Episode description
Episode description
After Katie asks Jesse if she did a cancel culture, she takes him on a disturbing and nonconsensual journey involving conservative and possibly Nazi-sympathetic furries. Then the hosts discuss the newly launched University of Austin and the reaction to it from very sane people online.
Show notes/Links:
Hey Microsoft: Do 👏 Better 👏:
Did Katie do a cancel culture?:
Deleted but was originally on this list: https://www.kexp.org/anti-racist-and-social-justice-resources/
Right-wing furries:
https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Foxler_Nightfire
The suspect armband:
“The Furred Reich: The truth about Nazi furries and the alt-right”:
Furry Raiders rules: https://furryraiders.org/pages/tos
A.W.O.O.(OOOOOOO!) cancellation:
Alt-right? Eh:
Pano Canelos announces plans to “build a university in Austin dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth”:
The website: https://www.uaustin.org/
Kathleen Stock situation: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-59084446
Will Bunch doesn’t like it: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/university-of-austin-wokeness-on-campus-20211111.html
Why grifting is now in fashion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/molly-roberts-grifting-is-so-on-trend/
Guardian column is critical: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/12/bari-weiss-university-of-austin-free-speech
David French says Bari Weiss has gotten a bad rap on the Columbia stuff: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/the-sliming-of-bari-weiss/
The Root with a very Root-y take: https://www.theroot.com/hogwarts-for-wypipo-acclaimed-caucasian-race-theorists-1848025585
Katie on higher ed: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/04/24/40000161/free-public-college-is-great-free-job-training-is-better
The BLS’s (inexplicable) Fastest Growing Occupations chart: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/fastest-growing.htm
A “proliferation of administrators” at Yale: https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/11/10/reluctance-on-the-part-of-its-leadership-to-lead-yales-administration-increases-by-nearly-50-percent/
“Rittenhouse’s trial is yet to begin, but ever since he chose to travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and hunt down anti-racist protesters with an assault rifle, he has received significant far-right support, including from government forces and, it now appears, the judge presiding over his case.”: https://theintercept.com/2021/10/30/kyle-rittenhouse-charlottesville-far-right-violence-courts/
Excellent Washington Post minidoc with background info on both Kyle Rittenhouse and Joseph Rosenbaum:
Jesse early on in this controversy:
DeepFuckingValue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Gill
Glenn Greenwald on media coverage of the Rittenhouse case:
Image credit for the lead photo, of the Austin skyline: AUSTIN, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 07: General view of atmosphere during the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 07, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images)
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