Hetlor Youth

Feminine Chaos

Hetlor Youth

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Hetlor Youth

Kat Rosenfield

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Jan 19, 2024

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Kat and Phoebe discuss the big gay intrigue over Taylor Swift, the contemporary contours of Mean Girl World, and the missing Jews of Only Murders in the Building.

Links:

Kat talks awards season and royal drama on Piers Morgan: Oscars may experience a ‘vibe shift’ with actors avoiding politics and virtue-signalling | Sky News Australia

The Gaylor Manifesto: Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do - The New York Times

Kat's take: Why Taylor Swift can't deny being gay - UnHerd

Phoebe's take:

Close-reading the reruns with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Taylor Swift is not your Rock Hudson

I have zero investment in Taylor Swift’s sexual orientation. I am neither a Gaylor nor Straightlor, Bilor nor Panlor. She is one of those famous people the authenticity of whose relationships naturally draws skepticism. Beyond having clocked which of the men the press refers to as her boyfriends are worth a second thought (Harry Styles and that football player; less so the scruffy and problematic British one) I have not been keeping track. I am not a Swiftie, more like someone with neutral-to-positive feelings about this massively famous individual who I’m sure cares what I think…

7 months ago · 19 likes · Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Kat on Mean Girls: https://unherd.com/2024/01/we-are-all-mean-girls-now/

Phoebe on the de-Jewification of the televised Upper West Side A Jewish neighbourhood without Jews: Phoebe Maltz Bovy considers 'Only Murders in the Building'

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Feminine Chaos

Problematic faves, dissident feminism, and poodle interruptions: this is Feminine Chaos, featuring cultural commentary from Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield.

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