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The Dangers of Self-Deprecation; & A Deep-Dive Into ‘Nanette’ Jul 04, 2018

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It’s the week that England broke their penalty curse; Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne broke up; Roman Polanski (yup, he who is wanted for statutory rape) sat FROW at Miu Miu; and let’s not forget! There’s a bumper session of Ask The High Low. We resisted doing it in Joan and Jericha’s voices - but it was hard.

We’ve never had something recommended so much to The High Low - via email; Twitter; Instagram DM - as much as we had ‘Nanette’ a stand-up show performed by Australian comic, Hannah Gadsby. A surprise Netflix hit, loved by everyone from Roxane Gay to Monica Lewinsky, Hannah Gadsby has produced a piece of comedy so hilarious, so original, so shocking and so devastating - it’ll have you thinking about it, like we are, for weeks to come. We talk about why this show has everyone talking and discuss why self-deprecation is so dangerous for women; why punchlines don’t tell true stories; and why artists (even Van Gogh) are not mad geniuses - but just humans, who need connections. Hannah says that ‘Nanette’ is her last piece of stand-up - and that she wants to quit comedy, so that she doesn’t spread her anger. We hope she doesn’t quit comedy: we hope she changes the genre forever.

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Links:

Nanette by Hannah Gadsby on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/watch/80233611?trackId=14277281&tctx=0%2C0%2C4c07843d-89e8-403a-a3c7-b1d861a56f0d-39237366%2C%2C

Nanette Is Not Just A Queer Woman's Story - It's A Revolution by Zoe Beaty: https://www.the-pool.com/arts-culture/tv/2018/26/zoe-beaty-on-hannah-gadsby-nanette-on-netflix

Why I’m Done With The Mental Health Conversation, by Hannah Jane Parkinson for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/30/nothing-like-broken-leg-mental-health-conversation

Caitlin Moran interviewed by Alastair Campbell for the August 2018 issue of GQ magazine - on sale now

Adam Kay interviewed by Emma Gannon for Ctrl Alt Delete podcast https://www.emmagannon.co.uk/2018/06/22/ctrl-alt-delete-podcast-135-adam-kay/

Zadie Smith on The Touré Show: https://art19.com/shows/toure-show/episodes/e6dbe4c7-c2ad-4342-b120-bd666ab2eef6

Geography by Tom Misch https://www.amazon.co.uk/Geography-Tom-Misch/dp/B0774WX37X

The Durrels on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80989475

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Fame, Fortune and Phone Sex, with Actor and Memoirist, Gabourey Sidibe Jun 28, 2018

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In today's episode, we discuss that jacket worn by Melania Trump whilst visiting an immigrant children's camp in Texas; Lionel Shriver's follow-up to her anti-diversity rant; Johnny Depp's bonkers Rolling Stone interview; Dolly's new favourite podcast Dear Joan and Jericha; and why mindfulness should be less about emptying your mind - than filling it.

Also today, we host the Oscar-nominated actor, producer and now memoirist, Gabourey Sidibe. Her book, This Is Just My Face, Try Not To Stare is a hilarious and brutally honest account of her life, from working as a phone-sex operator, to herbreakout role in Precious, via fat-shaming in Hollywood.

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Links

This Is Just My Face, Try Not To Stare, by Gabourey Sidibe

https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Just-My-Face-Stare/dp/1784708445/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530130400&sr=1-1&keywords=gabourey+sidibe

The Economist Radio

http://radio.economist.com/

On mindFULLness over mindfullness, by Laura Freeman for The Times

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/this-meditation-mania-makes-me-anxious-l6fggsm9p

The Pisces, by Melissa Broder

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pisces-Melissa-Broder/dp/1408890984/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530130384&sr=8-1&keywords=the+pisces+melissa+broder

Are plus-size clothes really making us put on weight? By Victoria Moss for The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/news/plus-size-clothes-really-making-us-put-weight-simply-alternative/

The diversity trap, by Lionel Shriver for The Spectator

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/06/the-diversity-trap/

On The (Nearly Lethal) Comforts Of A Luxury Cruise by David Foster Wallace: https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf

Dear Joan and Jericha: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/dear-joan-and-jericha-julia-davis-and-vicki-pepperdine/id1376577916?mt=2

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Clemmie Hooper on Misogyny on Social Media; & The World Cup Jun 21, 2018

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We speak to Clemmie Hooper - aka the midwife and influencer Mother of Daughters, who recently suspended her Instagram account after the trolling got too much - about why men and women are not equal in the eyes of social media. Why doesn’t her husband, Simon (aka Father of Daughters), who exists in exactly the same family and has twice the amount of followers, get nearly so much abuse? We talk misogyny and mothering; why women aren’t allowed to be financially successful in the same way men are; and why the best thing to do is to just rise above.

Also today, we make Producer Charlie’s week, and discuss The World Cup - High Low style.

For anyone experiencing domestic abuse or if you know of someone who is and want to help them, please call The National Domestic Violence Helpline on 0808 2000 247.

Links

Mothers, an Essay on Love and Cruelty by Jacqueline Rosehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Mothers-Essay-Cruelty-Jacqueline-Rose/dp/0571331432/ref=nodl_

Marc Maron interview by Hadley Freeman for The Guardian https://theguardian.com/culture/2018/jun/16/marc-maron-im-familiar-with-coke-anger-bullying-selfishness

What I Owe The NHS, by Mark Haddon and others for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/16/forever-grateful-what-i-owe-nhs-nadiya-hussain-clive-james

West Cork on Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/ep/title?asin=B079M4J86L&source_code=M2M30DFT1BkSH101514006U

Susan Calman's Mrs Brightside: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0683q6p

Unpopped with Hayley Campbell: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05wxg9q

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The Curious Tale of Anna Delvey & Love Island’s Body Problem Jun 10, 2018

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It’s a live podcast brought to you from the Möet & Chandon Summer House, in London! This week we are discussing the story gone viral, of party-girl-fraud, Anna Delvey. Are we living through the golden age of scamming?

Also today, Love Island and it’s golden homogenised beauty types. Do producers of structured reality shows owe us a more realistic body type; or should we expect nothing less from a show which is a platform for Instagram influencers-in-waiting? BooHooMan awaits.

Links

Dietland, on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07DDHFPWG

How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People, by Jessica Presser for New York Magazine https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html

The Fiends and the Folk Heroes in Grifter Season, by Jia Tolentino for The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-fiends-and-the-folk-heroes-of-grifter-season/amp

Scammers: They’re Just Like Us, by Tom Gara for Buzzfeed

https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/tomgara/anna-delvey-scammers-theyre-just-like-us

Bonjour Tristesse, by Francoise Sagan https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bonjour-tristesse-Francoise-Sagan/dp/2266195581/ref=nodl_

Moi Non Plus, on BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b42wwt moi non plus on BBC iplayer

Sex And The City’s Lesser Known Icons, by Caroline O’Donoghue for The Pool

https://www.the-pool.com/arts-culture/tv/2018/23/Caroline-O-Donoghue-on-lesser-known-icons-of-Sex-and-the-City

A History of Sex And The City’s “Splat” Episode, via Vulture http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/sex-and-the-city-oral-history-splat-episode.html

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Greer’s Fall From Grace; Issa Rae on Kanye; & SATC's 20 Yr Anniversary Jun 07, 2018

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Domestic is Not A Dirty Word: An Author Special With The Great American Novelist, Meg Wolitzer May 30, 2018

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It’s National Biscuit Day! One of (but not the only) favourite days in Dolly’s calendar. We discuss the huge response to our segment on Ireland’s abortion referendum (they repealed!) and issue some vital corrections; natter about why we’re in the golden age of telly; and debate whether a role model - specifically, footballer Raheem Sterling and his gun tattoo - has to reflect societal concerns.

Also today, we host one of our favourite authors Meg Wolitzer, whose novel, The Female Persuasion, makes a timely landing in a post-MeToo age. We discuss inter-generational feminism, female friendship and idolatry and why the ‘domestic novel’ is as important as a grand polemic.

Links

Atlanta, on BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3q4bk

Hard Knock Wife, by Ali Wong on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80186940

A Very English Scandal on BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b5b3z4/a-very-english-scandal-series-1-episode-2

Hadley Freeman on Hugh Grant for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/26/renaissance-hugh-grant-freed-romcom-hell

Chrissy Iley interviews Patti Smith for The Sunday Times Magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/patti-smith-interview-the-return-of-the-punk-priestess-58s05xq00

Diana Tourjee interviews Caitlyn Jenner for Broadly https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/wjb8nb/caitlyn-jenners-quest-for-acceptance

Decca Aitkenhead interviews Chelsea Clinton for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/26/chelsea-clinton-vitriol-flung-at-me

Tad Friend interviews Donald Glover for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/donald-glover-cant-save-you

Nobody Cares by Anne T. Donahue: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nobody-Cares-Anne-T-Donahue/dp/1770414231

Patrick Melrose on Now TV: https://www.nowtv.com/watch-patrick-melrose/6ed3e8a5a9b23610VgnVCM1000000b43150a____

BBC Radio 4's Soul Music: Strange Fruit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03jb1w1

BBC Radio 4's Soul Music: Hallelujah: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05mbc0p

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Ireland’s abortion referendum; and a deep-dive into the royal wedding May 23, 2018

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A Live Episode with Google on Georgina Chapman’s Interview About Ex-Husband, Harvey Weinstein; & Cannes Selfie Ban May 14, 2018

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It’s another live episode, recorded at The Old Selfridges Hotel in collaboration with Google Pixel 2. Dolly’s hungover, Pandora’s no longer pregnant - so some things have changed since our last live episode; but some things have stayed the same.

We discuss Georgina Chapman’s first ever interview about her ex-husband Harvey Weinstein in US Vogue, 5 months after allegations broke, triggering MeToo. Was this the right outlet for fashion designer Georgina, to give this interview? Is it a PR move? Did she know? And most importantly: why are innocent women seen as the accomplice of guilty men?

In lighter news, we also discuss the Cannes Film Festival’s selfie ban and why you cannot stall a content creator.

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Links

Georgina Chapman on Life After Harvey Weinstein, by Jonathan Van Meter for US Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/georgina-chapman-life-after-harvey-weinstein

Who Is Anna Winter Asking Us to Forgive, In Her Editor’s Letter? By Stella Bugbee for The Cut https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/anna-wintour-asks-us-to-forgive-in-her-editors-letter.html

The Defiant Ones, on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80214552

The Break Up Episode, by Guys We Fucked podcast https://soundcloud.com/guyswefucked/gwf-breakup-episode-final

Hey Ladies, by Call Your Girlfriend podcast http://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/episodes/#/hey-ladies/

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The Rachel Divide; & Dissecting The Met Gala May 09, 2018

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It’s a week of controversy: Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who says she’s black, is back in the public eye thanks to a Netflix documentary, The Rachel Divide. What trauma led to her fraudulent ‘transracial’ identity? And why does Rachel refuse to back down? We called up gal-dem deputy editor and Guardian writer Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff to discuss the documentary - and whether or not Netflix were right to air it.

Also on today’s agenda: the glitzy annual Met Gala and it’s ‘Catholic’ theme, courtesy of Andrew Bolton’s ‘Heavenly Bodies’ exhibition. From Rihanna’s papal mitre to Lena Waithe’s politically charged rainbow cape, via Jared Leto dressed as Jesus (God complex, much?) the dress code might have been crassly interpreted and as camp as Christmas, but does that make it offensive? We run the full gamut of opinions.

Last thing - the Chuckle Brothers have not fallen out. We repeat: rumours of a feud are false.

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Links

The Rachel Divide review by Doreen St Felix for The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-rachel-divide-review-a-disturbing-portrait-of-dolezals-racial-fraudulence

The Rachel Divide on Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/title/80149821

Does Anyone Have The Right To Sex? By Amia Srinivasan, for The London Review of Books

https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n06/amia-srinivasan/does-anyone-have-the-right-to-sex

Sean Penn interview, by Emma Brockes for The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/05/sean-penn-some-of-my-best-laughs-have-come-out-of-the-worst-reviews

You Think It, I’ll Say It, short stories by Curtis Sittenfeld

https://www.amazon.co.uk/You-Think-Ill-Say-Stories/dp/052552777X/ref=nodl_

Patrick Melrose, starts on Sunday on Sky Atlantic

How The Met Gala Guests Tackled “The Heavenly Bodies” Theme, by Osman Ahmed for Vogue.co.uk

http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/how-met-gala-guests-tackled-heavenly-bodies-them

Radio 4 Soul Music on God Only Knows

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01jsk

Abi Morgan’s Desert Island Discs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01jsk

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Kanye’s Basic Tweets; and an Author Special with Trans Activist and Writer, Juno Dawson May 02, 2018

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Amber Rudd’s resignation; Mary Beard’s sparkly sneaks; Kanye’s ‘basic Plato’ tweets - oh and the news that beer goggles really DO exist. Yup, it’s just another week at The High Low.

This week sees the return of the author special, with trans activist and YA author, Juno Dawson, whose 14th book about a teenage heroin addict, Clean, had us both hooked. We discuss addiction, privilege, teenhood and trans issues with Juno, whilst her miniature chihuahua Prince, looked on.

Links

Milk & Honey, by Rupi Kaur https://www.amazon.co.uk/Milk-Honey-Rupi-Kaur/dp/144947425X

Clean, by Juno Dawson https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clean-Juno-Dawson/dp/1786540363/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525277433&sr=1-1&keywords=clean+juno+dawson

The Comments on my Selfies Are Different Now I’m a Mom, by Leandra Medine for ManRepeller https://www.manrepeller.com/2018/04/why-i-take-selfies.html

I Am The One Woman Who Has it All, by Kimberley Harrington for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/i-am-the-one-woman-who-has-it-all

Breasts Unbound, an Audible podcast series hosted by Florence Williams https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/breasts-unbound/id1314135350?mt=2

What Do Your Boobs Mean To You, by Pandora [yes, the same one!] http://www.pandorasykes.com/what-do-your-boobs-mean-to-you/

Wild Wild Country, on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80145240

Stephen: The Murder That Changed a Nation on BBC iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b09dss/ad/stephen-the-murder-that-changed-a-nation-series-1-1-the-loss-of-joy

Soul Music on BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008mj7p

BOOK a ticket to Consent Matters: millennial voices changing the narrative, on 14th May https://www.facebook.com/events/1581406098643539/)

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