Freaky Friday Special - Upskirting and Vlogbrothers

Freaky Friday is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by - wait. Sorry. Wrong media production. While we are neither Jamie Lee Curtis nor Lindsay Lohan, this month we are presenting to you a body swap story of sorts; Yaz takes over politics, Majka takes over pop culture and you (yes, YOU!) get to learn how Gina Martin changed the law on upskirting, and why the Vlogbrothers are YouTube royalty.

 

Reading

• My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
• The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed

 Watching

• Dumplin’ (Netflix)
• Siempre Bruja (Netflix)

Listening

• Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves
• Harmony Hall / 2021 by Vampire Weekend

Politics

• ‘Meet Gina Martin, The 25-Year-Old Who Wants to Make Upskirting a Sexual Offence in England and Wales’, RightsInfo https://rightsinfo.org/gina-martin-upskirting/
• ‘Why I’m Changing The Law On Upskirting’, Refinery29 UK https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2017/10/176791/upskirting-campaign-law-change-gina-martin
• ‘One in ten men don’t think upskirting is sexual harassment – we investigate why’, GQ https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/what-is-upskirting (A link to this very informative article was found in this fantastic interview with Gina by Julia Bullas: https://juliabullas.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/gina-martin-we-all-have-a-role-to-play-in-calling-out-upskirting-as-a-crime/)
• ‘Celebrities Call Out The Paparazzi For Upskirting At The Brit Awards’, Refinery29 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/02/191650/brit-awards-upskirt-photos-upskirting
• ‘#15: Guest Episode: Gina Martin on upskirting, the environment and body shame’, The Figure podcast (Gina talks about white feminism from about 22:00): https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/15-guest-episode-gina-martin-on-upskirting-environment/id1387631921?i=1000418704530&mt=2
• ‘Upskirting to become a criminal offence punishable by two years in jail’, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/jun/15/upskirting-to-become-a-criminal-offence-punishable-by-two-years-in-jail
• ‘Enniskillen schoolboy guilty in upskirting case’, BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47388359
• ‘Upskirt’, Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upskirt#cite_note-blogs.findlaw.com-30
• Link to pre-order Gina Martin’s book: https://pages.littlebrown.co.uk/bethechange/

Pop Culture

• ‘The Official NerdFighter Lexicon’, Nerdfighteria: https://nerdfighteria.com/lexicon/#T
• ‘Vlogbrothers’, Know Your Meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/vlogbrothers
• ‘The History Of The Vlogbrothers’, FootofaFerret Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXiMB-SMVuE
• ‘YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through The Ages’, Vlogbrothers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIRpgkLK7r0
• John and Henry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhkbZ0J-o88