Episodes

  • 15. excuse me ma'am, good for who?!
    Jun 9 2021

    welcome back to don’t text! in this episode, we dive into the good for her trope and if it’s really that good, who we are if we’re not the main character and nepotism. we also get a little serious and discuss Naomi Osaka’s stand against the French Open, the importance of mental health breaks and how we feel about ‘trauma dumping’. 

    p.s.  if u have main character syndrome................... pls stay away from me - nat 

    TW: 15:14 rape, 22:07 false accusation of rape

    insta: @donttextpod email: donttextpodcast@gmail.com nat: @natwahid  zeina: @zen.0ct

     

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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • 14. live laugh lose yourself to capitalism!
    Jun 2 2021

    welcome back to don't text! in this episode, we chat about loving too hard, what we can take from monogamy and polyamory, and the rapper to father-of-10-with-numerous-baby-mamas pipeline. we also discuss the pressure to constantly hustle, and how the immigrant child experience leads to imposter syndrome.

    p.s.  don't let hustle culture control your life ! you deserve rest and time off xx - zeina   insta: @donttextpod email: donttextpodcast@gmail.com nat: @natwahid  zeina: @zen.0ct

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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • 13. what therapy has taught us
    May 26 2021

    welcome back to don't text! in this episode, we get a little deep and give you some of our insights and advice from going to therapy. we discuss a$ap rocky claiming rihanna and our experiences with friends who’ve dated people we haven’t liked, kendall jenner’s MESS of a tequila ad, and the comeback of teen angst music. 

     

    p.s. let’s hope we don’t need to make any more PSA’s because i WILL pull up at ur yards. - xx nat 

     

    insta: @donttextpod

    email: donttextpodcast@gmail.com

    nat: @natwahid

    zeina: @zen.0ct

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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • 12. let's talk performative activism
    May 19 2021

    welcome back to don't text! in this episode, we discuss how we’ve lived long enough to see Ellen become the villain, shitty shows and tv characters that we can’t get enough of, and Nicki Minaj’s comeback. we talk all things activism when it comes to not being performative, and the things that make up our ‘human mosaics’. 

     

    p.s.  also pls review us on Apple Podcasts if u wanna make our week a little bit better xx - zeina

     

    insta: @donttextpod

    email: donttextpodcast@gmail.com

    nat: @natwahid

    zeina: @zen.0ct

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    1 hr and 57 mins
  • 11. ‘casual-posting', platonic red flags and personality types
    May 12 2021

    welcome back to don't text! in this episode, we talk about the newly emerging trend of ‘casual-posting’ on social media and whether or not it’s truly effortless and authentic.  we discuss the MBTI personality test and our personality types, platonic red flags we’ve noticed and how mental health has been treated in our friendships.

     

    p.s. lowkey regretting discussing some of the mental illness innit but we move xx - nat

     

    insta: @donttextpod

    email: donttextpodcast@gmail.com

    nat: @natwahid

    zeina: @zen.0ct

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • 10. oversaturation in the music industry, pick-me behaviour and 'pretty privilege'
    May 5 2021

    welcome back to don't text! double digits baby!! in this episode, we chat Tristan Thompson being for the streets for what feels like the 100th time. we talk about artists never taking breaks from music, the pressure to be the 'cool girl' and what pretty privilege really is. 

     

    p.s. peep me struggle to say pretty privilege so many damn times oh my god - zeina

     

    insta: @donttextpod

    email: donttextpodcast@gmail.com

    nat: @natwahid

    zeina: @zen.0ct

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • 9. and the Oscar for messiest award show this year goes to...
    Apr 28 2021

    welcome back to don't text! in this episode, we talk the highs and lows of the 2021 Oscars (and there were some BAD lows), overplayed songs of the 2010’s, and Demi Lovato’s feud with a yoghurt shop over promoting diet culture. 

     

    TW:  1:08:07 - discussion of eating disorders, 1:22:08 mention of sexual assault 

    links mentioned:

    article about chadwick boseman by bailey herdé: https://www.thecut.com/2021/04/chadwick-boseman-deserved-better-at-the-2021-oscars.html

    nat's review of Another Round: https://isolatednation.com/articles/another-round-review

    linda sun: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpEcZL5B7i6gJYGfqLvMCbg

    diet culture article: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a35036808/what-is-diet-culture/ 

    98% diet failure stat: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26180980/

     

    p.s.. this one's for you daniel kaluuya. call us xx - nat

     

    insta: @donttextpod

    email: donttextpodcast@gmail.com

    nat: @natwahid

    zeina: @zen.0ct

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • 8. down bad patrol…please cuff us
    Apr 21 2021

    welcome back to don't text! in this episode, we talk about how we’re liking the new season of The Circle on Netflix, and all things reality tv. we go into times we’ve been DOWN BAD (which we will probably regret sharing) and falling into the trap of ‘revenge bed time procrastination’.

    TW: mention of suicide (10:43 - 13:10)

     

    p.s. friends if you know who I’m talking about during my down bad stories ... you don’t !! - zen

     

    insta: @donttextpod

    email: donttextpodcast@gmail.com

    nat: @natwahid

    zeina: @zen.0ct

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    1 hr and 25 mins