142: The Millennial Episode

This week on The Broski Report, Supreme Leader Broski taps in to Millennial roots by reviewing 2010s fall fashion, Watch The Broski Report AD FREE: https://patreon.com/broskireport The OFFICIAL Songs of The Week Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ULrcEqO2JafGZPeonyuje?si=061c5c0dd4664f01 👕 Get your merch here: https://broski.shop/ Follow The Broski Report: https://www.linktr.ee/broskireport https://www.tiktok.com/@broskireport https://instagram.com/broskireport Follow Royal Court: https://www.youtube.com/@royalcourt https://www.tiktok.com/@bbroyalcourt https://www.instagram.com/royalcourt https://www.twitter.com/bbroyalcourt Follow Brittany: https://www.tiktok.com/@brittany_broski https://www.tiktok.com/@brittanybroski https://instagram.com/brittany_broski https://youtube.com/brittany_broski VOTING RESOURCES: Headcount – https://www.headcount.org/ Ballotopedia – https://ballotpedia.org https://ballotpedia.org/ Rock The Vote – https://www.rockthevote.org/how-to-vote/ Vote.org http://Vote.org – https://vote.org https://vote.org/ CREDIBLE RESOURCES TO HELP FREE PALESTINE: Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund - https://www.pcrf.net/ UNICEF - https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/helping-gazas-children-cope-trauma Doctors Without Borders - https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/give-monthly-double-your-impact-search-onetime-reverse-mobile?ms=ADD2301U3U49&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BRAND. DWB_CKMSF-BRAND. DWB-GS-GS-ALL-DWBBrand. E-BO-ALL-RSA-RSARefresh.1-MONTHLY&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6PGxBhCVARIsAIumnWZpQAMikxPIRiPMfAjYsJZ-eHiRQV2pw7tu2Jlo6YL8Gk_uaTSwH0MaAtFGEALw_wc World Central Kitchen - https://wck.org/ World Health Organization - https://www.who.int/ Headcount - https://www.headcount.org/ ICE OUT OF OUR CITY / PROTEST RESOURCES: Script to Contact Your Representatives – 5calls.org http://5calls.org/ ACLU – https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights Immigrant Defense Project – https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit Freedom for Immigrants – https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/resources Immigrants Legal Resource Center – https://www.ilrc.org/community-resources/know-your-rights Immigration Justice Campaign – https://immigrationjustice.us/ National Immigrant Justice Center – https://immigrantjustice.org/ LGBTQ+ RESOURCES: https://Translifeline.org https://translifeline.org/ https://Glaad.org https://glaad.org/ https://Pflag.org https://pflag.org/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ REPRODUCTIVE RESOURCES: https://aidaccess.org https://aidaccess.org/ https://plancpills.org https://plancpills.org/ https://Ineedana.com https://ineedana.com/ https://www.reprolegalhelpline.org/ https://heyjane.com https://heyjane.com/ Brought to You By: Smirnoff Ice – Stock the Fridge For Your Next Hang with Smirnoff Ice Hinge – Download Hinge Today from the App Store Rocket Money – Save money and reach your goals faster at https://rocketmoney.com/broskireport Songs of the Week: When A Good Man Cries (cover) – Olivia Rodrigo CHAPTERS: 0:00 – Intro 2:20 – Fidget Toys 3:15 – Department Stores 7:30 – Blonde Era 9:22 – Fall 12:44 – 2010s Fashion 22:00 – Internet Presence 26:00 – 2010s Fashion Cont. 35:24 – Today’s Internet 43:52 – 2010s Fashion Cont. 57:36 – Housekeeping #brittanybroski, #broski, #broskination, #broskireport, #millennial, #fashion, #autumn, #fall, #seasons, #kurtisconner, #harrystyles

Speaker names marked ? are inferred from speaking time and the show’s known hosts — they are not voice-verified.

• 0:00Speaker 00

  Hey, I'm Niall Rogers. This fall, I'll be driving across the country, meeting some of today's coolest and most fascinating artists. We'll explore the stories before the moments that changed everything. Because every musician remembers the moment where it all began. Experience Before the Moment, a Lincoln Original Series, on the iHeartRadio app, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

• 0:32Speaker 01

  Coming to you live from the Broski Nation headquarters, it's the Broski Report, going to our host, Brett May.

• 0:42Brittany Broski?

  Yeah, did somebody say Chungus? Because it's about to get real Chungy in here. Oh, so I'm Chugi now. Oh, so I guess it's Chugi to be a millennial. I guess it's Chugi to enjoy the things you enjoy. I'm sorry, millennials were the first people to have social media. So you should be thanking us. I have the same hours in the day as Beyonce. So yeah, what do you do with your 24 hours? Hey, guys, welcome back to the Broski Report. Millennial edition. I will wait, I will wait for you. And that was the harmony. And sometimes I'll do those edits of putting me over,

• 1:25Brittany Broski?

  me singing over the actual thing. And sometimes I hit a random harmony. What was that one song? The, "See you waiting for you on the corner of East D." I hit a crazy harmony to that song, like, for no reason. And then y'all put me also, Rhett.

• 1:46Brittany Broski?

  Y'all put me over, um, um, Rhett and Link singing Neon Moon. When the sun goes down. And we kind of hit that shit crazy style. I really, you know, I really feel like I give you guys so much, a creative well of information and data that you just, you do your thing with it. And I'm really, really appreciative of it because, you know, I appreciate it. And I just feel really seen by you guys. All right, same as last week. I've got my Neato gummy bear. And see how, when you press on its, on its gelatinous stomach just enough, it kind of bulges out. I like that. It's sack bulges.

• 2:28Brittany Broski?

  When you grip on its sack and you push, it kind of bulges out pregnant style. So that's awesome. I like to really explore the anatomy of my STEM toys. You know what I mean? Oh, my God, I'm so excited. I'm, um, um.

• 2:46Brittany Broski?

  I'm going to visit my friends soon in, hello, hello. What the fuck is going on today? My brain doesn't work. I'm gonna, um, let me get on. Why do y'all listen to this podcast? I'm going to Savannah, Georgia soon, to go visit some very dear, dear friends of mine. And we're gonna do Girls Weekend. We're gonna have our little thing. And I'm very excited because, you know, in those little shops, like the little mom and pop shops, they randomly sometimes have the best fidget toys, like, for no reason. There'll just be a little corner with like, a bunch of AI slop and then whatever. And then just like, great STEM toys.

• 3:31Brittany Broski?

  So I'm like, oh, mom and pop have the hookup for the ADHD slash high-functioning autistic children. And by children, I mean adults. So that's awesome. And yeah, they are meant for children. But in many ways, I am a child. So, all right, here's what we're gonna do today. Today is fall. Welcome to fall, y'all. It's fall, y'all. Remember those signs? I used to love that shit. TJ Maxx in Texas, Max and Estas. Where the fuck are you? Stand the fuck up. Max and Estas, stand the fuck up. TJ Maxx, Home Goods, Marshalls. That is the, like, middle-class America. That's where you get your shit.

• 4:15Brittany Broski?

  Like, we couldn't afford the Nordstroms or the, Penny's was, my Mimi did Penny's. She still does. And Penny's and Kohl's had really cute stuff, but that's on the more pricey side. Dillard's, Dillard's was ritzy, okay? And I don't know if Dillard's even exists anymore. At least not brick and mortar Dillard's. You know, I went to, to JCPenney and Dillard's probably two years ago, maybe three years ago, just in the mall. Because they're in every mall, but they're empty as fuck. It's literally ghost town. It's scary boots. I went into JCPenney, where I lived in, where was I? No, it was here. It was in LA. And I think I drove maybe like 30 minutes out of my way.

• 4:57Brittany Broski?

  And I went in, it was imp tea. Even the people working there were like, can I help you? I was like, yeah, I'm shopping. And I went in there to get sweaters. Because I was like, girl, these fucking Instagram ads, everything is polyester, even thrifting stuff. Sometimes I'm like, this is Shein, bitch, and you ripped the tag out. And I'm just like, I can feel it. And it just doesn't keep you warm. And it smells like puss, and it's just bad. And so I was like, I'm gonna go to JCPenney, at least find me some, you know, 100% cotton, 100% wool, whatever. Go get a sweater. And I know it's gonna be super ass discounted. So I went in and I promised I was the only person in the store. And I went to the clearance rack and I found a bunch of sweaters.

• 5:42Brittany Broski?

  And I got like, J. Crew and all, like, good brands for like, $8. It was such tea. And I didn't want to tell anyone because I was like, this is my secret. Like, I'm getting this shit discounted 95% off. Insane, $8 for a sweater. I think I got like, five sweaters. And I still wear them. Like, I wear them out. And so that is my, my tea is, I would say, Broski Nation, head out to the department stores, because they're about to close anyway. A lot of them are doing their like, last, everything must go, if they're even still open in your town. I would really go and set a budget for yourself. Like, okay, I'm not gonna spend more than $50. And just stock up on what you need. Whether that's sweaters, whether that's like shoes,

• 6:26Brittany Broski?

  whether it's summer shorts, I don't, like, whatever. And they have that shit. And it's like, good quality, good brands. And it kind of makes me sad because it's like, yeah, of course, these brick and mortar stores that employ people are going out of business. But I also remember the hellscape of being a fat kid and like, my parents taking me to JCPenney to go try on, like, clothes for school and be like, it is a billion degrees in here. Everyone and their mother is here. It is clothes all over the fucking floor. Nothing's organized. It's very, and this is like at Penny's. And Penny's was the nice place. But that back-to-school, like, flurry of buying clothes was just too much sometimes. And then like, arguing with my mom about like, I don't like this. Or, this is the style, mom, I don't care if you don't think it looks good.

• 7:11Brittany Broski?

  I need to wear an infinity scarf. I need to wear a pencil skirt to school. Trust me. And so in that vein, I've just been thinking a lot about fall. I've been thinking a lot about fall growing up, fall during school, and how my relationship to fall over the years has changed and morphed and blossomed. Because I used to be like, oh, the sun's going away. I'm like, time to get depressed. And now I'm like, oh, my God, it's my favorite damn season. And I do believe I am in autumn. And any of y'all color analysis people, if you want to like, take a bald photo of me, because you know how they block your hair and they block your, I've got plenty of those photos out there. Just take a bald photo of me and do my color analysis. Because I'm very curious.

• 7:55Brittany Broski?

  Because sometimes, like, a light blue looks very beautiful on me. But ever since I made my hair warmer, everyone's like, oh, my God, you, you finally look good. Oh, you finally look good. Oh, thank God. Because I do look back on when I had bleached blonde 22-inch hair. And I'm, you know, uh-huh. I needed to do it. That was my fantasy, bitch. Like, I don't know what that is, growing up, being like, bleach blonde hair is the epitome of gorgeousica beauty to me. Like, I thought I was Pamela Anderson with those inches in, bitch. Like, Brazilian bust-down, 22-inch, bleach blonde Pamela Anderson. And it was not giving that. It was giving washed out, you're white, L plus you're white. That's what it was giving.

• 8:38Brittany Broski?

  So, yeah, my bleach blonde extensions with my graphic t-shirt and Nike tennis skirt. Like, no, girl, that's not fashion. I don't know. But you know what? I felt gorge. I felt fucking gorge. You couldn't tell me shit when I walked in the room with my, with my 22-inch bust-down, thick, dark eye makeup. I loved doing that dark eye makeup. It was really, really fun to me. And then, yeah, a lash, my long ass nails. And then guess what? A Harry Styles graphic t-shirt and a Nike shirt, a Nike skirt, and a high-top Converse. And you can tell when I interviewed fucking Hosier. That was, I was deep in that. I was deep in that phase of my life. I'm wearing a graphic Hosier t-shirt, high-top Converse,

• 9:22Brittany Broski?

  I think a skirt, and then my dark ass makeup and my bleach blonde hair. That was quite the era. But in high school, it's funny because I could trace it back to, in high school, that's all I wanted to look like. And then I finally, I got adult money and then I could do it. And now I'm like, obviously, you find yourself more and more every year, which is very much funny, how it changes so drastically. And so now I look back and I'm like, God. That is not cute, girl, but it was at the time. I really, really thought it was. So that's what matters. That's what matters is I felt, I felt beautiful. So I'm thinking a lot about millennial fashion. I'm thinking a lot about fall. I'm thinking a lot about

• 10:07Brittany Broski?

  Christian girl autumn, about millennial hipsters. They really, really had their peak in fall. And Americans do call it fall, and I do believe we're the only ones because leaf fall down. Okay, scuff, sun fall from sky. Every other civilized nation calls it autumn. And to that I say, and to audio listeners, I just jacked off to the camera. And to audio listeners, I just jerked it. I jerked it off. Because like, shut up. Shut the fuck up, bitch. It's fall. Okay. And yeah, I'm gonna say fall because I'm American. Here's the thing. I, I am in both camps. I'm in the camp of Americans are loud and annoying, and we do a lot of

• 10:49Brittany Broski?

  things wrong, and American individualism and exceptionalism, and we think that we're exempt, and we think we're the number one country in the world, X, Y, Z, all this fucking bullshit propaganda. In the other camp, the like, oh, my God, I'm embarrassed to be American, with a laughing stock of the whole world, of the entire world. Anytime I go to Europe, anytime I leave America, the number one question is about Trump, and everyone's just infatuated with him. They think he is genuinely evil. They think he's a cartoon character because he is. And it's just so embarrassing that it's like, that's the, and, and then like every single video I see about Americans online is just, it's, it is so humiliating. And I don't want to add into that. But at the same time, I don't know, Caleb said something on his podcast like a year ago or something where he was

• 11:32Brittany Broski?

  like, dude, through it all, love being American. I love football, and I love fried chicken, and I love sweet tea, and I love like, you know, like all these things. And I was like, he's low key right. There's a lot about being American that I'm like, that's awesome. That's fucking awesome. Disneyland, only an American could have dreamed that up. I mean it. Only an American could have been like, what if Disneyland was a thing? And now it's a global franchise. Like, and now it's like everyone, when you step foot in Disneyland or a Disney resort of any kind, you are also American. That's how that works. Like, you suddenly become American. So I don't know, it's very, very, I have very mixed feelings

• 12:15Brittany Broski?

  on it, obviously, because humiliated to be an American, but also so, so happy to be an American sometimes. So, yeah, dude, fall, fuck you. I'm jerking off to the camera again. It's, it's called fall, because that's where I'm from. And if I was from the EU, and I learned English, I'd probably call it autumn. But I'm not. But I'm not. All right. So what I want to do today is millennial autumn fashion. Take it or leave it. Okay? Keep it or leave it. We're gonna not rank it, but does it have its place in fashion history? Or should we leave it in 2013 where it kind of belongs? So in honor of that, today

• 12:56Brittany Broski?

  I have my flannel on, I have my infinity scarf, and I have my Canada beanie that I, I bought in Toronto. Shout out to Toronto. You left your mom in the hoods, fam? You left your mom's in the hood? Shout out to Toronto, Toronto.

• 13:14Speaker 00

  Hey, it's Nile Rodgers, host of Before the Moment, a Lincoln original series. I'm driving across the country, meeting some of today's most fascinating artists. We're exploring the stories before the moment that changed everything. This week, I'm joined by Miguel.

• 13:33Speaker 03

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• 14:48Brittany Broski?

  All right. Let's go ahead and, I guess, get into it. Number one, infinity scarfs. Um, that's gonna be a hard ass no. Ass no. That's gonna be a hard ass no. Infinity scarves are very of their time. And I am very partial to, maybe it's my propensity towards Pinterest, maybe I'm just a traditionalist. I love a scarf that you can see the bottom of. Okay? The, literally just wrap it around once, throw it over your shoulder, but it's a huge scarf. I think that is so chic. Like, I really do. Just over a nice fitting coat, just wrap it once, throw it over your shoulder, or do the classic, you know, wrap around once,

• 15:30Brittany Broski?

  other side, and they're both in front of you. But I've also started doing this cute thing in the fall, where you tie it like a bow. I have this red scarf, and I put it on my black jacket, and I tie it like a big bow around my neck, and it's super cute. And I've also seen it with pink scarves on navy jackets. That's a very fun color combo for the fall slash winter, if you're a cool tone girl. Love that. Definitely try that. A beanie. Look, beanies are timeless. I feel like there is a specific type of dude that wears a beanie, but when I see a woman in a beanie, I think of Marnie from Girls. Like, it's just a very, you know, it's bedroom pop. You're like, forgiveness is only saying

• 16:13Brittany Broski?

  sorry. Like, you're doing, when you're wearing a beanie. If you're a woman who wears a beanie, you also own an ukulele. You own a ukulele, you're doing, you're singing in cursive. You probably love Phoebe Bridgers. Like, that's, that is the woman that wears a beanie. I just feel like there's other more fun winter hats to wear. But I also understand the functionality of a beanie. Okay? Like, if you live in Colorado, if you live in Boston, it's fucking cold. I don't wear a beanie because it fucks up my hair, because my hair gets greasy as fuck when it's pushed against my head, because my head is oily, right? Right? My scalp is oily. So when you push it again, it just never looks good. I love earmuffs. I'm gonna

• 16:56Brittany Broski?

  throw in earmuffs into here. The, my quintessential, I don't think they ever go out of style. I think they're so cute. And what gets cold? Your ears. And guess what? In a beanie, the bottom of my ears are exposed. And now I'm pissed off. Because everything else is warm, my earlobes are fucking red. Now my earlobes are red. I look like I'm swollen. Okay? I don't like that. So I suggest no beanie, use ear warmers. Let's talk about the quintessential Thanksgiving outfit. Dude. Quintessential Thanksgiving outfit.

• 17:26Brittany Broski?

  Suede pencil skirt. Suede mini pencil skirt with the buttons. A black turtleneck. Very tight, very tight black turtleneck. That green, you know, the one, the olive green jacket that everyone had, the tumbler jacket. Tights, ankle booties. All right? Probably a Chelsea boot, but I used to wear this brand, this fucking, I don't know if anyone else knew about this other than like 50 plus year old men. Clarks? Clarks makes like Oxford's and Brogues. Oxford's or Brogues. That's from, that's from Kingsman. Shout out Taran Egerton,

• 18:06Brittany Broski?

  bro. Kingsman? I was, I was gooning for Taran Egerton as a teenager. I was gooning for him. It was like, Eggsy, Eggsy darling. My God. And then the second one, when he's in a coma, what's his name's in a coma? Um, Colin Farrell? Colin Firth? Colin Firth is in a coma? Dude. I felt like a fucking family member had died. Like, he taught me how to be an agent, how to be a spy, how to be a Kingsman. Oxford's or Brogues. Like, that movie, really, I've seen that movie so many times. And it's so campy, and like, honestly, if I washed it back now, I'd be like, what the fuck is this movie? But it was so, I love a movie with

• 18:48Brittany Broski?

  a trial in it. And that is that. Like, oh shit, scared me. My leaves fell on my damn screen, it fell. So, uh, yeah, shout out to Taran Egerton, and sorry that I used to goon to you as a teen. Okay, that's the Thanksgiving outfit. Make sure, oh, my ankle booties were Clarks, and they were so comfortable, because of course they're for men. So of course that shit's comfortable. It had this padding on the bottom of the ankle boot, and they laced up. I loved that shit. And when I say ankle, I mean ankle. Like, they cut off down below the ankle. And, but they're kind of camp. If we were to bring that back today, I feel like it'd be, I'd be like, oh, okay, work. The way that that Valentino

• 19:31Brittany Broski?

  shoe is coming back. Well, that one, and what's the, the platform ankle strap sandal that like Ariana used to wear, Beyonce used to wear it. I forget who makes it. But that's kind of coming back. This almost, people are nostalgic for 2010, 2011 grunge, which is very crazy. This shit's always cyclical. Whatever you have from 2020, and you're like, oh, let me donate this. Maybe keep some of it, because that shit is going to come back around, and it's gonna be cool in like 10 years. So you could be like, this is my Shein

• 20:09Brittany Broski?

  warped checker pattern. Tank top, tube top from, from 2020 COVID. When, when we were all getting fitted the fuck up in our rooms, cider hall, Shein hall, and just plastic, just landfill core, and getting fitted up to take photos to post, not on Instagram, no, no, TikTok. Damn, I gotta go do a video for TikTok in my Shein fit. What a time. I know, I'm fucked up. I'm just a loser. What a time. All right, next. Horse riding boots. Girl, this is evergreen. The equestrian look. Look, because look, let me tell you

• 20:50Brittany Broski?

  something. The Ralph Lauren thing, by the way, it's Lauren, he's American. It's not Ralph Lauren. He's not fucking French, bro. That's like quintessential American designer, Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren core, the, the old money, equestrian, like really tight, uh, almost leggings tucked into a riding boot with the socks peeking out. I personally...

• 21:20Brittany Broski?

  I personally think that's timeless. I think that it's flattering. Anything can go on top. I love a riding boot, a riding boot with a dress, a riding boot with a skirt, a mini. It's very flattering and very like, it keeps you warm. It's a good winter slash fall slash autumn, otoño, kind of thing. So that's evergreen. Keep it. But let's go back through these. Infinity scarves, leave it. Beanie, leave it. The Thanksgiving outfit, uh, leave it. But, um, no, leave it. Horse riding boots, keep it. Galaxy print leggings.

• 21:55Brittany Broski?

  What the fuck were we doing? Gal- I never had them. I never had galaxy print leggings, but you know what I did have? And I'm being very deeply honest when I say this. My parents were, uh, my parents were money savers. Okay? My parents are money savers in many ways and that deeply affected, you know, what we looked like. And not to say we went without ever, but like, what I was wearing as a teenager was very much like, oh, my dad said, my dad won't let me XYZ. And the fashion, the fits suffered because of it, y'all. All love to my dad. The fits had fucking suffered.

• 22:39Brittany Broski?

  The fits could have been a lot better, but my dad insisted that we clothes shopped at Costco.

• 22:45Brittany Broski?

  My mom, my mom's side, she would take us to J C Penney's, Kohl's, Dillard's. And now, of course, it was always what my Mimi, what my mom wanted me to wear. I had very little to say in the matter. But my dad, he was more so like, we're at Costco, what do you want? And I was like, mm, probably nothing. Oh, back to school fits? Yeah, probably nothing from Costco, to be honest. But, uh, yeah, no, no, I'll take a look. And so I went over and took a look. You know how it's those big ass tables of just shit? It's just got shit on it. And it's usually like, it's for men. It's like golf shirts, sir, it's zip up, sir, it's whatever. Baby clothes. Now me, imagine me, 15 year old me.

• 23:26Brittany Broski?

  I'm in the Costco, trapped there against my fucking will, because we're doing a family grocery run. We're there for four hours shopping for Costco stuff. And I would only say yes if I knew that we could also go clothes shopping, because I wanted shit. Cause I was a greedy fuck. I was a greedy 15 year old and I wanted shit. I'm only going if there's something in it for me. Otherwise I gotta be at home on Tumblr. Like, why the fuck do you think I'm here? Also, I'm on my iPod Touch, there's no wifi here. This place fucking sucks.

• 23:57Brittany Broski?

  This place fucking sucks. Okay, everybody here, he sells fan fiction. What the fuck? So we're at Costco. My iPod Touch is not connecting to the wifi because I'm not a Costco club member. Okay, I'm not, I'm, I don't. And my parents don't give a shit about me enough to share me the fucking wifi password with me. Cause I'm being abused.

• 24:17Brittany Broski?

  Cause I'm being fucking abused by my parents. We're still at Costco for four hours. And so they're running around doing whatever and I'm just falling by, oh my, oh. By the way, looking back, my parents were like struggling, having two, like, small children. Cause we're, my brother and sister and I are six and seven years apart. Six, seven. We were six and seven years apart. And they're obviously dealing with them whining like, I don't wanna be here. Like getting all the samples, whatever. And then I'm behind them like, I need wifi. I need wifi. My fucking friend on Tumblr said she's gonna kill herself. I have to like check if she's alive. Mind you, she didn't. They never did. But I got real, real, real, real accustomed to that whole thing. You know what I mean?

• 25:01Brittany Broski?

  I'd be at the family dinner table and I'd be on Tumblr, like, under the table on my iPod Touch being like, don't do it. You have so much to live for. Like, I have always been the bitch holding that shit down. I've been the friend holding that shit down. Don't kill yourself. Because don't kill yourself. Don't. Like, seriously, don't. I really feel like there's so much to live for. This whole podcast is just, there's so much to live for and there's so much to laugh for and there's so much to be happy and hopeful about. Okay, so I think from a young age, I was always that for my, my friends and my internet friends, whatever. Like, you know how that shit used to be. I was talking to people I'd never met in person, who supposedly were my age, really struggling with their mental health.

• 25:45Brittany Broski?

  And like, I, as a teenager, really didn't struggle with my mental health. Everything was all fucking rainbows and butterflies for me. So I, I would help them. And that became a kind of, like, I got pretty good at it. And then, you know, in my adult life, I started to date men who needed that from me as well, which is really fucking fun. Anyway. Okay, can I say something? Why does every friend group have that one person who's like, don't worry, I'll bring something? And then they show up with one lonely bag of chips, probably for themselves. Girl, there's 20 people here. What was the thought process there? I personally am the opposite of that person. That's why I've been grabbing Smirnoff Ice. It's cold, it's crispy, and it's one of those things that disappears from the fridge way faster than you expected.

• 26:30Brittany Broski?

  My friends are pigs. Also, sorry, can we normalize opening someone's fridge the second you get to their house? Like, you knew I was coming. Let me in there. I wanna see what sauces you have in here and I'm gonna start throwing stuff away that's expired. Anyway, the next time you're headed to a get together, just grab some Smirnoff Ice and make sure the fridge is stocked. This episode of the Brokey Report is sponsored by Hinge. Now, I talk a lot on this podcast about not needing a man, which you don't. Being content with platonic and familial love, and I do think those are the most important and steadfast kinds of love. But I'm also not a robot. I do believe that when you're ready,

• 27:10Brittany Broski?

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• 27:50Brittany Broski?

  That whole era, I was so helplessly, hopelessly addicted to my device, which I did not. My, my parents only paid for like, half of a gig of data for me on my phone. So I'd obviously blow through that in fucking seconds. And then I'd be like, I need wifi for my fucking app, but oh my, you guys don't give a shit about me. So we'd be at Costco. Let me get back to it. We're at the table, with all the clothes on it. And my parents are, you know, whatever. I am looking at the pajama jeans. Now, what is a pajama jean, Brittany? Thank you for asking. Pajama jeans are skinny jeans that are made of cotton. Not a jean, not a denim in sight. They are 100% cotton, stretch.

• 28:29Brittany Broski?

  And they do have pockets, yes, they do, but only in the back. And if you put anything in it, it sags your ass down because it's 100% cotton. I wore pajama jeans every single day from the ages of 14 to 18. Pajama jeans were all I had. It was me and my pajama jeans against the world, specifically Sam's Club and Costco pajama jeans. And I would pair said pajama jeans with a thrifted, oversized, long sleeve shirt. Okay? The ones of like, so and so nature preserve. And it would have all the wolves, you know what I mean? The like, the wolves and the stepbrothers pose with mountains in the background, or like a howling wolf.

• 29:12Brittany Broski?

  I was wearing that. Okay, I was wearing, uh, kitschy, campy, refer, like IP referential shirts as well. Etsy was my girl. I was deep in a Star Wars phase, so I had a lot of like, the first order, but it looked like the North Face logo. So it said the first order and the other half of it, instead of the North Face logo, it had one half of a stormtrooper thing. Like, it was that. I had a shirt that said Stark Industries, which by the way, now that's like wearing Palantir t-shirt. Like, what the fuck? But I was like, oh, it's from the movie. It's from the movie Iron Man 2. I want that movie. So I had that. I had a bunch of shit like that. Just funny, graphic t-shirts. I've always loved a damn graphic t-shirt.

• 29:56Brittany Broski?

  So from there, the makeup was also questionable. This was King Kylie era. So I was overlining the fuck out of my tiny Renaissance lips. For what? Like, by the way, and then posing with the, you know, in the mirror, like the, or up high. I was really doing that shit. I was clocking in on that shit in ways you guys did not even know. I actually put a photo up here. That's, I used to be doing that shit. Okay, that was me in the King Kylie era. So I was doing that. I used to have super long hair and then I chopped it. I got this cute little bob and it actually, it was, it was such a slay. And then I really, really wanted at this time to wear fake lashes, but I didn't know how and it kind of scared me. And I also didn't want to be made fun of going to school because this was like

• 30:39Brittany Broski?

  prime of that shit. All the Manny Mua, Laura Lee, like Jeffrey Star, like all of that. I was so deep into that. And I was so into like, I had the Anastasia palettes and I had this or whatever. But then I was going to school just doing like eye liner, the, the liquid eyeliner on top and mascara. That's all I was doing. No blush, no shit. And then overlining the fuck out of my lips. So I looked crazy. Hair up in a bun every single day. Don't even think about styling your hair. Just throw it up in a bun. And around the time that I was like, okay, I'm gonna start learning how to do lashes. I would look up makeup tutorials online of like, how to get fake lashes, no fake lashes. And

• 31:22Brittany Broski?

  it was just like, oh, curl your eyelashes. And I was like, well, I don't have a curler and I'm not gonna buy a curler. So how else do I do it? I remember laying in my bed and getting so frustrated that I couldn't have fake lashes and there, no one had an alternative. And then I ended up obviously wearing fake lashes because I, I, I wanted that shit. So I eventually got it. But that, if that helps paint a picture of me in high school, I was doing theater. And if I wasn't doing theater, I was doing mock trial, which is like a, it's like pre-law shit. And I was showing up in my thrifted wolf t-shirt with my overlined lips being like,

• 31:57Speaker 05

  Okay, but the prosecution really should think about.

• 32:00Brittany Broski?

  It was fun. I was very, really, really fun to be around in high school. And then college was this shit, like heavy, heavy. 2018 is when I graduated. So I started college. I graduated in three years. So I started college in 2015. That's when I graduated high school. And 2015 was all this. It was the olive green jacket. It was tights. It was ankle boots. It was like, girl, the thick, thick liner. The, um, y'all, Ariana Grande used to have a makeup tutorial. And if you know, you know. She used to have a makeup tutorial on her YouTube page that I have watched probably one billion times. She used to have this specific color, something berry of Maybelline long stay lipstick or something.

• 32:43Brittany Broski?

  And that's all she used to, she was like, sitting on her floor. This was in the victorious Sam and Cat era. Sitting on her floor being like, here's my makeup tutorial. And she had fake lashes on from set. She was like, these are from set. So I just like, don't really, like, I don't know what I'm doing. And she would do blush. She would do eyeshadow, but then wipe it off and then lips. And that was literally it. And it was the most unhelpful, like, no tea, love her to death. It was the most unhelpful shit. But I watched every single moment of it a billion times. And I bought every product that she mentioned in it. And I was like, okay, so pause. Why don't I look like her? Okay, like, wait, I'm doing everything right. I'm doing everything I need to. Why don't I look like Ariana Grande?

• 33:28Brittany Broski?

  That fucking picture of her sitting on the bathroom counter, like with her feet in the sink, doing her makeup there. Girl, I wanted to be her so bad. Which brings me to another point. High school, freshman sophomore year, I had a, that was the peak Ariana phase for me. She would do bows in her hair and she would do the oversized sweatshirts and she would do Uggs. Okay, that was her thing. I wore that. That was my uniform on days that I wasn't doing Eleanor Calder, AKA Louis Tomlinson's ex-girlfriend. I was so deep in this shit, bitch. You have no idea. Everything about my personality was Tumblr. Everything about how I dressed, how I looked, how I did my makeup, how I did my hair was Tumblr.

• 34:10Brittany Broski?

  And I don't regret a damn second of it. It was so informative. It was so formative for me. The like sleeveless button up, the like kind of preppy shit. I would wear a pencil skirt, my ankle boots and like a, I looked like I was about to teach the damn class, bitch. 6 a.m. I'm, I'm dragging. I am getting into drag for first period at 7:30 a.m. I don't give a fuck. Tomlinson Tuesdays, every Tuesday I dressed like Louis Tomlinson. I'd wear stripes or suspenders. Yes, I used to wear suspenders to school. And were they connected to my pajama jeans? Yes, they were. Yes, they were. They really were. And then if it wasn't that, then I was doing Ariana Grande. And then towards senior year, I started to be like, I don't give a fuck about, I don't give a fuck about

• 34:53Brittany Broski?

  anything. And that's when I was doing pajama jeans and the thrifted shirts. Not my cornucopia falling. But that was very, oh, take me back. I had so much fun getting ready in the morning. Like it, oh, not even to mention, in eighth grade, I dressed like Marilyn Monroe. In eighth grade, bitch, I was doing 50s pinup. I was dressing in like, I love Lucy polka dot dresses, a red lip to school, doing my hair and a like, bitch, I loved that shit. I have always loved dressing up. I have always loved figuring out who I am, whatever. And

• 35:33Brittany Broski?

  my parents, I will give credit to my parents, never once was my dad like, go change. He was very, whatever I came out of that room looking like, he was like, have fun at school. He said, have a good day at school. He said, have a good day at school. Versus my mom was kind of like, you, that whole side of the family was kind of weird. It was like, turn 13, you need to start wearing makeup. You need to this, you need to that. And looking back, I'm like, wearing makeup at 13 is such a, you don't need to do that. Hey, hey, you don't need to do that. Actually, you're still a kid. But I started, I started wearing makeup, I think at like 14. And then my mom's side used to be like, those shorts don't fit you.

• 36:14Brittany Broski?

  You look fat. And I have a lot of trauma from that, I will admit. But there was something about, like, when I was at my dad's house, it was very, have a good day at school. And I appreciate that because I can now come to the realizations of that era was not it. But it was so, it was so precious to me because I found out who I was and what I liked. And I always say this, like, I truly believe we are our 16-year-old selves. Like, not much changes from when we were 16 to now in terms of like, basic things about our personality, the things we like and dislike and why, you know, like what we're drawn to. And so it was very fun. That whole era too, I started to discover bluegrass. Like,

• 36:57Brittany Broski?

  I was deeply into Arctic Monkeys, the 1975, the Neighborhood, all that shit. Five Saws, One Direction. But then at the same time, I started to discover Dolly Parton and I discovered the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack. I discovered Ralph Stanley, you know, I, all these like, bluegrass legends. It was really, really important to me. And it's so funny because I still, I feel that way. It's just morphed and changed, but it's still at its core the same, like the things that I gravitate towards. So I feel very, all that to say, this is a thought that I, I would like to share.

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• 39:08Brittany Broski?

  I feel very sad for teenagers today, and not even to mention middle schoolers and younger, of these kids who are being raised with a device in their hand in a way different way than like we were as, you know, Gen Z or millennials of like, it was almost, if it wasn't monitored, then it was at least limited because all this shit hadn't dropped yet, you know, AI-generated content and all the data breaches, all the things that when you sign up to use TikTok, all the things you are agreeing to, all the data it's collecting from you. Like, these kids have no fucking shot. They have no chance. And the content

• 39:49Brittany Broski?

  they're being fed, I mean, we got it pretty bad on Tumblr or Instagram or whatever, of the Instagram baddie or like Tumblr, ED Tumblr, like eating disorders were the tea on Tumblr. And that was a weird thing to navigate, the whole American Apparel Skinnygirl thing. Now, bitch? It has spiraled. It has gotten so unmanageable that it's no longer this like weird subculture of like, all right, if you want to do that, that go stay over there. But it's not being forced down my throat. It is everywhere now, like, and I know, obviously, like, I don't really want to harp on this, but women have never been more picked apart.

• 40:33Brittany Broski?

  And that's saying a lot because tabloid culture of the 90s and like, this shit is what killed Amy Winehouse. It's what killed, you know, Janis Joplin, like, all these things of just, women in media are so terrorized. They are picked apart and it drives them into the arms of substance abuse and it drives them into these things that ultimately destroy them. And it is so horrible. And to think that these things are now being fed to children, literal children on the internet and no one's protecting them. No one's protecting them from what the internet is. Even I, as a full-blown adult, am like, fuck me. I shouldn't be able to see some of this stuff. It's just too much.

• 41:18Brittany Broski?

  We should not have this much access to everything, everywhere, all at once. You know what I mean? And kids don't have that level of discernment of either A, this isn't real, B, I should stop watching this, or C, I should report this content. They don't have any of those filters, internal filters. So, God, it just terrifies me. And, uh, I mean, specifically in the vein of fashion and beauty, more terrorizing shit. Like, it is just truly scary and I mourn for them and I really don't have a solution. It's just, it's gotten so out of hand and, and these kids are not being allowed to develop who they are, to try things out because we live in a surveillance state.

• 42:02Brittany Broski?

  Everything is recorded forever. And that's coming from me who does this for a job. Everything I say is recorded online. There's tons of stuff I wish I could take back. There's tons of stuff that I wish never existed, that stayed in the confines of, you know, the drafts or my own whatever. That's not an option anymore. You know, like, these kids, it's, you're performing yourself and that is scary. So if you have the choice to not have to do that or to not post everything about your life, every thought, every whatever, don't, don't. Especially in terms of like getting a job. These people go through your fucking social media now. Like, I just, my friends who are offline or like, oh, I don't see, I deleted TikTok,

• 42:46Brittany Broski?

  I deleted Instagram, I'm like, how fucking lucky are you? How lucky are you? You get to unplug. Most days I wish I didn't have social media. But then it's like, but I, my career is social media. Everything I love is on social media and, and the things that are horrific are also on social media. So what do you, you know, it's just this impossible place we find ourselves in. And the people I am the most worried for are the kids and I don't know what to do about it. I really don't. And the laws are not keeping up with the rapid changes on what's happening on social media. Like, we can't manufacture legislature or legislation to, you know, keep these things in line because it's the fucking Wild West and it's just getting worse.

• 43:31Brittany Broski?

  Anyway, I just, I really, I know a lot of y'all listening are, I hope you're not in high school. My God, if you're in high school listening to me, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. But also, grand scheme of things, probably not that bad. You could be listening to way worse shit. And I hope that this podcast inspires you to continue education, to discover who you are, to not let people tell you who you are and what you should be. You know, all these kind of, they feel like empty platitudes, but at the same time, the message is so serious. We are constantly fed, especially as women, what we should care about, what we should look like, what we should change, what we should do to ourselves, what we should do to our bodies, and none of it is true. None of it has any validity.

• 44:15Brittany Broski?

  Harry Styles had a quote recently where I was like, okay, go off. He said, I can't listen to comments, the good or the bad ones, because neither are true. Okay, work, bitch. Okay, hold on, work. That is true. So it's just, you know. I hope that what this podcast offers in the slightest is an allowance or a green check mark, a go-ahead to, to do you, bitch. Freak your shit, do what you want to do and you don't have to post it and record it. Like, I'm talking about in real life. Try things out. Like, do things that make you happy and discover who you are.

• 45:00Brittany Broski?

  Or if you feel separated from who you are, if you feel distanced from who you used to be and you mourn that, disconnect, then find it again. Like, that is just something really missing from today's social media landscape. And that's why these companies understand that and they weaponize it. They really, really have weaponized and bastardized these words like authenticity, relatable, duh, all these things that are like, yeah, of course, that's what people are craving. In a post-COVID world, we just want connection. We want normal-ass people. And it is so rare to find that. So like, when you do, hold on to it. I feel so lucky I have people like Drew and Caleb that are fucking normal. They're normal. Because it's just like, wow.

• 45:44Brittany Broski?

  This job makes you be not normal and it makes you only think about yourself all of the time. And it's not just me, it's everyone on social media. You're only thinking about what you should post, what, how you are, you know, positioning yourself, what you're presenting, what you're showing to the Panopticon. Like, it is so, the mindfuckery is a different level. It is just a different level of existence that humans were not meant to see this much shit. We're not supposed to take in this much information. Anyway. That was my rant. This episode of the Brosky Report is sponsored by Rocket Money. So a part of my job and interviewing celebrities is watching the movies or shows that they've been in.

• 46:28Brittany Broski?

  And some of these shows or movies are so obscure, I have to find them on random streaming services or subscription add-ons to a streaming service that they, of course, make me pay for, or I do the free trial, but then, and this is my favorite part, I forget I did that and then they charge me $12.99 every month until I remember to stop paying for it. Lucky for me, Rocket Money can track subscriptions and has the ability to cancel unwanted ones within the app with a few taps, giving users an easy way to stop paying for things they don't use. On top of that, you can actually set budgets and goals, get personalized insights and regular reports, and receive real-time alerts for large transactions, upcoming bills, refunds,

• 47:14Brittany Broski?

  and low balances. Rocket Money is a personal finance app that helps find and cancel unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps lower your bills so you can grow your savings. Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at rocketmoney.com/broskireport. That's rocketmoney.com/broskireport. Rocketmoney.com/broskireport. Anyway, that's my We Live in a Surveillance State Panopticon, uh, detach yourself from the Panopticon rant. Thank you for listening to the podcast. Let's keep going. Leg warmers. Leg warmers. Look, I think leg warmers are cute. I watch a lot of ballet content and they, obviously, they wear leg warmers for a purpose

• 47:57Brittany Broski?

  to keep their muscles warm while they're warming up and like, before they go into a performance, but I'm kind of feeling like leg warmers could be cute. I know they were huge in the 80s. Obviously, every fashion trend comes back, but yeah, leg warmers, maybe. Leg warmers peeking out of boots, okay. I don't know, but I'd have to see it done well to really have an opinion on it. So we'll say maybe. Flat brim hats, Curtis Connor, diva sleigh boots, eat it down, yes, Harry Styles, dupe. No one was wearing a flat brim hat quite like Curtis Connor and Harry Styles were in 2013, 2014. I mean, wow, wow, wow. Flat brim hat.

• 48:44Brittany Broski?

  Flat brim hat.

• 48:45Speaker 07

  Hi, my name is Carmen Winston.

• 48:48Brittany Broski?

  I'm scared of a flat brim hat. No good can come of a flat brim hat. I feel the same way about those fucking, the man bun with the beard, the like, that meme of millennial burger joint. It's like a $27 burger and you're sitting on those uncomfortable ass metal stools with the Einstein bulbs and the dude serving you has a man bun and a beard. Like, that is, to me, it's an offshoot of that. Like, you have no business, "We are young. Hey, there's a fire in our soul." That's flat brim hat to me. I don't want to fucking see that shit. I hope it never comes back. It has never been cool. Actually, let me say something. Flat brim hats is male gaze for the male gaze. The only men think that shit is cool.

• 49:33Brittany Broski?

  I promise you, bro. They are wearing that to impress other men because why? They're gay. Because men are gay.

• 49:42Brittany Broski?

  Like, I have never once looked at a man in a flat brim hat and been like, "Ooh, okay, punkin spice." Like, I'm not. I'm not. Yeah.

• 49:53Brittany Broski?

  All right, flat brim hats, gay. In the most real sense. I don't mean that as like a whatever. I mean, if you wear that, you are doing that for other men. All right, moving on. Flannel.

• 50:09Brittany Broski?

  Hello? Hello? Hello?

• 50:15Brittany Broski?

  A flannel specifically tied around the waist.

• 50:20Brittany Broski?

  Tied around the waist, that was the T, and it kind of gave you like a, "Ooh, waist, fake hips, ooh, padding." That was T. I feel like now, you tie anything around the waist, you look like a mom on a hike. You know what I mean? I don't like anything tied around the waist. I think it looks bad. I think it looks really, really bad. Don't do that. Tied around your shoulders. That's the alternative. We're not tying shit around our waist anymore. It's not giving. Tied around your shoulders, that's lux. That's lux, my Rosalia. Slouchy suede boots.

• 50:53Brittany Broski?

  You know? Eh. If they're done right, sure. But what's like, I don't know, this shit, when it's too trendy like that, it just does not age well. I'm also thinking of the, what the fuck were those? Were those Prada? What were the boots where it looked like a wide brim pant that came over the boot, but it's, it's connected to the boot, it's part of the leather? You know what I'm talking about? Those like, those did not age well. That's like the IG fashion baddie shit that just, it, it almost looks cheap now. I don't know. How can you be wearing all that expensive shit? Fit, fit costs $28,000 and you look cheap. It looks like Fashion Nova. I don't know. It's boots like that where I'm like, I don't, I just...

• 51:38Brittany Broski?

  So slouchy suede boots, I'm gonna say leave it. Chunky sweater. Eternal, evergreen. Love a chunky sweater. But now, chunky sweater, no skinny jeans, okay? I know outfits are all about proportion, but chunky sweater, I would do like a, a boot, boot cut. Or like a pointy shoe, a pointy boot under it. Hair up, right? Like, there needs to be balance and proportion to the outfit. It can't be chunky sweater and baggy pant that makes you look frump. It's giving Frump City, mayor of Frumpville. There needs to be proportion and like, if that's the kind of, you know, messy, ooh, part of the outfit, everything else needs to be really straight lines and like, really pretty. You know what I mean? Take it from me, bitch. Look at me.

• 52:24Brittany Broski?

  Okay. Chevron.

• 52:29Brittany Broski?

  Leave it behind. I don't want to see Chevron. I started to see that shit come back in 2020. I said, "Absolutely not. Absolutely fucking not." Chelsea boots, leave it behind. I'm, I'm really, really over it. They were everywhere. They were so overdone by both men and women. By everybody. Everybody was wearing a damn Chelsea boot in 2014. I don't want to see it. I'm, I'm really, really over it and I mean that. I don't think, I, they'll, they are gonna come back. I don't think they should. Statement necklaces, these are already back. I follow this girl, again, I'm so bad with names. I always am like, "I follow this girl on TikTok." Who does? But y'all might know her, or you could look it up. She does the mystery jewelry jars. And I think she's Spanish or Italian and she's real quiet and she's real fashionable,

• 53:12Brittany Broski?

  but she's real quiet and she's very dainty, dainty and she goes, "Mystery jewelry jar. I keep? I don't keep." You'll know her. Would she, because that'll, I honestly just nailed that. As she goes through these mystery jewelry jars and she's like, she'll try it on, she'll whatever, and she'll go, "I don't keep." But she always keeps these like, chunky statement earrings or necklaces. And I'm like, "Bitch, that is so ugly." And then she puts it on with an outfit and I'm like, "Oh my god." Like, she's kind of turned me on to some shit. I don't know. Because chunky statement necklaces back in like, 2013, they were just done so poorly, like, with the big owl, or everything had angel wings on it, or like an Eiffel Tower, or it was just gaudy.

• 53:55Brittany Broski?

  And, and really ugly colors, like those pastels or almost neons, like, I just, uh-uh. But the way she does it, I'm like, "Okay, work." Now, she's also very thin and I think clothes and jewelry and everything looks very different on a thin body than on a mid-size to plus-size to extended-size body. But at the same time, if a fit is a fit, it's a fit. That game they used to play, is it fashion or is she just skinny? Ooh.

• 54:29Brittany Broski?

  You know what I mean? So, I don't know, we'll see. Statement necklaces, maybe. Mint green flop. Don't want to see it. Skater skirts, I love a skater skirt. I think a skater skirt with an off-the-shoulder anything, go to Disney. You know what I mean? Like, go, "Oh, you're having a park day." I think it's cute. Flower crowns. I mean, I, I look back and I'm like, "I can't believe we, we were wearing that shit outside." Like, Coachella, sure. ACL, okay. Lollapalooza, okay. Yeah, bring that shit back. Renaissance festival, duh. But like, to Starbucks? You're wearing that like, on a, on a friend's trip to, to the restaurant? I don't know, girl.

• 55:14Brittany Broski?

  "Hey, we're 30." "Hey, queen, go ahead and take that flower crown off." "Hey, are you feeling okay?" "Hey, no, we just, can I talk to you outside? We just noticed you were wearing a tiara at dinner and we were just kind of wondering, like, is everything okay? Like, with work and... Oh, oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, no, no, no. We were just wondering, you know, because you came in wearing elf ears and a tiara and we were just, didn't know if it was a joke or if it was like..." "Oh, it wasn't a joke." "No, no, no, we think you look gorgeous. We're, we are just a little concerned about your mental health is all." That's, that's what that gives, you know what I mean? Peter Pan collars.

• 55:59Brittany Broski?

  Evergreen. The, under a t-shirt, work. Okay, or not a t-shirt, under like a sweater or a long sleeve, whatever. I do think they're cute. They're very feminine. I personally go for just a classic, you know, button up, if, if I'm gonna do the whole collar under a shirt thing, I'd go for normal, but a Peter Pan collar, work. I also just became hyper-aware of my hands and how I've been moving them this whole episode. And I just feel like if you pinned my arms down, I couldn't form a thought. What is that? Can any like psychotherapist people tell me? Why, why do we talk with our hands? Crackle nail polish. That's gonna be a no. That is very of its time. Again, like, I think of Marnie from Girls. She is like millennial girl boss queen, bitch.

• 56:44Brittany Broski?

  Like, the way she would dress. Crackle, uh-uh. Essie, all that shit, like, the accent nail, uh-uh. I also, here's my hot take. Now, and before I say this, here's my tradit-, I am a nail traditionalist. I always just have nude or French tip nails, okay? I think they go with everything. I like, they elongate my fingers because I have my dad's hands. I just think they're super feminine and I don't have to worry about, "Oh, they don't match my outfit," or, or, "They're gonna ruin this," whatever. They also, when they grow out, they look a bit more natural than if you have a color on. But look, I also used to do long red nails. I used to do crazy fucking cheetah, you know, like Barbie nails, I, all of it.

• 57:29Brittany Broski?

  I just feel like I'm 30 now, it's different. I have different taste, which is also fun because in 10, you know, five years, I'll probably go back to wearing color, I don't know. But for right now, what I don't think will age well is each nail being something different. Do you know what I mean? That's, uh, when people do the nail transition videos or whatever, like, you'll have it themed, but each nail is something different. I think also nail art is just so expensive. People are gonna start learning to do it themselves again. And people already are, like, with the UV gel curing at home and like, whatever, uh, which I encourage. I encourage, learn, learn an art and do it and you'll save yourself so much money. I used to do my nails in high school and college because I was fucking broke and I couldn't afford it and I would do it myself and it looked fine. You know what I mean?

• 58:14Brittany Broski?

  And it was fun. It like, was something to do with my hands. I just really feel like the, the, each finger being a different design is, that's very 2026. It's very like, early 2020s. I don't know, I don't...

• 58:31Brittany Broski?

  Infinity signs. That did not age well, did it? At all. At all. What's something that probably is like, "Oh, you know what's not gonna age well at all for this generation?" Cyber sigilism? I don't know, girl. I think that shit looks bad. It's cool if you mean it. Like, if you mean that shit, then own it, stand on it. Like, that, fine. If, if that's your personality, you're kind of like, eh, then, if this is your thing, eh, then yeah, I believe you. But these people being like performative cy-, cyber si-

• 59:10Brittany Broski?

  These people who do performative cyber sigilism tattoos.

• 59:16Brittany Broski?

  Cause I see through you, girl. I see through you. You know what I mean? It has to be authentic. So I don't, I think that's gonna be like in 20 years, you're gonna be 43 being like, why did I get? Why is my entire body covered in cyber sigilism? I think you're gonna regret it.

• 59:36Brittany Broski?

  So that's kind of my whole thing. All right. That's kind of my whole thing. That's my take on millennial fashion. That's my take on current Gen Z. And don't even get me started. You know what I really find interesting is a lot of the fashion trends that people love now are just very muted. Like it's just boring. It's boring as shit. I want people to dress like themselves. I want you to wear what makes you feel good. What you think is cool, what you think is flattering. Like I think that that is so. I would much rather see that and be like, damn, she looks cool as fuck. I never would have thought of that. Versus following this formulaic outfit thing that TikTok feeds you.

• 1:00:18Brittany Broski?

  And I hate that shit of look up, I looked up my prime outfit, my Zodiac outfit on TikTok. Don't do that. Wear what you want to wear or where you think is cool. Honestly, dude, Pinterest is my tea. Like I look up my body type and uh, like makeup for my eye color and my eye shape on Pinterest, because that has helped me more than anything. Like, okay. Yeah, I can like that. I love Kim Kardashian's makeup, but bitch, that's not what it's gonna look like on me. Damn. If I show a reference of Megan Thee Stallion to my makeup artist, I'm not gonna look like that. So I just really am such an advocate for find what you like and develop it further.

• 1:01:02Brittany Broski?

  Okay. Not what people are telling you, you should like. Not what people are telling you, cool girls, kinda chic to shut the fuck up. Okay? And that's just how I feel about it. So let's go ahead and get into housekeeping.

• 1:01:19Brittany Broski?

  This was my favorite song, or we'll start with a song of the week. My favorite song over the summer when I took my break was, and I realize I never mentioned it here, but it's probably, it's definitely gonna be on my Spotify wrapped. When a Good Man Cries by C-Mat. However, I fucking love C-Mat. But Olivia Rodrigo's version, dude. Dude.

• 1:01:44Brittany Broski?

  Olivia Rodrigo is truly like top five talents of this generation. Like she is going to be a defining artist of this generation and I'm thrilled for her. I am thrilled for her. I think she is so deserving of it. When a Good Man Cries by C-Mat. That whole, the chorus of, oh, I can feel I hate it in dreams, help me. That whole melody is so, I just got chills thinking about it. Unbelievable. And the harmonies and the stacking, I just, it is a masterclass in production. I'm just, I love C-Mat. I am rewatching Leah, Serena and Janaye's Season of Love Island, USA.

• 1:02:25Brittany Broski?

  And it is giving me my life, bitch. Cause I watched it as it was coming out and then I didn't watch the following seasons. Cause I was like, nothing, I don't care about these people. I only care about like Leah, Serena and Janaye. And I'm rewatching it and obviously I know everything that happens, but I've forgotten so much. No, it's just fun. Like I put it on when I'm crafting or I'm cleaning the house and it's just like, it's tea. When I want to turn my brain off, I just watch it and I love it and I love Leah. I watch Leah's YouTube videos all the time. I love her and my girl. What I'm looking forward to, I'm excited for it to cool off in California. I really am. I want to sit outside and I want to wear a sweater and I want to look at the moon and I want to light a cinnamon candle. I'm literally like, I'm gooning thinking about it. I really just want to smell a cinnamon candle.

• 1:03:07Brittany Broski?

  I want to drink a pumpkin drink and goon. I want to goon and I want to read a spooky Victorian book. That's what I'm looking forward to. Style things that I'm loving. Okay. It's funny because in this whole like, we're talking about trends and topical stuff and whatever. And I'm fully aware, this is not gonna age well, but I'm loving this because I'm loving making them. Bag charms. Oh dude. And this is how I know, like, I resisted the bag charm thing for so long. Cause I was like, I don't, this is so of its time. Then I started making bag charms, like with my pliers and shit. And I have beads and charms and plushies and I bought a mini drill so that I can turn any trinket or figurine into a fucking keychain.

• 1:03:50Brittany Broski?

  I'm getting my life. I'm getting my life from it. So I have all these little Snoopy trinkets and whatever, and I'm turning into bag charms.

• 1:04:01Brittany Broski?

  I got Snoopy on my bag. It's so fun. But yeah, fucking sue me. I make them. So at least I'm not buying them and they're just sitting somewhere. I'm making them and I give them to my friends. So.

• 1:04:14Brittany Broski?

  All right, y'all. That'll probably do it for me this week. Uh, go ahead and subscribe to this channel, rate it five stars if you haven't. If you want to, I'm not gonna make you. I don't give a shit. Go watch Royal Court, uh, my celebrity interview show. And go subscribe to that channel if you would like to. We've got some amazing guests coming up and have had. And Patreon, go subscribe to the Patreon. We're doing fan submissions now. If you have anything that you want me to talk about or look up or read or watch or listen to on the pod, go submit it over there. We're gonna start incorporating fan submissions. And I'm, you know, you might get a shot. You might get a shot to come up here on this green screen. Okay?

• 1:04:58Brittany Broski?

  Also ad free, that we upload the podcast every single week ad free on Patreon for very, very cheap. And uh, cause I know some of y'all don't like to sit through ads and I don't blame you. But it's how mama makes the cash. Okay. It's how mama bought this set. And it's how mama has this laptop. So I really, really appreciate it and uh, totally get it. So head over to the Patreon if you want to and I love y'all very much. Thank you for watching. And thank you for giving a shit about what I have to say because who does? I don't even give a shit about what I have to say sometimes, most times. So uh, I love y'all to death and I will see you next week and happy fall. Silver bells. It's around the corner. Okay, bye.

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