by Whatzaraloves
Sit down with Zara McIntosh to chat taboo topics from the front seat of the bus. Taking an unfiltered stance on pop-culture, society, culture, and queer issues, she candidly shares her opinion as passengers around her go about their every-day life, overhearing snippets of these unspoken taboos. The viral TikTok series has launched on Spotify after demand for lengthier episodes, so you can tune in to taboos on your next bus journey.
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April 27, 2026
<p>[full deep-dive long episode is live]</p><p><br></p><p>Social media is a breeding ground for poor-shaming working-class mockery, and I’ve been collecting evidence for the past 4 months to prove that. What we are seeing is the re-invention of the harmful working-class stereotypes present in early 2000s/10s media regurgitated in our algorithms right now. We can look at how deeply intertwined identity and consumption habits to begin understanding why social media creates a hierarchy of lifestyles that shames those as the bottom and analyse the key theme of ‘distinction’ driving a lot of the hate and ‘humour’. </p><p> </p><p>I’ve pulled examples from my ongoing to prove just how social media fuels and reinvents the mockery of the working class.</p><p> </p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:charlie@84world.com">charlie@84world.com</a></p><p>Insta – whatzaraloves</p><p>TikTok – whatzaraloves6</p><p>YouTube: Whatzaraloves</p><p>Podcast: Taboo on the Bus</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Kyey references:</p><p> </p><p>Books:</p><p>Chavs by Owen Jones</p><p> </p><p>Journals:</p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.5153/sro.1814">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.5153/sro.1814</a></p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01634437231185966">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01634437231185966</a></p><p><a href="https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/output/3176889">https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/output/3176889</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Articles:</p><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/chav-caricature-comeback-tiktok-2020/">https://www.vice.com/en/article/chav-caricature-comeback-tiktok-2020/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2021/09/02/how-the-medias-selective-idealisation-of-the-working-class-perpetuates-inequality/">https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2021/09/02/how-the-medias-selective-idealisation-of-the-working-class-perpetuates-inequality/</a></p><p><a href="https://consequence.net/2025/12/ricky-gervais-working-classes-mock-mortality/">https://consequence.net/2025/12/ricky-gervais-working-classes-mock-mortality/</a></p>
April 26, 2026
<p>Social media is a breeding ground for poor-shaming working-class mockery, and I’ve been collecting evidence for the past 4 months to prove that. What we are seeing is the re-invention of the harmful working-class stereotypes present in early 2000s/10s media regurgitated in our algorithms right now. We can look at how deeply intertwined identity and consumption habits to begin understanding why social media creates a hierarchy of lifestyles that shames those as the bottom and analyse the key theme of ‘distinction’ driving a lot of the hate and ‘humour’. </p><p> </p><p>I’ve pulled examples from my ongoing to prove just how social media fuels and reinvents the mockery of the working class.</p><p> </p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:charlie@84world.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">charlie@84world.com</a></p><p>Insta – whatzaraloves</p><p>TikTok – whatzaraloves6</p><p>YouTube: Whatzaraloves</p><p>Podcast: Taboo on the Bus</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Kyey references:</p><p> </p><p>Books:</p><p>Chavs by Owen Jones</p><p> </p><p>Journals:</p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.5153/sro.1814" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.5153/sro.1814</a></p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01634437231185966" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01634437231185966</a></p><p><a href="https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/output/3176889" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/output/3176889</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Articles:</p><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/chav-caricature-comeback-tiktok-2020/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en/article/chav-caricature-comeback-tiktok-2020/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2021/09/02/how-the-medias-selective-idealisation-of-the-working-class-perpetuates-inequality/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2021/09/02/how-the-medias-selective-idealisation-of-the-working-class-perpetuates-inequality/</a></p><p><a href="https://consequence.net/2025/12/ricky-gervais-working-classes-mock-mortality/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://consequence.net/2025/12/ricky-gervais-working-classes-mock-mortality/</a></p>
April 2, 2026
<p>Rachel Sennott preaching “numb is in”, " Botox is rising, the girls are emotionless, and lobotomy chic is looming in the air. Sit down with me to dissect what it means for stoicism, deadpan, and numbness to become intertwined in our perceptions of beauty and femininity. Let’s discuss whether this can be viewed as a potential clapback to the patriarchal expectations of women’s behaviour, or in fact just caging us further. Sit down with me to analyse the politics of numbness, the privilege of emotional suppression, and the tool of numbness. </p><p><br></p>
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Sit down with Zara McIntosh to chat taboo topics from the front seat of the bus. Taking an unfiltered stance on pop-culture, society, culture, and queer issues, she candidly shares her opinion as passengers around her go about their every-day life, overhearing snippets of these unspoken taboos.
The viral TikTok series has launched on Spotify after demand for lengthier episodes, so you can tune in to taboos on your next bus journey.
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