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Where Are The Thinkers? Why Pop Culture Feels Doomed Right Now

1 month ago | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

Currently trending on TikTok, FKA Twigs is going viral for an interview in which she asks the host and the crowd - "Where are the thinkers?' While internet users raise eyebrows at her question, one that ignores the socioeconomic conditions that affect our ability to create, this week our hosts Ione and Gina use the soundbite to discuss the wider problem at hand - when did pop culture turn into such a flopfest?
Is Ovulation Making You Horny or Is it Fascist To Think So?

1 month ago | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

The girlies are going feral across the internet - on one hand, Lorde is calling ovulation the best drug she's ever taken. On the other, streams of TikTok's reveal that during ovulation many of us get uncontrollable horny. But is it true? Do out hormones control our libidos and cognition or do we have more free will than that?
Is Jojo Siwa Letting Down Lesbians Or Are We Over Intellectualising Reality TV?

1 month ago | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

Who'd have thought at the announcement of this year's Celebrity Big Brother cast that the two people being chatted about the most are Jojo Siwa and ex-Love Islander Chris Hughes. If you didn't know - the pair's intimate friendship in the house caused chaos on social media as many accused Jojo of emotionally cheating on her partner, the Neighbours actor Kath Ebbs.
We Live in Hell ft: Katy Perry in Space, AI Selfie Dolls and The Great Teeth Debacle

2 months ago | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

It's been a helluva week for the news cycle and our social feeds - Katy Perry's been on Amazon's first, girls only, space trip (for exactly 11 minutes), Aimee Lou Wood has taken to Instagram stories to call out an off colour joke about herself on Saturday Night Live and everyone has taken to ChatGPT to generate extremely specific and fairly ugly blister packed dolls of themselves. Stuck between which to cover, we decided to dig into it all.
Are You 'Too Pretty to Work', or Just a Victim Of Alt Right Psyops?

2 months ago | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

"I'm too pretty to work"."This face wasn't meant to know excel." "Looking for a man who doesn't want me to work." On the surface these adages are silly throwaways in the face of a late capitalist work culture that has made trying to make a living a literal hellscape - or are they? In this week's episode, hosts Ione and Gina take apart the trend of dreaming for a rich husband and reckon with a not too distant past where women's liberation was inherently linked with being financially independent.
Plain White Music Videos: 2024 Boasts the Return of an Industry Favourite

Jan 2, 2025 | polyesterzine.com | Douglas Jardim

The ever so elusive white backdrop is any aspiring artist's go-to tool for many a reason; it's an age-old aesthetic that continues to stand the test of time. First impressions can be deceiving so the white background's canvas-like capabilities transcend medium with cost-effective bombast.
Where are All the Fat Social Media Chefs? — Polyester

Aug 7, 2024 | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

Men are given slightly different rules, and whilst of course they still face fatphobia, there are expectations in a way that women don’t get. Take Matty Matheson, famous chef and producer and actor in The Bear. I love Matty, he’s a vibrant addition to popular culture. He gets abuse for his weight, but it’s not comparable to the misogynistic abuse bigger women receive due to a lack of patriarchal privilege.
So… We Got Cancelled — Polyester

Aug 5, 2024 | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

Last week, Polyester suffered a great injustice on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter as right wing journalists piled on our humble hosts for sharing a pitch call out. This week, Ione and Gina dissect the discourse surrounding publishing industry standards, the declining state of the media industry, and the need to be right on social media.
Is Kamala Brat? How The Politician Memed Herself Into A Presidential Candidate — Polyester

Jul 28, 2024 | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

The Kamalanomenon is here. You think you just fell out of the coconut tree? This week, hosts Ione and Gina break down how brat summer, among other Kamala memes, morphed from gen z nihilistic irony into millennial girlboss earnestness - and how the memeification of politics affects us all.
Underconsumption Core, Recession Pop & Projecting Meaning Onto Poverty — Polyester

Jul 21, 2024 | polyesterzine.com | Lauren O'Neill

Does a crap economy spawn better music? And should being frugal be a trend, a lifestyle choice or just a case of bloody getting on with things? This week, hosts Ione and Gina dig into the self narration that has been bred into us by social media and whether, during the worst recession we've weathered as adults, we should be romanticising our shampoo purchases.