
Rehash
Rehash: The podcast about the social media phenomenons that strike a nerve in our culture, only to be quickly forgotten - but we think are due for a revisiting.
Hosted by Maia (Broey Deschanel) and Hannah Raine
Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast
Latest episodes

Feb 27, 2023 • 57min
Gaslighters
In the first instalment of our poignant, hard-hitting series: Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss; Hannah and Maia breakdown "gaslight" and its terrible evolution. From a 1944 psycho-thriller starring Ingrid Bergman about a woman being tormented by her greedy husband, to a catchall for anytime anyone is ever unfriendly to us - the term "gaslight" is now a spectre of what it used to be. In this little series we ask - is this a natural linguistic evolution, or is the cultural abstraction of these words more damaging than we think?
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Intro and outro song produced by our talented friend Ian Mills:
https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic
SOURCES:
Caleb Madison “Are You Using Gaslight Correctly?” (2022), The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/04/are-you-using-gaslight-correctly/629522/
Ella Feldman, “‘Gaslighting’ Is Merriam Webster’s Word of the Year”, (2022) Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gaslighting-merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-180981203/
Paige L. Sweet, “The Sociology of Gaslighting” (2019), American Sociological Review https://www.jstor.org/stable/48602118
Daniel Kurtzleben, “When Republicans Attack ‘Cancel Culture’ What Does It Mean?" (2021), NPR https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/965815679/is-cancel-culture-the-future-of-the-gop
Ben Zimmer (2017) https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-January/145910.html
Julie Beck, “The Concept Creep of Emotional Labor” (2018), The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/arlie-hochschild-housework-isnt-emotional-labor/576637/
"What is Gaslighting?”, National Domestic Violence Hotline https://www.thehotline.org/resources/what-is-gaslighting/
Chi Luu, “Do You Even Language, Bro? Understanding Why Nouns Become Verbs” (2016), JSTOR Daily https://daily.jstor.org/in-which-we-science-why-nouns-become-verbs-because-language/

Feb 20, 2023 • 1h 4min
Dirtbags
Exploring the post-woke community of Dimes Square, podcasters dive into irony-poisoning, nihilism, and the alt-right connection. Critique on the Dirtbag Left's provocative discourse, struggle with despair, normalization of harmful behaviors, and shift towards right-wing ideologies. The podcast also delves into underground art scenes in New York City and the influence of podcasts on political ideologies.

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Jan 16, 2023 • 1h 13min
Man Repeller
Hannah and Maia unpack the horrors of the feminist fashion world and its posterchild, Leandra Medine (founder of Man Repeller). Was Man Repeller's demise really a death rattle for the girlboss, post-feminism era? Or was this just a blip in the timeline? Join us as we digress about Moonlight v. La La Land, whether emo and Abercrombie could ever be bedfellows, 5000 different pronunciations of Tavi Gevinson's name (and the Dhoom movies), and a fun game of spot the difference with a pair black fishnet tights.
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Intro and Outro song produced by our talented friend Ian Mills:
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Sources:
Claire Lampen, “Upper East Sider Realizes She’s Privileged”, The Cut (2021)
https://www.thecut.com/2021/08/leandra-medine-says-she-always-thought-she-was-poor.html
Leandra M. Cohen, “Where We Go From Here: A Message for the MR Commnunity”, Repeller (2020) https://repeller.com/man-repeller-open-letter/
“The Tanning of America pt. 1”, The Cutting Room Floor (2021)
Rebecca Jennings, “The racial reckoning in women’s media”, Vox (2020) https://www.vox.com/the-goods/21287045/refinery29-black-employees-man-repeller-cosmopolitan-who-what-wear-vogue
Leandra M. Cohen “I Owe You Better: A Commitment to the Future”, Repeller (2020)
https://repeller.com/i-owe-you-better-a-commitment-to-the-future/
Leandra M. Cohen “What I Wish I Knew When I Got Married” Repeller (2017)
https://repeller.com/getting-married-advice/
Rachel Tashjian, “What Happened to Man Repeller?, GQ (2020) https://www.gq.com/story/what-happened-to-man-repeller
Meredith Galante, “How A 22-Year-Old Blogger Wound Up On The Runway At New York Fashion Week”, Insider (2011) https://www.businessinsider.com/man-repeller-leandra-medine-blogger-fashion-2011-9
Benjamin Wallace, “What’s So Alluring About a Woman Known as Man Repeller?”, The Cut (2014) https://www.thecut.com/2014/02/man-repeller-leandra-medine-profile.html

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Jan 10, 2023 • 1h 1min
Diet Prada
Who watches the watchdog? Hannah and Maia discuss the weird evolution of Diet Prada, and whether or not it can (or needs to) adhere to a code of ethics in the lawless wasteland that is social media. Brief digressions include a fight that Maia got into (scrap!), the micro-celebs you'll find at Dumbo House, and a marvellous synchronized performance of the infamous "cerulean" monologue from The Devil Wears Prada.
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Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:
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Sources:
Randi Bergman, “Has the Time Come to Critique Diet Prada?” Elle (2021).
https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/society/has-the-time-come-to-critique-diet-prada
Maureen O’Connor, “The Trials of Diet Prada” Vanity Fair (2021).
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/09/diet-prada-roasting-the-runway
Rachel Tashjian, “In Fashion, Who Will Cancel the Cancelers?” GQ (2020).
https://www.gq.com/story/diet-prada-kanye
Ryan J. Thomas & Teri Finneman, “Who watches the watchdogs?: British newspaper metadiscourse on the Leveson Inquiry” Journalism Studies, vol 15, no. 2 (2014).

Jan 2, 2023 • 34min
Bad Art Friend
Hannah and Maia try to make sense of the Rorschach test that is "Who is the Bad Art Friend?". Is the literary beef between Dawn and Sonya actually as juicy and layered as Twitter made it out to be? Or it it simply another case of what Safy Hallan Farah calls, "the true crime-ization of low stakes interpersonal drama"? Also, would Maia give Hannah her kidney? Let's find out!
Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content!
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Intro and outro song produced by our talented friend Ian Mills:
https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic
Sources:
Robert Kolker, "Who Is the Bad Art Friend?", The New York Times (2021)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html
Robert Kolker, "How Bad Art Friend Became Twitter's Favorite Parlor Game", The New York Times (2021)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/insider/bad-art-friend-twitter.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Erin Vanderhoof, "Why Facebook May Be the True 'Bad Art Friend'", Vanity Fair (2021)
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/10/facebook-who-is-the-bad-art-friend
Michael Hobbes, "Identifying The Bad Art Friend is Easy", (2021)
https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/identifying-the-bad-art-friend-is

Dec 26, 2022 • 37min
West Elm Caleb
Caleb was a very bad boy. But did we have to John Tucker him x 1 million? Hannah and Maia get personal about life in the trenches of online dating, and whether or not doxxing is a justified means to a feminist end.
Intro and Outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:
https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic
Sources:
Camille Cobb and Tadayoshi Kohno, “How Public Is My Private Life? Privacy in Online Dating” Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web, (2017).
Katie Notopolous, “Caleb From West Elm Is Bad At Dating But Probably Didn't Deserve Being Pushed Through The TikTok Meat Grinder” Buzzfeed News (2022).
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/caleb-from-west-elm-meme

Dec 19, 2022 • 37min
Caroline Calloway: The Art of Scamming Yourself
Is it possible to be both scammer and scammed? Hannah and Maia take a stab at the Rube Goldberg Machine that is Caroline Calloway's brilliant, chaotic mind. Is she actually staying one step ahead of the haters, or is she really just two steps behind? Let's talk about it.
Support us on Patreon! And lots of bonus content + early access!
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Intro and Outro song created by our talented friend Ian Mills:
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Sources:
Kayleigh Donaldson, "The Curious Case of Caroline Calloway", Pajba, 2019 https://www.pajiba.com/web_culture/the-case-of-caroline-calloway-and-her-creativity-workshop-tour.php
Natalie Beach, "I Was Caroline Calloway", The Cut (2019) https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/the-story-of-caroline-calloway-and-her-ghostwriter-natalie.html
Bianca London, “American student's fairytale life in Cambridge enchants Instagram: 300,000 people following student's photos of carefree days of dreaming spires, black-tie balls and Champagne on the river” The Daily Mail (2015) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3010757/US-student-s-enchanting-Instagram-photos-reveal-fairytale-life-Cambridge.htm

Dec 12, 2022 • 44min
Lindsay Ellis and the Wrath of Twitter
It's time to talk about what happened to Lindsay Ellis. In this episode we do a deep dive into Twitter psychology, confirmation bias, and the sad sad phenomenon that is "getting woman'd".
Intro and Outro Song produced by our talented friend Ian Mills:
https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic
SOURCES:
Rayne Fisher-Quann, "What does it mean to get 'woman'd'?" i-D (2022).
https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/y3pv5k/what-does-it-mean-to-get-womand

Dec 5, 2022 • 41min
Taylor Swift and the "Gaylor" Conspiracy
Has Taylor Swift orchestrated an clever conspiracy about her sexuality? Hannah and Maia discuss the fascinating war of the "Gaylors", and accusations of queerbaiting amongst the Taylor Swift fandom.
Intro and Outro Song by Ian Mills:
https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic
Sources:
Christobel Hastings, “How Lavender became a symbol of LGBTQ resistance”, CNN, (2020)
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/lgbtq-lavender-symbolism-pride/index.html
Willa Paskin, “The Case of the Fractured Fandom”, Slate (2018)
https://slate.com/culture/2018/06/the-johnlock-conspiracy-sherlock-fans-disagree-with-the-shows-creators-about-holmes-and-watsons-relationship.html
J. Derrick, S. Gabriel, K. Hugenberg, “Social surrogacy: How favored television programs provide the experience of belonging” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, (2008)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223692761_Social_surrogacy_How_favored_television_programs_provide_the_experience_of_belonging

Nov 25, 2022 • 44min
The Try Guys
Hannah and Maia discuss the end of nuance, and feeling betrayed by Wife Guys™.
Intro and Outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:
https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic
Sources:
Seth Abramovitch, “Why Are the Try Guys So Angry? Try Jeopardizing $6M a Year in Clicks” Hollywood Reporter (2022).
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/try-guys-scandal-ned-fulmer-eugene-lee-yang-6-million-1235233823/
Nunn and Biressi, “‘A trust betrayed’: celebrity and the work of emotion”, Celebrity Studies, vol.1, (2010).
Shannon Keating, “Why Are We Still So Scandalized by Cheating? What our recent obsession with infidelity reveals about us” The Cut, (2022).
https://www.thecut.com/2022/10/why-are-we-still-so-scandalized-by-cheating.html
Further Reading:
Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame” The New York Times (2022).
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/magazine/try-guys-internet-fame.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tap