You're Just Now Noticing This? Bridget Phetasy on Keeping Up With the Cancelers

The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum

Meghan Daum

Society & Culture

4.7 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Writer, comedian and popular podcaster and YouTuber Bridget Phetasy is known her her uniquely astute analysis of the news of the day - and also her views on what shouldn't be news. In this conversation, sparked by recent remarks from the comedian Sarah Silverman, Bridget and Meghan talk about what's happened to comedy in the age of (often manufactured) hypersensitivity, why they, in turn, are hypersensitive to that hypersensitivity, and what it's like to watch entertainers and other public figures begin to distance themselves from the Trump outrage machine. Bridget also shares what she learned about gender relations from writing for Playboy and how she thinks overcoming addiction and spending time in 12-step programs has given her an especially keen nose for the cultural hypocrisy of the moment. Note: A separate conversation, recorded in late 2019 at Bridget's home, is available for the podcast's Patreon supporters at www.patreon.com/theunspeakable. Guest Bio: Bridget Phetasy is a writer, comedian, and host of the Walk-Ins Welcome podcast and The Weekly Dumpster Fire show on YouTube.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Frank. I don't like change.
0:01.9	And I just saw a billboard for this new BJ's wholesale club talking about up to 25% off grocery store prices.
0:09.1	Oh, really? What's wrong with paying full price, huh?
0:12.1	No, sir. I would not join BJ's wholesale club.
0:15.7	Let's agree to disagree, Frank. Say you do want to sign up now to get a $40 B.J's digital gift card.
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0:24.5	BJs.com slash South Fayette or the BJs membership
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1:33.1	It was just to have conversations with people about this because I felt so alone. And so just
1:39.3	talking to people who were in similar situations, but I also saw this victimhood culture that I really just detest and rage against
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