Your Aunties aim to put truth and justice under the microscope
Nowadays, it’s all too easy to attack people verbally, in print or online – and as we find this week, just as easy to investigate and discuss this behaviour in detail. Your Aunties Could Never
Auntie AK, Auntie Farrah, Auntie Nana and Auntie Sade are four friends who have all come from different walks of life.
And in a recent episode of Your Aunties Could Never, guest host Marianne Sunshine (covering for Auntie AK) and Nicky – also the co-host of The Laid Bare Podcast and The Borough Section Podcast – join them to talk honestly about what is happening in the UK and around the world, pop culture, and towards the end, solve some very interesting dilemmas.
The conversation begins with the ladies discussing the current situation concerning the US House passing a bill that could ban TikTok nationwide. But the most important part of this episode was their heartfelt solidarity with Diane Abbott, who has been subject to racist remarks from Tory donor Frank Hester. He’s reported to have said the MP made him want “to hate all black women” and that she “should be shot”.
They talk about how these remarks have genuinely left them disheartened and furious . But it’s not that they are surprised, just truly exhausted, pleading for people to acknowledge their humanity.
At a time when black women’s’ trauma is publicly used as a pawn inside and outside of politics, the unfiltered, witty and hilarious voices on Your Aunties Could Never podcast are important and necessary.
Who Trolled Amber?
Cast your mind back to
2022 and the Depp v. Heard court case, when Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation.
Even if you had no interest in the case, you will have heard about it – likely through the nasty social media posts viciously criticising Heard and staunchly supporting Depp.
That’s exactly what investigative journalist Alexi Mostrous looks at in his latest series, Who Trolled Amber?
He dives into the deluge of anti-Amber Heard social media posts, discovering that vast swathes of them could be the work of bots, while examining who would wage this kind of online war and why.
It’s a well-explained, fascinating story about how online campaigns can change how people think – without them realising what’s happened.
The unfiltered, witty and hilarious voices on Your Aunties Could Never podcast are important and necessary.