Shit You Should Care About

Welcome to the internet, where influencers are robots, digital art is selling for $69 million and TikTok is the future of the music industry (eeeeek).Our future is being determined right now – online – and it’s confusing as fuck.But we deserve to understand it because we’re the ones living it. With that, we bring you our new podcast Extremely Online, to teach you about all the weird corners of the internet - as your mates, not your teachers. Because how the fuck does cryptocurrency work?Extremely Online is part of the Shit You Should Care About Podcast Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you remember The Duck Song? Charlie the Unicorn? SHOES? Rebecca Black's Friday? WE DO AND IT SHAPED US. Join Luce & Nick as they dive back into the early YouTube era that formed them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A re-upload of one of our most listened to explainers: WTF is The Free Britney Movement? For the last 12 years, Britney Spears has been in a conservatorship that limits the amount of control she has over her finances, career, and life. From buying a coffee to being in a relationship - her father controls it ALL.Today Luce and Rubes deep dive into the #freebritney movement and give a timeline of how it has become what it is today.This episode of The Shit Show was brought to you by Lucy Blakiston and Ruby Edwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode is all about David Dobrik and the recent and very serious rape allegations against the Vlog Squad.We explain who and what the Vlog Squad is, why influencers and creators keep fucking up, yet their platforms HARDLY EVER suffer, why everyone has been so scared to talk about Youtube’s “Golden Boy,” the way audiences are groomed into thinking content that definitely isn’t okay, is, and whether it’s the job of the creator to predict what is or isn’t going to be okay in the future.A big episode, but a very important one.Kat Tenbarge’s article: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/vlog-squad-durte-dom-rape-allegation-david-dobrik-zeglaitis-video-2021-3?r=US&IR=T This episode of The Shit Show was brought to you by Lucy Blakiston & Olivia Mercer. As always you can find us on Instagram at @theshitshow______ Online at shityoushouldcareabout.com, Come hang out in our Facebook group “The Shit Show Squad” here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2653704428049497  Or sign up for our Newsletter here: https://shityoushouldcareabout.com/secret  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the bloody phenomenon that was “Drivers License,” - I’m sure you’ve heard it - Luce & Liv decided they had to do a deep dive into TikTok’s mega influence over the music industry.We discuss the drama, TikTok musicals, ALL the songs that have gone viral, and what this means for creative integrity. AND YOU SHOULD LISTEN!This episode of The Shit Show was brought to you by Lucy Blakiston & Olivia Mercer. As always you can find us on Instagram at @theshitshow______ Online at shityoushouldcareabout.com, AND come hang out in our Facebook group “The Shit Show Squad” here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2653704428049497  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Belarusian leaders literally hijacked a plane from mid-air by calling in a false bomb threat. And all to arrest a 26-year-old opposition journalist, Here's why this is such a big deal.JOIN OUR SYSCORD SERVER BY SIGNING UP HERE: This episode of The Shit Show was brought to you by Lucy Blakiston & Nick Blakiston.As always you can find us on Instagram at @theshitshow______ or @shityoushouldcareaboutAND come hang out in our Facebook group “The Shit Show Squad” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luce and Rubes sit down to discuss the NSFW platform OnlyFans, and why celebrities really should stay away from it.After laying out the history of this website, and what it means for sex workers, we see how Bella Thorne got amongst the platform and jeopardized it for those who use it to make a living. (You know when that one kid ruins it for everyone? Yeah.)All power to everyone making money MOVE on the site, we got you!This episode of The Shit Show was brought to you by Lucy Blakiston and Ruby Edwards.And as always you can find us on Instagram at @shityoushouldcareabout, online at shityoushouldcareabout.com, or come hang out in our Facebook group “Shit You Should Care About Squad” here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2653704428049497 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS ISN'T CLICKBAIT THE STORY IS AT 10 MINUTES. (But you should listen to the rest of the podcast too.)JOIN OUR SYSCORD SERVER BY SIGNING UP HERE: This episode of The Shit Show was brought to you by Lucy Blakiston & Nick Blakiston.As always you can find us on Instagram at @theshitshow______ or @shityoushouldcareaboutAND come hang out in our Facebook group “The Shit Show Squad” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Young people - particularly young women - have been managing communities, building websites/servers/forums, learning photoshop, writing fan fiction, editing videos, organising and mobilising communities ALL FOR THE LOVE OF THEIR FAVES, and for WHAT? I’m here to tell you that these skills need to be recognized for what they are, rather than laughed at or disregarded. It’s time to stop shitting on Stans. This episode was brought to you by Lucy BlakistonOriginal article: https://shityoushouldcareabout.com/article/stans The confidence gap: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/JOIN OUR SYSCORD SERVER BY SIGNING UP HERE: This episode of The Shit Show was brought to you by Lucy Blakiston & Nick Blakiston.As always you can find us on Instagram at @theshitshow______ or @shityoushouldcareaboutAND come hang out in our Facebook group “The Shit Show Squad” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You heard us... Justin Bieber... in the Friends reunion? And Malala? AND Lady Gaga? Yep! We break down the upcoming Friends reunion and discuss our favourite episodes, characters and give you everything you need to know about the highly anticipated reunion!JOIN OUR SYSCORD SERVER BY SIGNING UP HERE:This episode of The Shit Show was brought to you by Lucy Blakiston & Nick Blakiston.As always you can find us on Instagram at @theshitshow______ or @shityoushouldcareaboutAND come hang out in our Facebook group “The Shit Show Squad” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.