S2E2: Love in the 80s, Romance Scams & Gamer Girls Gone Mildly Wild

GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!

GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!
S2E2: Love in the 80s, Romance Scams & Gamer Girls Gone Mildly Wild
Feb 15, 2025 Season 2 Episode 2
Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier

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LOVE! What is it good for? Gossip and a billion dollar scam industry. Get Megan and Lesley's GenX take on lots of vital (hyper-specific to our own experience) nonsense including the following:

  • Cursing Groundhog Day (fucking winter)
  • BS and Hot Gos: Gossip about 80s celebrity couples and their influences Whose dead NOW?? Soap stars, Planned Parenthood Queen and ... Shrek?
  • What shit are we sick of today? Romance scams targeting vulnerable people - we offer resources for protecting loved ones from becoming victims because panicking alone doesn't help. 
    (34:17) - BREAK
  • GenXpert/Not an Expert Featuring: (36:57) Learn along with us about our gamer girl heritage and gaming to survive the current apocalypse.

We gotta say - this is a long one - but those GenX women who LOVED gaming will have their memory banks rebooted as we explore the timeline of console game development from the 70s to the 90s. 

Timeline of Console Gaming

AARP Online Romance Scams

AARP Romance Scam Resources

FTC and Romance Scams

FCC and Romance Scams



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