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Is Blake Lively a bitch or being misconstrued? Will Elon ever stop cringing us out? And why is everyone using slurs again?
Every week Polyester's head girlies Ione Gamble and Gina Tonic take you down a weekly rabbit hole of online discourse and pop culture - from trad wives and surrogacy to porn stars and unhinged press tours. Exploring the intersection of IRL and URL through a feminist lens, the Polyester Podcast is your weekly digest on absolutely everything everyone on the internet is talking about.
With guests like Tavi Gevinson and Sofia Coppola collaborator Stacey Battat, and special episodes beamed into your ears from cultural centres like London’s Tate Modern and Barbican Centre, every Monday we offer a down-to-earth take from the front lines of the internet, feminism, and the weird world of celebrity it has spawned.
Hosted by Editor in Chief Ione Gamble with Senior Editor Gina Tonic. Edited by Olivia Graham. Have faith in your own bad taste!
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Polyester is a self published, intersectional feminist arts and culture publication aiming to bridge the gap of URL cyberfeminism with the IRL world.
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- The Tradwife Mass Exodus and Why Women Are Turning Their Backs on The Alt-Right · 30 minWho would have possibly thought the tradwife way of life wouldn't be sustainable forever? In a series of New York Times articles and Instagram influencer pivots, we're seeing a…
- Let Women Be Evil: The Problem With Mike Flanagan's Carrie And East Of Eden · 33 minWhat if Carrie White was a victim? And what if Cathy Ames was a girlboss? Booktok and filmtok have united this month to rally against the proposed sanitisation of some of…
- I Am Jane Doe And The Internet's Complicity To The Cornell Case · 30 minTrigger warning: sexual assault and misogyny The internet has been set ablaze by the proliferation of a college campus sexual assault at Cornell university in 2024. After a…
- How A Covid Conscious Lesbian Bar In Massachusetts Became The Epicentre Of The Culture Wars · 30 minYou must have heard about it by now and if you haven't? Lucky you. It's not often that a local news story breaks containment through traditional reporting and not a viral TikTok…
- Are Thinkfluencers Democratising Education Or Is This Just Academia Slop? · 31 minYou know the best way to learn something? A 60 second video that you watch on two times speed referencing one case study found in another video of the same ilk. Duh! This week…
- The Problem with Sydney Sweeney’s Gambling Advert Isn’t Her Body · 27 minIt's not about Sydney Sweeney doing an easily misinterpreted advert again. It's not about her being completely naked in it either. Listen to me, it's just sports. Or at least…
- Is C*ntslop A New Pop Genre Or Just Another Way To Diminish Women? · 28 minAlert! There has been a slop detected in the mother toilet - who refused to flush? We are talking about, of course, the lukewarm reception that's being directed towards the new…
- Is Influencer Hate Just Misogyny? · 32 minHas the title influencer dropped from glamour to disregard because people hate women? Or is it possibly due to the growing resentment between the working class and the content…
- Kinda Chic That Cool Girl Trends Are Ruining The Internet... · 29 minIt's kinda chic to eat a sandwich. It's kinda chic to lean on a bollard. It's kinda chic to intellectualise an Instagram trend as a signifier of the end days. This week, hosts…
- The Girlification of Surveillance Culture · 31 minThe OOTD has taken on a new look: A still snapped from the video your Amazon owned Ring doorbell. Or, if you're Kylie Jenner, a selfie taken on your Meta glasses after bossing…
- How Horny Is the Slasher Genre? Dissecting The Queer Metaverse of 'Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma' · 31 minIt's a long, hot American Summerween and we're so excited for Jane Schoenbrun's third feature film to finally hit our screens. 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' is…
- Our Take On Charli xcx's New Album, 'Music, Fashion, Film' · 29 minPop's favourite provocateur Charli xcx is back - not that she ever went away - with a host of ‘anti-marketing marketing’ launch her seventh studio album 'Music, Fashion, Film'…
- Extreme Thinness Has Never Been More Coveted, Visible, and Depressing · 30 minFrom Caroline Calloway penning viral essays to the constant discourse surrounding Ariana Grande - it’s no news to listeners of this podcast that thin is in. Yet on a weekly if…
- Live: Do Gen Z Have A Problem With Age Shaming? · 47 minAs Gen Z have aged up, they have become known for a generational distaste (at best) and fear (at worst) of ageing. But how is this expressed and how does it manifest? And why has…
- A Retcon On Self Infantilisation Culture Ft. Toddlercore, Fro-Yo, And Commercial Girlhood · 36 minIt's been three years, how are we still 'just girls'? Is it because of food trend focussing on nostalgia? A need to heal our inner child? Or a lack of definition of what…
- Are Teenage Social Media Bans Slay Or Unc? · 38 minThe UK - and a lot of other countries, actually - are rolling out social media bans for under sixteens as well as social media curfews for those under eighteen. The news has…
- Why Has Taste Become an Internet-wide Obsession? · 30 minIt appears tech bros are shaking in their boots because... they're being called cringe - even when they buy a Rimowa suitcase and a full wardrobe from The Row. In a now viral…
- Is Being Lonely The New Status Symbol? · 26 minYou're in bed on your own scrolling through your phone. On your screen, a woman your age is entering her new build apartment, making herself a bowl of pasta and a glass of Diet…
- So… Euphoria Season 3 Is A Flop · 29 minIt's no surprise to many that the third season of Sam Levinson's former hit TV show has had a less than best reaction from audiences. Aside from the show's actual plot and…
- Let Olivia Rodrigo Wear Babydoll Dresses · 29 minOlivia Rodrigo is the subject of the internet's ire for *checks notes* allegations of pedobaiting. The star's music video and stage outfits - consisting of babydoll dresses…
