*Announcements! 

• The first STARGIRL in-person event is happening! Details will be announced on my Instagram first @emmaglennbaker — can’t wait to share more and see you there!*

• In this week’s episode, I introduce a brand new segment to the public: STARGIRL Rants and Raves! I welcome all listeners to send in a Rant or Rave on a Stargirl, person/persona you fixate on, or cultural event/moment that you love or hate. This first round was open to Patrons only, and we listen to my favorite three submissions here today!
  

Here’s how it works:

• Record a 0:30 - 2:00 minute-long voice note

• Email the audio file to me at [email protected]

• Subject line should read “Rant / Rave” on [your subject]”

• In the email, please not e how you’d like to be attributed (full name, first name only, IG handle, etc.)

Show notes:

This week we tackle a classic Stargirl: Dame Elizabeth Taylor. I talk about the many elements of her myth that I somehow inherited—her violet eyes, “married eight times to seven men,” her health issues, etc. I decide that although Liz Taylor is indeed beautiful, prolific, and messy, her real singularity lies in her Sturdiness: She is womanly, down-to-earth, and robust. We also discuss Camille Paglia’s incredible fixation on Liz, and leaf through Liz’s memoir/self-help/recipe book about her own weight gain and loss, Elizabeth Takes Off.

Plus, I finally acknowledge the Chappell Roan phenomenon, praise Addison for her underwater Dhanurasana, and challenge myself to discuss the election head-on, rather than roll my eyes and look away. We got this y’all!

Discussed:

• “Sabrina, Chappell, and Charli are suddenly stars. Why now?” Mikael Wood in the LA times 

• Azaelia Banks on Chappell Roan

• Addison’s underwater amazingness

• “Love of Country and Aloha Spirit with Tulsi Gabbard,” Jocko Podcast

• Excerpt from “Elizabeth Taylor: Hollywood’s Pagan Queen,” Camille Paglia, originally published in Penthouse magazine (1992)

• Interview with Paglia on Liz Taylor, Salon (2011)

• Elizabeth Takes Off: On Weight Gain, Weight Loss, Self-Image, and Self-Esteem, Elizabeth Taylor (1987)