What Happened This Week: Taylor Swift Says "No Thanks" to Hollywood Studios 🎙

Plus: The very darkest side of momfluencing.

Taylor’s in her movie distribution era. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Hello hello, I guess we’re doing this weekly news-you-probably-missed thing again! Until I turn it into an actual podcast (maybe??), I’m gonna keep it behind the paid subscriber paywall because it’s a work in progress and also, paid subscribers get all the fun perks.

Anyway, today I’m explaining wtf is going on with the momfluencer Ruby Franke (TW: child abuse, ugh), wtf is going on with Taylor Swift going direct with AMC Theatres, wtf is going on with Mitch McConnell being “dehydrated,” and wtf is going on with Billy McFarland trying