The Politics of Lively v Baldoni
Ep. 302 w/ Shownotes
Why should we care about the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni? Ravi takes a closer look at the deeper implications of Hollywood’s latest feud and what it tells us about the cultural and political moment we’re living in. He then dives into what we can learn from the ways traditional, alternative, and online media have shaped the story’s narrative, what it signals about the evolving legacy of social movements like #MeToo, and why the controversy should cause us to ask critical questions about power, credibility, and accountability.
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DOGE
Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims (The Associated Press, 2/19/25)
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. (The New York Times, 2/18/25)
Tweet from Adam Cochran (X, 2/18/25)
Tweet from Momentum Chaser (X, 2/18/25)
Lively v Baldoni
Justin Baldoni and the Death of Man-Bun Feminism (The Free Press, 2/18/25)
Thread from Katya Varbanova (Threads, 2/5/25)
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni March Toward Mutually Assured Destruction (The Hollywood Reporter, 2/11/25)
Baldoni, Drake & The Legal Revenge of Sensitive Men (Puck, 1/21/25)
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #metoo Era (The New Yorker, 1/13/25)
Blake Lively Turns the Shame Around (The New York Times, 12/24/24)
Hollywood’s Villains of the Year Are the ‘It Ends With Us’ Publicists (Puck, 12/24/24)
‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine (The New York Times, 12/21/24)
Why is everyone mad at Blake Lively? (Vox, 8/15/24)
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