In this (livestreamed) episode, the ladies de-center their American colonialist perspective to consider the recent hooliganism across the pond. Has the UK slipped into authoritarianism? Is British post-colonial guilt giving American guilt a run for its money? Or did the song There Always Be An England mean there will always be the threat of jail for wrong-speak? Then, Meghan flip-flops on JD Vance's trans friend and finally, a (lengthy) showdown on Art and Regret.

Links

* ‘Think before you post’: Britain’s slide into censorship (Spiked)

* She Used to Be Friends With JD Vance (The Daily)

* The Emotion I Didn’t Expect As A New Parent: Regret (NYTimes)

* I Used to Write Jokes About How Parenting Is Terrible. Then I Had My Daughter. (NYTimes)

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