Episode 111: Let's Talk About How People Are Talking About Libs of TikTok

After Jesse tells a crazy story about his new life as a Brooklyn socialite, the hosts talk Jason Stanley’s SAT scores, PJ Vogt’s return to podcasting, and Taylor Lorenz’s article about the woman behind Libs of Tik Tok. To discuss this post with premium subscribers, click here.

Show notes/Links:

Stanleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey:

Crypto Island:

Review in Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/crypto-island-podcast-pj-vogt.html

Reported pieces on the controversy:

https://www.vulture.com/article/gimlet-reply-all-controversy-spotify-test-kitchen.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/style/reply-all-test-kitchen.html

Jesse’s paywalled newsletter piece:

No One Can Explain Exactly What PJ Vogt Did Wrong, But The Point Is We Should Now Judge Him Guilty Forever

Libs of Tik Tok:

Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 @ChristinaPushaw

The Bezos Post’s internet hall monitor is so excited to “expose” @libsoftiktok. Here is my comment: 🤡

If we can’t trust Libs of TikTok to bring us accurate news, all is lost:

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

UTTER INSANITY: @BrazosportISD secretly put a litter box in the bathroom in one of their schools for students who identify as furries 🚨🚨

Jesse Singal @jessesingal

.@libsoftiktok posted this video claiming a school district installed a litter box for furries (the vid is brief, contextless, and shows a pee pad, not a box). I emailed the district and they quickly said nothing like this has ever happened there. Will LoT delete/correct?

New Right: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets

Curtis Yarvin on murdering kids: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2011/07/right-wing-terrorism-as-folk-activism/

On the guy who figured out who Libs of TikTok was: “Travis Brown meticulously tracks all my public posts, likes, and shares across all social media platforms (Github, Twitter, etc.), archives them permanently (without my consent, and against the terms of service of these organizations, and against data protection laws in some countries), and then posts them online with his own grotesque and twisted interpretations.”

Taylor Lorenz’s article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/

Image of the Libs of TikTok logo is from Wikipedia.