133: The BBC Called Me About Jasmine from Love Island UK. Here’s What They’re Missing. 😱

Phi is prompted by a call from the BBC, on the Grow Through It Podcast with Phi Dang this episode unpacks the debate raging around Love Island’s Jasmine: is she a confident modern feminist, or is she showing signs of “pink pill feminism”?

We break down what pink pill actually means (because half the internet is using it wrong), why the same assertive behaviour gets another contestant called a “baddie” and Jasmine called “pink pilled,” and the impossible double bind she’s stuck in: too quiet and she’s a pick me, too vocal and she’s performative. 

We also dig into intersectionality, colourism, and implicit bias separating genuine critique from repackaged misogyny and ask the question nobody seems to want to sit with: is this feminism holding itself accountable, or misogyny that finally learned the right words to hide behind?