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smokeempodcast.substack.comThis week, we tackle:
* Elizabeth Gilbert’s para-social relationship with her fans
* Victimhood as status, online campaigns as feel-good mirage
* Will Sarah defend Elizabeth Gilbert? Yes, she will.
* Our Moderate MILF watched “The Idol,” and she has thoughts!
* Is HBO’s new show a critique of our hyper-sexualized world, or a victim of it?
* Which Britney Spears was the hottest Britney Spears?
* Tom Wolfe gives a wedgie to the world
* The greatness that is Rick Rubin
