The Doctrine of Discovery and Vegas Weddings

July was a big one: the Pope visited Canada, Bennifer got married, and we're here to recap it all!

 

Keep up with us before our next episode on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax.

 

Reading 

• Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
• A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne Brand 

Watching 

• Nope
• Leave Her to Heaven 

Listening 

• Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV

Politics 

• https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-tuesday-edition-1.6532503/pope-faces-calls-to-renounce-the-doctrine-of-discovery-at-the-heart-of-colonialism-1.6532787
• https://vimeo.com/704670907 
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/the-pope-s-apology-was-a-start-now-the-real-work-begins-some-catholics-and-indigenous-leaders-say-1.6531879 
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-pope-alberta-apology-1.6530947
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/steven-newcomb-doctrine-of-discovery-1.6533637 
• https://www.afn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18-01-22-Dismantling-the-Doctrine-of-Discovery-EN.pdf
• https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-title-and-the-doctrine-of-discovery 

Pop Culture 

• How Las Vegas Became the World's Quickie Wedding Capital
• Celebrity Couples Who Got Married in Vegas
• The decline of Vegas weddings in The Cut and The LA Times
• Wedding cost
• "What's classy if you're rich but trashy if you're poor" Reddit thread
• The wedding industrial complex