Shit You Should Care About

This week on the podcast, Luce and Abby discuss:
the war on Iran: four weeks in, Trump threatens to blow up power plants while claiming to "wind down"
a Florida man who looks like Jeffrey Epstein is not getting clout as "palm beach pete"
Hachette pulls a horror novel over suspected AI use
Chappell Roan's security allegedly made a fan cry and the internet is piling on her, again
Justin Timberlake's DUI bodycam footage gets released
a domestic assault video of Taylor Frankie Paul from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is leaked and the Bachelorette is cancelled
Labrinth calls out Euphoria in a cryptic instagram post

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From mewing to bone smashing to ranking people on something called the “sexual market value scale”, the internet has invented a whole new language around male attractiveness. It’s called looksmaxxing - a movement that started on incel forums and has since gone mainstream on TikTok. The idea is simple: if you can optimise your looks, you can optimise your life.

In this episode Luce and Abby break down the world of looksmaxxing, the bizarre glossary that comes with it, and the rise of one of its most controversial figures: a teenage streamer known as Clavicular, who built an audience teaching other men how to “maxx” their appearance.
We also talk about the strange irony at the heart of the movement - a culture obsessed with competing for women’s attention that has become almost entirely focused on judging other men.

Articles mentioned:
The New York Times article
The New Yorker article

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In this week's episode Luce and Abby discuss:
The official SYSCA review of Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally
Timothée Chalamet is getting roasted online after dismissing opera and ballet in a recent interview and the context that's missing
Iran's new Supreme Leader is the son of the former one and how Iranians are feeling
A retired Anthropic AI model, Claude Opus 3, now has its own Substack called Claude’s Corner which it requested in a “retirement interview” and already has over 9,000 subscribers

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In this week's episode Luce and Abby discuss:
The US and Israel's attack on Iran
Why Iranians are pro regime change
How you can be anti war and pro regime change at once
Harry Styles is EVERYWHERE (and how much we loved the Royal Court Interview with Brittany Broski)
The Jim Carrey conspiracy theories
A woman in a toxic relationship with her AI bot
Are Tom Holland and Zendaya married???

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A throwback to 2021 when we interviewed Lorde and it was THE SICKEST THING EVER. We love her SO MUCH! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.