AI: The New Scarlet Letter

Two-Cent Nation: The Voices We’d Like to Mute

Everyone’s got a take — and Chris and Des are tired of hearing most of them. This week they unpack “Two Cent Nation”: the online archetypes who mistake a platform for expertise, from performative allies and Dunning-Kruger clowns to grifters, lane jumpers, and smugsters. A lighter, funnier episode (after an honest open on Pride and trans rights) with a sharp takeaway: give your attention only to voices that earn it. ==================== Subscribe, watch and listen to I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Podcast ==================== 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod [https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod] 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928] 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9 [https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9] ==================== Sponsored by Bearing 287 https://www.bearing287.com/ [https://www.bearing287.com/] https://substack.com/@chrisabevolo [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1Y1S0d1UDBqUXlKQ0ZRUXZTaU9PWEZIWVVmd3xBQ3Jtc0ttMm9aXzlUa2ZUY3U3cXllOHlueHFJWDlOMUhOVU15WFpTay1VNGVKWmdiQkp6eTRYY3hrZUlpazA5RFhUcHJhTmR0ZGkwSjBqRHVjdnh1Mjd2a3c3SGFQV0FzOGp0Z2hEcHRUNnZDMkgwR190cFpWVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2F%40chrisabevolo&v=TpWlZIZ_pKI]  ==================== #BeHerePod #NotEvenSupposedToBeHere #CulturalCommentary Timestamps: 0:00 — Pride Month 9:00 — What is “Two Cent Nation”? 15:00 — Performative Allyship (Des) 23:00 — The Clown / Dunning-Kruger (Chris) 30:00 — Influencers & Grifters (Des) 39:00 — The Lane Jumper (Chris) 54:00 — Commenters Who Don’t Read (Des) 58:00 — The Smugster (Chris) 1:07:00 — Bonus + what to actually do about it Resources and references: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZwnAOO5w2I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZwnAOO5w2I] (aaron rodgers) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYLEnvWSHUn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYLEnvWSHUn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==]  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYAeWKLKRZS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYAeWKLKRZS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect]  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/124014672.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppsthttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/124014672.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/124014672.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppsthttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/124014672.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst]  https://x.com/JasonJournoDC/status/2034611946700320787?s=20 [https://x.com/JasonJournoDC/status/2034611946700320787?s=20]  https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/01/us/white-liberals-hypocrisy-race-blake [https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/01/us/white-liberals-hypocrisy-race-blake]  https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody [https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody]  https://www.profgalloway.com/the-cult-of-therapy/ [https://www.profgalloway.com/the-cult-of-therapy/]  https://www.campaignasia.com/article/scott-galloway-claims-diversity-initiatives-lead-to-reverse-racism/n4sw4eqfff0snatr0xzrwbaitv [https://www.campaignasia.com/article/scott-galloway-claims-diversity-initiatives-lead-to-reverse-racism/n4sw4eqfff0snatr0xzrwbaitv]  https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/alcohol-health-risks-harms-socialize-benefits-loneliness-rcna254110 [https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/alcohol-health-risks-harms-socialize-benefits-loneliness-rcna254110]  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/03/scott-galloway-masculinity-crisis-notes-on-being-a-man [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/03/scott-galloway-masculinity-crisis-notes-on-being-a-man]  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/opinion/younger-men-dating-older-women.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/opinion/younger-men-dating-older-women.html]  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/13/women-home-buyers-men-dating [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/13/women-home-buyers-men-dating]  https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYvU5evMr3m/ [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYvU5evMr3m/] (mark andreessen) https://www.tiktok.com/@meredithmlynch/video/7549212823226682637 [https://www.tiktok.com/@meredithmlynch/video/7549212823226682637]  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-trump-column-read.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-trump-column-read.html]  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.html]  https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-ezra-klein-tanehisi-coates [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-ezra-klein-tanehisi-coates]  https://www.foxnews.com/media/ny-times-columnist-defends-belief-charlie-kirk-practiced-politics-the-right-way-after-liberal-backlash [https://www.foxnews.com/media/ny-times-columnist-defends-belief-charlie-kirk-practiced-politics-the-right-way-after-liberal-backlash]  Produced by Julia Bevolo

AI: The New Scarlet Letter

A week ago, hating AI was a niche opinion. Now it’s the mood of the room — booed commencement speakers, data-center protests, even the Pope. Chris and Des name the new stigma, break down the four reasons the backlash blew up, and draw the Cold War parallels — all while admitting they both use AI and feel conflicted about it. Honest, funny, and a little dystopian. Is AI the new Scarlet Letter? ==================== Subscribe, watch and listen to I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Podcast ==================== 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod [https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod] 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928] 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9 [https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9] ==================== Sponsored by Bearing 287 https://www.bearing287.com/ [https://www.bearing287.com/] https://substack.com/@chrisabevolo [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1Y1S0d1UDBqUXlKQ0ZRUXZTaU9PWEZIWVVmd3xBQ3Jtc0ttMm9aXzlUa2ZUY3U3cXllOHlueHFJWDlOMUhOVU15WFpTay1VNGVKWmdiQkp6eTRYY3hrZUlpazA5RFhUcHJhTmR0ZGkwSjBqRHVjdnh1Mjd2a3c3SGFQV0FzOGp0Z2hEcHRUNnZDMkgwR190cFpWVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2F%40chrisabevolo&v=TpWlZIZ_pKI]  ==================== #BeHerePod #NotEvenSupposedToBeHere #CulturalCommentary Timestamps: 0:00 — Cold open 2:30 — Hot take: does an audiobook count as reading? 7:30 — The “Scarlet AI” and why the backlash exploded 17:30 — Reason 1: Job displacement 37:00 — Reason 2: The environment 42:30 — Reason 3: Data centers (and Kevin O’Leary’s Utah problem) 46:00 — Reason 4: The men leading AI 56:00 — Where does this go? Nuclear, the Cold War, and unions 1:09:00 — The capitalist endgame 1:15:30 — Wrap: “Womp Womp” Resources:  Kevin O’Leary goes after Utah protesters: https://x.com/kevinolearytv/status/2051667709574733826?s=20 [https://x.com/kevinolearytv/status/2051667709574733826?s=20] ; https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/box-elder-county/utah-data-center-investor-kevin-oleary-accuses-opposition-groups-of-being-funded-by-china [https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/box-elder-county/utah-data-center-investor-kevin-oleary-accuses-opposition-groups-of-being-funded-by-china]  Two women fight back against O’Leary: https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-259135278 [https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-259135278]  Critical Thinking In the Age of AI: https://criticalthinkingintheageofai.com/ [https://criticalthinkingintheageofai.com/] ; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-thinking-in-the-age-of-ai/id1865503703 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-thinking-in-the-age-of-ai/id1865503703]  Marc Andreessen on Joe Rogan Clip: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYvU5evMr3m/ [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYvU5evMr3m/]  https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist [https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist]  https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-american-rebellion-against-ai-is-gaining-steam-94b72529 [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-american-rebellion-against-ai-is-gaining-steam-94b72529]  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/25/pope-says-ai-must-be-disarmed-to-prevent-domination-exclusion-and-death [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/25/pope-says-ai-must-be-disarmed-to-prevent-domination-exclusion-and-death]  https://www.axios.com/2026/05/17/ai-backlash-polling-sentiment [https://www.axios.com/2026/05/17/ai-backlash-polling-sentiment]  https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/hating-ai-is-good-actually [https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/hating-ai-is-good-actually]  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/style/gen-z-ai-gallup-study.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/style/gen-z-ai-gallup-study.html]  https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-american-rebellion-against-ai-is-gaining-steam-94b72529 [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-american-rebellion-against-ai-is-gaining-steam-94b72529]  https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/ai-giving-rise-wild-range-152928957.html [https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/ai-giving-rise-wild-range-152928957.html]  https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence/687151/ [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence/687151/]  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash]  https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx [https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx]  https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-259135278?r=lqfh9&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action [https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-259135278?r=lqfh9&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action]  https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/utah-data-center-mr-wonderful-kevin-oleary-1235564105/ [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/utah-data-center-mr-wonderful-kevin-oleary-1235564105/]  Produced by Julia Bevolo

The Kids Are Not Alright: Tokyo Drift

In the ‘youth in crises’ finale, Chris and Des hand the mic to two Gen-Zers — Julia Bevolo and Jayden Torres — and ask what it’s actually been like from March 2020 forward. COVID-disrupted college, Snapchat at 12, the looksmaxxing rabbit hole, $20 movie tickets, the lazy/entitled label, Scott Galloway’s drinking advice, and — against the odds — a closing argument for hope. Group therapy disguised as cultural commentary. Subscribe for new episodes weekly.  ==================== Subscribe, watch and listen to I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Podcast ==================== 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod [https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod] 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928] 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9 [https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9] ==================== Sponsored by Bearing 287 https://www.bearing287.com/ [https://www.bearing287.com/] https://substack.com/@chrisabevolo [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1Y1S0d1UDBqUXlKQ0ZRUXZTaU9PWEZIWVVmd3xBQ3Jtc0ttMm9aXzlUa2ZUY3U3cXllOHlueHFJWDlOMUhOVU15WFpTay1VNGVKWmdiQkp6eTRYY3hrZUlpazA5RFhUcHJhTmR0ZGkwSjBqRHVjdnh1Mjd2a3c3SGFQV0FzOGp0Z2hEcHRUNnZDMkgwR190cFpWVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2F%40chrisabevolo&v=TpWlZIZ_pKI]  ==================== Check out Jayden on spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YfwUW5w7MOErVEh0yhhRl?si=KvxwVuAJRAy3n1sLFm-SVwht [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YfwUW5w7MOErVEh0yhhRl?si=KvxwVuAJRAy3n1sLFm-SVwhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/6YfwUW5w7MOErVEh0yhhRl?si=KvxwVuAJRAy3n1sLFm-SVw] #BeHerePod #NotEvenSupposedToBeHere #CulturalCommentary Timestamps: 0:00 — Open 3:00 — Icebreaker: making music in Ableton, ’90s alt rock, Cities 97 deep cuts 13:00 — What shaped Gen Z: Snapchat at 12, Kik, TikTok 17:00 — Twitch, streamers, side-hustle culture 22:00 — COVID: dropping out, going chronically online 26:00 — Scott Galloway, drinking, and “you should go out more” 30:00 — Run clubs and the sober social shift 33:00 — Looksmaxing, hunter eyes, and bone-breaking 38:00 — Body image, GLP-1s, and the body-positivity backslide 44:00 — Male friendship, the male gaze, and St. Louis DTF 47:00 — The labels: chronically online, lazy/entitled, snowflake, doomer 53:00 — Nihilism vs. realism 56:00 — David Hogg, Mamdani, and the case for hope Sources: https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-experiencing-major-drop-life-satisfaction-2119029 [https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-experiencing-major-drop-life-satisfaction-2119029] https://globescan.com/2025/05/21/insight-of-the-week-gen-z-climate-impact/ [https://globescan.com/2025/05/21/insight-of-the-week-gen-z-climate-impact/] https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2021/05/26/gen-z-millennials-stand-out-for-climate-change-activism-social-media-engagement-with-issue/ [https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2021/05/26/gen-z-millennials-stand-out-for-climate-change-activism-social-media-engagement-with-issue/] https://www.unicef.org/partnerships/mental-health-study-shows-gen-z-overwhelmed-undeterred-unrelenting-global-crises [https://www.unicef.org/partnerships/mental-health-study-shows-gen-z-overwhelmed-undeterred-unrelenting-global-crises] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/college-graduates-are-struggling-to-find-jobs-ai-is-partly-to-blame.html [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/college-graduates-are-struggling-to-find-jobs-ai-is-partly-to-blame.html] https://www.harmonyhit.com/state-of-gen-z-mental-health/ [https://www.harmonyhit.com/state-of-gen-z-mental-health/] https://www.rtor.org/2025/01/27/breaking-down-gen-zs-mental-health-crisis-why-depression-rates-are-higher-than-ever/ [https://www.rtor.org/2025/01/27/breaking-down-gen-zs-mental-health-crisis-why-depression-rates-are-higher-than-ever/] https://www.gwi.com/blog/gen-z-loneliness [https://www.gwi.com/blog/gen-z-loneliness] https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/camh.12747 [https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/camh.12747] https://georgetownvoice.com/2025/11/04/adolescence-warns-us-of-the-manospheres-dangerous-accessibility [https://georgetownvoice.com/2025/11/04/adolescence-warns-us-of-the-manospheres-dangerous-accessibility] https://lens.monash.edu/recommending-the-manosphere-how-algorithms-amplify-antifeminist-masculinities/ [https://lens.monash.edu/recommending-the-manosphere-how-algorithms-amplify-antifeminist-masculinities/] https://buildersmovement.org/2025/10/17/the-dangerous-mindset-spreading-across-america-cultural-nihilism-among-gen-z/ [https://buildersmovement.org/2025/10/17/the-dangerous-mindset-spreading-across-america-cultural-nihilism-among-gen-z/] https://buildersmovement.org/2025/10/17/the-dangerous-mindset-spreading-across-america-cultural-nihilism-among-gen-z/ [https://buildersmovement.org/2025/10/17/the-dangerous-mindset-spreading-across-america-cultural-nihilism-among-gen-z/] https://fortune.com/2026/01/30/gen-z-believes-ai-making-colleagues-dumb-and-lazy-critical-thinking-wharton-led-survey/ [https://fortune.com/2026/01/30/gen-z-believes-ai-making-colleagues-dumb-and-lazy-critical-thinking-wharton-led-survey/] https://feminist.org/news/new-data-shows-the-growing-political-divide-between-gen-z-men-and-women/ [https://feminist.org/news/new-data-shows-the-growing-political-divide-between-gen-z-men-and-women/] https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/economic-commentary/2025/ec-202514-are-young-college-graduates-losing-their-edge-in-the-job-market [https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/economic-commentary/2025/ec-202514-are-young-college-graduates-losing-their-edge-in-the-job-market] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/college-graduates-are-struggling-to-find-jobs-ai-is-partly-to-blame.html [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/college-graduates-are-struggling-to-find-jobs-ai-is-partly-to-blame.html]https://www.redfin.com/news/homeownership-rate-by-generation-2025/ [https://www.redfin.com/news/homeownership-rate-by-generation-2025/] Produced by Julia Bevolo

The Kids Are Not Alright: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Part 2 of The Kids Are Not All Right traces youth in crisis through the digital era — the ’90s, 2000s, and 2010s. Chris and Des draw the line from 1992’s pickup-artist manuals and the heroin chic era to today’s incel forums, pro-ana Tumblr and the modern manosphere. Plus: Chris’s 30-year cycle theory, a story about an 11-year-old getting bullied online by a grown adult, and a closing question worth sitting with — is social media the next nuclear? ==================== Subscribe, watch and listen to I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Podcast ==================== 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod [https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod] 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928] 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9 [https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9] ==================== Sponsored by Bearing 287 https://www.bearing287.com/ ==================== #BeHerePod #NotEvenSupposedToBeHere #CulturalCommentary https://substack.com/@chrisabevolo [https://substack.com/@chrisabevolo]  Timestamps: 0:00 — Open 2:00 — The Beef Season 2 10:30 — The ’90s: video games, pickup artists, riot grrrl, supermodels 16:30 — Columbine and Woodstock ‘99 22:00 — Chris’s 30-year cycle theory 24:00 — The 2000s: MySpace, AOL chat rooms, Britney, BlackPlanet 31:30 — The 2010s: smartphones, the manosphere, Instagram, Trayvon 36:00 — Parenting in the smartphone era 49:30 — Spencer Pratt for mayor, and the 21-year arc 54:30 — Is social media the next nuclear? 62:00 — What documentaries will they make about 2026? References: Riot Grrrl — Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/art/Riot-Grrrl-Movement]Pro-ana — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-ana]Manosphere origins — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manosphere] SPLC: Pickup Artists and the Male Supremacist Industry [https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/pickup-artists-alpha-males-self-help/] Video vixen — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_vixen] Woodstock '99 — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_'99] New Statesman: Trainwreck Woodstock '99 review [https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2022/08/trainwreck-woodstock-99-review-netflix] Netflix: Trainwreck Woodstock '99 documentary [https://www.netflix.com/title/81280924] Columbine effect — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_effect] ResearchGate: Columbine Effect on Culture and Policy (Muschert) [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332276573_Afterword_The_Columbine_Effect_on_Culture_Policy_and_Me]Jezebel: The Manosphere's Existential Crisis [https://www.jezebel.com/the-manospheres-existential-crisis-is-building-the-futu-1844673454] Semantic Scholar: From Pick-Up Artists to Incels (data study) [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/From-Pick-Up-Artists-to-Incels:-A-Data-Driven-of-Ribeiro-Blackburn/4743a52a95d31c49b34152f4e23ac4c1076ab4f2]Waterloo University: Tracing Radicalization to the Incel Movement (PDF) [https://researchcentres.wlu.ca/centre-for-research-on-security-practices/assets/documents/incel-ks-report.pdf] Washington Post: Framing Britney Spears documentary [https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/02/05/framing-britney-spears-documentary/]The Culture Sift: Britney, Paris, and Misogyny in the Early 2000s [https://theculturesift.com/reclaiming-the-narrative-britney-paris-and-misogyny-in-the-early-2000s/]The Conversation: ANTM Reality Check documentary review [https://theconversation.com/reality-check-americas-next-top-model-docuseries-never-apologises-for-abuse-of-contestants-276167] BuzzFeed: Former ANTM contestants' accounts [https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/antm-contestants-call-out-tyra-banks-in-netflix-documentary] MEFeater: Did Diary of a Video Vixen Influence #MeToo? [https://www.mefeater.com/did-diary-of-a-video-vixen-influence-me-too-movement/]Oxford Academic: We Tried to Tell Y'all — Black Twitter and Digital Counternarratives [https://academic.oup.com/book/58931]Grinnell College: Pro-Ana as Subculture (sociology) [https://oldsitecopy.haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/pro-ana/] NAMI: LGBTQ+ communities and mental health [https://www.nami.org/your-journey/identity-and-cultural-dimensions/lgbtq/] SAGE Journals: Mainstreaming Manosphere Misogyny (peer-reviewed, 2024) [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241228811]CBC: Andrew Tate social media bans and ongoing reach [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/andrew-tate-social-media-bans-1.6573978]SPLC: Andrew Tate profile [https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/andrew-tate/]Nylon: Tumblr/TikTok eating disorder content and disguised wellness trends [https://www.nylon.com/beauty/tumblr-eating-disorder-content-is-on-tiktok-how-to-navigate-it] Variety: Social Studies documentary (FX/Hulu, 2024) [https://variety.com/2024/tv/reviews/social-studies-review-fx-hulu-lauren-greenfield-1236163855/]PBS NewsHour: Black Twitter: A People's History (Hulu, 2024) [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/black-twitter-documentary-explores-its-history-and-cultural-impact]The Culture Crypt: Video Vixens in Hip-Hop [https://www.theculturecrypt.com/posts/video-vixens-in-hip-hop-feature]HRC: 2023 LGBTQ+ Youth Report [https://reports.hrc.org/2023-lgbtq-youth-report] Produced by Julia Bevolo

The Kids Are Not Alright 2: Electric Boogaloo| Part One |

Every generation gets a panic about its kids — and every generation’s panic looks deeply stupid in hindsight. In Part 1 of a new three-part series, Chris and Des trace how the modern “teenager” was even invented, then walk the timeline through Elvis’s hips, James Dean, the 70s nihilism of Over the Edge, Chris’s 80s coming-of-age in Ames, Iowa, and the slacker label that never quite fit. The setup for everything coming next: it’s not that the kids aren’t all right. It’s that the kids aren’t supposed to be all right — and adults keep forgetting their own teenage years. ==================== Subscribe, watch and listen to I'm Not Even Supposed to Be Here Podcast ==================== 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod [https://www.youtube.com/@BeHerePod] 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/im-not-even-supposed-to-be-here-today/id1867373928] 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9 [https://open.spotify.com/show/3bypMpSmcoIjt4bHk0nvzz?si=18eab826d1394fd9] ==================== Sponsored by Bearing 287 https://www.bearing287.com/ ==================== #BeHerePod #NotEvenSupposedToBeHere #CulturalCommentary Timestamps: 0:00 — Cold open: “the kids end up okay at the end” 1:30 — Welcome + a new three-part series 4:00 — The Michael Jackson biopic conversation 8:00 — The teenager was invented after WWII 13:00 — “Kids these days” — the cyclical hand-wringing 15:00 — Elvis’s hips and rock and roll panic 21:00 — “Cut your hair” as the universal theme 23:00 — The 70s: latchkey kids and Iowa childhood 29:00 — Over the Edge: the dark side of 70s teen life 32:00 — “It’s 10 PM. Do you know where your kids are?” 33:30 — The 80s: the “fake decade” 36:00 — Jocks, bullies, and 80s masculinity 41:00 — John Hughes brings teenagers to cinema 43:00 — MTV, hairbands, grunge, and the rise of rap 48:30 — Why we got called “slackers” 52:00 — Where does that energy go? 55:00 — Kids aren’t SUPPOSED to be all right 57:00 — Belonging, generational labels, and what’s next References: Project MUSE [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/197476]University of Southern Indiana [https://www.usi.edu/news/releases/2017/02/rock-n-roll-and-moral-panics-part-one-1950s-and-1960s]https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/10/the-senate-comic-book-hearings-of-1954/ [https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/10/the-senate-comic-book-hearings-of-1954/] https://www.archives.gov/legislative/resources/education/comic-books [https://www.archives.gov/legislative/resources/education/comic-books] https://the-artifice.com/masculinity-gender-roles-tv-1950s/ [https://the-artifice.com/masculinity-gender-roles-tv-1950s/] AAIHS [https://www.aaihs.org/black-women-and-the-politics-of-respectability-an-introduction/]Springer [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-024-01486-x]https://www.history.com/articles/the-stonewall-riots [https://www.history.com/articles/the-stonewall-riots]https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era [https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era]Latchkey kids [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latchkey_kid]Over the Edge (1979) [https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Over+the+Edge&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfA8Ul08FuNZYOBQqYgBjyYPfIPp5ZaEok9Q0j5xdsQGBtkK1_AcVfq7qH6rBQJboBwyhAVGprWfGyAw9GlRZBhs3j4tIZkIc-rPAbcQC2e3y_LXTkZzJE8eIQPtaNI-fMs64VkdxFRmVpFEusdYRtDo9DsC8C2EQvFM1Owv6ijJpfaool23Yx5oZu60wWzDyvxOpfoyJif_-7nzQL1AuWoBCoS8XC24vFdb0yXTZWSXQnKbk7A-vFqfaP_m-rf6Ic4MEBHqbs76ylTQByit1PhS&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwi0wpeF5IyUAxVfmIkEHbE3K5MQgK4QegQIARAC]Info on Stonewall [https://www.britannica.com/event/Stonewall-riots]https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0044118X211001096 [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0044118X211001096]  Produced by Julia Bevolo