Girlfailures, Sex Scenes, and Puriteens!

In this episode, Mina explores some of the discussions that came up in February and March: aestheticizing failure as a woman, HBO's The Idol, sex scenes in tv shows, and how censorship and AI are affecting society's relationship to sex and companionship. Keep up with High Brow on Instagram! Subscribe to the Patreon! and keep up with Mina on Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok! Here was her reading list: All hail the girlfailure by Roison Lanigan Why are so many people rewatching Girls? by Callie Holtermann What Rewatching Old Shows Teaches Us about Ourselves by Allie Volpe 'The Idol': How HBO's Next 'Euphoria' Became Twisted 'Torture Porn' by Cheyenne Roundtree Are Sex-Negative ‘Puriteens’ Actually Taking Over the Internet? By EJ Dickinson Penn Badgley Goes Deeper on Swearing Off Racy ‘You’ Sex Scenes: ‘That Aspect of Hollywood Has Been Very Disturbing’ by Kate Arthur Hundreds of sexual deepfake ads using Emma Watson’s face ran on Facebook and Instagram in the last two days by Kat Tenbarge When It Comes to OnlyFans, Humans Can Outcompete AI by Lux Alptraum Replika's Companion Chat Bot Reportedly Loses the Sex and Leaves Fans Despondent by Nikki Main Italy bans U.S.-based AI chatbot Replika from using personal data by Elvira Pollina and Martin Coulter Edited by Sophie Carter Music by Olivia Martinez Cover by Lindsay Mintz