Roses All Trash

in the last episode of january 2021, we discuss the "place" that is social media: memes, wealth porn, algorithms, and more.

spoiler: it's NOT some act of God taking over our lives; it IS just one more major phenomenon in the history of humanity.

content warning: 28:50 eating disorders, thinspo / pro-ana, self-harm

Week 4, January 2021: "Place, Location, and Identity" #ReadCommunity

This week, we're reading the following:

Norberto Nuno Gomes de Andrade: "The Right to be Forgotten"

Georg Franck: "Social Media and the Ecology of Emotion"

Kath Albury: "Sexual Expression in Social Media"

Ana Deumert: "The performance of a ludic self on social network(ing) sites"

Read along (with members in 13+ countries!) at linktr.ee/readcommunity 💗

#ROSESALLTRASH PODCAST: Ryen (22) and Katherine (23) discuss fashion history, aesthetic philosophy, and beauty politics. Follow our Instagram accounts: @rosesalltrash @rrryen @katherineshark

filmed this episode on the day that trump supporters stormed the capitol. we discuss: when did we realize racism was a thing? who helped us become anti-racist? what does a "post-racial" america look like, and why do we even care?

Week 3, January 2021: "Place, Location, and Identity" #ReadCommunity

This week, we're reading the following:

Cheryl I. Harris, "Whiteness as Property"

Devon W. Carbado, "(E)Racing the Fourth Amendment: Introduction"

June Jordan, "In the Land of White Supremacy"

Calvin L. Warren, "Black Nihilism and the Politics of Hope"

Read along (with members in 13+ countries!) at linktr.ee/readcommunity 💗

#ROSESALLTRASH PODCAST: Ryen (22) and Katherine (23) discuss fashion history, aesthetic philosophy, and beauty politics. Follow our Instagram accounts: @rosesalltrash @rrryen @katherineshark

two californians debunk myths about their home state — is it really a liberal paradise? is it really the promised land? no, and we explain why.

Week 2, January 2021: "Place, Location, and Identity" #ReadCommunity

This week, we're reading the following:

Joan Didion, "Slouching Toward Bethlehem"

Louis Menand, "The Radicalization of Joan Didion"

Saul Sanchez, "The Migrant Experience from Birth to Age Five"

June Jordan, "Where I Live Now I & II"

Alex Schafran, "Road to Resegregation: Conclusion"

Read along (with members in 13+ countries!) at linktr.ee/readcommunity 💗

#ROSESALLTRASH PODCAST: Ryen (22) and Katherine (23) discuss fashion history, aesthetic philosophy, and beauty politics. Follow our Instagram accounts: @rosesalltrash @rrryen @katherineshark

we're back with a new setup & way better audio 🙏 

content warnings: 13:10 self-harm, 27:15 domestic violence & suicide, 34:10 eating disorders  

Week 1, January 2021: "Place, Location, and Identity" #ReadCommunity  

This week, we're reading the following: 

Guernica Magazine, "Interview with Sara Ahmed," 9 pages 

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper," 17 pages 

Claudia Mitchell, "Girlhood and the Politics of Place: Introduction," 2 pages 

Andrea Dottolo and Carol Dottolo, "I Remember You Most in the Kitchen," 20 pages 

Read along (with members in 13+ countries!) at linktr.ee/readcommunity 💗  

#ROSESALLTRASH PODCAST: Ryen (22) and Katherine (23) discuss fashion history, aesthetic philosophy, and beauty politics. Follow our Instagram accounts: @rosesalltrash @rrryen @katherineshark

in our last episode of 2020, we get choked up talking about protests and people's movements ❤️

also shout out to the birds from 12:30 to 13:12, if anyone can id them by their bird calls, we'd love to credit them as noisy ass guests on this episode

Week 4, December 2020: "What Do We Look Like?" #ReadCommunity

This week, we're reading the following:

Diane di Prima, "Revolutionary Letters"

Allyson Field, "L.A. Rebellion: UCLA Project One Films"

Na'ama Klorman-Eraqi, "Feminist Photography in 1970s Britain,"

Read along (with members in 13+ countries!) at linktr.ee/readcommunity 💗

#ROSESALLTRASH PODCAST: Ryen (22) and Katherine (23) discuss fashion history, aesthetic philosophy, and beauty politics. Follow our Instagram accounts: @rosesalltrash @rrryen @katherineshark

is femininity compulsive? is femininity constructed? is femininity defined by its consumption? 🤢

Week 3, December 2020 #ReadCommunity

This week, we're reading the following:

Ana Elias, "Aesthetic Labour"

Sarah Banet-Weiser, "I'm Beautiful the Way I Am"

Sianne Ngai, Interview on "Our Aesthetic Categories"

Adrienne Evans, "The Entrepreneurial Practices of Becoming a Doll"

Read along (with members in 13+ countries!) at linktr.ee/readcommunity 💗

#ROSESALLTRASH PODCAST: Ryen (22) and Katherine (23) discuss fashion history, aesthetic philosophy, and beauty politics. Follow our Instagram accounts: @rosesalltrash @rrryen @katherineshark

Flaws of the body positivity movement :/ CONTENT WARNING: body dysmorphia (throughout), eating disorders (11:58), verbal abuse (27:30)

Comment your favorite part of your body 💩👇

Week 2, December 2020 #ReadCommunity

This week, we're reading the following:

Deb Burgard et al: "Are We Ready to Throw Our Weight Around?"

Richard Shusterman: "The Somatic Turn"

Richard Shusterman: "Somaesthetics and the Body/Media issue"

Breanne Fahs: "Mapping Gross Bodies: The Regulatory Politics of Disgust"

Jason Whitesel "Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma"

- "Chapter Three: Performing Fat Bodies"

- "Conclusion"

Read along (with members in 13+ countries!) at linktr.ee/readcommunity 💗

#ROSESALLTRASH PODCAST: Ryen (22) and Katherine (23) discuss fashion history, aesthetic philosophy, and beauty politics. Follow our personal accounts: 

https://www.instagram.com/rrryen/

https://www.instagram.com/katherine.shark/

;) First TWO episodes launch December 3, 2020!