2.12. Satire, Social Media & Identity Politics (with Leigh Stein)

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Jo and Adam are joined once again by novelist Leigh Stein for the second half of an interview about Self-Care, Leigh’s new satire on the wellness industry. This time, they talk about offence, cancel culture, privilege, the presentation of victimhood on social media, and Leigh’s approach to navigating (and skewering) all of these factors and more. Adam and Jo also talk about ‘Lockdown Sceptics’ and the bizarre dating site: Love in a Covid Climate. 

Alan Partridge/From the Oast House 

American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis 

Black Lives Matter

Bustle

Cancel Culture

COVID-19

Donald Trump 

Evelyn Waugh

Frisky foxes

George Floyd 

Jonathan Swift 

J. K. Rowling

Lockdown Sceptics 

Love in a COVID climate 

#MeToo

Out of the Binders 

Privilege 

Quarantine 

Scoop (by Evelyn Waugh)

Spitting Image

South Park

The Biggest Loser

The Daily Beast 

The Daily Mail 

The Emperor’s New Clothes

The Yellow Wallpaper (By Charlotte Gilman) 

Twitter

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Victimhood 

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