I have absolutely had it with shameless virtue signaling.
A few months ago, I stumbled upon a masterpiece of a podcast show wherein former Bravo comedians Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan have created a program to air petty everyday grievances that too often feel painfully familiar.
From mocking dumb girls who engage in baby talk and deriding the cliched use of “manifestation,” Welch and Sullivan have capitalized on their decades-long friendship to offer witty commentary on a platform that’s both a fun and satisfying listen, especially when the complaints are similar to your own pet peeves.
Their show often features clips of the two women making fun of “dramatic sneezers,” people who back into parking spaces, overuse of the word “trigger,” and the modern obsession with “tracking culture.” But whenever the pair decide to turn the talk to politics, their snarky yet relatable commentary turns into a dreaded divisive lecture presented by two upper-middle-aged white women as if the Golden Girls had suddenly turned into far-left social justice warriors. On this front, the pair are just as ignorant as they are desperate to virtue signal for the liberal Bravo fanbase. Their latest podcast Thursday, delivered over the conservative response to “Barbie,” was the most nauseating episode of the political puke-speak yet.
Welch, the lead co-host, opened the discussion with a plea to “talk about the hysterics and the pearl-clutching of right-wingers with the movie Barbie.”
The acrimonious reactions to the film from conservative pundits such as Ben Shapiro, Welch
