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Chappel Roan and the Trolls of the Ring (ft. Jessie Gender) Oct 17, 2024

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Chappell Roan’s cancellation by a certain set of voters got us thinking: When do fandoms become toxic? How does “stanning” an artist, a politician, or a (literal) piece of work disproportionately push people who already live at the margins of our culture out of the culture entirely?

This week, Katelyn and Christine nerd out on nerd culture’s historically toxic fandoms with Jessie Earl, aka Jessie Gender, the YouTube essayist who hosts two popular channels. Together, they try to find the “nuance in the nerdy,” from the “Lord of the Rings” to the 2024 presidential election. And “Your Ombudsmom,” Christine’s media critic alter ego, returns with her new regular segment. Stay tuned for out of context cancellations from Katelyn and Christine!

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Transcript here: https://theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/chappell-roan-and-the-trolls-of-the-ring-transcript

Links:

Jessie Gender YouTube channel
Jessie Gender After Dark channel
Katelyn Burns: “Concerning “The Rings of Power,” season one
*spoilers ahead* Jessie Gender reviews “The Rings of Power,” season two, starting with episodes 1–3 and continuing through the finale
Nicole Chung for GQ: Star Wars: The Last Jedi's Kelly Marie Tran Has a Story to Tell
Rebecca Sun for The Hollywood Reporter: The Resurrection of Kelly Marie Tran: On Surviving “Star Wars” Bullying, the Pressures of Representation, and “Raya and the Last Dragon’”
Madison Malone Kircher for The New York Times: What is the KHive?
Jon Blistein for Rolling Stone: Chappell Roan on Why She Turned Down White House Invite: “I Won’t Be a Monkey for Pride”
Jessie Gender After Dark: The Treatment of Chappell Roan
Scott Detrow for NPR: Bernie Sanders Defends Campaigning For Anti-Abortion Rights Democrat
Meredith Shiner for The New Republic: The Appalling Attack on Ta-Nehisi Coates Is a Massive Media Failing

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Sexting with Mr. Brainworms (The Nuzzi/RFK Jr scandal) Oct 03, 2024

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New York placed Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi “on leave” after the magazine Washington correspondent admitted to an inappropriate relationship with former presidential candidate RFK Jr.—sexting while covering the 2024 campaign.

This week, Katelyn and Christine discuss the unfolding media scandal with equal parts humor and smart analysis, drawing from each of their experiences as Washington reporters themselves. They turn their criticism to the media gatekeepers—WTF is wrong with all of the prominent journalists caping for Nuzzi with the enthusiasm she’s poured into tradfascs in her coverage and on the website formerly known as Twitter?

After recording, Nuzzi asserted in a court filing that her ex-fiancé, Ryan Lizza, former alleged New Yorker sex pest turned Politico bigwig, engaged in a blackmail campaign against her, allegedly exposing her online affair to New York leadership. Lizza has since been suspended by Politico, pending an investigation.

In non-sexting news: We announce our new partnership with the brand-new feminist publication The Flytrap, of which Katelyn, Christine, and eight other talented writers and artists are co-founders! Please support The Flytrap’s Kickstarter here.

Links:

Vanity Fair: "The Reported RFK Jr.–Olivia Nuzzi “Relationship” Casts New Scrutiny on All Journalists"
New York Post: "‘Obsessed’ Olivia Nuzzi pursued RFK Jr. ‘aggressively,’ pol had to block her repeatedly: source"
New York Post: "RFK Jr. and star journalist Olivia Nuzzi had ‘incredible’ FaceTime sex, said they loved each other: sources"
New York Times: "Ryan Lizza Fired by The New Yorker Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation"
SEMAFOR: Ben Smith newsletter, September 23, 2024
Christie Smythe: Tweet (we’ll never call it an X post)
Marin Cogan for The New Republic: House of Cads: The psycho-sexual ordeal of reporting in Washington
Tumblr: Said to LadyJournos, a mid-2010s Tumblr that compiled journalists’ anonymous submissions about their experiences with sexual harassment on the job
Moira Donegan (former Cancel Me, Daddy guest!) for The Guardian: "The real victims of Olivia Nuzzi’s affair with RFK Jr are other female journalists"
Christine Grimaldi: Tweets here and here about NPR Supreme Court correspondentNina Totenberg’s conflict of interest-ridden friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Washingtonian: “My First: That Time Olivia Nuzzi Wrote About Anthony Weiner and Got Called a ‘Slutbag’”
The -30- newsletter: “A Q&A with Olivia Nuzzi of New York magazine on her career, covering Trump and access journalism”

Disclaimer: Katelyn once worked as a part-time political writer for Vox Media, the parent company of New York.

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Cancel Me, Daddy is a Flytrap Media production. Edited by Maria Paleologos. Graphics by Eden M-W, music by D Peterschmidt.

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Canceling Russian Propaganda (ft Nina Jankowicz) Sep 19, 2024

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This week we are pleased to welcome freelance journalist Christine Grimaldi for her debut as the new permanent co-host of Cancel Me, Daddy! Together, we also welcome the co-founder and CEO of the American Sunlight Project and disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz for an in depth discussion about last week's indictments involving conservative influencer group Tenet Media.

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Canceling Dr. Disrespect (ft. Mikhail Klimentov) Jul 18, 2024

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This week Katelyn speaks with Mikhail Klimentov, former head of the Washington Post's gaming vertical and writer of the Substack ReaderGrev, to talk about the streamer Guy Beahm, more commonly known as Dr. Disrespect. Several weeks ago, Beahm's career essentially ended after it was revealed that he had messaged inappropriately with a minor.

Link to Klimentov's blog post mentioned in the episode: https://www.readergrev.com/p/dr-disrespect-is-allegedly-not-like-us

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Canceling "Link in Bio" Bots (ft. Miles Klee) Mar 07, 2024

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This week, Katelyn talks with Miles Klee of Rolling Stone about the annoyingly pernicious "p*ssy in bio" bots that have taken over Twitter lately before coming a popular meme format on the site. The bots have become the latest evidence that the social media site, and even the internet at large may be becoming worse. We talk all of that and more (along with the best out of context cancellations segment since Oliver left).
Links:
Why Porn Bots Have Taken Over Your Twitter Feed - Rolling Stone
Miles Klee Twitter
Miles Klee BlueSky

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Canceling Trans and Anti-Trans Discourses (ft. Julia Serano) Feb 22, 2024

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This week, Katelyn talks with legendary trans author and activist Julia Serano, who is coming out with a third edition of her trans feminist book Whipping Girl (March 30). This episode we talk a lot about how the internet has shaped both the trans and anti-trans movements and how trans people can help protect ourselves from the obsessed weirdos that have been radicalized by our existences.

Citations:
Julia's website: juliaserano.com

Julia's book pre-order link: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/

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Canceling Taylor Swift (ft. Frankie de la Cretaz) Feb 08, 2024

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Hello Cancelers!
It feels like Taylor Swift is everywhere this year. She just broke a record at last weekend's Grammy's and this weekend we're likely to see numerous camera shots of her at the Super Bowl as her boyfriend Travis Kelce takes the field. Katelyn spoke with independent journalist Frankie de la Cretaz about everything Taylor, from the relationship, to Gaylors, and the roots of the weird right wing conspiracy theories that have popped up around her.
Show links:
Cosmo: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a44903791/taylor-swift-queer-theories-camp-gaylore/

NYT Gaylor piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/opinion/taylor-swift-queer.html

NYT article how Travis Kelce got famous https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/02/style/travis-kelce-managers-agent.html

Beckham documentary https://www.netflix.com/title/81223488

WaPo concussion report https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/the-broken-promises-of-the-nfls-concussion-settlement/

Cosmo bachelorette party piece https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a57490/almost-no-one-came-to-my-bridal-shower/

Frankie substack https://thefrankiedlc.substack.com/

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Canceling Hate Speech on Social Media (ft. GLAAD's Leanna Garfield) Jan 25, 2024

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Hey Cancelers!
This week Katelyn sits down for a discussion with Leanna Garfield, Social Media Safety Program Manager at GLAAD, about how social media companies like Meta and Twitter are profiting from encouraging hate speech online. LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD has been at the forefront of lobbying these companies to take steps towards cracking down on those who spread hate against queer and trans people online.
Links:
2023 GLAAD Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) & Platform Scorecard Support Cancel Me, Daddy on Patreon

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Canceling a new type of wife guy (Bill Ackman) Jan 11, 2024

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Over the last several months a concentrated media campaign to oust the president of Harvard, Claudine Gay, found success. But in the last several weeks, one of its primary figureheads, Bill Ackman, has come into focus on social media.
Returning guest Parker Molloy joins us to break it all down and get into some of the underlying power dynamics behind the controversy.

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Links:

Bill Ackman's celebrity academic wife Neri Oxman's dissertation is marred by plagiarism - Business Insider
Ackman Escalates Attack On Business Insider—And Musk Eggs Him On - Forbes

Google search of New York Times Harvard President articles - Google
Bill Ackman addresses wife Neri Oxman’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Brad Pitt - New York Post (sorry for Murdoch-posting)
Parker Molloy links: The Present Age, Social Media links

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Canceling James Somerton (ft. Michael Hobbes) Dec 14, 2023

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Last week, an hbomberguy YouTube video about plagiarism swept across social media and Katelyn found herself right in the middle of the discourse. This week we welcome back guest Michael Hobbes (If Books Could Kill, Maintenance Phase, formerly You're Wrong About) to talk about YouTuber and plagiarist James Somerton's plagiarism and the larger systemic issues that enabled it all.

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Citations:Plagiarism and You(Tube) - hbomberguy video

I Fact-Checked The Worst Video Essayist On YouTube - Todd in the Shadows video

J.K. Rowling’s transphobia is a product of British culture - Katelyn's article that was plagiarized by Somerton

(All James Somerton videos have been taken down from his channel)

Reddit post documenting the plagiarism of the Vox article

Michael Hobbes links:

If Books Could Kill podcast, Maintenance Phase podcast

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