Feb 8, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min · 17 segments
Little bit of a heterosexual smackdown taking place today! But first, some housekeeping: As a reminder: Caro’s debut novel, YESTERYEAR, is coming out this spring (April 7th, to be exact), and she…
Carol Claire BurkeHost
Katie YaditasanHostWe're going to talk about Usha, and then we're going to dip into some academic theory with tragedy of heterosexuality, and then we'll do Rama, and then we'll conclude with some additional words from Jane Ward.
We should watch... what she does and what they do to her very closely because she is a woman of color in the inner circle of the Trump administration.
She's the vice president's wife and the mother of his three, almost four children.
She's also, like, was a highly powered lawyer prior to, you know, J.D. Vance becoming vice president.
And she kind of continued to look like a real person and, like, didn't take on the cyborgian role feminine aesthetic that all the other high-powered women in the Trump administration have.
And I thought that she would be kind of like an interesting canary in the coal mine or like leading indicator and somebody to pay attention to.
And J.D. made some creepy comments about like, you know, I want the birth rate higher and I'm doing my part or some crazy shit.
She's also, I will note, like, she and their children have been the subjects of a lot of racist attacks from, like, the white nationalists, right? From the
They, like, bring up the fact that, like, one of JD's children is named Vivek.
And they, like, have a lot of fun shitting on him for, like, being a race traitor, which is a very leopards-eating-your-face thing.
We're going to talk about Usha, and then we're going to dip into some academic theory with tragedy of heterosexuality, and then we'll do Rama, and then we'll conclude with some additional words from Jane Ward.
We should watch... what she does and what they do to her very closely because she is a woman of color in the inner circle of the Trump administration.
She's the vice president's wife and the mother of his three, almost four children.
She's also, like, was a highly powered lawyer prior to, you know, J.D. Vance becoming vice president.
And she kind of continued to look like a real person and, like, didn't take on the cyborgian role feminine aesthetic that all the other high-powered women in the Trump administration have.
And I thought that she would be kind of like an interesting canary in the coal mine or like leading indicator and somebody to pay attention to.
And J.D. made some creepy comments about like, you know, I want the birth rate higher and I'm doing my part or some crazy shit.
She's also, I will note, like, she and their children have been the subjects of a lot of racist attacks from, like, the white nationalists, right? From the
They, like, bring up the fact that, like, one of JD's children is named Vivek.
And they, like, have a lot of fun shitting on him for, like, being a race traitor, which is a very leopards-eating-your-face thing.
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