There Are No Girls on the Internet
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There Are No Girls on the Internet
Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being on...
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Was the Taylor Swift ‘Nazi’ Controversy A Coordinated Bot Attack? EMERGENCY EPISODE!
Did you see the narrative claiming Taylor Swift is a secret “trad wife Nazi” take off across social media? In this emergency episode, we break down a...
This Univ. of Oklahoma Essay is So Bad It Launched a Culture-War Career
In a psychology course at University of Oklahoma, junior Samantha Fulnecky was assigned to write a short essay responding to a research paper about so...
Sabrina Carpenter shames Trump; ChatGPT bolstered misogynist stalker; Book festival's AI feud – NEWS ROUNDUP!
In this week's news roundup, Bridget talks with Producer Mike about all the tech news you might have missed. TRIGGER WARNING: One story is about a mis...
Jeffrey Epstein's Creepy Emails with Harvard and OpenAI’s Larry Summers
The newly released Epstein emails offer a troubling look at the people who stayed in his orbit and the ways they interacted with him — including forme...
Why aren’t people boycotting Amazon like they’re boycotting Target?
Many people know about the call to boycott Target, but don't understand why Target has been specifically singled out. So we're re-airing this intervie...
Soledad O'Brien Explores Stand Your Ground in Netflix True Crime Documentary The Perfect Neighbor
It’s not every day Bridget gets to talk to one of her heroes!
Soledad O’Brien has built her career on stories that hit hard and stick w...
Meg Thee Stallion fights deepfakes; Wicked's weird press; Welder’s murder highlights dangers for tradeswomen; AI fetish bear – NEWS ROUNDUP!
Bridget is joined by producer Joey Patt to cover the week's tech news that you might have missed.
Meg Thee Stallion targeted by racist, sexist...
Andrew Tate is facing sex trafficking charges. He’s getting help from the White House
Andrew Tate is back in the news. ProPublica reports that the White House may have been secretly trying to help him evade sex trafficking charges. Tate...
Elon Musk Insists He Does Read After Joyce Carol Oates Twitter Beef
Christmas has come early for Bridget, because Joyce Carol Oates is beefing with Elon Musk on Twitter. Bridget explains to Producer Mike what it's abou...
The Wellness Influencer Rebrand of Birth Control Misinformation
Birth control is the latest battleground in a wave of online misinformation targeting young women — and doctors and reproductive health advocates are...
Stickergate Drama on Threads; Teen Vogue Layoffs; ChatGPT Suicide Lawsuit; Meta’s ad scam; DC Sandwich Verdict – NEWS ROUNDUP
It’s just turtles and scams all the way down.
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show: https://www.reuters.com/i...
From Teen Vogue to Tech, 300K Jobless Black Women are a Warning for Everyone
Black women are leaving the workforce and it’s a warning sign for the entire economy. From media to tech, more than 300,000 Black women have left thei...
Meta RayBans Let Creeps Record Women; Flock’s False Accusation; China's New Influencer Law; Nudify App Ecosystem; Librarian Protests Censorship on GoodReads – NEWS ROUNDUP!
Happy Halloween, boys and ghouls! In this week's news roundup Bridget is recapping all the tech news stories you might have missed, so you don't have...
Why TikTok Turned on the DoorDash Lady
We all know the internet loves a viral story. But what happens when that story is about a real woman being harassed and the platforms that ostensibly...
Emiru Attacked at TwitchCon; Tea App Ends with a Whimper; Charlie Kirk Grifters; Spotify ICE Ads; OpenAI's Browser Never Forgets – NEWS ROUNDUP!
Digging into all the tech news you might have missed so you don't have to.
Tea App pulled from Apple's app store: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10...
Can BlackSky Fix What Twitter Broke Using Bluesky Tech?
When Elon Musk took over X, a lot of us left the platform, searching for alternatives. One platform that gained attention is Bluesky. It looks a lot l...
Taylor Swift’s “Nazi” necklace controversy; ChatGPT is doing porn; Amazon is exploiting pregnant workers; Pinterest addresses AI slop – News Roundup
Welcome to the weekly News Roundup! Bridget recaps the week's tech stories that you might have missed.
Pop superstar apparently pulls controvers...
Is Taylor Swift a Trad Wife? The Internet Thinks So (w/ Jo Piazza)
Taylor Swift is getting married. And on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, she sounds over the moon about it. But online, everyone’s asking: Is Ta...
Drake Defamation Diss; Trump loses Nobel Prize; Robin Williams’ daughter slams Open AI’s Sora; Google Drops Women; YouTuber kills as "vengeance" for Charlie Kirk - NEWS ROUNDUP!
Welcome to the weekly News Roundup! Bridget and Producer Mike recap the week's tech stories that you might have missed.
It’s True: The Internet...
Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You Talking About Abortion on Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is all about free speech, just not when it comes to abortion.
New reports from the Electronic Frontier Foundation...
Elon boycotts Netflix; Ted Cruz Hates Privacy; Kash Patel Calls ADL Terrorists; Extremism is Bad for Marriage; RIP AOL – NEWS ROUNDUP!
Transgender for everybody! Everything is computer! We’re in a silly, tangent filled mood for this one!
Every week Bridget recaps the tech...
Tylenol Autism Claims are Harming Women While Wellness Grifters Profit
Wellness influencers are perfecting the art of turning pseudoscience into profit. Whether they're selling supplements, offering classes, or just chasi...
Charlie Kirk Snitch App Data Leak; TikTok Rapture; David Lynch AI Reddit Revolt; Meta Exploits Parents' Photos – NEWS ROUNDUP
App for outing people who were insufficiently mournful of Charlie Kirk critics leaked its own users’ personal data through security blunders: https://...
Karen Attiah, last Black columnist at Washington Post, fired for insufficiently mourning Charlie Kirk
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Trump Administration and their collaborators are prosecuting a widespread crackdown on free expression. Kare...
Jimmy Kimmel Fired by Disney; Karen Attiah Fired from the Post; DOJ Hides Far Right Extremism; Ads On Your Fridge! – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ L. Joy Williams
Not gonna lie - it's been a rough week. The Trump administration has used Charlie Kirk's murder to crack down on dissent, shocking even their allies w...
Love Island Fandoms Get Dark ; Kristi Noem Writes the Rules at CBS; Girls Do Porn Creator Convicted; AI Podcast Startup - NEWS ROUNDUP! w/ Ashley Ray
Welcome to our weekly news round up, where we dig into some of the tech stories you might have missed. This week, Bridget is joined by guest co-host A...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Is Being Rewritten. Remember Who He Was.
Charlie Kirk built his career by debating students and spreading rhetoric that was too often dismissed as “spirited debate.”
Now, in the wake o...
The Dark Money Scandal Rocking Democratic Influencers
Last week in Wired, Taylor Lorenz published an exposé on Chorus, a new force in Democratic politics that is funding Democratic influencers. Her piece...
Joe Rogan falls for AI deepfake; Elon Musk ignores abuse victim; Meta celeb bots flirt with kids; Luigi's new Shein modeling gig – NEWS ROUNDUP!
On this week's edition, Bridget runs through the news with Producer Mike. Tech companies saying, "Our policies prohibit the harm that is rampant on ou...
Debunking “Trans Terror” Moral Panic After the Minneapolis Shooting
Rightwing media often spread the myth that trans people are violent or dangerous — a false narrative with zero evidence. These “trans terror” stories...
Will Smith's AI Fans; ICE hides deportation flights using Taylor Swift’s loophole; DC Sandwich Thrower Free; TikTok Hawks Stalker Tech – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Nima Shirazi of Citations Needed
For this week's News Roundup, Bridget is joined by her longtime friend and colleague Nima Shirazi, co-host of the OG podcast "Citations Needed" about...
The Internet Wasn’t Always Run by Villains. Anil Dash Explains What Happened
Why does it feel like the main voices dominating tech today are basically super villains? Billionaires who don’t care if the world gets worse, just as...
Kendall Jenner inspired Meta chatbot lures a man to his death; AI TikToks distort DC; VTubers Sell Out Stadiums; Kayfabe is Everywhere; Tea App Update – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Dexter Thomas
Bridget is joined in this week's news roundup by tech journalist Dexter Thomas, prolific writer, videographer, and host of the excellent podcast "Kill...
We Watched Amazon Prime’s War of the Worlds So You Don't Have To
Bridget and Producer Mike are taking a break from the dystopian surveillance nightmare unfolding in their city of Washington, DC, to review Amazon's n...
Introducing podcast “Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet” - EPISODE DROP
We're excited to share the first episode of Peabody Award-nominated podcast Long Shadow’s new season, Breaking the Internet.
Hosted by Pulitzer...
Trump's DC Takeover is About White Supremacy, Not Crime – A Rant from DC
This week, President Trump seized control of Washington DC's police. It's national news, but it's also deeply personal for Bridget, who was born in DC...
People are in Love with AI. The ChatGPT-5 Launch and Kendra’s Viral Therapist TikTok Saga Force a Reckoning.
A woman named Kendra went viral on TikTok with a series of videos about her relationship with her human psychiatrist, but the videos took a surprising...
AOC and Taylor Swift AI Deepfakes; TeaOnHer App; Crypto Bros Harass WNBA; Meta Loses Flo Lawsuit – NEWS ROUNDUP!
This week, Bridget is joined by Producer Mike to break down the tech stories you might have missed.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve had some eloquent, p...
Epstein was connected to power. What happened when women called it out?
Everyone is asking questions about Trump’s connections to Jefferey Epstein, but the president isn’t the only powerful person or institution linked to...
Sydney Sweeney's jeans; Jet2 Holiday meme hijacked by DHS; Tea app hack lawsuit; Substack promotes Nazis – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Abbie Richards
This week Bridget recaps the tech stories you might have missed with longtime friend of the show indispensable Internet advocate Abbie Richards.
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