Universal Childcare and The Yogurt Store Incident

Different Things Can Be Sad

We're back! You'll have to listen to this episode to find out what the hell happened last month, and to learn all about the politics of childcare as well as the fall out of Demi Lovato walking into a yogurt store. And if you can't wait until next month, catch us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkhahn, and @yazminelomax in the meantime.

Reading

• How To Break Up With Fast Fashion by Lauren Bravo
• House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Watching

• Minari
• Girlboss (Netflix)
• Better Call Saul
• Broken Hearts Gallery
• Shiva Baby

Listening

• Somewhere by Sun June
• Today We’re the Greatest by Middle Kids

Politics

• Employment gap: https://www.ilo.org/infostories/en-GB/Stories/Employment/barriers-women#intro
• Gender wage gap: http://mjpa.umich.edu/2020/04/10/narrowing-the-gender-wage-gap-with-universal-child-care/
• Gender wage gap: https://canadianwomen.org/blog/no-moms-the-gender-pay-gap-is-not-on-us/
• Gender wage gap and children: https://www.vox.com/2018/2/19/17018380/gender-wage-gap-childcare-penalty
• Canada’s child care plan: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2021/04/budget-2021-a-canada-wide-early-learning-and-child-care-plan.html
• Biden is also trying to get government funded childcare to be a thing: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/28/biden-plan-could-save-families-nearly-15000-a-year-on-child-care.html

Pop Culture

• About Demi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demi_Lovato
• Demi calls out Disney: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/demi-lovato-slams-disney-channel-over-eating-disorder-joke/
• Eating disorders and diet culture:
  • https://recreation.ucsd.edu/2021/01/diet-culture-social-media/#:~:text=What%20Is%20%E2%80%9CDiet%20Culture%E2%80%9D%3F,good%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Cbad%E2%80%9D.
  • https://anad.org/get-informed/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/
  • https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/blog/recognizing-and-resisting-diet-culture
• The yogurt store incident:
  • https://www.eater.com/22393899/demi-lovato-bigg-chill-frozen-yogurt-fight-explained
  • https://www.huffpost.com/entry/demi-lovato-the-bigg-chill-diet-culture_n_607d8b66e4b0eac48140a68b
• About Eat Me Guilt Free: https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/miami-com-news/article250862739.html