The media often portrays women as victims with less agency and strength. By reintroducing vulgarity, humor, and profanity into progressive circles, it allows women to have the same profane thoughts and laugh at themselves, breaking the stereotypes around women's dirtiness and perceived weakness.
Kara and Scott discuss the fallout from NBC's Ronna McDaniel debacle, Reddit’s first week on the market, and Trump Media being a meme stock. Plus, Florida’s restrictive law for teens on social media, mifepristone’s fate in the Supreme Court, and the one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's detention in Russia, Then, a listener question on…facial hair and thank you notes.
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