{"id":2436536,"date":"2026-05-29T06:39:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2436536"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:39:41","slug":"gossiping-is-good-actually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gossiping-is-good-actually\/","title":{"rendered":"gossiping is good, actually."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQ4EaswJbds?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Psst! Did you hear? Gossip may not be AS bad as you think it is &#8211; well&#8230; in certain contexts, and depending on whose talking&#8230; actually I just heard this on the grapevine &#038; may not have the facts straight so you should probably just watch to find out more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>From rumour spreading &#038; slander to whisper networks that exist to support oppressed people in society &#8211; what do we actually mean when we condemn gossip, and is it as bad as we think? In this episode we unpack gossip from a critical feminist perspective &#038; consider its role in the #MeToo movement, among others. <\/p>\n<p>timestamps:<br \/>\n00:00 the white lotus<br \/>\n04:20 defining gossip<br \/>\n07:57 gossip &#038; patriarchy<br \/>\n12:08 it\u2019s in our nature<br \/>\n15:31 whisper networks &#038; #metoo<br \/>\n22:37 your comments!<\/p>\n<p>\u207a\u02da\u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729\u208a\u2729\u00b0\uff61\u22c6\u02da\u207a\u207a\u02da\u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729\u208a\u2729\u00b0\uff61\u22c6\u02da\u207a\u207a\u02da\u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729\u208a\u2729\u00b0\uff61\u22c6\u02da\u207a\u207a\u02da\u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729\u208a\u2729\u00b0\uff61\u22c6\u02da\u207a<\/p>\n<p>socials!<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charli.chats&#8230;<br \/>\nSubstack: https:\/\/substack.com\/@charlichats?utm_source=user-menu <\/p>\n<p>sources:<br \/>\nAlice Porter, https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-au\/gossip-friendship-celebrity-power-accountability<br \/>\nMegan L Robbins &#038; Alexander Karan, https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1948550619837000<br \/>\nSilvia Federici, https:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/article\/the-subversive-feminist-power-of-gossip<br \/>\nFrank T McAndew, https:\/\/theconversation.com\/gossip-is-a-social-skill-not-a-character-flaw-51629<br \/>\nKatherine Batchelor, Kelli Rushek &#038; Julia Beaumont, https:\/\/ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdfdirect\/10.1002\/jaal.1327<br \/>\nMaeve McDermott, https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2017\/10\/18\/how-whisper-networks-help-protect-women-harvey-weinsteins-world\/759860001\/<br \/>\nAfter Me Too, https:\/\/www.aftermetoo.com\/article\/how-whisper-networks-can-help-keep-you-safe-at-work\/<br \/>\n@TheMerakiProject (Instagram)<br \/>\nCarrie Ann Johnson, https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/communication\/articles\/10.3389\/fcomm.2023.1089335\/full<br \/>\nAustralian Human Rights Commission, https:\/\/humanrights.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/document\/publication\/2022.11.25_time_for_respect_2022_final_digital.pdf<br \/>\nMaria Verena Peters, https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/ejas\/16587<br \/>\nOverthink Podcast, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GdqFfmpby1U<\/p>\n<p>\u207a\u02da\u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729\u208a\u2729\u00b0\uff61\u22c6\u02da\u207a\u207a\u02da\u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729\u208a\u2729\u00b0\uff61\u22c6\u02da\u207a\u207a\u02da\u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729\u208a\u2729\u00b0\uff61\u22c6\u02da\u207a\u207a\u02da\u22c6\uff61\u00b0\u2729\u208a\u2729\u00b0\uff61\u22c6\u02da\u207a<br \/>\nDM me on Instagram for business enquiries<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WQ4EaswJbds\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psst! Did you hear? Gossip may not be AS bad as you think it is &#8211; well&#8230; in certain contexts, and depending on whose talking&#8230; actually I just heard this on the grapevine &#038; may not have the facts straight so you should probably just watch to find out more&#8230; From rumour spreading &#038; slander [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2436537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2436536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780036779_maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436538,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436536\/revisions\/2436538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}