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Nancy and Sarah take on the kerfuffles of the week: Chris Rufo mines the anti-woke vein by digging up the old tweets of a New Yorker writer, the Minnesota Vikings introduce two male cheerleaders (and people lose their minds), hunky provocateur-lite Matt Rife stars in a commercial for ELF makeup (and at least two people object). Welcome to the Outrage Opportunists, who glut up our social media feeds with their Very! Angry! Posts! Are we working out the kinks of a changing society, or just serving up thin gruel?

Plus: Ass, boobs, or legs? Tell us what you love, and we’ll tell you who you are.

Also discussed:

* No Pants Day!

* Nancy’s cute new haircut (cue Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical”)

* Sarah’s dad suffers from chronic integrity

* Sydney Sweeney everlasting

* 2025 Beyonce looks a little like … a panda bear?

* Twitter, megaphone for our id

* “The ass is the engine of a woman’s body”

* Doreen St. Felix: vile racist or 20-something with a social media account?

* The New Yorker blocks Chris Rufo, David Remnick weeps

* “They’re eating the dogs” is kinda an all-timer

* Men in cheerleading: A brief history

* “Sashay, shantay” + other gay stereotypes

* Joaquin Phoenix in a role that fits right

Plus, more on the Canadian hockey trial, Eddington director Ari Aster swings for the fences, Nancy takes a trip to Sally’s Beauty Supply, and much more!