Here are some of the things we mentioned:

• We launched in December 2017, when Elizabeth was 15
• Y2K fashion is back?
• Zine culture
• Lilly Singh went from relatable YouTuber to out of touch late show host
• The painful “Gen Z slang” SNL skit
• David Foot and Douglas Coupland contributed to a hyper-awareness of generation
• StyleLikeU interview with an elder gay couple to start you off
  • Content notice: mentions of sex, homophobia, addiction and violence
  • But it’s really sweet we promise <3
• Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan – still pretty helpful guys for understanding what’s going on
• If you aren’t sold on wrestling, watch these videos
• You can find Karen’s work at Taproot Edmonton and Taproot Publishing
• Shout-out to our colleagues at the Alberta Podcast Network
• The first pages of Elizabeth’s comic project
• You might hear us some time on I Don’t Get It
• We recommend Transistor for hosting and Castria for editing

Many thanks to our sponsors:

• BGCBigs
• Virtual Open House Season from Edmonton Public Schools

That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network. Locally grown. Community supported.

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Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.

Here are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:

• Susan Sontag’s Notes On “Camp”
  • Or a six-minute explainer if you don’t have the time
• The shortcomings of CinemaSins
• The even-shorter-comings of Nostalgia Critic
• About KiwiFarms, one of the most unpleasant sites on the surface web
• Interview with the creator of Leave Britney Alone
• A case study for toxic anti-fandom behaviour: gamergate
• Callback to a long-ago episode where we talked about shipping
• A look at both sides of the shipping war
  • And a look at the history of purity culture in fandom
• Twitter thread on disinterpretation
  • And a video on Ship of Theseus
• The history of the “touch grass” meme
• Tennessee school board bans Holocaust comic 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman
• A more sympathetic analysis of Why the Curtains are Blue

Fortunately, we have entered a boom period for criticism online. Here are five excellent videos expanding on what we discussed this episode.

• we need to talk about Call Me By Your Name by Lola Sebastian
• Should you let Gen Z "save us"? Youth Liberation explained by Khadija Mbowe and Saint Andrewism
• Ignorance & Censorship by Philosophy Tube
• Outsiders: How To Adapt H.P. Lovecraft In the 21st Century by hbomberguy
• Who’s Afraid of Modern Art: Vandalism, Video Games, and Fascism by Jacob Geller

Many thanks to our sponsors:

• BGCBigs
• Virtual Open House Season from Edmonton Public Schools

That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported.

You can follow us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.

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Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.

Here are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:

• We are not actually an NFT
• Roblox
• Watch these videos from PeopleMakeGames on Roblox:
  • Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
  • Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.
• Gig economy
• Callback to our MLM episode: Have I got a deal for you?
• Company scrip
• Roblox on the stock market
• Wattpad’s deal with Paramount+
• Archive of Our Own (AO3)
• Callback to our fan fiction episode: Episode 5: Fanfictionary
• OpenSea, an NFT marketplace
• Ethereum
• Twitter account dedicated to sniffing out art theft
• DeviantArt
• Example of the right-click movement against NFT art
• FUD
• Some more anti-NFT content for you
  • The NFT Nightmare
  • NFTs Are Getting Worse. Like WAY Worse.
  • Dan Olson’s NFT scam megathread
  • laughing at crypto bros, a deceptively educational livestream

Many thanks to our sponsors:

• Alberta Association of Optometrists
• Park Power

That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported.

You can follow us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.

Questions? Comments? Email us at thatsathingyeg@gmail.com or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.

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Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.

For more fears and jeers, consider the following:

• Callback to our episode on Inside
• Callback to our episode on analog horror
• A needlessly thorough Wikipedia synopsis
• A list of other Bechdel Test passing movies
• Bathtubs Over Broadway and the consequences of comedy damage
• Check out Nyx Fears if you want to be upset/fascinated by scary movies
• A thread on the pitfalls of smarty pants protagonists
• If you didn’t watch Contingency after last episode, go watch it now!
• Pauline Kael was even harsher to this movie than Elizabeth was
• The rating debate
• Poltergeist was fine, but here’s some movies we actively recommend
  • The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920, 100% mom safe)
  • What We Do in the Shadows (2014, comedic gore/violence)
  • The Lighthouse (2019, gore/violence/sexual content/psychological horror)
  • House on Haunted Hill (1959, campy and delightful)
  • Night of the Living Dead (1968, gory and violent, mitigated by its age and budget)
  • The Girl with all the Gifts (2016, violent and gory, but strangely uplifting)
• Music is Now or Never by Myuu, who is a fantastic royalty-free composer
• Sound clips from our special feature courtesy of:
  • Joe DeShon
  • pfranzen
  • gear_clinkz
  • owly-bee

Many thanks to our sponsors:

• Alberta Association of Optometrists
• APN itself, in particular Speaking Municipally and I Love This, You Should Too

That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported.

You can follow us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.

Questions? Comments? Email us at thatsathingyeg@gmail.com or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.

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Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.

Here are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:

• Elizabeth’s choose-your-own-adventure flowchart
• Lip-sync style
  • @noahjaywood
  • @saramariecarstens
  • @arxcelix
• One- or two-part cliffhanger
  • @jezellecatherine
  • @baileyspinn
  • @joe_masini
  • @devincaherly
• One-shot or character pieces
  • @ianboggz
  • @hannah.montoya
• Longform or fully acted
  • @eliana_ghen
  • @thechrisbarnett
• Callback to our fanfic episode
• Night is the show we watched at a drive-in performance (the bird poop on the windshield was our fault, not theirs)
• Sarah Z video on pick-me girls
• Origin of Love from Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Callback to our astrology episode
• ABO (don’t Google it, says Jon)
• Time Princess and Project Makeover
• Redecor
• Episode

Many thanks to our sponsors:

• Alberta Association of Optometrists
• The Well Endowed Podcast from the Edmonton Community Foundation

That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported.

You can follow us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.

Questions? Comments? Email us at thatsathingyeg@gmail.com or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.

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Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.

Here are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:

• Flare on TikTok and Instagram
• Mom Friend on TikTok
• The best slash proof bags can cost $169, and still might not meet your standards
• SafetyDrip on TikTok
• The Sarah Everard story
• The quest to de-hair the female body continues

This episode is not brought to you by Creep-B-Gone, because we would never (and it doesn’t exist… yet).

Many thanks to our actual sponsors:

• Alberta Association of Optometrists
• Pod Power shout-out to What’s the Tsismis?, courtesy of the Edmonton Community Foundation

That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported.

You can follow us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.

Questions? Comments? Email us at thatsathingyeg@gmail.com or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.

Do you want a That’s a Thing?! button? Send us your address by Twitter DM or email and we will send you one.

Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin, from Free Music Archive.