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Hi! Welcome (back) to We're Still Spinning, a headline news show co-hosted by America's Favorite PR team.
We are two longtime PR and Communications professionals with a combined 42+ years of experience who take you through YOUR newsfeed to dissect headlines, expose agendas, examine the crisis, read PR statements to filth and ultimately tell you what the actual tea is that you're consuming.
THINK: Media Literacy, but make it funny as hell and explained by two women who are overqualified to do so.
On the docket for this week!
This is a real headline: "Former J.P. Morgan Broker Awarded $4 Million After Saying He Was Fired Over Expensing a Deli Platter." We do a quick hit on this news item. We've all experienced life-changing deli platters, but damn... this is some cold-cut cash.
Petty-gonia! We examine the rocky terrain between Pattie Gonia the drag queen and Patagonia the clothing brand. Should Patagonia have filed their $1 lawsuit against the drag queen activist? Have they caused irreparable damage to their brand? Is Pattie justified, or is she weaponizing LGBTQ+ activism to fly above trademark law? In true We're Still Spinning fashion, we cut through the bias, take a media-literacy-forward approach, and break down what happened—and what went wrong—through our distinctive PR lens. Our POV will surprise you.
Beauty, Influence & Borrowed Aesthetics: We unpack the controversy between Ngozi Esther Edeme of Painted by Esther and Patrick Ta of Patrick Ta Beauty. When inspiration, artistry, and branding collide, where is the line between influence and imitation? In an era where every idea is remixed, referenced, and repackaged, does anyone truly own anything anymore? We examine the dispute through a PR, creator-economy, and media-narrative lens, exploring what creators, brands, and audiences believe is "theft" versus what the law actually protects. As always, we are right.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie are vacationing together in Costa Rica (!) What happens when defunct MAGA catches vibes and taps out? We forecast the future of both the political and existential landscape as more and more people either voluntarily—or (mostly) involuntarily—find themselves disconnected from "the machine" and left with only their rawest self. We get a little more woo-woo than usual this week...
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