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Nicolette Mason on Activism, Anti-Racism, and Using Your Social Platform to Support Your Values

Release Date: 07/08/2020

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It’s time to discuss our April 2024 Book Club Pick, ! We share our thoughts on the book’s magical realism, debate if we’d consider it a romance novel, dive into the theme of fate vs. free will, share if we saw the twist coming, and so much more! Obsessions Becca: & Olivia: What we read this week Becca: (out 8/6); Olivia: , (out 6/18), This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected]) Sponsors Cozy Earth - Go to and use promo...

A Spring Life Catchup

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From new hobbies to writing stuff to upcoming travel and more, we’re taking this week to catch up on LIFE! Substacks we’re into right now include , , , . (Also if anybody can relate to Olivia’s low, here’s a link to that ) Obsessions Olivia: Becca: What we read this week Becca: Olivia: out Aug 13 This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected]) Sponsors Prose - Get your free consultation and 50% off at Osea -...

Three Things April 2024

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We’re back with another installment of three things! Get excited to talk toilet paper, unhinged online ads, anti-bucket lists, recommendation culture, and MORE! Olivia’s Things The (and the mundane parts of life we’d want to give a makeover) What you’d want to erase your brain to read/watch ‘for the first time’. (Ours are , , the , ) Common bucket list items we have zero interest in. Becca’s Things . (Feat. of the ) TV highlight: Becca’s is and Olivia’s is | TV Lowlight: Becca’s is and Olivia’s is Recommendation culture Obsessions...

Author and Podcaster Jo Piazza’s Three Things: Costco Underwear, Cold Plunging with the Eagles, and Cannoli

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This week we’re chatting Three Things with ! We also talk about her new book , telling NFL players what to do, Easter Baskets & Cadbury Eggs, The Tooth Fairy, making cannoli, and more! , , , and . Just a heads up: Non-Kid-In-The-Car-Friendly convos ahead! Jo’s Things Cold Plunging Costco Underwear Teaching herself how to make cannoli Obsessions Olivia: Becca: What we read this week Becca: Olivia: This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at...

Anita de Monte Laughs Last Book Club & Notes App Follow Up

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This week we’re discussing our March Book Club Pick: ! We talk about the artists that inspired this story, the themes that impacted us the most, and more! We also share listener-submitted follow ups on our Notes App conversation. Obsessions Olivia - Becca - What we read this week Becca - Olivia - This Month’s Book Club Pick - Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected]) Sponsors Prose - get your free consultation and 50% off at Cozy Earth...

March 2024 Three Things

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It’s time for Three Things and we have a lot to cover, so let’s dive in! Olivia’s things Kate Middleton A game FMKs Our Favorite Substacks Becca’s things What you do when you’re struggling with procrastination (get the ) on Substack Our favorite Substacks Obsessions Becca: Olivia: What we read this week Olivia: Becca: This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected]) Sponsors Prose - Get...

What’s in Our Notes App

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The notes App can be used for more than celebrity apologies, so we decided to dedicate an episode to diving into what's in our Notes App! Specifically Notes App organization, the most useful notes we keep, the weirdest notes we find on our phones, and more! Let us know the innovative/smart/weird ways you use the Notes App by calling in at 843-405-3157. Obsessions Becca - Olivia - What we read this week Olivia: Becca: (out 6/11), This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a...

Three Things with Author Tia Williams: Love is Blind, American Fiction, and Her New Novel

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We’re so excited for another guest Three Things with author ! We chat about Love is Blind, American Fiction (with an Oscar movie sidebar), and her new novel ! Tia Williams is the author of the novels , , Sixteen Candles, (now a Netflix movie starring Gabrielle Union), , and her latest novel, just came out last month! We also ask Tia for beauty recs, which include , , , and . Obsessions Olivia: Becca: This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at...

Good Material Book Club

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We’re so excited to discuss Good Material by Dolly Alderton! This one gave us mixed feelings, which means a great discussion is ahead. We talk about how reading from a man’s point of view impacted our reading experience, our favorite funny parts, what we thought of the relationship dynamics in the book, and MORE! The article that we thought of while reading this book is linked ! Obsessions Olivia - Becca - What we read this week Olivia - , Becca - and This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at...

February 2024 Three Things

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It's time for another round of Three Things! Including things we’re reading, listening, and watching that we had to talk about…and Paul Giamatti. Becca’s Three Things Pastries Olivia’s Three Things () Favorite acts of self-kindness Obsessions Becca: as a place to scroll Olivia: What we read this week Olivia: , Becca: (June 11); (June 4) This Month’s Book Club Pick - (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected]) Sponsors Prose - Get 50% off...

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In this episode, our long-time friend Nicolette Mason joins us! Nicolette is a fellow blogger who is also a writer, strategist, body positivity content creator, and co-founder of Premme (RIP!), which was a plus size fashion brand. She shares her firsthand experiences protesting to support #BlackLivesMatter and Black trans lives and gives tips to first-time protestors. She also has recommendations for educating yourself and how to diversify the content you ingest on a daily basis. She also shares her career path, the inside scoop on her fashion line, and her favorite beauty products!

More Nicolette:

@nicolettemason on Instagram
@nicolettemason on Twitter

Nicolette’s Recs:

Instagram:

@ihartericka
@blairimani
@danielleprescod
@chrissyford
@nikkiogun
@iamjarijones
@janetmock

Authors and Figures to Research:

Audre Lorde
James Baldwin
Angela Davis
Ava DuVernay 13th Documentary (Netflix)
Laverne Cox’s Documentary Disclosure (Netflix)
Malcolm X
Eldrige Cleaver

Skin + Beauty:

Hair:

Obsessions:

Instagram:

@celiabdesigner

Books:

Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
One to Watch by Kate Stayman London
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Wow No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Older by Pamela Redmond (out in sept)

July Book Club:

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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