Gia On Culture

Welcome back to Gia on Culture.Ha, I bet you thought I wouldn’t make another episode—but here we are. This one took me a minute to edit, but it covers:Anti-woke AI, the late night takedown, Fantastic Four not being fantastic, Gaza updates, the Tea app leak, and a whole lot of thoughts in between.That’s it. Press play.references:NPR – Trump’s Anti-Woke AI Executive OrderJon Stewart on Colbert’s CancellationJimmy Fallon Epstein Distraction SongAl Jazeera – Gaza Starvation UpdatesBusiness Insider – Tea App Data BreachMorning Brew – Tea App Overview

Gia rants about Dubai’s squiggly roads and missing NPC life in Boston, reads sad girl weather poetry, dives into Gaza’s latest tragedy, why AI beauty bots are taking over, IBM firing 200 humans for agents, Bieber’s SWAG flop, Superman 4DX neck pain, and Karachi’s wild pre‑Zia history through The Queen of My Dreams and Society Girl.References: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/7/20/live-israel-kills-38-aid-seekers-in-gaza-as-israelis-demand-truce-dealhttps://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/beauty/state-of-fashion-beauty-report-global-markets-consumers-localisationhttps://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Article/2025/06/24/mckinsey-company-finds-beauty-growth-slowing-while-value-pressures-climb-in-2025https://societygirlbook.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWLvgMbWQF0

In the first episode of Gia On Culture, we unpack what’s trending across marketing, celebrity news, beauty launches, and new films — from Deli Boys, The Plankton Movie, and NYX x Minecraft to The Ordinary’s Egg popup, Mikayla Nogueira’s new skin prep line, and an update on what’s happening at Columbia as the state of journalism continues to shift nationwide.