The Polyester Podcast

By The Polyester Podcast

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

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Number 1: Kinda Chic That Cool Girl Trends Are Ruining The Internet...
It'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 Ione and Gina talk about the growing need to be seen as cool across social media - spawning everything from tutorials on how to be cool to long read Substacks dissecting the tutorials. Has the the algorithm has fully drained the joy of recommendation and curation? Is the quest for coolness futile? And if everyone is kinda chic, then is no-one chic at all? Order The Polyester Book Of Bad Taste here! Support our work and become a Polyester Podcast member Order Ione's book, Poor Little Sick Girls, here! Order Gina's book, Greedy Guts, here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 30, 202630min
Number 2: How Horny Is the Slasher Genre? Dissecting The Queer Metaverse of 'Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma'
It'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 Schoenbrun's third feature film and this time, they're taking on the slasher genre. This week, hosts Ione and Gina get to grips with the queer metaverse of Camp Miasma, the poignancy of casting Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, and how trans narratives translate to universal experience in the movie of the summer. Watch the film in all good US cinemas now and in the UK from August 21st!! Order The Polyester Book Of Bad Taste here! Support our work and become a Polyester Podcast member Order Ione's book, Poor Little Sick Girls, here! Order Gina's book, Greedy Guts, here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 16, 202631min
Number 3: The Girlification of Surveillance Culture
The 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 around your assistants for an #ad on Instagram. Nadia Lee Cohen and Alex Consani are amongst the swathes of fashion industry heavyweights embracing surveillance tech - but why are they allowing their images to be used for something so seemingly evil? This week, hosts Ione and Gina take on the girlification of the surveillance state, the actual terrors that lie in the tech companies controlling our cameras, and why we need to stand up against the normalisation of peer to peer data capture. Order The Polyester Book Of Bad Taste here! Support our work and become a Polyester Podcast member Order Ione's book, Poor Little Sick Girls, here! Order Gina's book, Greedy Guts, here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 23, 202632min
Number 4: Is Influencer Hate Just Misogyny?
Has 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 creator economy? This week, hosts Ione and Gina get to grips with the discourse connecting the ire directed at influencers with misogyny. Is a Nantucket sign in a vintage shop outright sexism or a signal of a growing exhaustion with social media's impact on society? Does every public figure need to be insightful as well as aesthetically enviable? And is anyone directing this kind of nihilism towards influencers towards male content creators? Order The Polyester Book Of Bad Taste here! Support our work and become a Polyester Podcast member Order Ione's book, Poor Little Sick Girls, here! Order Gina's book, Greedy Guts, here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
September 06, 202633min
Number 5: Is C*ntslop A New Pop Genre Or Just Another Way To Diminish Women?
Alert! 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 Adela and Rebecca Black album releases. This week, hosts Ione and Gina get to grips with the newest term spawned out of Twitter and being dissected on Substack - C*ntslop. Are pop music visuals going too far? Or are they not authentic enough? How does it all tie into the white gay male gaze? And should we stop pandering to the pink pound? Order The Polyester Book Of Bad Taste here! Support our work and become a Polyester Podcast member Order Ione's book, Poor Little Sick Girls, here! Order Gina's book, Greedy Guts, here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
September 13, 202629min