Boycott Target (and Amazon): How to Resist with Your Dollars Without Losing Your Mind

City sisters Kimberly and Michelle (Minneapolis and Montreal) unpack what happens when ICE uses Target parking lots as a staging ground, and allows ICE to abduct Target employees on Target property—and Target shrugs. The result: boycotts, protests, and the kind of petty genius only a fed-up community can produce (yes, the salt returns).

From there, they get practical and pointed: if you can’t risk arrest or tear gas, you can still resist by withholding and rerouting your money, because nothing gets corporate attention like a threatened bottom line. They swat down the tired “DEI hurt us” storyline, and demand the billionaire class begin offering living wages and real accountability.

They pose a challenge: collective action for the working class is a long atrophied muscle—one America has to rebuild. While you're at it, you can also clean up your news diet with a well-rounded plate of news sources including Ground News, Ad Fontes, and other more centrist and non-U.S. outlets.

They end with permission to be imperfect: do what you can, let it sting (just a little), and, if it keeps you sane, keep your Netflix (because Bridgerton, duh!).

Permission to Be Angry: From ‘Keep Sweet’ to Speaking Up

Sisters Kimberly and Michelle are just so effing mad because they're not allowed to be angry. At least, they discuss struggling to express anger safely and why they instinctively suppress it. They link that pattern to conditioning around women’s emotions, people pleasing, fear of losing control, and concern about affecting others—especially their highly sensitive sons.

They explore physical, nonviolent outlets for anger (walking, screaming in the car, shoveling snow, punching bags). They point out how suppression can lead to dysregulation and addictions. Maybe instead of extremes of “keep sweet” and rage, they could find a middle ground so they can find and use their voices when anger is justified (e.g., being belittled in an auto shop or advocating in a hospital).

They express discomfort (okay, they're pissed) that there's a double standard in how men and women are perceived when angry. In the end, they conclude there are appropriate times, places, and ways in which to express anger.

Stop Trying So Damn Hard: Try Different (Self-Love, Parenting, and Busting Beauty Standards)

Sisters Michelle and Kimberly argue that “try harder” is BS, and that lasting change comes from trying differently. They do this by identifying root causes of terrible habits and by reframing goals. As an example, at the heart of Kimberly's chronic lateness was self-dislike and massive avoidance issues. Perhaps you find yourself stuck with overpacked schedules and overachieving flights of fancy. To truly build a life you want, you have to change your mindset and your behaviors.

They take a dip into kiddom, confessing unintended modeling for kids and fish-flopping homework struggles. A shift in mindset prompted by a creative teacher made all the difference as they offered accommodations mom never thought of. They complain that schools today are too cookie-cutter. They wish individualized education plans were available for every student, not just the ones displaying delays or behaviors.

The conversation sharply critiques beauty standards and laments the lifelong weight-loss narrative that has shaped too many young girls and women. They wonder whether new GLP-1 drugs will only shift the focus of weight shame. Michelle shares her experience living with type 1 diabetes, including how better technology has helped make sugar highs the exception, not the norm.

How do you find intrinsic motivation to make a life change? You might save more money by clarifying your “why.” Considering barriers such as tics, menopause, and trauma, weight-loss as a primary goal seems futile. You might attain better health and happiness by resisting the temptation to make weight-loss a primary goal. Instead, focus on manageable habits like walking.

A breakdown of Louis Theroux’s documentary, Inside the Manosphere: Grifters, Baby Men, and the Last Gasp of Patriarchy

Kimberly and Michelle unpack Louis Theroux’s documentary on the manosphere and why it lands as both unsettling and oddly funny. They argue it’s not a classic hit piece—Theroux stays disarming, asks gentle questions, and lets the influencers unravel on their own.

The sisters break down “red pill” talk, and how the messaging and the constant contradictions keep followers hooked. They point to the grift driving the rage bait--MLM-style promises selling coaching, “financial advice,” and fitness products. The manosphere is dripping with performative wealth, paranoia, misogyny, and homophobia. The women in the manosphere are treated like props and property but seem to be fully aware of the grift, even often playing along for clout.

Born out of trauma, entitlement, and the rise of social media, the manosphere appears to be a neon sign of patriarchy’s extinction burst. While the desperation of these men to hang on to power is comical, there is a sobering truth: young boys are watching. Real-life adults must step up to be the counter-influence.

Single, Unbothered, and Secretly Turned On by… Bow Ties, Books, and Big Boy Panties

Sisters Michelle and Kimberly swap a growing list of non-sexual things men that they find sexy: an untied bow tie at the end of the night, carrying a bouquet of flowers upside down, brushing hair from a woman’s face in the rain.

They share stories about the aggressiveness of a man in a Taco Bell sitting catty corner, and complain about holey shirts and underwear. (They even share their preferences about men’s underwear. Shhhh.)

The conversation shifts to physical and psychological safety, dating after divorce, “quietly quitting” marriages, and how growing up in purity culture shaped their lives.

It gets spicy as they give a hot take on booty calls in the workplace. Maybe don't listen in public.

Making 'Boastful, ‘Nagging,’ and ‘Not Very Humble’ a Badge of Honor

Sisters Michelle and Kimberly unpack how everyday systems and language push women into limiting roles, starting with a Canadian CAA application that only offers “Mr.” or “Mrs.” instead of “Dr.” They discuss how the old, linear life script (school, marriage, kids, retirement) functioned as oppression and how women are still punished for being “loud” while men are praised as leaders.

They critique gendered labels like nagging, spinster, bitter, ball-and-chain, and the double standards around audacity. They argue that internalized misogyny often limits women as much as external misogyny.

Through stories from male-dominated workplaces, their mother’s so-called “kerfuffle,” and experiences with dating and safety, they explore why women apologize for taking up space. They propose replacing negative words used to describe women with empowering language that allows women to take control of their awesomeness.

They also describe a cultural flashpoint in relationships as women seek partnerships that add to their lives while also desiring to add to a partner's. Some men push back, and U.S. legislation and policies are being proposed that increase women’s dependence and entrapment. They conclude with a call for men to value powerful, audacious women.

Let Them Mess It Up: Teaching Adult Kids How to Do Adulting in 2026

Moms Kimberly and Michelle talk about how kids learn best by doing things badly first. It starts in a Montreal supermarket. A mittened munchkin slowly unloads a tiny “future client” training cart while an impatient shopper complains.

They agonize over teaching (and often failing to teach) real-life skills like cooking, cleaning, laundry, wrapping gifts, budgeting, and basic car care. Kimberly tells about a weeklong “adulting bootcamp” she put each of her kids through. It covered how to adult and why they do what they do. They compare stepping in during emergencies while also letting kids practice, mess up, and learn hands-on. They mention learning from TikTok and YouTube, but argue nothing replaces the wisdom of a parent.

They also address dating, consent, and gender dynamics. They criticize parents over-functioning for young adults. They reflect on how the old life path doesn’t fit 2026 because this world makes financial independence and social interdependence harder. They end with hope for the next generation.

Epstein Files, Billionaire Power and Abuses, and the Breaking Point: Where Do We Go from Here?

Michelle and Kimberly wrestle with a sense of powerlessness and anger over revelations tied to the Epstein files, describing an “awakening” to what they are seeing is a vast network of ultra-wealthy people wielding power with impunity. They argue the abuse is not only about sex crimes but about domination, insatiable greed, and the thrill of getting away with the most taboo acts, extending into politics, the economy, propaganda, and public health.

They connect the elite's blood lust to vaccine disinformation and rising measles outbreaks, framing it as another way powerful actors can cause preventable deaths while mocking accountability. They cite Pam Bondi’s Senate hearing comments about “no credible evidence” as part of a broader strategy of psychological warfare meant to make the public feel helpless.

The conversation expands into fears that exploitation networks didn’t end with Epstein but simply moved, and into a wider critique of American systems: obscene wealth and “wealth hoarding,” corporate extraction of labor, racism and misogyny, policing’s origins in slave catching, ICE abuses, and historic failures of accountability after the Civil War and WWII.

They debate what accountability should look like without themselves becoming authoritarian—shunning and refusing to grant positions of power versus dehumanizing reprisals—while acknowledging deep hatred and grief, fractured families, and the possibility of a societal “break” or even secession-style outcomes.

Ultimately they emphasize holding extremists accountable within existing civic systems (votes, hiring, school boards, where money is spent), increasing women and people of color in leadership, rejecting normalization of corruption, and focusing on community-level healing—especially supporting immigrants and vulnerable neighbors—while admitting that “healing MAGA” may not be work they can personally do right now.