Viral Article Book Club: Baby Name Hot Takes, the $10K Dating Coach, and Viral Art

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Society & Culture, Arts, Books

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea and Traci Thomas (The Stacks podcast) are back for Viral Article Book Club, and this one is packed with hot takes on four articles. They break down red state versus blue state baby names (spoiler: there are several variations of the name Oakley), a $10,000 dating coach slash possible grift (?), and whether being an artist today means being an influencer too. Plus, a quick dive into TikTok’s soft-spoken trad wives and why someone is trying to help those women escape. Join the cookie community: Become a member of the Patreon Follow Chelsea: Instagram @chelseadevantez Show Notes: The red-blue divide shows up even in baby names (Boston Globe) A 39-year-old woman ‘invested’ $10k for a dating coach and got a fiancé (The Grio) The Runaway Tradwives of TikTok (Elle Magazine) So You’re an Artist? How Many Followers Do You Have? (T - The New York Times Style Magazine) Where to find our guest: Traci Thomas The Stacks podcast Substack Instagram *** Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Thrive Causemetics - Get 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/glamorous Libro.fm - Click here to get 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 with your first month of membership using code TRASH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the cinematic event of the year.
0:03.0	Critics are saying a stunning, breathtaking triumph of savings.
0:08.0	It's two for one cinema tickets from Compa's Market in cinemas all year.
0:12.0	That sounds like a great movie.
0:14.0	Serge is no movie, it's two for one offer on cinema tickets.
0:17.0	Oh yeah, I knew that.
0:19.0	Get two for one cinema tickets every Tuesday or Wednesday
0:21.6	with compares the market. Simple's. When you take out a qualifying product to compare the market,
0:26.0	one membership per year, participating cinemas, two standard tickets only cheapest free. T's and C's
0:29.4	apply. Welcome to Glamour's Trash. This is a podcast that book club's viral articles, celebrity memoirs, and trashy discourse to elevate your life.
0:42.5	I'm your host, Chelsea Devontes.
0:43.8	I'm a TV writer, comedian, filmmaker, author, and sometimes I'm in stuff too.
0:47.5	And this is our viral article series where we recap and discuss these articles.
0:52.3	There is also a chat in our Patreon, purely dedicated to hot articles.
0:57.6	And today, listen, I put out a vote.
1:00.4	Everyone on Patreon voted one thing.
1:02.2	Everyone on Instagram voted the other thing.
1:04.4	And obviously Patreon won.
1:06.3	But then that article was kind of like, I have some thoughts.
1:09.3	So we're actually going to hit four hot
1:11.2	articles today. We are going to be talking about Red State versus Blue State baby names, a $10,000
1:17.0	dating coach, tradwives who escaped, and an article titled, So You're an artist, how many followers do you have?
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