Throwing Shade

366: Happy Thanksgiving, USMCA, Betsy DeVos’ Title IX Overhaul

Celebrate Thanksgiving by popping your zits with Bryan and Erin on this week’s Throwing Shade! Bryan takes us through the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (aka USMCA), the new North American trade deal being negotiated by the Trump administration, and the obnoxious provisions included that would strip LGBTQ protections from the text. Then, Erin discusses the overhaul to Title IX that Betsy DeVos is spearheading and why narrowing the definition of sexual harassment and allowing alleged perpetrators to cross-examine their own accusers is a fast path to trouble. Plus, recommendations!  And make sure to check out Deeper Shade of Shade on Stitcher Premium, where Bryan and Erin interview their favorite friends of the show. For a free month of listening, go to <a href="http://stitcherpremium.com/shade" target="_blank">stitcherpremium.com/shade</a> and use promo code ‘SHADE’. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace (<a href="http://www.squarespace.com/SHADE" target="_blank">www.squarespace.com/SHADE</a> code: SHADE), Wildfang (<a href="http://www.wildfang.com" target="_blank">www.wildfang.com</a> code: SHADE), Quip (<a href="http://www.getquip.com/SHADE" target="_blank">www.getquip.com/SHADE</a>), and Thoughtfully (<a href="http://www.thoughtfully.com/SHADE" target="_blank">www.thoughtfully.com/SHADE</a> code: SHADE).

Throwing Shade is the political comedy podcast hosted by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi who deliver their fresh takes on pop culture, women’s rights, and LGBT rights with hilarity and vulgarity. Spend your Thursdays with the podcast called "the perfect combination of silly, intelligent, cynical and charming" by Entertainment Weekly and "Oprah's #1 pick" by an iTunes reviewer who is not Oprah.