103: TikTok Hams & Attention Hogs ft. LilahRPG

Taylor Swift wins Time Magazine’s Cringiest Person of the Year award. Emerald is joined by TikToker and “insufferable Greens shill” LilahRPG. First they discuss the Greens successful push for a senate inquiry into food price gouging, alongside Labor’s important commitment to reduce the price of Xmas ham. Is shoplifting moral? Then it’s social media’s night of nights as the Tik Tok Awards expose Abbie Chatfield as an Adam Bandt stan. How has social media changed politics and campaigning? Is the government’s new misinformation bill censorship? Finally, a call to action.

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Links -

Harper Forsythe’s Substack post about politicians blocking constituents: ​​https://harperforsythe.substack.com/p/do-better-david 

Cam Wilson in Crikey: “‘The Greems’: how the Greens harnessed online chaos to power a digital campaign”: 

https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/05/10/australian-greens-social-media-federal-election/ 

Follow Lilah @ LilahRPG on TikTok, Instagram and Twitch, and @ LilahRPGTT on Twitter

CALL TO ACTION: Gaza and Palestine Solidarity action list at https://www.standwithpalestine.au/action 

Naarm Melbourne: Join the Sit-Intifada at Victorian Parliament. 

Calendar of Palestine actions in Naarm Mebourne: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1unxzAu_VqzglUYz8_MGg8UVfpiI4TLHk7YV4YSW38_s/htmlview

See Serious Danger ep 58 for discussion with Amy MacMahon about price gouging

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