#134: Challenge Accepted, Taylor’s folklore, KFC Crocs

Black and white selfies of “women supporting women” have been flooding our feeds this week, but why? Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez’s speech on the floor of US Congress has us fist pumping, while Taylor Swift’s surprise album has the music world reviewing. We give our take, somewhat fearfully, due to Swiftie stans. And as it is written, so it shall be done; the KFC Crocs collab is finally here. Plus, Zan is in awe of Julia Baird's book Phosphorescence and Myf takes a journey with Miriam Margolyes. Show notes:Why Women Are Posting Black & White Selfies: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/style/challenge-accepted-instagram.html

AOC speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI4ueUtkRQ0

AOC: Women Who Refuse to Be Silenced: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/25/aoc-speech-represents-future-america-women

AOC: A masterclass speech: https://www.smh.com.au/national/ocasio-cortez-s-masterclass-speech-busted-a-myth-we-should-all-reject-20200726-p55fid.html

Taylor Swift stans: https://junkee.com/popstars-responsibility-stans/263862

KFC Crocs: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/kfc-crocs-sold-out-less-than-half-an-hour-after-launch-2020-7?r=US&IR=T

Trump Songify This: https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1287894528888897537

Phosphorescence, by Julia Baird: https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460710890/phosphorescence/

Almost Australian: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/miriam-margolyes-almost-australian

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