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  • Episode 10. The Pink Triangle

    Episode 10. The Pink Triangle
    2025/07/02
    In our slightly belated second Pride episode, Larkin discusses the dark history behind the pink triangle, a symbol of activism in the LGBTQIA+ community. Once used by the Nazis to identify gay male prisoners in concentration camps, the symbol was reclaimed in the 80s and used as a call to action during the AIDS crisis. Listen and learn about queer trailblazer Magnus Hirschfeld, which member of Hitler’s regime was openly gay, and Kate’s one red flag about Colin Hanks (slightly off-topic but cut us some slack).TW: Violence and SA, particularly directed at the LGBTQIA+ communityNothing in this podcast should be considered legal advice. Follow Michael Foote, the attorney Larkin referenced, on TikTok and Instagram. Follow Reb Masel on TikTok and Instagram.Referenceshttps://www.holocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk/contents/germanbiographies/ernstrohm.htmlhttps://www.history.com/articles/pink-triangle-nazi-concentration-campshttps://jewishcurrents.org/the-men-with-the-pink-trianglehttps://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/the-men-with-the-pink-triangle-heinz-hegerhttps://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/chart-of-prisoner-markingshttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dachauhttps://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/jacket/themes/dehumanization-categorization/https://eguide.arolsen-archives.org/fileadmin/eguide-website/downloads/Haftarten_engl.pdfhttps://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/student_scholarship/article/1985/&path_info=Homosexuality_during_the_Transition_from_the_Weimar_Republic_to_the_Third_Reich.pdfhttps://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/brief-history-paragraph-175-germanyhttps://hsp.org/blogs/fondly-pennsylvania/karl-heinrich-ulrichshttps://www.history.com/articles/oscar-wilde-trialhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/100-years-ago-germanys-einstein-of-sex-began-the-gay-rights-movement/https://www.nycaidsmemorial.org/timelinehttps://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/silence-equals-death-the-early-fight-against-the-aids-epidemichttps://www.holocaust.org.uk/news/homosexual-victims-of-nazi-persecutionhttps://dp.la/primary-source-sets/act-up-and-the-aids-crisis/sources/1263 If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram.
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    59 分
  • Episode 9. Patreon Upcycle: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Episode 9. Patreon Upcycle: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
    2025/06/18

    Content Warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of a deadly building fire. Listener discretion is advised.

    Due to the unexpected passing of Kate's mom, we're upcycling our first Patreon bonus episode so we don't leave you without content for a week. More ruinous content will come your way soon, but we appreciate your understanding and support during this tough time.

    We didn't know much about this tragedy before we researched it for the show, and it was even worse than we remembered. We hope it's educational (and entertaining) for you.

    You can find pictures referenced by Kate here. Slide 3 is the floor plan of 9th floor of the Asch building.

    This is a list of the victims.

    And here's more about the elevator operator, Joseph Zito, who made as many trips as he could despite being stabbed with shears by panicked workers attempting to escape the fire. When the elevator cables snapped, Joseph was trapped at the bottom of the shaft with a broken leg, nearly drowning in water from the firehoses until he was rescued.

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    44 分
  • Episode 8. Allyship

    Episode 8. Allyship
    2025/06/04
    Happy Pride!!! In our first guest episode, Kate and Larkin are joined by Erica Vogel, author of the book Advice from Your Trans Aunty and the episodic Substack memoir Blue Sky Bird. Erica has spent the majority of her life solving a wide variety of trials and tribulations as both a closeted and out transgender woman. Drawing from her experiences, her education, and her interactions with thousands of transgender people, she provides a point of view focused on personal agency as a transgender individual. She is a frequent public speaker on trans affairs in and out of workplaces across the United States. She also happened to be an early supporter of the show, so when Kate and Larkin put out a call for topics, she said, “I could ruin allyship…” Now before you ask, “Why don’t you want us to be allies?!” that is not the point of this episode. Erica “ruins” allyship by discussing the bad forms of allyship some of us may be guilty of. So show up, shut up, and get ready to do the work as Erica walks Kate and Larkin through how you can take your allyship from performative to genuine. Of course, what would Now It’s Ruined be without a little history? Erica walks us through the origin of the word “boycott,” and how anti-gay laws put in place by Henry VIII were used to spread oppression and eventually caused WWII hero Alan Turing’s tragic end. Plus, you’ll never again be able to disentangle Bruce Springsteen from a very particular sexual act…We highly recommend checking out the Wheel of Privilege and Power to see where your traits land. You can also take Buzzfeed’s quiz to determine your level of privilege. It includes some questions about COVID so is a bit outdated, but it’s very thorough. Kate scored a 63/67, Erica scored a 49/67, and Larkin scored a 52. TW: Self harmReferencesAllyship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllyshipNeolgisms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeologismBoycott: https://www.britannica.com/money/Charles-Cunningham-Boycott1533 Buggery Act: https://shirehalldorset.org/a-timeline-of-lgbtq-law-and-justice/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533Alan Turinghttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing/Computer-designerhttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/8-things-didnt-know-alan-turingThe handkerchief codehttps://historyproject.org/news/2019-04/hanky-panky-abridged-history-hanky-code-0https://www.thesaintfoundation.org/community/hanky-code-bob-damrons-address-bookCode words & Flowershttps://gcn.ie/exploring-queer-coded-language/ If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram.
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  • Episode 7. Charles Lindbergh

    Episode 7. Charles Lindbergh
    2025/05/21
    We’re ruining our first person as Kate tells us the dirt on thrill-seeking American hero (and fan of Nazi Germany) Charles Lindbergh. It’s a story that’s all the more frustrating because it could have been so romantic! Charles’ early days sound like a thrilling fairytale, and he could have been a highly influential catalyst for positive change. Instead, Charles devolved into a stubborn, deeply problematic figure who insisted on expressing opinions that would put him at odds with President Roosevelt and tarnish the Lindbergh legacy forever. Oh, and then there’s the womanizing.We hope you (don’t) enjoy this deeply disappointing look at Lindbergh’s life and controversies.Referenceshttps://www.biography.com/history-culture/charles-lindberghhttps://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/controversieshttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/concentration-camps-1939-42http://www.charleslindbergh.com/ny/105.asphttps://www.biography.com/history-culture/charles-lindberghhttps://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/early#:~:text=Learning%20to%20fly,Aircraft%20Corporation%20in%20Lincoln%2C%20Nebraska. https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/transatlantic-100https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/promotinghttps://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/annehttps://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/commercialhttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnappinghttps://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1726&context=lcphttps://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_688713https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2621292/https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2014/August%202014/0814lindbergh.pdfhttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dachauhttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-race-lawshttps://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/controversieshttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lindbergh-fallen-hero/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939#:~:text=German%20troops%20invaded%20Poland%20on,declared%20war%20on%20Nazi%20Germany.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fordhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/05/america-first-was-not-a-pro-nazi-organisationhttps://www.cfr.org/blog/twe-remembers-charles-lindberghs-des-moines-speech#:~:text=Lindbergh%20couldn't%20have%20been,United%20Stateshttps://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/other-occupations/environmentalisthttps://www.mnhs.org/sites/default/files/-paragraphs/image/edit/cal_700x470_environmentalist.jpghttps://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/family/double-lifehttps://www.today.com/popculture/book-lindbergh-had-children-europe-wbna8088935 If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram.
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  • Episode 6. Mother's Day Special Part 2: Leonarda Cianciulli

    Episode 6. Mother's Day Special Part 2: Leonarda Cianciulli
    2025/05/08

    In Part 2 of our Mother’s Day Special, Larkin tells Kate the story of not-so-good mom Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soap Maker of Correggio.

    We don’t want to call her a “bad” mom, because she was doing everything she could to protect her child. But the methods she used move her out of “good mom” territory pretty fast.

    Leonarda had been told by a fortune teller that she would outlive all of her children. So when she found out her oldest son was planning to enlist in WWII, she went to extremes to keep him safe. Transferring her cooking and soap-making skills into witchcraft, she set about casting a spell of protection for her precious boy. But to save a life she had to sacrifice a life. Or- as it turned out- three.

    This is a great episode to put on while you’re in the bath, but we don’t recommend snacking on tea cakes (or anything else) while you listen.

    If you want a deeper dive into the Cianciulli case, the fantastic true crime podcast RedHanded did a two-parter on it (episodes 186 and 187). You can find it on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

    And find books written by Kate's mom, Tessa Bridal, here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/8918.Tessa_Bridal

    TW: Graphic Violence, Sexual Assault, Suicide

    References:

    https://mail.murderpedia.org/female.C/c/cianciulli-leonarda.htm

    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27257822

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    50 分
  • Episode 5. Mother's Day Special Part 1: Sojourner Truth

    Episode 5. Mother's Day Special Part 1: Sojourner Truth
    2025/05/07

    In honor of Mother’s Day, we decided to do our first two-part episode! Kate and Larkin will be doing a story swap, with Kate covering a good mom from history and Larkin covering a… not-so-good mom. Even though it’s not a traditional Now It’s Ruined, both episodes are deeply dark and depressing, so don’t worry: Mother’s Day will still be ruined.

    In our first episode, Kate shares the incredible story of Sojourner Truth and her fight to free her son from slavery. Truth is famous for her participation in the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements. But long before she was hanging out with the likes of Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, she bravely walked into a courthouse and asked a grand jury to help her get her son back from an illegal sale to Alabama. The case made legal history, which is why Kate (who’s technically still a lawyer) was so enthusiastic to nerd out about it.

    Despite being our good mom story, it is still a rough one. We recommend having tissues nearby.

    Look out for part two tomorrow, when we'll take our first foray into the world of true crime as Larkin tells us about Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soap Maker of Coreggio.

    TW: Violence against children

    https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth

    https://www.google.com/books/edition/Narrative_of_Sojourner_Truth/i3HhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR6&printsec=frontcover

    https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/the-readings

    https://www.npr.org/2020/02/27/809723362/in-the-1700s-an-enslaved-massachusetts-woman-sued-for-her-freedom-and-won

    https://freedomcenter.org/voice/henrietta-wood/

    https://rep.club/products/sojourner-truth-a-life-a-symbol?srsltid=AfmBOopEbv9dOdn6x7N2QY5M_x-G0-FGrcfA2zpRz4taWbymmp3hcJlG

    https://apnews.com/article/new-york-education-slavery-kingston-government-and-politics-3b0d38ed6e556d77ba074f58dfb3c131

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    48 分
  • Episode 4. Gin and Tonics

    Episode 4. Gin and Tonics
    2025/04/23

    Malaria has plagued humans for centuries. It was written about by the ancient Mesopotamians, Greeks, Romans, Hindus, and Chinese. The cure was waiting quietly in the bark of a tree in South America- A place malaria never touched until European colonizers brought it there.

    What does this have to do with gin and tonics, you ask? Give a listen to find out.

    References

    https://www.britannica.com/plant/juniper

    https://www.craftginclub.co.uk/ginnedmagazine/what-is-gin-made-from-and-how-is-it-made

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9714995/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555962/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK215638/

    https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldcivilization/chapter/the-indo-aryan-migration-and-the-vedic-period/#:~:text=The%20Vedic%20Period%20refers%20to,with%20them%20specific%20religious%20traditions.

    https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)65320-8/fulltext

    https://www.britannica.com/plant/Cinchona

    https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200527-the-tree-that-changed-the-world-map

    https://daily.jstor.org/cinchona-a-legacy-of-extraction-and-extirpation/

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/East-India-Company

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    43 分
  • Episode 3. Chainsaws

    Episode 3. Chainsaws
    2025/04/09
    In our gnarliest episode yet, Kate teaches Larkin the unfortunate history of the chainsaw. You’ll learn about human evolution, the religious makeup of Ireland, and a fly-by-night surgical procedure performed by a professional cow castrator. Hold on to your people parts, because this one gets graphic. TW: Medical trauma, childbirth trauma, abortion traumaHelpful links:How to connect Patreon to other podcasting apps: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005429546-Which-podcast-apps-will-my-custom-audio-RSS-link-work-withRead the full account of the first recorded C-Section in the United States here.References (Current as of 4/9/2025):https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirthhttps://www.iflscience.com/we-regret-to-inform-you-that-chainsaws-were-originally-invented-for-childbirth-58685https://www.healthline.com/health-news/husband-stitch-is-not-just-mythhttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23025-pubic-symphysishttps://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(22)00733-5/fulltexthttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39581635/https://www.commonwealthfund.org/press-release/2018/us-women-more-likely-die-pregnancy-and-childbirth-and-skip-care-because-costhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cesarean/c-section-complication-risk-rises-with-mothers-age-idUSKCN1RN2SN/https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/jun/insights-us-maternal-mortality-crisis-international-comparisonhttps://sph.tulane.edu/study-finds-higher-maternal-mortality-rates-states-more-abortion-restrictionshttps://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-NHQDR-appendixes-ACDE.pdfhttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/women-and-pain-disparities-in-experience-and-treatment-2017100912562https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/part1.html#:~:text=Perhaps%20the%20first%20written%20record,unable%20to%20deliver%20her%20baby. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1258/jmb.2009.009019https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/003693300404900218https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigli_saw (Tsk, tsk)https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/cesarean/part3.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/europe/ireland-symphysiotomy/index.htmlhttps://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2023/06/01/irish-catholic-census-religion-decrease-245404https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2022/11/22/church-ethos-and-role-in-healthcare-or-education-can-no-longer-be-funded-by-state/#:~:text=Twelve%20of%20Ireland's%2018%20private,conglomerate%2C%20Bon%20Secours%20Mercy%20Health. https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-symphysiotomy-was-seen-as-a-gateway-to-childbearing-without-limits-401570-Apr2012/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/12/symphysiotomy-irelands-brutal-alternative-to-caesareans If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram.
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