Gwen Stefani: From Feminist to Fascist

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

When Gwen Stefani made a tacit endorsement of Tucker Carlson earlier this month, I felt like somebody had knocked the wind out of me. Had the iconic 90’s ain’t-no-hollaback girl made a not-so-sweet escape to the dark side? Dizzy and disturbed, I set out to journey Gwen’s path from early aughts punk rock princess to… spokeswoman for a conservative billionaire’s anti-abortion prayer app. I learned a lot about how she’s changed — and perhaps more importantly, how she hasn’t. COME SEE A BIT FRUITY LIVE! Tickets are on sale here. Listen to bonus episodes on Patreon! Thanks to today’s sponsors! Work smarter, not harder, with Factor meals ready in two minutes at https://www.factormeals.com/fruity50off. Get 15% off a cuter, more sustainable way to clean at https://www.blueland.com/fruity. Subscribe to Kat's journalism at Spitfire News. Subscribe to Taylor's journalism at User Mag. Listen to Taylor’s podcast on YouTube. Me on Instagram. A Bit Fruity on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, I just got my ashes and I'm ready for lent.
0:03.2	It's going to be the most transformative length of our lives.
0:10.7	Check it out. God bless.
0:12.5	Do you guys know Lisa from Black Pink?
0:14.8	Mm-hmm. Yeah.
0:16.1	She has this song called Rockstar where one of the lyrics and the chorus is, I'm going to do my best Lisa impression,
0:22.9	Lisa, can you teach me Japanese? I said, hi, hi. Little known fact, she's actually recalling
0:28.6	in interaction she had with Gwen Stefani. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Oh my God, I thought
0:36.6	you were for real. I thought that was a real fun fact.
0:41.0	I just love the idea of Gwen Stefani being like, Lisa, can you teach me Japanese?
0:49.1	Okay.
0:59.6	Hello, hello, and welcome back to A Bit Fruity.
1:08.7	The other day, I saw a tweet from a one Gwen Stefani that absolutely stopped me dead in my tracks.
1:11.9	Would one of you like to read this Gwen Stefani tweet because I feel like it needs the feminine touch? Wow. At Jonathan Rumi, you are a powerful, inspirational human. What an
1:19.7	enlightening, intelligent, beautiful interview. Thank you for being you, GX. The interview in question
1:27.3	was one between Jonathan Rumi, an actor known for his roles
1:31.1	in various Christian TV shows and movies, and a one, Tucker Carlson.
1:38.7	I was perplexed.
1:41.6	I was shaken.
1:42.9	I was paralyzed.
1:49.7	Gwen Stefani, Gwen, I'm just a girl.
2:07.0	I've been, you know, you know. That's right. I'm sorry. I've spent the last 48 hours looking and listening to nothing except Gwen Stefani.
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