Critical Thots

This week, we discuss all things dating apps. We explore whether they've ruined in-person romance and share our best and worst dating app stories. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @claricemetzger and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

We're back with a chaotic Q&A episode, answering all your questions about situationships, plugging your skills into a profession, talking about finance with your friends, and more. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

In this episode, we discuss our own personal experiences with moving across the other side of the world. We talk about keeping in contact with family and other loved ones, loneliness, not making assumptions off social media, and debate whether it's up to us to reach out or others to check in if we're okay. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

In the lead-up to Euphoria night, we discuss girl code. We ask what is girl code is, if guy code exists, if we ever "own" people, and if it's ever okay to date your friends' ex. Let us know your thoughts, thots! Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

Off the back of RiRi's pregnancy announcement, we of course must discuss babies. From feeling pressured to procreate as a woman to even finding a suitable partner to have children with, we share how we're navigating the decision in today's world. Let us know know your thoughts, thots! Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

In this episode, we talk about being busy (or the appearance of it), experiencing burnout, and growing up in the "girlboss" era. We ask if time affluence is accessible to everyone (it's not) and if focusing on toxic wellness is any better than focusing on work? Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

For our first cross-continental episode, we have a juicy topic—cheating! We're all getting cheated on and monogamy is a product of capitalism so we dissect it and discuss how to navigate it. We talk about emotional cheating, snooping, how to draw clear boundaries, keeping your peace, relationship anarchy, and whether or not sending a flame emoji on Instagram is infidelity. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

We start 2022 off with an episode about all things death and grief with our friend Yumi Carter. We discuss why grieving is so awkward and uncomfortable and Yumi shares her experience grieving a place and culture after visiting the shrinking village in Japan where she's from. We also go into how to support friends in the midst of grief, and why we should all be talking more about our own mortality. Follow Yumi at @yumicarter on Instagram and follow us at @criticalth0tspod or slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

For our final episode of the year, we discuss toxic glow-up culture and body politics. We speak to our own experience with beauty and health and what positive and achieveable goals we're replacing unrealistic resolutions with all through 2022. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

For a special holiday episode, we're joined with journalist Sara Radin, who covers culture and mental health for publications including The New York Times, Teen Vogue, Vogue, Refinery29, Buzzfeed, MTV News, VICE, and more. We talk with Sara about how we're all feeling at this stage of the pandemic and during the holiday season, how to have more open mental health conversations with your friends, how she's navigated finding the right balance of medication, and why you should find a therapist while you're still medium-well (and not waiting to the point of crisis). Check out Sara's work at @SaraRRadin on Instagram and follow us at @criticalth0tspod or slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

We're back with a brand new episode this week to talk about something that isn't even real—money. Since economistsand the government refuse to print more money for us all, we talk about how we navigate being forced to care about finances and investing. We share our own money journeys, being ashamed or embarrassed about personal finances, and feeling constantly behind everyone else. We also make goals for what we're working on to get more financially literate, discuss the role of money in relationships, and break down how to ask for what you're worth. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

We're back with the huge topic of building and maintaining friendships. In this episode, we discuss how to actively make adult friendships, how wellness is making us bad friends, how to manage expectations of friends, and compatibility in friendships. Ask your friends about their love languages and let us know your thoughts on friendships! Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation.

In this episode, we're joined by another special guest, London-based fashion model, Rebecca (@rebeccalouisy) to discuss all things dating and hookup culture. We ask if hookup culture is a scam for women (it is), if casual sex is actually empowering, why we're all forced to “perform meaninglessness”, and if we should ultimately just all opt-out of dating men. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

In this episode, aborisha and diviner Porsche—our very first guest—teaches us manifestation for dummies (we're the dummies). We ask if you can really think your way to a better life, if you can manifest being hot, and even if you can manifest a new partner. We also discuss viral manifestation videos online, why action and intention are crucial to manifestation, and the difference between manifestation and privilege. Porsche is an amazing tarot reader who offers online sessions, so slide into her DMs at @theorishasbaby and follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod to continue the conversation. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

In our second episode, we ask the question—why are we still surprised that celebrities don't care about us? We discuss the cognitive dissonance we have with celebrities and “eat the rich” dialogue, how the veil of influencer and celebrity culture fell during the pandemic, if parasocial relationships are beneficial for anyone involved, and the role of celebrities in the class war. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

In our very first episode, we discuss what gives us more freedom: self employment or a nine to five? The answer is neither so we spiral into being forced to build your own brand in the current workforce, why it's almost impossible to opt out of hustle culture, and then debunk the myth that you'll “never work a day in your life if you do what you love.” We discuss why we're both aligning ourselves with a mission rather than a specific career in an effort to find meaning outside of a job title and how we're slutty in theory but not in practice. Follow us on Instagram at @criticalth0tspod and slide into our DMs at @its_clarice and @laurapitcher to continue the conversation. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm