Cultural Appropriation

After a BIG announcement (!!!), your hosts David and Ellie get into the economic and psychological features of the state no one wants to be stuck in: unemployment. How does capitalism structurally construct “wageless life” while nonetheless treating it as a personal failure or un ...  Show more

Beauty is big business, and the rise of looksmaxxing and increasingly invasive treatments is raising the alarm on the ways that our looks matter in our personal and social lives. Ellie and David speak with philosopher Heather Widdows about how the emphasis on beauty in the presen ...  Show more

Black culture has repeatedly been taken and commodified, but is there a way to appreciate and not appropriate? Where's the line and who has crossed it? What role does power and intent play? From Halloween costumes to Adele's Bantu knots, the girls get into it.Need OOD’s advice? S ...  Show more

Gwen Stefani is in hot water again. The former No Doubt lead singer is facing backlash over her comments in a new Allure interview in which she KEPT SAYING SHE’S JAPANESE. (Sorry to yell.) Gwen’s unusual claim is in response to a question about her problematic “Harajuku era” f ...

DISCLAIMER: We made multiple statements that were uneducated and simply wrong. Please take this episode with a grain of salt and feel free to voice your thoughts to us through Instagram or Twitter @teenagertherapy. A longer statement is available on the Youtube upload of this epi ...  Show more

Don’t be fooled by the colorful and relaxing paintings created by the French Orientalists! These 19th century artists really liked to objectify women. Listen as Klaire Lockheart reveals the problematic as ...