From The Diving Board

By Charli ChatsSociety & Culture

From The Diving Board episodes

June 15, 2025 17. Who Gets to be Naked? From Red Carpets to Protest
The Cannes Film Festival decency rules brought a conversation about 'decency' in fashion, and whether celebrities have gone 'too far' in revealing their bodies on the red carpet. Is this just another case of policing what women wear? Or does the conversation run deeper - how are women's bodies portrayed in public spaces, and who gets to undress?

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29 min
May 19, 2025 16. Read this instead of doomscrolling.
I quit TikTok! So I'm sharing the long form media I've been consuming instead of (or in addition to... let's be honest,) doomscrolling.

Listen to hear my recommendations on books, substack pieces & articles to read at the moment!

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21 min
May 05, 2025 15. Gossiping is good, actually.
Psst! Did you hear? Gossip may not be AS bad as you think it is - well... in certain contexts, and depending on whose talking... actually I just heard this on the grapevine & may not have the facts straight so you should probably just listen to find out more...

From rumour spreading & slander to whisper networks that exist to support oppressed people in society - what do we actually mean when we condemn gossip, and is it as bad as we think? In this episode we unpack gossip from a critical feminist perspective & consider its role in the #MeToo movement, among others.

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#MeToo #gossip #feminism #criticalfeminism #thewhitelotus #bridgerton
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28 min
April 20, 2025 14. Gen Alpha is Buying Anti-aging Products, Feel Old yet?
Why are teens using wrinkle cream before they have wrinkles? Why is baby botox booming before 25? How does politics shape our views about beauty? From anti-aging influencers to a total erasure of older women in media, this video unpacks how our culture turned aging into a crisis... and why we’re so scared of it happening to us.

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33 min
April 08, 2025 13. Does the Skinny Trend Re-emerge when Women get too Powerful?
From Ozempic to the pilates body to the AI chubby filter on TikTok, it's no question that our social media feeds are starting to give mid-2000s (in the worst possible way). It feels like we're collectively unlearning any efforts to achieve body positivity and neutrality, and I want to know why. Are beauty trends a microcosm for what's happening in the political and social zeitgeist, and if so, what does the resurgence of skinny mean?

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#pilatesbody #skinnytrend #bodypositivity #beautytrends #thebeautymyth #y2k #feminism #tiktoktrends
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30 min
March 23, 2025 12. Gen Z is hitting their Quarter Life Crisis (& its not pretty)
Let's get chatty about the quarter life crisis. Are you in it? Or are we just living in an era of excessive self-optimisation culture, cost of living increases and an obsession with anti-aging...

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33 min
March 02, 2025 11. The Popification of Politics is Weird... lets talk about it
Kamala is brat, Trump has weird vibes and Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl half time performance was political commentary. Today we're unpacking how pop culture & politics are barely distinguishable, whether modern media has shaped this, and what the 'attention economy' means for culture. This episode was inspired by OliSUNvia, "drowning in entertainment: the age of distraction",

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJZ5Y... - I highly recommend for a further deep dive into this topic!

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27 min
February 16, 2025 10. The Left is Eating Itself While the Rich Cosplay Poverty
From Victoria Beckham’s working class childhood to gentrification in the streets of Fitzroy Melbourne… what’s with the obsession with appearing less wealthy than you really are? Let's unpack quiet luxury, 'homeless chic', Naarm-core and what this all means in the context of an oligarchy & increasingly splintered leftist spaces...

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30 min
February 03, 2025 9. In Defence of Weak Tie Friendships | Feeling lonely & solo travel
Welcome back to From The Diving Board!

In this episode I reflect on my experience solo travelling & unpack what loneliness means, and how it differs from solitude…

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33 min
January 27, 2025 8. Overconsumption or Collector Culture? Stanley Stampedes & FOMO Marketing
From Sonny Angels to Stanley Cups, gen z has a new(ish) obsession with collecting things. But when does collecting become overconsuming, and who do we blame for its impacts? Is overconsumption always bad? Let's dive in!

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44 min