It's our last episode of 2019 and it is, if we do say so ourselves, a cracker! This month we finally got our long-awaited reunion in New York City and are proud to present the Watching and Listening that occurred there. We're also giving you the story behind *that* J.K. Rowling tweet as well as a rundown of all the big breakup, engagement and baby news that naturally comes in December. Happy New Year!


Watching


Marriage Story 


(And Little Women of which we spared you our fangirling) 


Listening


Leif Volleback


Djo 


Politics 


Jackson Bird NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/21/opinion/jk-rowling-twitter-trans.html


Gender Recognition Act: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a29590439/gender-recognition-act/


https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45838021


Maya Forstater:


https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/18/judge-rules-against-charity-worker-who-lost-job-over-transgender-tweets


https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50858919


J.K. Rowling:


https://globalnews.ca/news/6318018/j-k-rowling-backlash-transgender/


https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/12/jk-rowling-terf-tweet-harry-potter-fandom


 


Pop Culture


Guidice family:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Giudice#Conviction 


Engagement announcements:https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-engagements-of-2019-celebrities-who-got-engaged-this-year/freida-pinto-and-cory-tran/


The Atlantic on engagements:https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/everyone-you-know-really-did-just-get-engaged/282770/


Pregnancy announcements: https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/photos/celebs-expecting-babies-2019-pregnant-stars-3017707.gallery