Girl Problems w. Sophie Gilbert

<p>Erin and Alyssa discuss the latest on the fertility clinic bombing in Palm Springs, the horrific consequences of Georgia’s strict 6-week abortion ban, and the Liver King. Then The Atlantic’s Sophie Gilbert joins to chat about her new book <i>Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves, </i>they talk about everything from the impact of Spice-Girls-feminism to the rise of the #girlboss. </p><p>For a closed-captioned version of this episode, <a href="https://youtu.be/v4JjnK80FqU">click here</a>. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.</p><p><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738003/girl-on-girl-by-sophie-gilbert/">Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert</a></p><p>Georgia mother says she is being forced to keep brain-dead pregnant daughter alive under abortion ban law (<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-forced-keep-brain-dead-pregnant-woman-alive-rcna207002">NBC News 5/15</a>)</p><p>25-year-old suspect in fertility clinic bombing left behind ‘anti-pro-life’ writings, officials say (<a href="https://apnews.com/article/palm-springs-fertility-clinic-explosion-a4040e8b98cc4474a0a5bdc1078033fb">AP 5/18</a>)</p><p>Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs’ as retailer expects prices to increase (<a href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/17/business/walmart-product-prices-tariffs">CNN 5/17</a>)</p><p>Walmart Selling Solid Gold Bars Is the Recession Indicator We Didn’t See Coming (<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/buy-gold-bars-online-1235340584/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKWyINleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpyQh1c_Rx9WpvYopu_M3ga_AI4ZnaE2cFX_aS1eJyM1qUNKbJ18qVwayXT-x_aem_a2PbYejRFFuH2924FcOzZQ">Rolling Stone 5/16</a>)</p><p>Judge overturns Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period before an abortion (<a href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/13/us/michigan-abortion-waiting-period-overturned">CNN/AP 5/13</a>)</p><p>The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally. (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/technology/tech-crypto-martial-arts.html">NYT 5/16</a>)</p><p>The ‘Manosphere’? It’s Planet Earth. (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/style/trump-zuckerberg-masculinity.html">NYT 2/1</a>)</p><p>The Liver King story chillingly shows how bad role models are manufactured (<a href="https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/the-liver-king-netflix-b2750696.html">The Independent 5/13</a>)</p>