Episode Two: Fandom, Body Image & Female Equality
Guest Host: Georgie Gibbs
Date aired: Sept 23rd, 2015
The Evolution of Fandom: Has social media made our relationships with celebrities more personal?
- A fan knits Taylor Swift a sweater:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/taylor-sweater#.jt5xVMXJ1 - Miss Piggy and Kermit are splitsville, USA:
http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/08/04/kermit-the-frog-miss-piggy-split-the-muppets-break-up/ - Kylie Jenner starts anti-bullying campaign #iammorethan:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kylie-jenner-iammorethan-anti-bullying-campaign_55e5b68ce4b0b7a9633a30a5 - AND if that wasn't enough Kylie Jenner for you... here is her beauty regiment:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/fashion/kylie-jenner-beauty-regimen.html?WT.mc_id=2015-SEPTEMBER-FB-FASHION-WCA-AUD_DEV-0901-0930&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=AUDDEVRISK&_r=1Do
Buzzfeed & Body Positivity: The Internet is challenging former beauty standards. A majority of the content online is user generated, helping dismantle body shamming, or so it seems:
Courtesy of Instagram
- Instructional video on construction the McGang Bang:
https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeed/videos/10153879390295329/?fref=nf - Manderandpoopoo the Youtube star:
https://www.youtube.com/user/mandersandpoopoo/search?query=mcgang+bang - And here is some folks photoshopping plus-size women to be thin. AKA Project Harpoon:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11815942/Project-Harpoon-The-deplorable-site-photoshopping-larger-women-skinny.html
omen's Equality: There have been many social causes that have benefited from the Internet's visibility, why not women's equality?
Courtesy of NBC.com
- Britney is back! And supposedly is happy because of the d*ck:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/we-need-to-talk-about-britney-spears?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgp#.vvxVGGpQlK - Alabama Sorority Recruitment Goes Viral:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/08/17/watch-alabama-sororitys-viral-recruitment-video-and-see-if-you-can-figure-out-why-its-generating-so-much-outrage/
To listen to episode 2 with guest host Georgie Gibbs go here.