So This Just Happened #008: Doja Cat and toxic narratives

Theory of Change Podcast With Matthew Sheffield

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So This Just Happened #008: Doja Cat and toxic narratives

How people lie to themselves about sex and race

Matthew Sheffield

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Kali Holloway

Oct 13, 2023

Episode Topics

00:00 — People are taught by society their personal self-worth is at least partially a function of their relationship status or how much sex they’re having. It’s a toxic narrative that manifests in many different ways.

07:43 — Rapper Doja Cat provoked her fans by wearing a shirt of a neo-Nazi, after she earlier had been demonstrated to have used racial slurs and alt-right memes. But she’s not alone in being a non-white young person who flirts with racists.

23:52 — How violence, terrorism, and oppression in Israel are dividing the American left