There Are No Girls on the Internet - August 12, 2022


A 19 year old activist just embarrassed Matt Gaetz while raising millions for abortion rights!

Is the #Girlboss era over？ (with Jamie Loftus!) The Amber Heard v Johnny Depp trial may be over, but the online harassment continues

Episode Stats


Length

12 minutes

Words per minute

167.8

Word count

2,113

Sentence count

136

Harmful content

Misogyny

5

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Toxicity

15

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Hate speech

3

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00:01:49.540 i'm bridget todd and this is there are no girls on the internet
00:01:56.660 today we have another edition of things on the internet that don't suck and today that thing
00:02:05.360 is olivia juliana olivia is an abortion advocate and political strategist for the organization
00:02:11.220 gen z for change a youth-led non-profit working to educate and make tangible change on issues
00:02:17.340 that disproportionately affect young people.
00:02:20.100 So strap in, because Olivia is about to become 0.99
00:02:22.680 your new favorite person on the internet.
00:02:26.540 So you've probably heard the name Matt Goetz.
00:02:29.620 He's a Florida Republican congressperson,
00:02:32.080 a huge Trump ally, a right-wing extremist and disinformer
00:02:36.660 who says that he's, quote,
00:02:38.260 proud to be in the corner of folks like Marjorie Taylor Greene,
00:02:41.980 who we know is a very vocal QAnon supporter,
00:02:44.300 which is really something when you consider that Getz himself is currently under investigation for sex trafficking a minor.
00:02:52.840 So you might think that someone facing allegations of pretty serious sex crimes against a minor would just kind of lay low and not attract too much attention to himself, especially not attention involving young women.
00:03:06.120 But you would be wrong.
00:03:08.460 At a rally in Tampa, Getz went out of his way to make fun of abortion rights activists.
00:03:13.140 Why is it that the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions?
00:03:22.400 Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb. 0.59
00:03:28.300 These people are odious on the inside and out. 0.93
00:03:31.500 They're like 5'2", 350 pounds, and they're like, give me my abortions or I'll get up and march and protest. 0.91
00:03:38.100 and I'm thinking, Marge, you look like you got ankles weaker
00:03:42.900 than the legal reasoning behind Roe versus Wade.
00:03:46.300 Boo. We hate it, we hate it, we hate it.
00:03:49.120 And honestly, this is just such a tired joke.
00:03:52.100 And it's also a ripoff of an old George Carlin stand-up routine,
00:03:55.680 which was actually originally making fun of anti-abortion advocates.
00:03:59.900 So, yeah, he wasn't even being original on top of not even being funny.
00:04:03.980 And I also love how he clearly kind of pauses for, like,
00:04:06.660 a big laugh or a big round of applause that kind of really doesn't come because it wasn't very
00:04:12.300 funny. And you know who else didn't find it funny? Olivia. 19-year-old Olivia took to Twitter to
00:04:18.300 respond saying, it's come to my attention that Matt Goetz, alleged pedophile, has said that it's
00:04:23.840 always the, quote, odious 5'2", 350-pound women that, quote, nobody wants to impregnate who rally
00:04:31.440 for abortion. I'm actually 5'11, 6'4 in heels. I wear them so the small men like you are reminded 0.82
00:04:38.980 of your place. And shout out to all the tall girls. I'm 5'11, so you know I loved that. So as my mom
00:04:46.300 likes to say, a hit dog will holler. So of course, Matt had to have something to say. He retorted by
00:04:53.400 tweeting an image of Olivia alongside an article about his comments about abortion advocates being
00:04:58.720 gross looking. Yeah, that's right. Fat jokes. About a 19-year-old from a sitting congressperson.
00:05:06.700 So this naturally and unfortunately led to Olivia getting all kinds of really nasty messages from
00:05:12.940 his supporters. She tweeted, this is what happens when a sitting Republican congressman
00:05:17.640 body shames and blasts you on social media. Matt Gatz intentionally directed his followers
00:05:23.420 to harass a young person.
00:05:25.420 This is the Republican Party.
00:05:27.080 These are their leaders.
00:05:28.560 But Olivia didn't stop there.
00:05:30.940 Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
00:05:32.660 You see, Olivia grew up watching professional wrestling,
00:05:35.780 and she says that watching WWE taught her about the power of quick wit
00:05:40.900 and a devastating comeback to really put somebody in their place.
00:05:45.160 So that's exactly what she did.
00:05:47.340 On behalf of her organization, Gen Z for Change, 1.00
00:05:50.160 Olivia used Getz's ugly comments to start a campaign to fundraise for abortion rights. 0.75
00:05:56.680 She raised $50,000 in less than 24 hours.
00:06:00.940 And as of today, she's raised a whopping $2 million, more than she says the organization has ever taken in.
00:06:07.780 According to the Washington Post, the funds will be split between 50 different abortion funds with the goal of widening access to abortion services, birth control, contraceptives, and other reproductive health services.
00:06:19.040 Here's what Olivia told MSNBC.
00:06:21.180 Honestly, I think my age is a gift. 0.99
00:06:23.800 Because I'm so young, a lot of these politicians think that I'm young, dumb, naive, or ignorant, 0.85
00:06:29.800 when the reality is I am the political strategist for one of the top and largest youth-led 0.95
00:06:35.620 nonprofits in the country, Gen Z for Change.
00:06:38.360 We've had multiple success stories on mobilizing young voters across the country.
00:06:43.100 We're working alongside Democratic candidates from across the country.
00:06:46.840 And so by underestimating me and thinking that I won't be able to fire back as hard as I prove that I can, they are truly gifting me a national platform on a silver platter. 0.88
00:06:58.580 So honestly, I would like to thank them for consistently undermining me and undermining Gen Z, because at the end of the day, we're the ones who usually win these battles. 0.83
00:07:06.900 I also really love what she had to say in Teen Vogue. 0.69
00:07:10.740 Olivia told Teen Vogue that Matt really just picked the wrong teen to bully, saying, quote,
00:07:16.440 Matt had put a spotlight on me.
00:07:18.380 He had given me the chance to rebut publicly.
00:07:21.180 And I think that what he was expecting was for me to fall into an outrage cycle.
00:07:25.000 He wanted me to be like, this is horrendous. 0.92
00:07:27.180 You're evil. 1.00
00:07:27.980 You should be canceled. 0.99
00:07:29.400 He wants people to label him as a monster and a free speech absolutist.
00:07:33.660 And I don't think he expected me to respond the way that I did, to fundraise for abortions.
00:07:38.340 He also probably didn't expect me to bring up his criminal investigation. What a weirdo to talk about another teenager. And I really love this because I think that she brilliantly subverted this tired notion of a young person as this delicate scold who would just fall apart when challenged. 0.76
00:07:55.300 I know that's the portrait that people like Matt Getz and his supporters like to paint of our young people, but it is a fiction.
00:08:03.320 Young people, Gen Z, they're some of the most resilient, creative, strong people I have ever met.
00:08:09.580 And honestly, they inspire me to stay in this movement time and time again.
00:08:13.580 And yeah, I think the bottom line is don't mess with teens.
00:08:17.180 I can tell you this firsthand from hanging out with my teenage cousins.
00:08:20.300 And if you've got any teens in your life, I know that you know what I'm talking about.
00:08:23.880 because they will embarrass you.
00:08:26.460 Case in point.
00:08:28.000 I think it's quite telling that Gates's office
00:08:30.860 would try to keep the word teenager out of the headlines
00:08:34.660 seeing the last time Matt Gates and teenager trended together.
00:08:38.580 It didn't end so well for him.
00:08:41.220 So Olivia, thank you for giving me something on the internet
00:08:44.140 that doesn't suck.
00:08:45.180 Thank you for being a light in a world 0.98
00:08:46.980 that feels like it is full of trash and constantly on fire.
00:08:50.700 And as you know, 0.56
00:08:51.360 I asked you all to send along your good news, things that are making you feel something other
00:08:56.420 than despair in these dark times. And listener Valerie Mates in Ann Arbor, Michigan, shared a
00:09:01.820 little good news that I actually didn't even know about and wanted to share with all of you.
00:09:05.840 Valerie writes, here in Michigan, LGBTQ protections were not insured by law. And yesterday,
00:09:11.760 the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that where the state's non-discrimination law bans discrimination
00:09:16.140 on the basis of sex,
00:09:17.600 that that now also includes
00:09:19.140 protections for the LGBTQ community.
00:09:21.700 I didn't even know
00:09:22.500 they were considering that
00:09:23.400 and I was delighted to hear.
00:09:24.900 And Valerie, I am delighted as well.
00:09:26.920 Thank you for sharing.
00:09:28.060 And listeners,
00:09:28.840 please continue to share with me
00:09:30.360 what's bringing you joy
00:09:32.100 or happiness
00:09:32.980 or a little bit of light
00:09:34.180 or a little bit of laugh
00:09:35.180 on the internet.
00:09:36.380 I don't care how petty it is.
00:09:37.760 I don't care how small it is. 0.98
00:09:39.080 I don't care how silly it is. 0.96
00:09:40.800 I want to hear about it. 0.84
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