Episode 43: Some high highs, some low lows & a Mea Culpa

This week Brooke has just come back from Jamaica — but is still on island time — with a solo episode of the pod. Join her as she walks us through the ANGELA BASSETT DID THE THING meme from its genesis to where we are as of NOW. It’s a hell of story arch. She also highlights the amazing joint speech given by Gabrielle Union and her husband Dwyane Wade at the NAACP Image Awards last week. As parents of a trans daughter, their remarks on protecting their trans brothers and sisters and sons and daughters were incredibly powerful. Then, switching gears, Brooke moves on to the brain-cell-killing drama playing out online with Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber – trust us, the kids are talking about it. Finally, Brooke re-thinks her previous judgements about Mounjaro/Ozempic after her realization that she has many friends who have had their lives changed for the better as a result of these drugs. She hopes to shine a light on the shame people are feeling. A must-read on this is https://www.thecut.com/2023/03/mounjaro-body-positivity-essay.html

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