Monthly Archives: November 2017

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November 27, 2017EpisodesAmy Schumer, Andrea Dworkin, Audre Lorde, Bad Feminist, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jessa Crispin, Lena Dunham, Roxane Gaychampagnesharks

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Joining us today is Jessa Crispin (https://twitter.com/thebookslut), author of Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto http://amzn.to/2hWkCsB. Her podcast Public Intellectual can be found here: http://www.jessacrispin.com/podcast/

Discussed in this episode:

“Lena Dunham Slammed on Social Media for Defending Girls Writer Accused of Rape” http://people.com/tv/lena-dunham-slammed-on-social-media-for-defending-girls-writer-accused-of-rape/
“Lena Dunham receives backlash after defending ‘Girls’ writer accused of rape” http://www.nme.com/news/tv/lena-dunham-defends-girls-writer-accused-rape-backlash-murray-miller-aurora-perrineau-2160713
Jessa writing on the Marlon James controversy she mentions in the episode, “On pandering … and exclusivity” https://www.mhpbooks.com/123500-2/
The Man Question: Visions of Subjectivity in Feminist Theory by Kathy Ferguson http://amzn.to/2iTQizn
“How to Know if Your Feminism is Intersectional” https://www.bustle.com/p/how-to-know-if-your-feminism-is-intersectional-53929
“Filmmaker Xavier Burgin: How It Feels to Explain Nate Parker to White Hollywood” (the funny picture we mention is in this article) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmmaker-xavier-burgin-how-feels-explain-nate-parker-white-hollywood-952467
Lauren Oyler’s critique of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist “WITH AND AGAINST: BAD FEMINISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS” http://www.bookslut.com/features/2014_12_021016.php

Teaser for CS 048: Rio, Brazile feat. Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald)

November 22, 2017Episodes, Podcast EpisodeDonald Trump, Donna Brazile, Fake News, Glenn Greenwald, Wikileakschampagnesharks

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Glenn Greenwald joins us to discuss his recent article about Donna Brazile and Wikileaks, “Four Viral Claims Spread by Journalists on Twitter in the Last Week Alone That Are False” https://theintercept.com/2017/11/05/four-viral-claims-spread-by-journalists-on-twitter-in-the-last-week-alone-that-are-false/

CS 047: Trumptown feat. Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) (11/11/2017)

November 15, 2017EpisodesDonald Trump, Election, Johnstown, Michael Kruse, Politicschampagnesharks

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Today senior staff writer at Politico Michael Kruse (https://twitter.com/michaelkruse) joins us to discuss his recent article about Trump supporters in Johnstown, Pennsylvania both before and after the election, “Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway.” https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800

Also discussed this episode:

“Clinton Campaign Staffers Accuse Brazile Of Buying Into ‘Russian Propaganda’” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/open-letter-attack-onbrazile_us_59fe9cd1e4b0c9652fffc493

Teaser for CS 046: Listener Questions: African Patriarchy and Iggy Azalea Thinkpiece Justice

November 15, 2017EpisodesAfrica, Black Supremacy, Iggy Azalea, Power Principle, White Supremacychampagnesharks

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Today is another listener question day.

Discussed in the episode:

The documentary “The Power Principle” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5If2YaLtX4 and the later documentary by the same people “Counter Intelligence” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8wQ9_fZ3Mc&list=PLXiMjzb_5K8MiuBz8Br4pcB9WQjDm0fo1
My Paste article: “The Centrist Smear: The Five Steps Liberals Take to Undermine Leftist Critique” https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/the-centrist-smear-the-five-steps-liberals-take-to.html
My Intercept article: “The Mainstreaming of Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Was It’s Destruction” https://theintercept.com/2017/10/05/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-protest-trump-nfl/

CS 045: Terrorist Simps (11/05/2017)

November 9, 2017EpisodesCookout Blacks, Donna Brazile, MRA, Simps, Tyresechampagnesharks

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Today we talk about the growing proliferation of murder-suicide meltdown, terrorists and MRA types among black male community. Also, what’s up with Tyrese?

Discussed in this episode:

Doug E.Fresh’s attempt in 1992 to cash in on the Hammer trend. If you read the comments to the video, people are still mad about it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY36Iy1dt9g
An example of the modern trend of rappers excusing wearing dresses due to the idea money justifies it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EenB09LACZ0. Lord Jamar on VladTV discusses the wack stuff modern rappers will justify for attention and money https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HS-xVOb_Tg
Akilah Hughes, who we discussed in episode 43, throws Donna Brazile, a fellow black liberal, under the bus for going agains the mainstream Dems, using the “cookout” language: https://twitter.com/AkilahObviously/status/926958581781614592. My thread on it: https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/926981884298571777.
Tyrese’s rambling crying rant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMEbCO23rw
“Tyrese Says Will and Jada-Pinkett Smith Gave Him $5 Million To Stay Off Social Media And Pay Legal Fees” https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2017/11/05/will-and-jada-pinkett-smith-tyrese.html

Preview of CS 044: Antifa Supersoldiers Will End Us All (11/05/2017)

November 9, 2017EpisodesAlt-Right, Antifa, Hoaxes, Sagging Pants, Supersoldierschampagnesharks

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Today we discuss Antifa supersoldiers, are favorite leftist twitter hoaxes that the alt-right Infowars crowd has fallen for, and other conspiracy hoaxes the alt-right has believed or spread.

Discussed in this episode:

The cushbomb thread about the RPG covered in dildos at the Den convention https://twitter.com/cushbomb/status/731639494617792512?lang=en
The infamous randygdub tweet about the absentee ballots being torn up at the Post Office https://twitter.com/randygdub/status/787902456768311296
The fallout of the Post Office prank got so bad various governmental agencies had to eventually address it https://twitter.com/USPSHelp/status/788105012236816384 and it had to be debunked by Snopes https://www.snopes.com/postal-worker-caught-destroying-absentee-trump-ballots-in-major-swing-state/
“La. Court Rules That Man Who Said ‘Give Me a Lawyer, Dog’ Wasn’t Asking for Counsel” http://www.theroot.com/la-court-rules-that-man-who-said-give-me-a-lawyer-dog-1820157543
Gateway Pundit falling for the hoax http://archive.is/VSn0j. Newsweek reporting on right wingers falling for the hoax. http://www.newsweek.com/antifa-waging-civil-war-november-4-right-wing-conspiracy-theory-681219 and the fallout from when November 4 arrived and nothing happened http://www.newsweek.com/antifa-civil-war-november-4-really-just-few-protests-against-trump-702150.
Twitter user Krang T. Nelson discussing the hoax and the fallout. “Twitter Suspended Me for Trolling White Supremacists: I tweeted what was intended as satire of a festering right-wing panic over Antifa allegedly planning violence on November 4. It got weird from there.” https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evbpkn/twitter-suspended-me-for-trolling-white-supremacists?utm_campaign=sharebutton
Sagging pants meme with arrows pointed at the black men’s butts https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/838115337354760197. Also the exaggerated sag in the racist memes that D. Mills discusses http://www.troll.me/images/sagging-pants/i-run-from-da-police-but-trips-on-pants-i-dont-get-far-boyeeeeeee.jpg
“”ANTIFA” Responsible for Sutherland Springs Murders, According to Far-Right Media” by Michael Edison Hayden http://www.newsweek.com/sutherland-springs-shooter-devin-patrick-kelley-was-antifa-according-far-right-702338
Examples of misinformation being spread by alt-righters about Sutherland shooter http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rcnoa.html
“Alt-Right White Supremacists Claim Papa John’s As Official Pizza” https://www.yahoo.com/news/alt-white-supremacists-claim-papa-203316257.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw

CS 043: Cultural Quadroons (10/29/2017)

November 3, 2017EpisodesBlacksgiving, Hip-hop, Labor, Rembert Browne, Stripper Strikechampagnesharks

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We discussed the NY stripper strike, the new Five Pillars of Hip-Hop, the new Cultural Mulattoes, swirling, getting invited to “the cookout, Bob McNair’s “inmates” comment to his football team, and recent developments with a branch of Black Lives Matter.

Show Notes

“MTO BREAKING NEWS: New York City Strippers GO ON STRIKE . . . They’re Fighting For EQUAL TREATMENT . . . With The BARTENDERS!!! #StripperWars #StripperStrike” http://mtonews.com/41193-2-nyc-stripperstrike-wars/
“NYC strippers are on strike and we should hear them out”. This link includes DJ Kay Slay’s strangely intense and involved rant weighing in on the subject https://kulturehub.com/nyc-strippers-strike-foh/
The original 5 pillars of Hip-Hop https://thehiphopfundamentalist.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/the-pillars-of-hip-hop/
“Make it Reign: How an Atlanta Strip Club Runs the Music Industry” https://www.gq.com/story/atlanta-strip-club-magic-city
The Wikipedia entry for Cultural Mulatto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_mulatto
The original 1989 essay about Cultural Mulattoes by Trey Ellis https://www.huffingtonpost.com/trey-ellis/whos-afraid-of-me_b_981005.html
Summary of the Swirling “movement” http://www.phillytrib.com/lifestyles/swirling-a-way-of-life-for-some-black-women/article_d7795e83-91bc-576c-b963-96bbc745aec0.html
“Get Invited to the Cookout” T-shirt and swag https://www.sunfrog.com/141542833-1094578405.html?45122 and a tweet showing the social media promotion for the same Swirlybae shirt https://twitter.com/newageiketurner/status/918663564088565760
At the time of this episode’s recording the full article wasn’t online yet, but since then it has appeared in full so here it is: “Thank You God, for Black Thanksgiving: On learning how to be black, one family Thanksgiving in Atlanta at a time.”https://www.bonappetit.com/story/rembert-browne-thanksgiving
“Meet Your First Black Girlfriend” Youtube video by Akilah Hughes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDiU0aqqKp0 and Huffington Post’s glowing account of it https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/first-black-girlfriend-akilah-hughes_n_4420134.html
Article announcing the panel moderators for the Brown and Black Presidential Forum: “Fusion Announces Moderators Of ‘Brown & Black’ Presidential Forum” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fusion-announces-moderators-of-brown-black-forum_us_5672c09ce4b0dfd4bcc0b77c.
My twitter thread on the Blacksgiving article https://twitter.com/RickyRawls/status/924442268060344320 and some of the responses by black people to it https://twitter.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FRickyRawls%2Fstatus%2F924442268060344320&src=typd
“Majority of Texans players kneel after owner Bob McNair’s ‘inmates’ remark” https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/10/29/texans-kneel-protest-national-anthem-bob-mcnair-inmates/811464001/
“Black Lives Matter organizers won’t take part in counterprotests” https://amp.dnj.com/amp/808375001

Preview of CS 042: Strangest Things (10/29/2017)

November 2, 2017EpisodesGeek, George Lucas, Ghostbusters, Spielberg, Stranger Thingschampagnesharks

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We discuss Stranger Things 2, which oddly enough wasn’t even what we originally planned to discuss.

Show Notes:

An article by Henri de Corinth on Stranger Things and the current age of cynical nostalgia “The Age of Imitation: A Primer of New American Nostalgia, 2007-2017” https://henridecorinth.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/the-age-of-imitation-a-primer-of-new-american-nostalgia-2007-2017/
Fake Controversy, Terrible Comedy by Eileen Jones https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/07/ghostbusters-paul-feig-feminism-mccarthy-murray/
Ghostbusters and Guilt-vertising: Or How The “Right” Product Can Make You A Better Person by Josh Bray https://supernerdland.com/ghostbusters-guiltvertising/
About the Ghostbusters manufactured gender war controversy 1: Why Being Honest about Ghostbusters is Important by Comic Book Girl 19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_vAcFGTJU
About the Ghostbusters manufactured gender war controversy 2: Ghostbusters Review by Red Letter Media http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag-ghostbusters-2016/

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Monthly Archives: November 2017

CS 049: Bad and Bougie Feminism feat. Jessa Crispin (@thebookslut) (11/18/2017)

Teaser for CS 048: Rio, Brazile feat. Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald)

CS 047: Trumptown feat. Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) (11/11/2017)

Teaser for CS 046: Listener Questions: African Patriarchy and Iggy Azalea Thinkpiece Justice

CS 045: Terrorist Simps (11/05/2017)

Preview of CS 044: Antifa Supersoldiers Will End Us All (11/05/2017)

CS 043: Cultural Quadroons (10/29/2017)

Preview of CS 042: Strangest Things (10/29/2017)