For the Weekend Warriors, Weirdos & Whackjobs - Issue #140
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This week, out to paid subscribers was yet another masterclass in storytelling from Some Lawyer, The Eyes of Laura Mars. For part two in a series exploring violence linked to the movie “The Warriors,” we revisit three of the incidents most often cited as proof that the movies inspired brutality. Case after case, the facts are stranger, sadder, and not as neat as the narratives we may have believed.
Out to everyone was The Restoration from Kennedy. A fictional tale about an investigator, not unlike many of you, cataloguing a family’s photo archive for the local historical society. And what happens when our investigator discovers that the digitally restored images don’t quite match the originals. Asking the question of whether memory was ever the reliable archive we imagined it to be.
What Kennedy Recommends
Swingers is a new investigative series presented by BBC journalist Catrin Nye.
Ruth O’Grady, from north Wales, alleges she was pressured into joining FabSwingers, a popular swinging website, by her then-husband, and then encouraged into sexual encounters with strangers over 100 times.
The Gisèle Pelicot case was a catalyst for O’Grady coming forward, saying, “Everyone was so shocked. I got really, really angry because I wasn’t shocked at all. That’s what motivated me, because I am fed up with the shock.”
She has chosen to tell her story as a warning to other women, and in the hope that those who have been through something similar will recognize their own experience. “If even one woman recognizes herself and realizes she is doing things she does not want to do, it would be enough.”
In this podcast, Catrin pieces together Ruth’s story and asks what it tells us about sexual consent, pressure in relationships, and the swinging community.
Have the weekend you deserve, everyone.
We’ll see you on the other side.
Love,
Your Bullshit Hunting Crew