Episode 64: Calling Female Journalists Dumb Knocked-Up B*****s With Ugly Husbands, For Feminism
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
After a heated debate over Slack and hummus/Hamas, Jesse and Katie announce a repivoting of the podcast. Then they discuss a gas shortage that almost stranded Katie in an unmentionable hellhole and the careful, measured, polite reaction to a column by the incorrigible Liz Bruenig, who had the temerity to argue, grossly, that she loves her kids and is glad to be a mom.
Show notes/Links:
International Hamas day: https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1392901563207897101?s=20
On the pipeline hack: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/a-closer-look-at-the-darkside-ransomware-gang/
Subpar reporting on it: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1392108492773810176
Fact-checking the bag thing: https://nbc-2.com/news/2021/05/12/fact-check-viral-twitter-photo-of-plastic-bags-full-of-gas-was-taken-in-2019/
Bruenig's hate-crime of a column: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/motherhood-baby-bust-early-parenthood.html
Everyone is completely out of their goddamn minds:
https://twitter.com/aurabogado/status/1391816713008607235
https://twitter.com/amandamarcotte/status/1391353803174199299
https://twitter.com/amandamarcotte/status/1391354461566685186
https://mobile.twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1391382397585928192
https://mobile.twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1391457783506259969
https://mobile.twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1391459272261779458
https://mobile.twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1391540579197235201
FdB is correct: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/all-this-s**t-is-high-school
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| 0:00.0 | Katie, how's it going? |
| 0:04.0 | Pretty good, Jesse. |
| 0:05.0 | Just finished celebrating International Homestay, you? |
| 0:07.9 | Same. |
| 0:08.9 | Happy International Homestay to you. |
| 0:10.1 | It was actually yesterday, but since we're recording this on Friday, yes, this is a happy |
| 0:13.8 | belated International Homestay. |
| 0:16.4 | Speaking of which, I wanted to point you to a little tweet by our friends at Slack. |
| 0:21.8 | Every year on Homestay, we'd like to share a fun little tidbit about Slack notifications. |
| 0:26.2 | We realized now this year, and specifically today, was not the right time to do that. |
| 0:31.2 | Thank you to our Slack HQ community for holding us accountable. |
| 0:35.7 | So I'm lost. |
| 0:38.3 | I assume it's offensive because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict flaring up, but what was the |
| 0:43.3 | thing they shared that people got mad at? |
| 0:45.6 | Okay, so it turns out that Slack has these notifications, and for people who don't know, |
| 0:51.8 | Slack is a messaging program that offices use. |
| 0:57.4 | There's a way to change your notifications to a British lady saying the word hummus. |
| 1:04.2 | Although I think she says it incorrectly because the correct pronunciation is a lot more |
| 1:07.5 | like homos, right? |
| 1:08.5 | Isn't it, Homo? |
| 1:09.5 | Homo? |
| 1:10.5 | Did you call me a homo? |
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