND ME) CAN YOU FIND MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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RECCOMENDED READING:

📚 Inside the Killer Wardrobe of Obsession With Costume Designer Blair James ➡️ https://www.vanityfair.com/story/obsession-costume-designer-interview?srsltid=AfmBOooK_WlQHyeDDOumtlYIR2IE25t7D9jnWW01-b_iX6bVB711fCk0

Are YOU mindful of why you were invited to the section?!

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Recommended Reading

📚There’s a Simple Reason Why I’m Sure A.I. Won’t Achieve Consciousness ➡️ https://slate.com/technology/2026/05/ai-consciousness-neural-networks-mathematics.html

Bubbles, at least, is in a better place. Missed Part I? Check it out here on

Spotify ➡️ https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WYCHH5PVJxWCONKJoxRzs?si=e7d666899e5542e9

Apple Podcasts ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-jehovah-the-watchtower-and-michael-jacksons/id1685790890?i=1000767308036

YouTube ➡️ https://youtu.be/PQPZz6WmlgM?si=aNixXaeOjMXEzpon

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Sources/Recommended Reading: 

📺 What Happened to the Animals of Neverland Ranch? (Michael Jackson's Menagerie) ➡️ https://youtu.be/QTuIj7WDRAU?si=sE2F1bHPsRM80r8T 

📚 Jackson’s Neverland must close ➡️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2006/03/060310_jackson.shtml

📺 Searching For Michael Jackson's Zoo (Find it on Apple TV) 

📺Neverland Animals Safe, Officials Say ➡️ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neverland-animals-safe-officials-say/

📚The Bible’s Viewpoint: Animals ➡️ https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/g201504/animals/

Join me and my guest, Malik Saaka, to discuss pop culture!
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We will be discussing Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical in an upcoming episode. Checkout the recap here

📚 Main Takeaways From Pope Leo’s Encyclical on A.I.

Or, read the entire document: MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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Sources:

📺 Public Speaking (2010), directed by Martin Scorsese

Recommended Reading:

📚 The Feed Is Fake

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Are you okay, Annie? Join me(he) as we delve into Michael Jackson's religion and his drastically altered appearance.

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Sources/Recommended Reading:

📺 Michael Jackson Said It Would Be "Horrifying" If a White Actor Played Him | Where Are They Now | OWN

📚 Why Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Maintain Political Neutrality?

📚 Psychological Warfare: Jehovah’s Witnesses andThe African American Experience

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#michaeljackson

my close personal friend, who I am normal about.

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The Shreveport Mass Killing Isn’t Just About ‘Mental Health’

Thank you all so much for entrusting me with something so special. Until next year!

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This episode was so fun to record, unfortunately, some of the footage corrupted. I appear on video for the second half of the video!

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Thank you all sm for entrusting me with your serious and not so serious situations, it means so much to me <33333333

Recommended Reading:

📚The Industry of the Future Is Run By People Who Hate Each Other

This episode involves heavy discussions regarding suicide, self-harm and substances. Please be advised.

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The University of Minnesota's website on domestic violence has been archived here. It's an excellent resource that cites its sources.

REF DO SOMETHING AND PROTECT MIRANDA!!!!

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📚The $1.75 Million Betrayal

📺 Jessi Draper: Blackmail, Orgies & Escorts

#secretlivesofmormonwives

Thank you so much to Eric Cole for being an incredible guest this week!

Follow Eric on Instagram, and checkout his podcast, HungUp Podcast!  You can live stream Eric’s on WURD Radio every Friday, 4 PM EST.

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Recommended Watching:

📺 Fever (1793-1820) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment ➡️ https://youtu.be/P7L5olIfYcI?si=92W7sYQyz3IoN_4X

Layla, baby, I'm coming to get you out of Utah. Just hold on!!!

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Recommended Reading

📚 About the Gabby Petito Foundation

📚What to know about DARVO

📚 Silencing Survivors: DARVO, Misogyny, and the Myth of the Perfect Victim

📚The Depp-Heard Trial Perpetuates the Myth of the Perfect Victim

No, but seriously, don't you ever do that to me. Also I'm crying its the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic!

Recommended Reading:

Bravery and Bad Deeds During the Yellow Fever Outbreak of 1793

Is Katniss Everdeen a white girl? If you want my advice, please email me at alexiaontiktok@gmail.com. All submissions will be kept anonymous!

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📚 Why Don’t Dystopias Know How to Talk About Race?

📚 Team 'Hunger Games' talks: Author Suzanne Collins and director Gary Ross on their allegiance to each other, and their actors -- EXCLUSIVE

📚 Racial Absence in the Hunger Games Film Adaptation

📚 Starving for Diversity: Ideological Implications of Race Representations in the Hunger Games

📚The E-Racing of The Hunger Games : Race & Cultures in Fiction 

📚 White Until Proven Black: Imagining Race in Hunger Games

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Spotify's podcast hosting feature malfunctioned and did not process or upload this episode, even though it was originally scheduled to premiere at 9:15 on March 2, 2026. I had to call corporate and work with their tech support to get this episode uploaded. It's unclear why this happened. I wanted to acknowledge that this episode was late, and that it took some time to get it remediated with the hosting service. I'm so sorry for the delay, I was really excited for everyone to hear this episode on time.

I’d rather cornrow every grain of sand on every coast the Atlantic touches before I want to hear about your situationship, even if you only talk for 2 minutes. Ugh. 

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Recommended Reading

📚 The Deeper Meaning of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance

I cried when the petite season came out because I wasn't 18.

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Recommended Reading

📚 Vice, “The Dark Side of Reality TV” [VIDEO]

📚Curse of: America’s Next Top Model [PODCAST SERIES, 10 Episodes]

📚 On TV: 'Model' returns, but 'Idol' looks like a better ticket to a dream career

Join me in my sweats as we discuss confidence. Trust me, I know ball. If I can do it, I know you can 💓
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Recommended Reading:Under the Mormon Influence: How the women of Utah blogged and posted their way into American hearts and wallets

This episode I break down why the current 🍊administration is so obsessed with whole milk, and the destruction of the American bison. Spoiler alert: it's racism.

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Sources + Recommended Reading

📚 Why the US Army tried to exterminate the Bison [VIDEO]

📚 The Buffalo War [WEBSITE w/ FILM + ARTICLES]

📚 Where the Buffalo No Longer Roamed

📚 Why the Trump Administration Is Obsessed With Whole Milk

📚 ‘White Power Milk’: Milk, Dietary Racism, and the ‘Alt-Right’

📚 Bison/Buffalo: Bison Genocide

📚 Buffalo slaughter left lasting impact on Indigenous peoples

📚 Defenders Stands Against Rejection of Bison Grazing Lands

📚Bureau of Land Management revokes American Prairie’s bison leases

📚Bison, Great Plains restoration threatened by Trump administration

📚 The Frontier Army and the Destruction of the Buffalo: 1865-1883

📚 Birkin Buyer Confessions, Part I

What does it mean when everyone has a giant rock? 

Checkout my YouTube video on the myth of old money 

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Sources / Recommended Reading 

📚 Sustainable Management of Luxury

📚The Truth About Mined Diamonds, and an Ethical (and Stunning)

📚Chioma Alade, Fine Jewelry Specialist and Founder of Havilah Fine Jewelry on ethically mined diamonds

📚Diamond rings are getting bigger. Just don’t ask if they’re real.

📚Supersized Engagement Rings Are Trending Right Now—Here’s Why

📚Lab-Grown Diamonds Boom: Is It Game Over For Mined Diamonds?

I mean really, how is this anything butinsulting?

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Recommended Reading:

How American Racism Influenced Hitler

For Part I of this Series, listen to Ep. 109: Revisiting Tiger King on ⁠Spotify⁠ or Apple Podcasts

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Recommended/ Referenced Reading

Doc Antle, Owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, Sentenced for Federal Wildlife Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

‘Doc’ Antle Illegally Running Myrtle Beach Safari: PETA Calls on Feds to Shut It Down

The truth about white tigers

Does the US have a pet tiger problem?

Our culture must continue to protect and support women’s education, professional efforts and her right to make her own money!!!

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On New Year’s Eve, Keith Richards was murdered in his home by an off-duty ICE Agent, leaving behind two  daughters. If you’re able, please consider donating to his official Gofundme.

This week’s recommended reading is about Mr. Richards, Renee Good (who was also murdered by an ICE Agent), and the state sanctioned violence enacted by ICE Agents: 

‘Active shooter’ or ICE agent’s victim? What happened in L.A. New Year’s Eve killing?

Fatal ICE Shooting Sparks Scrutiny of Killings in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

We must protect a woman's right to learn, to work, to make her own money!!!!

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Sources: 

⁠Myth vs. Fact: The Definition of Professional Degrees⁠

⁠Average Medical School Debt ⁠

⁠Nursing no longer a professional degree under Trump’s Education Department ⁠

⁠Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to ‘professional’ programs list amid uproar ⁠

⁠Women in Medicine: Spotlight on Nurses ⁠

⁠Nursing: Can It Remain a Source of Upward Mobility Amidst Healthcare Turmoil?⁠

⁠The movement of class: on occupation and everyday mobility patterns in the United States ⁠

⁠In D.C. and Across the Nation, Nursing Provides a Path to Economic Well-Being⁠

⁠Economic Security and Mobility: Reviving the American Dream⁠

⁠The Fading American Dream: Trends in Absolute Income Mobility Since 1940 ⁠

⁠ Project 2025⁠

⁠NOW Fact Sheet: Project 2025’s Threats to Women’s Economic Equality

Thank you for a wonderful year - every listen to this podcast has meant so much to me. Have a wonderful, safe, New Year! And Merry Christmas <3

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Ending the year with an article about Orcas (my favorite animal), and dolphins (the classic example of pretty privilege, those mammals are monsters): Watch orcas and dolphins team up to hunt—a possible scientific first

On Law and Order: SVU, the Patriot Act and Going Viral.

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Referenced Reading

End Mass Surveillance Under the Patriot Act

Oversight of the USA Patriot Act: Hearing Before

the S. Comm. on the Judiciary, 109th Cong., Apr. 5,

May 10, 2005 (Statement of David D. Cole, Prof. of

Law, Geo. U. L. Center)

Learn More About the Patriot Act

Here’s a basic overview of what it is 

‣ Patriot Act

‣ Everyone’s heard of the Patriot Act. Here’s what it actually does.

‣ With or Without the Patriot Act, Here’s How the NSA Can Still Spy on Americans

Edward Snowden, in his own words (article from 2013): 

‣ Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations

The Patriot Act was Detrimental to Arab-Americans, learn more here: 

‣THE USA PATRIOT ACT IMPACT ON THE ARAB AND MUSLIM AMERICAN COMMUNITY

Do you know how much of a handful Matthew is?!

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Recommended Reading:

Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce

It was one of my funnier side quests.

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Recommended Reading:

How Private Equity Is Changing Housing

This episode involves frank discussions about eating disorders, suicidal ideation, and mental health. Viewer discretion is advised.

If you or someone you know has an eating disorder and is in need of help, contact the National Alliance for Eating Disorders' helpline Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET at 866-662-1235 or the ANAD helpline Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET, at 888-375-7767.

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Recommended Reading:

Welcome to the Slopverse

This is dedicated to Elphaba's cardigan.

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This week's recommended readings are a collection of 2004 reviews, and a current, rather controversial, movie review:

Wicked

Wicked (Review from New York Theatre Guide)

There's Trouble In Emerald City

“Wicked: For Good” Is Very, Very Bad

To be cringe is to be free.

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Referenced Reading:

Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?

Recommended Reading:

What Ever Happened to Getting to First Base?

Do we see our experiences in adulthood as a vital part of our self-mythology, or do we only take into account our childhoods?

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Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overprice and Underprotected

You can watch this episode on YouTube.

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Please donate to support Crawford, a small fishing village in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.

You can also support Jamaicans by donating to the Jamaican government.

Referenced Reading:

Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?

Boyfriendland

Recommended Reading:

The New Marriage of Unequals

Gender differences in the dating experiences of African American young adults: The challenge of forming romantic relationships within the context of power imbalance.

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HAHAHA, Happy Halloween :)

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Recommended Reading:

The Age of De-Skilling

It grinds every gear in my body. Shoutout to my craft supplies in the background of this video, I've been doing so much paper mache.

Recommended Reading:

Why many women prioritise their partners' jobs

Wendy Williams Wants Out 

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We need to require history classes in cosmetology schools...

Recommended Reading:

Avoiding Ultra-Processed Foods Is Completely Unrealistic

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Shake it off is a good song. Everything else ...?

Recommended Reading (and shoutout to student journalism!):

Is Taylor Swift revolutionary or is she just white?

Why must Beyoncé compete when Taylor Swift doesn’t compare?

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I hate roadside zoos, all my homegirls hate roadside zoos.

Recommended (Mandatory) Reading:

For ‘Chimp Crazy’ director Eric Goode, ‘The end justifies the means’
‘Tiger King’ Is a Wild Ride. And Largely Misleading.

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If you hit your romantic partner, you go to jail. If you hit your kid - a defenseless human with a developing brain - you're just parenting.

Recommended Reading: The Effect of Spanking on the Brain

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... I'm genuinely thinking about completely reducing my presence online. I gotta get out of here.

Recommended Reading:

The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline

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Okay if this works this is huge. If this didn't work I put my pimple and uneven bun on display for NOTHING.

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That was a foul and unprovoked thing to say about Stevie Wonder I'm sorry it's actually one of my favorite songs.

Recommended Reading:

The Food52 Executive Who Used the Company Credit Card for Everything

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Rest in power, Natasha Allen. It was an honor and my pleasure to chop it up in the dms, laugh at your posts, and ride the web with you. She was darling - beautiful, funny, witty. The world has lost so much. Please join me in honoring Natasha.

Please donate directlyto her mother, Sabina Allen, her Venmo is @Sabina-Allen-3.

Take 5 minutes during this podcast to Urge Congress to Support NIH and Protect Medical Research.

Please consider supporting the Natasha Allen Research Fundthrough the Sarcoma Foundation of America. Natasha was a founding member of SFA’s Adolescent and Young Adult Committee and the very first guest on SFA’s Sarcoma Stories podcast. Her work helped shape we connect, support, and empower the sarcoma community.

And if you ever want to revisit her TikToks, please, visit Nat's TikTok.

Thank you for remembering her with me.

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It gets weird, really fast.

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Recommended Reading:

The Monster at the Dinner Table

Article I referenced:

Beware the ‘beige-fluencers’, cheerleaders for a life of no surprises

I had no idea this episode didn’t premiere on Monday night!

TW: This episode contains discussions of child sexual abuse.

I highly recommend "Hot Girls Wanted," and "After Porn Ends" as the reading this week.

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I put my hands up on my hips! When I hear that song, I think about a fat cat who dances on TikTok wearing sunglasses. I wish I could do that with Matthew, but he got so mad at me. It started a whole 2 hour beef, it got out of control. Anyways, I've been told I talk about my cat too much. Which ... this is my podcast, and if I want to talk about my child (who lives with me and who I gave birth to) that is my right. But instead of talking about it I have decided to type out this paragraph. Okay. You're wondering - what are we reading this week. Honestly, I was hoping that in typing this out I would come up with an article. It turns out you can't do two things at once. F**k.

Omg are you still at the end of this?!

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In this episode, I mention concrete steps that you can take towards making a difference, beyond celebrity idol worship, but didn't specifically describe what you can do. 6 ways you can support Palestinians in Gaza provides actionable steps, and includes all the links and resources to embolden you to contact your local representatives, participate in protests, and highlights Palestinian art. The link also includes relief funds where you can donate.

Gazans Are Starving to Death. Here’s How to Help, which provides links to the following aid organizations:

Oxfam, which works with local partners to provide a wide range of humanitarian aid and is fundraising to scale up its response wherever it’s allowed. You can donate to its emergency appeal here.

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65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in GazaUN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war

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Michael, there's always money in the banana stand.

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This week's article recommends a good documentary about Ms. Houston. Whitney, I miss you so much. See you heaven.

THANK GOD.

Watch this episode on YouTube! I look really cute!

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Recommended Reading (not a long article because this isn't a long episode): Mysterious Blobs Deep Inside Earth May Fuel Deadly Volcanic Eruptions

My former views were embarrassing, stupid, and god do I regret leaving a recorded record of it.

This weekend I had the privilege of taking a walking tour of Charleston with Damon Fordham, check out this lecture on black folk tales:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEherpRdIME

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I'll see ya soon, but not today!

hot topic, hot topic!

Recommended Reading:

Okay honestly you can just read that Wikipedia article for a cursory overview, which is normally not a great recommendation your school librarian would agree with but I stand by skimming wikipedia for a general introduction Political is Personal: Scholarly Manifestations of the Feminist Sex Wars

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... oh I'm not talking about bald men.

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Here's this week's reading:

Cumclave

Be who you are, for your PRIIIIIIIIIDDEEEEEEE. DON'T HIIIIIIIIDEEEEEEEE. And do your recommended reading, you owe it to the LGBTQ+ Community to know history:

Library of Congress LGBTQIA+ Resources re: StonewallHow the Rainbow Pride Flag Lost Its Pink and Turquoise StripesWhat was the Stonewall uprising?

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Recommended Reading:

The Miranda Obsession

TW: Talking about murder, sexual assault and domestic violence.

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HOW A FAKE BABY IS BORN

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Sources:

Here's What's Become Of A Historic All-Black Town In The Mississippi DeltaSchools for a MinorityPlantation Schools: A History of Rural Black One-Room Schools in the Mid-South and the Mississippi Delta from Reconstruction to 1968How Christian Slaveholders Used the Bible to Justify SlaveryThe Bible in Song: Reclaiming African American Spirituals

Interested in learning more about passing? Check out my recommendations:

Each novel and short story recommended is very dear to me, and is essential to understanding the precarious nature of white passing in America. I specifically think Coogler referenced Passing by Nella Larsen and Imitation of Life.

Passing by Nella Larsen - the pinnacle of passing literature, it tells the tale of two childhood friends, who reconnect as adults. One is white passing, one lives as Black. It's the best for a reason. Imitation of Life by Fannie Hurst - A white passing daughter and the painful, fraught rejection of her Black mother. Check out the movie!The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - identical twins in born in an all-Black (extremely light-skinned town) take two different paths.Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin - Slave owners grapple with the truth of their beloved baby.

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Recommended Reading:

How the World Became Awash in Synthetics

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The Fascist Politics of the Pandemic

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Recommended Reading:

What Does America Owe Hawai'i?

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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR SUNRISE ON THE REAPING AND SEASON 2 OF SEVERANCE. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. Sunrise on the reaping discussion occurs between 4:00 and 33:21. Severance discussion occurs thereafter.

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Recommended Reading:

⁠Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored⁠

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Required Reading:

Pandemics radicalise and the COVID-19 outbreak is no exception

Please read this Al Jazeera opinion piece so you can be prepped for next week's topic. Please note this was written in 2022 - I'd like to revisit early predictions.

Thanks for everything!

Recommended Reading:

What Made the Irish Famine So Deadly

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STARING STRAIGHT BACK AT ME, WHY IS MY REFLECTION SOMEONE I DONT KNOW (I always feel like somebody's watching me ... because that happened once)

Okay I'll get serious fr next week. Anyways, enjoy this article this week:

The impact of the digital revolution on human brain and behavior: where do we stand?

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This is what I get for abandoning my beloved 2017 laptop who couldn't stay charged for longer than 3 minutes. Brand new laptop and the ish sounds like mumble mumble. Anyways.

Recommended Reading:

The Daily Wire Spent Thousands of Dollars Promoting Anti-Amber Heard Propaganda

If you're interested in the case of Ta'Haley Payton, please read here: Missing South Carolina woman found dead in Charlotte after being dumped during birthday celebration

You can donate to her family's go fund me here, if you're able to do so. Rest in power, Ta'Haley and prayers to her family.

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Referenced reading:

The New Rasputins

Required Reading:

Trevor Noah on being single: “Society has deemed me a loser, whether I like it or not” (so sorry to have linked a r/Fauxmoi thread, it just had the entire video clip I wanted you to watch)

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Required Reading:

Young women are the most progressive group in American history. Young men are checked out

Thank you to Key Muh (@kemmahz) and Typhani (@ph.nyc_) for writing in and contributing to today's episode!

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Articles In Episode:

Does ‘Greedflation’ Explain High Prices?Are greedy companies to blame for grocery inflation? We looked at the data

Recommended Reading:

What Does It Mean For Social Media Platforms To "Sell" Our Data?Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 ElectionBrett Favre scandal explained: Ex-NFL QB accused of misusing Mississippi state welfare fundsTikTok owns up to censoring some users' videos to stop bullying

Thank you so much for another incredible season of One Take Wonder. Your presence here means so much to me, and I am incredibly grateful for your continued support. Thank you so much for listening to this podcast, contributing, and sharing with friends. It genuinely means the world to me and I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoy yapping.

Articles Mentioned

“Scary easy. Sketchy as hell.”: How startups are pushing Adderall on TikTokTikTok and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Media Content Quality“Tell Me You Have ADHD Without Telling Me You Have ADHD”: Neurodivergent Identity Performance on TikTok“It Starts on TikTok” Looping Effects and The Impact of Social Media on Psychiatric Terms

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All I can talk about is WICKED.

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Recommended Reading:

Moralizing Hunger: Cultural Fatphobia and the MoralLanguage of Contemporary Diet Culture

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Quit Twitter!

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I just don't get it this week, folks. I will see you next week :)

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Article Mentioned:The Myth of the 25-Year-Old Brain

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https://iwillvote.com/

Consider part 2 of this podcast the spiritual successor to Ep. 26, "Sorry, Mama, Your Best Sucks."

Article referenced: Why Major Newspapers Won’t Endorse Kamala Harris

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One of my favorite pieces this year: How Do You Forgive the People Who Killed Your Family?

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I love investigating social performance, what can I say?

Required Reading:

'That’s a bloodbath': How a federal program kills wildlife for private interestsHip Hop, the Law, and the Commodified GangstaFrench Montana Accuses Record Labels of Profiting Off Rappers' Deaths With Life Insurance Policies

Required Watching:

How The Hood Was Commodified Part I

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Focus on not thinking about yourself. I don't have an article this week because I worked really late <3 will come back later. *

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*This is Alexia from the future. Alexia in October, 2024 did notcome back later, lol.

For this week's reading I advise you to pick up a copy of The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills. 5/5 - loved it.

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I think I could talk about this topic a whole lot more.

Cited articles:

​⁠Shein Is the World’s Most Popular Fashion Brand—at a Huge Cost to Us All⁠​⁠Popularity for Shein surges in American states with high poverty⁠

Required Reading:

​The classism of sustainable fashion

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