Too PG for Jeopardy with Lilly Chin
#### When Lilly Chin knew she couldn\u2019t lose during Final Jeopardy, she decided to give a joke answer: \u201cWho is the Spiciest Memelord?\u201d But that joke became a meme itself\u2014turning Lilly into not just the College Jeopardy champion, but an internet sensation.\n\nToday, we chat with the MIT grad student about what it was like to be on the show, how the internet treats women in the public eye, and how her brush with fame changed the way she looks at online visibility. We also talk about Lilly\u2019s research on soft robots, mentorship, Twitch streaming, and doing it all for the stories.\n\n> We\u2019re so used to thinking about women in terms of their outward appearance that even when it\u2019s on a very academic game like _Jeopardy_, people are still defaulting to thinking of, like, an object of attraction. \n> \u2014Lilly Chin, MIT PhD student and _College Jeopardy_ champ\n\n_Note: We\u2019ve donated net proceeds from this episode to [RAICES](https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/leafund), the largest immigrant legal services organization in Texas, and [ActBlue\u2019s fund supporting 12 organizations](https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kidsattheborder) working with migrant, detained, or deported children and families. Please join us.\xa0_\n\n### Links from the interview:\n\n- [Lilly\u2019s website](http://lillych.in/)\n- The infamous [\u201cWho is the spiciest memelord?\u201d clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pLl0zID6UM)\n- The [Jeopardy subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jeopardy/)\n- Talia Levin\u2019s article about appearing on Jeopardy, [\u201cBig Tits for $600\u201d](https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/4xkz7g/big-tits-for-600-the-ugly-sexist-aftermath-of-appearing-on-jeopardy)\n- [Justine Sacco\u2019s tweet about AIDS in Africa](https://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/this-is-how-a-womans-offensive-tweet-became-the-worlds-top-s?utm_term=.kqZV9aLbY#.gdeGbNd3O)\n- [_So You\u2019ve Been Publicly Shamed_](https://www.npr.org/2015/04/01/396384141/jon-ronson-has-nothing-to-be-ashamed-of-but-what-about-the-rest-of-us) by Jon Ronson\n- The [\u201cright to be forgotten\u201d](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/right-to-be-forgotten) concept\n- The field of [soft robotics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_robotics)\n\n### Also in this episode:\n\n- Creating intimate spaces online, from [our newsletter](http://www.noyougoshow.com/newsletter/) to Tiny Letters to private Slack accounts\n- Shopping feminist, ethical, local, and just plain good companies\n- Why Katel has the [best sweatshirt ever](http://www.noyougoshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/katel-headshot-1-660x480.jpeg)\n\n## Sponsors\n\nThis episode of NYG is brought to you by:\n\n\n\n_[Shopify](https://www.shopify.com/careers), a leading global commerce platform that\u2019s building a world-class team to define the future of entrepreneurship. Visit [shopify.com/careers](https://www.shopify.com/careers) to see what they\u2019re talking about._\n\n