About this episode

The episode discusses the new Grammy categories, the impact of 'Girl Math' in retail, and the phenomenon of loneliness influencers on social media.

The Grammys' new controversial category, Girl Math hits the retail sector, and the problem with aestheticised loneliness influencers. Reminder, we're on YouTube and SUBSTACK . Hi friends! In this episode, we kick off with some celebrity pop culture bits, including a revelation from TikTok user Jessmess69 regarding Sarah Pidgeon and one former Culture Club Chats guest! The Grammy Awards is adding five new categories: R&B collaboration or duo/group performance, best traditional pop vocal performance and best traditional folk album. But, the categories causing concern include best Asian pop music performance and best Latin song. Is this progress or a form of musical segregation? Australian fashion brand, Lioness, has come under fire this week after its graphic tees were accused of sexist language. A t-shirt, which is being sold in Myer as well as in their online store for $29 features a slogan on the front that reads: “I’m too pretty to do math”. We break down our thoughts, including the new wave of bimbo-fication that's now being sold to women. We reference this opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald titled What a Degrading T-shirt: Girls Told They’re ‘Too Pretty…

Topics covered

• Grammys
• Asian pop music
• Girl Math
• loneliness influencers
• bimbo-fication
• celebrity pop culture

Keywords

• Grammys
• Asian pop music
• Girl Math
• loneliness influencers
• bimbo-fication
• celebrity news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grammy Awards, Lioness

Books & works: The Cut, What a Degrading T-shirt: Girls Told They’re ‘Too Pretty To Do Math’

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