Episode 31: Mitch McConnell, J.K. Rowling, Incels, And Other Search-Engine Optimization Gold

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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🗓️ 26 September 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

After Katie tells the story of her 12-hour banishment from Twitter for a biting piece of political commentary, the hosts discus "TFW No GF," a controversial documentary about losers who post too much online, some of whom are so-called incels, or involuntary celibates. When should we have empathy for people who disgust us (like podcasters)? Then they turn their attention to the controversy over J.K. Rowling's newest mystery novel, which, depending on who you ask, is either horrifically transphobic or not transphobic at all. As usual, the only two moral arbiters with enough integrity to cut through the online noise are on the case, telling you exactly what to think. (Minor correction: In the episode, Jesse refers to Ray Blanchard as 'Canadian,' but he was born in New Jersey and settled in Canada later on.)

TFW No GF: https://www.amazon.com/TFW-No-Alex-Lee-Moyer/dp/B087N4632Q

Jacobin: A Portrait of the Breakdown of Hope and Meaning in America - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/09/tfw-no-gf-incel-moyer-documentary

Jill Filipovic's tweet: https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/1307725535561293824

Glenn Greenwald's rejoinder: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1307761101979910145

The Telegraph: Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith, review: JK Rowling fails to Strike again - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/troubled-blood-robert-galbraith-review-jk-rowling-fails-strike/

The Daily Beast: How Transphobic Is J.K. Rowling’s New Novel, ‘Troubled Blood?’ Very. - https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-transphobic-is-jk-rowlings-new-novel-troubled-blood-very

The Spectator: JK Rowling’s latest novel isn’t ‘transphobic’ - https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/j-k-rowling-s-latest-novel-isn-t-transphobic-

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0:00.0	What's up, Katie?
0:03.0	Hey, Jesse, you know, I've had sort of a traumatic week.
0:05.6	Can we talk about it for a second?
0:06.8	Whoa, trauma. I'm sorry to hear that.
0:08.6	Yeah, thank you.
0:09.6	So I was suspended from Twitter this week.
0:12.0	What? Did you, did you play in another school shooting?
0:14.3	Ha, ha, ha.
0:16.3	Worst. I made a joke about Mitch McConnell dying.
0:19.4	Oh, no.
0:20.2	Let me tell you what happened.
0:21.2	Okay, so as you might have heard, Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
0:25.9	the beloved RBG passed away this week.
0:28.8	Wait, what?
0:29.6	I know, I know. It's shocking.
0:31.0	Can you believe it 87 year old woman who has had cancer five times died?
0:34.5	I thought she was like nine.
0:35.4	Oh, she's only 87.
0:36.4	I had paid to her as older, but anyway, she was a youthful 87.
0:40.2	Well, she unfortunately passed away.
0:42.4	And in the immediate aftermath, you know, a lot of people on Twitter were like very upset.
0:49.4	And I understandably because this means that, you know,
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