ICYMI: The Girls Are Not All Right

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🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice reach into the ICYMI mailbag to answer why TikTokers are pretending to be video game characters, how a city girl became an anti-feminist prairie wife, and why snacktime is getting an obnoxious rebrand. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.
0:03.0	Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.
0:08.0	You'll get to know the difference.
0:10.0	New Big Arch for Big McDonald's hunger.
0:15.0	Until 9th of September, from 11 a.m.,
0:18.0	participating restaurants only, subject to availability.
0:33.9	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:37.3	And I'm Candace Lim. And you're listening to ICYMIMI.
0:38.5	In case you missed it.
0:40.7	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:44.0	And what a week it has been.
0:47.0	Candice and I have been working together in person all week. If you've noticed the vibes have been immaculate, that's because they have been.
0:51.3	We have had so much coffee, so many conversations, so many meals, so many
0:57.3	dinners.
1:04.3	And would you say we've been having girl dinners, Rachel?
1:09.2	No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't say that.
1:11.3	I would never say that because I, why are we talking about this?
1:15.3	Uh-huh, uh-huh.
1:16.1	We are talking about this because, you know, for those who have lives,
1:19.4	girl dinner is a term, a phrase, a hashtag that has popped up on social media this summer.
1:25.5	It was on like the Today Show, like Jenna Bush
1:27.9	Hager talked about it, but it really all started in May with the TikTok posted by Olivia
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