How 'Love Story'—and the Kennedys—Fooled America

HOLYYY SHIT this was so good I was squealing at my cats who just looked at me with utter disdain for the entire 2+ hours.

This episode of Diabolical Lies deconstructs "the cultural meaning of the Kennedys — and the attributes we not just accept but admire about this family tell us about our uniquely American pathologies."

Or: "the curse that befalls a woman who gets in a Great Man's way".

Some of my favourite moments from this ep (you'll need to pay to listen to it in its full two-hours-and-seventeen-minutes glory, but trust me when I say it is WORTH IT):

“This show is the entertainment equivalent of this meeting should’ve been an email”

“He has no discernible personality”

“I AM GOING TO LOBOTOMISE MYSELF!”

"There is currently a Kennedy in power wreaking fucking havoc on our country. There’s something pretty fucking insulting about the fact that we - the American public - are making romantic TikTok edits about a man who basically killed his wife with his recklessness, all while the sole surviving Kennedy with power is actively defunding vaccine research."

OOOooofttt. The tea is piping hot.