Hi pals!

For the first time in ten years, the gender pay gap has flipped — at least for Gen Zs. According to a recent report, full-time working Gen Z women between the ages of 16 and 24 are out-earning their male peers. But is everything what it seems? We discuss the findings and our own thoughts on the rhetoric around men being "left behind". Jas references this TikTok.

Courtney Palmer (@courtney_joelle on TikTok) has gone viral with her take on “princess treatment,”. In a recent video (viewed millions of times), the self-proclaimed housewife princess shares that she doesn't look at or talk to wait staff when on a date with her husband. Is this rhetoric signalling a darker turning point for feminism? Maggie also references an article in The Guardian by Emma Beddington titled 'Is ‘princess treatment’ a harmless trend – or yet more fuel for misogyny?'

Next, Australian retailer Big W was in hot water recently after selling MAGA hats on its website. It caused people to ask who should be held accountable and how much heat should Big W cop? This leads us into a discussion around the shock departure of Love Island USA contestant, Cierra Ortega, who left after screenshots of her using an anti-Asian slur circulated.

Maggie references a Refinery29 article titled, 'Two Things Can Be True: Cierra Was Wrong & Love Island Mishandled Her Exit' by Taryn Finley.

After a bit of a meatier episode, we end on two pop culture recs that we think you'll also love.

Maggie recommends the musical Annie, while Jas surprisingly adored Superman in IMAX. If you want to see all of our podcast recommendations in the one place, download Australian app, Pod Recs! Thank you to the people who asked for us to be included on the app.

Chat to you next time!

Jas & Mags xo

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