Erin and Alyssa discuss the latest on the fertility clinic bombing in Palm Springs, the horrific consequences of Georgia’s strict 6-week abortion ban, and the Liver King. Then The Atlantic’s Sophie Gilbert joins to chat about her new book Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves, they talk about everything from the impact of Spice-Girls-feminism to the rise of the #girlboss.
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Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert
Georgia mother says she is being forced to keep brain-dead pregnant daughter alive under abortion ban law (NBC News 5/15)
25-year-old suspect in fertility clinic bombing left behind ‘anti-pro-life’ writings, officials say (AP 5/18)
Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ as retailer expects prices to increase (CNN 5/17)
Walmart Selling Solid Gold Bars Is the Recession Indicator We Didn’t See Coming (Rolling Stone 5/16)
Judge overturns Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period before an abortion (CNN/AP 5/13)
The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally. (NYT 5/16)
The ‘Manosphere’? It’s Planet Earth. (NYT 2/1)
The Liver King story chillingly shows how bad role models are manufactured (The Independent 5/13)