Princess Treatment, Love Island's Racism Double-Standard & Are Men Falling Behind?
Hi pals! For the first time in ten years, the gender pay gap has flipped — at least for Gen Zs. According to a recent report , full-time working Gen Z women between the ages of 16 and 24 are out-earning their male peers. But is everything what it seems? We discuss the findings and our own thoughts on the rhetoric around men being "left behind". Jas references this TikTok . Courtney Palmer ( @courtney_joelle on TikTok) has gone viral with her take on “princess treatment,” . In a recent video (viewed millions of times), the self-proclaimed housewife princess shares that she doesn't look at or talk to wait staff when on a date with her husband. Is this rhetoric signalling a darker turning point for feminism? Maggie also references an article in The Guardian by Emma Beddington titled 'Is ‘princess treatment’ a harmless trend – or yet more fuel for misogyny?' Next, Australian retailer Big W was in hot water recently after selling MAGA hats on its website. It caused people to ask who should be held accountable and how much heat should Big W cop? This leads us into a discussion around the shock departure of Love Island USA contestant, Cierra Ortega, who left after screenshots of her using an anti-Asian slur circulated. Maggie references a Refinery29 article titled, ' Two Things Can Be True: Cierra Was Wrong & Love Island Mishandled Her Exit ' by Taryn Finley. After a bit of a meatier episode, we end on two pop culture recs that we think you'll also love. Maggie recommends the musical Annie , while Jas surprisingly adored Superman in IMAX . If you want to see all of our podcast recommendations in the one place, download Australian app, Pod Recs ! Thank you to the people who asked for us to be included on the app. Chat to you next time! Jas & Mags xo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.