matt bernsteinAre “Queers for Palestine” really like “Chickens for KFC”? No, but understanding intersectional justice can be hard, and sharing memes is easy. Joined by Moe Dabbagh, a gay Palestinian American with family currently in Gaza, we Venn diagram gay liberation and Palestinian liberation. They’re less at odds with each other than you’d think. Gal Gadot makes a cameo.
Queers for Palestine & The Power of Pinkwashingmatt bernstein2023-11-21 | Are “Queers for Palestine” really like “Chickens for KFC”? No, but understanding intersectional justice can be hard, and sharing memes is easy. Joined by Moe Dabbagh, a gay Palestinian American with family currently in Gaza, we Venn diagram gay liberation and Palestinian liberation. They’re less at odds with each other than you’d think. Gal Gadot makes a cameo.
Produced by Samantha Land: instagram.com/samalander Edited by Justin Bretter: instagram.com/fieldsobrietyJubilee Must Be Stopped (with Big Joel)matt bernstein2024-10-10 | YouTube’s most popular debate channel says it wants to “provoke understanding & create human connection.” I’m not convinced!
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A Bit Fruity on Instagram. instagram.com/abitfruitypodThe Kamalafication of BRAT (with Broey Deschanel)matt bernstein2024-08-01 | Is Kamala bumpin’ that? Is BRAT summer over? Who killed it? Today, Maia and I attempt a cynical but fair analysis of meme culture, Gen Z nihilism, propaganda, and political standom.
Me on Instagram: instagram.com/mattxiv A Bit Fruity on Instagram: instagram.com/abitfruitypodHawk Tuah: From Harmless Meme to Right Wing Symbolmatt bernstein2024-07-17 | I stay away from heterosexual mess, but this time it came to me. Today, Taylor Lorenz and I work backwards to understand how a 21-year-old bed spring factory worker from Tennessee became a culture war symbol because of a drunken joke about spitting on that thang. None of these words are in the bible.
Me on Instagram: instagram.com/mattxiv/?hl=en A Bit Fruity on Instagram: instagram.com/abitfruitypod/?hl=enOli London & the Right Wing Griftmatt bernstein2024-06-05 | How does a white gay British guy go from “trans-Korean” troll to a member of the conservative media establishment? It’s easier than you think! Today, Taylor Lorenz helps us unpack the anatomy of the right wing grift — because if all else fails, just become a Fox News star.
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Me on Instagram: instagram.com/mattxiv/?hl=en A Bit Fruity on Instagram: instagram.com/abitfruitypod/?hl=enEverything the Media is Getting Wrong About the College Protestsmatt bernstein2024-05-09 | Until a month ago, college students in America were dweeby snowflake liberals, too socially anxious to notify the waiter of an incorrect order. Now, they’re allegedly well-connected, well-funded terrorists. Who are the students protesting for Palestine, what do they want, and why is the media obsessed with misrepresenting them?
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Find more of A Bit Fruity. instagram.com/abitfruitypod/?hl=en Find more of Matt. instagram.com/mattxiv/?hl=enAnnoying Gays are Not the Problemmatt bernstein2024-04-24 | Autistic nonbinary TikTokers. Loud, flamboyant gay men. The twink who filmed himself having seGGS in the Senate hearing room. Are gay rights being eroded across the country because some of us are… annoying? It’s tempting to think so, but it isn’t true. Sadly, we can never Blaire White-ify or Pete Buttigieg-ify ourselves to freedom.
A Bit Fruity on Instagram: instagram.com/abitfruitypod/?hl=en Me on Instagram: instagram.com/mattxiv/?hl=enDrake Bell and the Cycle of Abusematt bernstein2024-04-09 | The new docu-series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” is shedding light on the abuse that early-2000s child stars faced behind the scenes of our favorite Nickelodeon shows. The doc focuses especially on Drake Bell (of “Drake & Josh” fame), but leaves out half the story. Is a program that claims to be raising awareness about abuse ultimately just perpetuating it?
Find more of A Bit Fruity: instagram.com/abitfruitypod/?hl=en Find more of Matt: instagram.com/mattxiv/?hl=enHow Love, Simon’s Author was Pushed Out of the Closetmatt bernstein2024-03-12 | In 2018, I called “Love, Simon” a “gay movie made by a straight woman for straight people.” Today, I tell you why I was wrong.
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Find more of A Bit Fruity: instagram.com/abitfruitypod Find more of Matt. instagram.com/mattxivmatt bernstein Live Streammatt bernstein2024-02-23 | ...The 100-Year-Old Myth of Gays “Coming for Your Children”matt bernstein2024-02-13 | I get called a “groomer” on Twitter every day — which is weird, because I want nothing to do with your kids. What is it with queers and kids that gets conservatives so livid? Today, we explore The Gay Agenda’s exhausting past — beginning with the present. First, UK drag queen Crystal tells us how she successfully sued a right-wing activist who defamed her as a “paed*phile.” Then, Chelsey Weber-Smith (of American Hysteria) takes us through the last century of American history, where myths about the Scary Queer Predator pop up again and again, and again.
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More of A Bit Fruity: instagram.com/abitfruitypod/?hl=en More of Matt: instagram.com/mattxiv/?hl=enSurviving AIDS in the 80smatt bernstein2024-01-30 | Peter Staley was a 24-year-old, closeted finance guy when he was diagnosed with HIV. Having been handed a death sentence, he quit his job and devoted what life he had left to fighting the homophobic governments that were letting him and his friends die. Peter tells us about living through the darkest years of gay history, the pivotal role of lesbians in the AIDS movement, and the silent mental health and drug battles he grappled with after realizing he was going to survive.
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More of A Bit Fruity: instagram.com/abitfruitypod More of Matt: instagram.com/mattxivGeorge Santos is a Terrible Person and the American Dreammatt bernstein2023-12-20 | Is there valor in scamming your way through a system that failed you, even if you hurt people along the way? What is the value of the lies we tell ourselves about ourselves? Can you be morally bankrupt and a camp icon? The questions of America, explored with friend of the show Kat Tenbarge.
Edited by Justin Bretter: instagram.com/fieldsobrietyThe Detransitioner Panicmatt bernstein2023-12-05 | 99% of people who transition continue identifying as transgender for the rest of their lives. The very small amount of people who stop or reverse their transitions — known as “detransitioners” — have become the center of a moral panic about children, gender, and medicine. Lucy, a detransgender woman, joins us to unpack what’s real and what’s hysteria.
Produced by Samantha Land: instagram.com/samalander Edited by Justin Bretter: instagram.com/fieldsobrietyChristian Indoctrination in Homeschoolingmatt bernstein2023-11-07 | The number of kids being homeschooled today is more than double of what it was four years ago, and nobody is making the rules. While the religious right is convinced that political indoctrination is rampant in public schools, we take a look at where teaching is actually flying off the rails.
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Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:03 The HSLDA 7:16 Christina's and Aaron's Education 14:56 Requirements for a Husband 20:42 Parents are God 27:00 Abuse 33:13 Blueland! 34:50 Political Grooming 37:45 Giving Birth is a Competitive Sport 41:38 A Pseudo-Arranged Marriage 49:30 "Breaking a Child's Will" 52:07 Deciding to Turn Away 55:18 Sending Kids to Public Schools 1:03:51 Fighting for Reform 1:07:00 Holding on to Faith 1:08:23 OutroLibs of TikTok, the Anti-LGBTQ Terror Machinematt bernstein2023-10-24 | At the forefront of today’s anti-LGBTQ movement is one shockingly uncharismatic woman. Journalist Taylor Lorenz helps us understand the rise of Chaya Raichik, a former real estate agent who now makes a handsome living terrorizing queer students and teachers across the country using her Twitter account, @libsoftiktok. We also hear directly from some of her former targets.
Produced by Samantha Land: instagram.com/samalander Edited by Justin Bretter: instagram.com/fieldsobrietyThe Mom Who Invented Gender Reveals Regrets Itmatt bernstein2023-10-10 | In 2008, Jenna Karvunidis was looking for ways to involve her distant mother in the life of her soon-to-be child. Fifteen years, thousands of acres of wildfires, and a few plane crashes later, she wishes she could put the genie back in its bottle.
Edited by Justin Bretter: instagram.com/fieldsobrietyBecoming a Woman (with Miss Benny)matt bernstein2023-10-03 | Like many people, sitting still and staring at the wall during the early days of the pandemic brought up new feelings for Miss Benny. Notably, that she was transgender. From viral closeted teenager to out Netflix star, she walks us through the personal and political trials of her first few years living as a woman.
Edited by Justin Bretter: instagram.com/fieldsobrietyAmber Heard & The Myth of the Perfect Victimmatt bernstein2023-09-26 | One year later, we revisit the trial that metastasized through society, leaving a culture of misogyny in its wake. NBC journalist Kat Tenbarge helps us navigate a story not just about Amber Heard, but about our misunderstanding of abuse, tabloid spectacles, influencers, and money. It is also a story about Amber Heard.
24/7 National Domestic Violence Support Hotline: 1-800-799-7233LGBT Conservatives (w/ Contrapoints)matt bernstein2023-09-19 | LGBT conservatives: Why? How? Where did they come from? What can we learn from them, and how can we dismantle the LGBT conservative that lives within all of us? Natalie Wynn (aka Contrapoints) helps us psychoanalyze one of the more confusing political positions of our time. Jeffree Star makes an appearance, for better or for worse.
yes i meant to say *AFFECT me personally if u noticed that comment a :-)IM GAY !? *not clickbait* my coming out storymatt bernstein2020-09-12 | idk i think lana del rey is like really pretty
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