4 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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As Keenan Thompson said in a recent SNL parody of the Miss Universe pageant, "Welcome back to Miss Universe, one of several shows still on the air where we rank women. But it's not what you think—we do it based off of looks." Welp when you put it that way :/ In our humble little opinion, it's hard to believe that the conformist, objectifying, and sometimes downright exploitative "beauty contest" business—perpetuated by the likes of Donald Trump and P.T. Barnum (yep, the circus guy)—is still a thing. Beauty pageants can be prettyyyyyyy cringe, but are they dangerously cultish? This week, Amanda and Isa aim to figure that out!
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0:00.0 | We talk about a lot of really fun subjects on this podcast, but I do think something we always do is kind of slip into a British accent when we feel uncomfortable. |
0:07.3 | That's so true, babes. |
0:09.8 | And that's what we're gonna do all week when we're in London town. |
0:15.0 | Dude, I am so fucking excited. We're doing our first ever London show on Friday, May 26th at 6.30pm, at the Lester Square Theatre in London. |
0:26.4 | It's going to be fucking lit. |
0:28.2 | Which by the way, why is Lester Square Theatre spelled like that? That was like like Heistr. |
0:32.9 | We are so excited for the stamp show. |
0:36.3 | We're gonna have games. We're gonna have audience participation. |
0:39.4 | And of course, we're gonna have our juicy analysis while diving into a much requested and never before discussed top secret cult. |
0:48.5 | You cannot hear this cult subject matter on any episode because it's what we do for our live show, |
0:54.0 | so you really have to be there and then meet us after the show by some merch. |
0:58.9 | We're there to chat with you babes. |
1:00.6 | Tickets are on sale now at SoundsLikeAkult.com and at the link in our IG bio. |
1:06.3 | Again, that's Friday, May 26th, 2023, aka this year at 6.30pm, we will see you there at Lester Square Theatre in London. |
1:15.2 | See you there babes. |
1:16.2 | The views expressed on this episode, as with all episodes of SoundsLikeAkult, are solely host opinions and quoted allegations. |
1:22.4 | The content here should not be taken as indisputable facts. |
1:25.2 | This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. |
1:30.8 | Hi Esa. Hi Amanda. This is Abby from Houston, Texas. |
1:34.8 | And I think the cultiest thing about beauty pageants is that they want to promote beauty, |
1:40.0 | but yeah, it's all fake and they don't promote any natural beauty. |
1:43.6 | I know somebody who does this full time and she got a move job, nose job, and then also got fake teeth as well. |
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