<p>What do Beyonce,&nbsp;Gwen Stefani, and Nicki Minaj have in common? For one,&nbsp;they're cooler than you. But they've also all been accused of the a-word. It's like we need an instruction manual&nbsp;to navigate appropriation these days, but when all we want is for our cultures to be seen and appreciated, is this really helping?</p>

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Ep 74: Talking With a Black Widow, Baby

"Don’t tell me what I can and can’t say." Veteran journalist Taylor Ferber wrote this in her unprecedented Playboy feature, challenging the idea that brains and beauty are mutually exclusive, as the only woman who both posed and was a featured writer. After years as Hollywood's "Celebrity Whisperer" who interviewed and humanized the biggest A-listers, her irreverent show empowers viewers to think freely outside rules in politics, media, and pop culture, getting big guests like Blake Shelton, Tucker Carlson, Dave Portnoy, to say what they really think.