Noticing Zack Bia’s Career, Matières Fécales at Paris Fashion Week, Flock Cameras and PEN America’s Bias

No matter where you go someone is watching. If you’re Zack Bia, that someone is Drake and sometimes hot girls. If you’re a private citizen, it’s a surveillance org. If you’re a hot new fashion brand, it’s Rihanna. Finally, if you’re a reader, PEN America is watching to make sure you don’t boycott the wrong books.

12 min: Is Matières Fécales Genius?

32 min: Who is Zack Bia?

48 min: Flock Cameras Are Watching

64 min: Is anyone really boycotting Israeli literature?

79 min: Joyce Carol Oates hates romance novels

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Clash Talk at the 312 Festival in Chicago:

https://www.312comedyfestival.com/headliners/clash-talk-a-competitive-talk-show

Clash Talk at New York Comedy Festival:

https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000654107ACBFBF

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Who is Fecal Matter:

https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/70867/1/matieres-fecales-dazed-cover-autumn-2026-hannah-rose-dalton-steven-raj-bhaskaran

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/style/matieres-fecales-ninety-nine-percent-show-pfw.html

PEN America:

https://pen.org/a-silent-moratorium-interviews-with-israeli-and-jewish-writers/

https://pen.org/a-statement-to-our-community/

https://jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-america-got-wrong-about-antisemitism-in-publishing

What is Flock:

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/federal-judge-calls-flock-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance/

Joyce’s Tweet:

https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/2105382365761769600

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