Beyond Parody with Bridget Phetasy
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October Phetasy Book Club: ‘American Pastoral’ by Philip Roth (opens the original)
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We love offering special events for our paid supporters, so we’re bringing back the book club. American Pastoral is the first Philip Roth book I read, when I was 19, and it was so good that I read every Philip Roth book I could find. I went straight to Portnoy’s Complaint, which is one of the funniest novels in American fiction. Roth was in his early 30s when he wrote it. And you can tell. It’s wild, unhinged, at times depraved, relentlessly energetic. From there, I read Everyman, a book that fo
The Whiteness Debate No One Wants (opens the original)
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders made a welfare ad featuring a young white guy gaming on his couch. Bridget breaks down why the ad backfired, why identity politics is poison whether the left or the right plays it, and why a generation of men told their existence is a problem is nobody's idea of a good outcome. Also: a horse named Austrian Painter won its debut race, and the internet went nuts.Watch the Unedited Version<a href="https://www.plaud.ai/products/plaud-note-pro?ref=DUMPSTERFIRE&utm_campaign=note
Dumpster Fire 354 - (Mostly) Unredacted Version (opens the original)
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders made a welfare ad featuring a young white guy gaming on his couch. Bridget breaks down why the ad backfired, why identity politics is poison whether the left or the right plays it, and why a generation of men told their existence is a problem is nobody's idea of a good outcome. Also: a horse named Austrian Painter won its debut ra… Read more
Bridget’s New York Post Article + Phetasy Digest (opens the original)
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A Lesbian Bar Lost The Oppression Olympics (opens the original)
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A lesbian bar in Massachusetts ended its mask mandate in 2026 and got threatened with a firebombing. Woke never died. It just moved to western Massachusetts. Bridget covers the glorious Boston Globe article going viral, the truth about the Oppression Olympics, Palestinian Rachel Dolezal, and why the circular firing squad always wins in the end.Watch the Unedited VersionDiscover how care in every detail transforms simple routines into moments of true comfort and
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