The great Bumble fumble
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re diving into Bumble’s controversial anti-celibacy ad campaign, what it says about the state of dating apps and why some women are joining the anti-patriarchy movement. It’s time for a Kimberly rant. Plus, more updates on the Baltimore bridge collapse. Later, we’ll get queasy about cicadas and smiley about puppies!
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Bumble’s billboard ads sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating — and the company got stung” from The Associated Press
- “The Controversy Around Bumble’s Anti-Celibacy Billboards” from The Cut
- “Singles done with dating apps opt for speed-dating, matchmaking” from Marketplace
- Apology from Bumble on Instagram
- “What the 4B movement and boycotting men tells American women about where we are” from USA Today
- Preliminary Report on Baltimore Bridge Collapse from The National Transportation Safety Board
- “It’s on (for now): Biden and Trump agree to 2 debates” from Politico
- “Cicadas Are Here in St. Louis, and Here’s What You Need to Know” from The Riverfront Times
- “We tried to pet all 200 breeds at the Westminster dog show” from The Washington Post
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| 0:33.2 | Ready, go! |
| 0:35.2 | That just kind of happened too. |
| 0:39.2 | That was very smooth. Welcome everyone. I'm Kimberly Adams. Thank you for joining us again |
| 0:47.9 | for making me smart where we make today makes sense. The reason it's so funny is |
| 0:52.4 | because I literally sat down and said let's go. |
| 0:54.1 | No preamble, no hi Kimberly I haven't gone for 10 days how you been no Charlton or you're |
| 0:58.9 | I've been gone for several days myself. You have. You have. |
| 1:03.0 | Welcome back. |
| 1:04.0 | And welcome back to you too. |
| 1:06.0 | You know, clearly nobody broke the franchise while we were gone, so that's good. |
| 1:09.0 | Yeah, I hear they had a lot of fun on Friday. |
| 1:11.6 | Yes. Bridget, by the Bridget by the way left to ring light in the studio. |
| 1:16.2 | I'm like, ring light. |
| 1:17.9 | Oh, so you'll be all glowy on the next time we need. |
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