Ms Informed

Episode 8: Cancel Culture, the Attention Economy, and the Politics of Food In this episode, we will be talking about cancel culture, relevance, and attention as currency, and the political nature of food. So you’ve been publicly shamed -- book by Jon Ronson shows that basically, women fair much worse in online public shaming instances than men. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/books/review/jon-r...

Episode 7: Art, Curating, and Creativity in Quarantine. In this episode, we will be discussing the effects Corona has on Art, our Creativity, and what this all means for the Art world. Museum of Covid-19 Objects at the V&A: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/may/04/museum-covid-19-v-and-a-pandemic-coronavirus-objects V&A Rapid Response Collecting: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/rapid-re...

Episode 6: Romance, TikTok Roleplaying, and Love in the Time of Corona. In this episode, we will be talking about what romance means, why tiktok is suddenly involved, and what does love look like now that we are all in quarantine. BBC Article on quarantine and love. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200406-coronavirus-isolation-is-creating-new-love-under-lockdown Modern Romance: https://en.wi...

Episode 5: Corona Dreams, Sleep, and the Shrinking Size of our Skulls. In this episode, we’ll be discussing sleeping habits and the science behind it, and why have I been having such weird dreams lately? University of Rochester study on why we sleep: https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-now-know-how-sleep-cleans-toxins-from-the-brain/ QI Episode about sleep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUQVo...

Episode 4: Supermarkets, Psychology And Why Millennials Are Killing Everything In this episode, we’ll be discussing supermarkets and the psychology behind them, and why is it that millennials are blamed for killing them? Please note, this episode was recorded long distance. We apologize for any sound issues. *Correction* We mistakenly referred to the book 'Modern Romance' as 'Modern Love' https://...

Episode 3: Money, Meritocracy and the Myth of the Starving Artist In this episode, we’ll be discussing money, why it's so uncomfortable for us to talk about, and the myth of the starving artist. Warning: Explicit Language Links: Manrepeller Money diaries that got a lot of negative comments then changed her behavior: https://www.manrepeller.com/2019/08/money-diary-mistakes.html The money struggles...

Episode 2: Isolation, Loneliness, and the Importance of Touch In this episode, we’ll be talking about the distinctions between being alone and being lonely, and what that means for us today. Links: The Power of Touch, article in the New Yorker By Maria Konnikova https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/power-touch A Biography of Loneliness, a book about the history of the emotion, by Faye...

Episode 1: Distractions, Escapisms, and Cowboys In this episode, we discuss the Netflix show Tigerking, the Yeehaw Agenda, and the German obsession with the Wild West. Links: Wild West Germany, by Rivka Galchen in New Yorker Magazine https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/09/wild-west-germany El Dorado Wild West Theme Park on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eldoradotemplin/ The YeeHaw Age...