This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit diabolicallies.substack.com In this conversation… Caro & Katie engage in a close read of the viral Free Press debate TikTok that stars a young woman angry she can’t live on a homestead, and accidentally discover it’s uniquely emblematic of the sort of right-wing radicalization we’re witnessing en masse in the United States.

In this conversation… Caro & Katie talk about abortion in America, starting with leaders in the evangelical church recognizing it as a political tool in the 1970s with which to gain power in the face of unwanted desegregation, to the profound discomfort that modern politicians across the spectrum express about the subject—that is, until maybe, right now. It turns out that American women have never actually been guaranteed the freedom to get an abortion, and to begin changing that, we need...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit diabolicallies.substack.com Our first bonus episode! The first 40 minutes of this conversation are available to everyone, but if you'd like to become a subscriber, join us on Substack or Apple Podcasts. In this conversation… A critique of work that best illustrates different elements of the, “I used to be a liberal, but…” media personality that purports to have invented a bold new form of centrist, independent thinking—but upon...

In this conversation… Two pre-menopausal females break down the replacement theory panic disguised as Reasonable! Political! Concern! and why it’s completely unnecessary and counterproductive to entertain the pronatalist conversation on their terms: that is, litigating the validity of having (or not having) children. It is not, and has never been, about the kids. Bonus Reading The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow, which really puts the whole “the traditional, natural...

In this conversation… The picture heard ‘round the Reddit Popular page has reignited the internet’s favorite form of is-that-misogyny? debate: Ladies, are we allowed to talk about what may or may not be happening on Taylor Swift’s face? Plastic surgery speculation is an online sport in its own right, but the real story is what it tells us about our culture’s attitude toward cosmetic procedures (and the “feminist” way to participate) that the mere suggestion ignites such a fervent defense of...

What began as a debrief about the ongoing, deeply ridiculous moral panic surrounding a number of celebrities this summer morphed into an expansive discussion about the truth of “celebrity,” what it means to be famous, how we distinguish content from art, and why the context-collapse of algorithms is wreaking so much havoc on our brains. Bonus Reading “Why Is Everyone Mad at Blake Lively?” by Alex Abad-Santos for Vox “Blake Lively on Fame, Family, Good Fortune—And Becoming a Glamorous Jewel...

in this episode: caro & katie debrief on the bama rush / rushtok phenomenon, through the lens of katie's experience going through alabama rush 10 years ago and the deconstruction process that followed. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit diabolicallies.substack.com

101s on the latest gender panic event at the Olympics “The Right-Wing Campaign to Purge Women from Women’s Sports” — The Intercept “Boxer in Controversy Over Eligibility Lets Her Gloves Do the Talking” — New York Times “Imane Khelif and Western Delusions of White Innocence” — Al Jazeera “Imane Khelif Fights The World's Greatest Boxers—and Bigots” — Qasim Rashid Substack some helpful 101s on debunking gender panic/trans hysteria The New York Times's War On Trans Kids — If Books Could Kill...

In this conversation * What even is free will? * What the follow-up article means about the response * The Venn diagram between fundamentalist Christianity and white supremacy is a circle * Where we go from here We’ll be releasing these types of conversations as the zeitgeist allows. Subscribe for more! Resources Primary cited sources  Meet the Queen of the ‘trad wives’ (and her eight children) My day with the trad wife queen and what it taught me (second article, audio embedded) Vimeo...