This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss an attempted racial reckoning at the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Juneteenth show. Plus, a betrayal in the lesbian community, and shipping fake gays. Gov. Youngkin calls out Fairfax County's Steve Descano for not prosecuting VA sex offenderWho is JoJo Siwa and why is she so controversial? The ‘Karma’… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jeffrey Ngo is from Hong Kong. He used to talk about politics all of the time with his friends in group chats and on social media, from casually sending memes, to planning protests. What happens to online speech when you're unsure how much the government is monitoring your speech, and what the repurcussions will be if they don't like it? Show notes: PROFILE: For Jeffrey Ngo, The Fight For Hong Kong is Far From Over (The Hoya) Social Media and the Hong Kong Protests (The New Yorker) Hong Kong protesters join hands in 30-mile human chain (The Guardian) Hong Kong national security law: What is it and is it worrying? (BBC) Credits: This episode was produced by Grace Tatter. It was co-hosted by Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski.

It's our last episode of the year and we bring the chaos as we try to catch up on everything we couldn't talk about during the SAG strike and immediately get derailed. We gush over TV shows, learn some bug facts, and go full tang. Follow us on Tumblr  at dashboarddiaries.tumblr.com to see the posts we talk about on this episode or email us at dashboarddiariespod@gmail.com! Dashboard Diaries is a production of Atypical Artists, hosted by Lauren Shippen and Cher McAnelly. Our theme was composed by Lauren Shippen and mixed by Brandon Grugle. Art by Shae McMullin. Transcription (which can be found on our Tumblr) by Laudable.

In advance of the premiere of her new AI fueled gesamtkunstwerk “Gorgon”, the artist Marianna Simnett joins us to dive into mythology, mimicry and the saga of convincing tools to do what you want them to!“Gorgon” (commissioned by LAS) will take place at HAU Berlin from the 13-17th Septemberhttps://www.las-art.foundation/programme/gorgonFollow Marianna Simnett: https://www.instagram.com/mariannasimnett/Collect OGRESS on Foundation: https://foundation.app/collection/ogress 

Remember when Kim Kardashian invented butts? Paper Magazine sure would like us to. When they released their scintillating cover issue of Kim K in a sequinned dress, balancing a champagne glass on her formidable silicone buttocks, Paper Mag declared: “Break the Internet Kim Kardashian” And break it she did. In this episode, Hannah and Maia trace Kim Kardashian’s transformation from trashy reality star to fashionista de jour. Since the Paper cover, and with the help of Kanye West, Kim’s body has become the subject of a twisted performance art. But it’s also generated controversy - creating unhealthy trends, grifting from the natural features of Black women, and now disappearing into what we everyone has deemed a “skinny renaissance”. Digression includes: Maia getting riled up about Timothée and Kylie’s fabled romantic union.  SOURCES Joe Zee, “In Defense of Kim Kardashian and the Editors of Paper Magazine and Why This Cover Makes Sense” (12/11/14), Yahoo “https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/i-sit-down-with-mickey-boardman-the-editorial-102481711218.html”  Jake Hall, “exploring the complicated relationship between jean-paul goude and grace jones”, (21/04/16) i-D https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/d3v9k7/exploring-the-complicated-relationship-between-jean-paul-goude-and-grace-jones  David Hershkovits, “How Kim KArdashian broke the Internet with her butt” (17/12/14), The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/17/kim-kardashian-butt-break-the-internet-paper-magazine  Blue Telusma “Kim Kardashian doesn’t realize she’s the butt of an old racial joke” (12/11/14), the grio https://thegrio.com/2014/11/12/kim-kardashian-butt/  Justin Parkinson, “The Significance of Sarah Baartman” (07/01/16), BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35240987  Janell Hobson, “Remnants of Venus: Signifying Black Beauty and Sexuality” (2018), Women’s studies Quarterly, The Feminist Press https://www.jstor.org/stable/26421165?read-now=1&seq=3#page_scan_tab_contents  Nolan Feeney, “Anna Wintour Implies Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are not ‘Deeply Tasteful’”. (19/11/14) https://time.com/3595368/anna-wintour-kim-kardashian-kanye-west-vogue-cover/  Cleo Gould, “From silicone implants and fat transfers to bubble butts and a high mortality rate, we investigate whether the BBL is the most dangerous cosmetic surgery of all” (2019), Dazed https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/46497/1/brazilian-butt-lift-plastic-surgery-kim-kardashian-west-cardi-b-jennifer-lopez#:~:text=Buttock%20augmentation%20actually%20dates%20back,of%20innovations%20in%20its%20field.  Rachel Tashjian, “How Jennifer Lopez’s Versace Dress Created Google Images” (2019), GQ.  https://www.gq.com/story/jennifer-lopez-versace-google-images  John Ortved, “Paper Magazine, The Oral History: ‘They Were Wide Open’ (2023), The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/style/paper-magazine-history.html  Eric Wilson, “Kim Kardashian Inc.” (17/11/2010), The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/fashion/18KIM.html?searchResultPosition=4  Natasha Singer, “The democratization of plastic surgery” (2007), The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/business/worldbusiness/17iht-surgery.4.7159164.html?searchResultPosition=11.  Harper Franklin “1810-1819” (18/08/2020) Fashion History Timeline, Fashion Institute of Technology. https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1810-1819/  Grace O’Neill, “How Kimye Changed Fashion Forever”, Grazia Magazine. https://graziamagazine.com/articles/how-kimye-changed-fashion-forever/  Rebecca Jennings, “The $5,000 quest for the perfect butt”, 2021, Vox. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22598377/bbl-brazilian-butt-lift-miami-cost-tiktok  Cady Lang, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians Is Ending. But Their Exploitation of Black Women’s Aesthetics Continues”, (10/06/21), Time. https://time.com/6072750/kardashians-blackfishing-appropriation/  Kylie Gilbert, “Backing Away from BBLs” (11/08/22), InStyle https://www.instyle.com/lifestyle/bbl-reversal-trend 

This was a long time coming but could not be more perfect timing. Jordan shares a decade plus long timeline of Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, and Hailey Bieber (nee Baldwin) and their messy love triangle and drama. 

On today’s show, Candice Lim is joined by Slate producer Cheyna Roth to dissect the recent troubling events that happened on Below Deck: Down Under. Two crew members were fired after separate filmed incidents of sexual harassment and misconduct, and viewers have been praising several cast members for stepping up and doing the right thing. The underappreciated spinoff is now being heralded as the sea of change this outdated and repeatedly toxic franchise needs. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is definitely legal advice (but not from Iz). Taco Bell is getting sued, MrBeast is suing (and then also being sued), and we're mostly just here to talk about why Amanda has never had a Crunchwrap Supreme. Also: Love is Blind, Tiktok designer feuds, and the Jonas Brothers' second act as venture capitalists.

Welcome to our 4th installment of Digital Folklore Unplugged. These unplugged episodes are all about stripping away the fancy production elements so that we can give you access to raw (or slightly edited) interviews with folklore experts. Today’s guest is Chelsey Weber-Smith. Chelsey is the creator and host of American Hysteria, a show that probes the depths of our collective anxieties, our shared stories, our cultural myths and legends, and even those mass panics that occasionally sweep through the nation. American Hysteria is not just a podcast, it's a journey into the heart of American culture… into the intricacies of our shared psyche. Every episode pushes us to question and reconsider the narratives we have been fed, the myths we've been told, and the truths we think we hold dear.  Chelsey peels back the layers of our society to expose its underbelly, revealing the impact of the stories we tell ourselves. Ok, let’s get unplugged… Guest: Chelsey Weber-Smith (Twitter) (Website) Relevant Books (Amazon Associate Links) America the Fearful: Media and the Marketing of National Panics, by Ben Radford Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance, by Erich Goode & Nachman Ben Yahuda Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The creation of the Mods and Rockers (Routledge Classics), by Stanley Cohen The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends, by Jan Harold Brunvand  Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, by Jan Harold Brunvand  🗣 Join our Discord community 💁‍♀️ Support us on Patreon 🕸 Sign-up for our newsletter, check our our merch, and learn more about the show at digitalfolklore.fm. 📚 Check our book list for some great folklore-related books Find us on the socials: Twitter: @digiFolklorePod Facebook: DigitalFolklorePod Instagram: DigitalFolklorePod TikTok: digitalfolklore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The season finale is here! Whether or not you agree with Kourtney that season three has been exhausting; MJ and Marie are here to guide us through the highs, lows, and media theory hot takes of the final episode. Catch up with the rest of our brand new podcast series if you missed it! We've teamed up with the genius behind Kardashian Kolloquium, MJ Corey, and her sister Marie, to breakdown the new season of The Kardashians episode by episode.We've also introduced a new membership tier for fans of the pod. Support the podcast here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.