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The Hetero State of the Union

Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei talk about Trump as a defender of patriarchal relevance, the bystander effect, Scott Galloway (again), the ‘ANTM’ doc, and ‘Love Is Blind.'

Thanks to everyone who tuned into our Substack Live.

We started with a debrief of last night’s State of the Union. If you didn’t watch: Congrats. Let us recap for you.

Just a few topics we touched on:

  • Trump as Daddy Protector of Patriarchy (also: a leering creep)

  • That bombshell NPR report on the DOJ withholding files re: allegations of Trump abusing a minor

  • Why the U.S. men’s hockey team (and the entire Trump admin) needs a training in bystander intervention

  • Kash Patel: frat-boy idiot

  • Trump and Melania’s shitty marriage as a perfect reflection of the misogyny and control behind “family values”

  • Everything the America’s Next Top Model documentary got wrong about consent and reporting on an alleged sexual assault

  • Kid Rock and RFK Jr. chugging milk, doing pushups in a sauna, and wearing jeans in a cold plunge tub

  • The anti-heterosexuality of the Olympics

  • Scott Galloway being disgusted by the birth of his own child

  • Love Is Blind fat-shaming and straight men’s “just being honest” rhetoric

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