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ICYMI: Where Are the Womblands?

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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The term “womblands” blew up on TikTok this past week, and the drama surrounding its origin is dense and confusing. On today’s show, Rachelle and Madison venture deep into TikTok to explain why the story behind this funny term is darker than you may realize. It involves racism, sexism, and sexual assault allegations, and it yet another case of interpersonal drama taken too far by the TikTok community. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I have an ache that lives deep in my own lands.

0:10.4

Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.

0:14.9

And I'm Madison Malone-Curture.

0:16.2

You're listening to ICYMI.

0:18.2

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

0:21.9

And in a little bit of IRL news, we are, in fact, going to South by Southwest.

0:27.4

In case you're a ICY MAGA who happens to live in the Austin area or you'll be in Austin

0:31.2

for South by like us, our show is Monday, March 14th at 2.30 local time and we would love

0:36.2

to see you come through.

0:37.2

I have been threatening Rachel for at least a week now that I'm going to show up in a 10

0:40.8

gallon hat.

0:41.8

And who wouldn't want to see that?

0:43.5

And what you will see is me walking off the stage in Texan protest.

0:52.4

Well before I quit the show, we have a show to make, to do.

0:57.6

Madison, what's on the, what's on the docket today?

1:00.6

Whew.

1:01.6

Today on the show, we are going to be talking about an inter-personal relationship drama

1:06.3

playing out on TikTok that absolutely should never have been broadcast to the whole

1:10.3

wide world in the first place.

1:12.2

Interpersonal drama indeed, because yes, that is correct.

1:16.0

We are talking about the breakup, which at this point does not feel sufficient to cover

1:21.8

what has happened, but is actually what happened between Tiktokers, Lansosi, aka Modern

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