This week on Nymphet Alumni, Alexi interviews Angel Money, New York nightlife darling and visionary of beauty and commerce. Over the course of more than two hours, we discuss her past life as a Tumblr-famous pale grunge blogger, her balance between New Age spirituality and hedonistic abundance, her intimate knowledge of custom Chinese manufacturing, her fashion controversies from cultural appropriation to exotic animal pelts, mad scientist gray market beauty treatments, the implicit influence of trans aesthetics on 21st century femininity, the mental and physical architecture of transsexuality, and much more. Angel also shares her exclusive recipes for a perfect night out?including her precise methodology for a 48-hour glam?and her high-fantasy vision for the ultimate immersive nightlife experience.

Links:

Listen to Money Talks with Angel Money

Angel?s Share ? Document Journal

Angel Money on Instagram

Angel Money on Twitter

In this episode, we?re joined by the legendary Emily Segal: writer, artist, cultural clairvoyant, and co-founder of K-HOLE and Nemesis. We talk about her brand-conscious NYC upbringing and art school education-by-osmosis, AI and telepathy, the collapse of unified worldviews, and what it means to be a creative director when every pair of jeans is trending at once. Emily also unearths the lost downtown dream of Chumbo and unpacks for us the group polarization and identity negotiation of contemporary parenting culture.

Links:

NEMESIS on Substack

K-HOLE

Emily Segal on Instagram

The Generational Triennial: Younger Than Jesus at The New Museum

Wolff Olins

Matan Even on YouTube

Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century by Hannah Zeavin

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In this episode, we introduce the concept of whimsimod to explain the recent trend of pattern-printed and adorably tailored fashion among sensitive indie starlets and Instagram baddies alike. In the process of unpacking this polished yet playful re-envisioning of femininity, we discuss the aesthetic shift from ?kiki? to ?bouba? over the past year, the history of girly youth diffusion lines like RED Valentino and Blugirl, the current hemline crisis and the accompanying novelty hosiery movement, seminal lady designers including Carolina Herrera and Kate Spade, and more. We also provide a forensic cultural history of the polka dot throughout the decades.

Links:

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?The Power Of Two Claires: Miss Claire Sullivan Talks Designing Clairo?s Grammys Look? ? Nylon

?Reflections of Clairo? by Clairo ? Byline

beabadoobee ? ?Beaches? Jimmy Kimmel Live performance on YouTube

beabadoobee slayful Getty Image

Patternalia: An Unconventional History of Polka Dots, Stripes, Plaid, Camouflage, & Other Graphic Patterns by Jude Stewart

?The Polka Dot?s Past Is Weirder Than You Think? by Nancy MacDonell ? The Wall Street Journal

Blondita, Lauren Perrin, Ben Doctor, Lucila Safdie

TJ Maxx psychosis monologue TikTok (?)

Miu Miu Fall 2023 Ready-to-Wear Collection ? Vogue Runway

Addison Rae?s polka dot catsuit by Miss Claire Sullivan at Coachella

Addison Rae Vogue France cover story

Disney Channel?s Former Costume Designer Doesn?t Get the Y2K Resurgence Either ? Vogue

Paloma Sandoval on Instagram

?That?s So ?80s:? Wes Gordon Finds Treasures in a Scrapbook From Herrera?s Past ? Interview

?Carolina Herrera: Portrait of a Lady? by Anamaria Wilson ? Harper?s Bazaar

Lynn Wyatt's Glamorous Life: Celebrities, Couture, and Castles | Paper Trail on YouTube

@chloyorkcity?s 80?s Excess series on TikTok

Surrey glasses on EyeBuyDirect

?The Enduring Legacy of Kate Spade?s Witty, Misunderstood Life? by Rory Satran ? The Wall Street Journal

Vogue?s extremely belated trend report on statement socks and tights at NYFW

?1960s-Style Tights Are Back. How to Wear Them in 2022.? by Nancy MacDonell ? The Wall Street Journal

Cero Magazine Issue 9 ? Kiko Kostadinov Special Edition featuring our interview with Laura and Deanna Fanning!

In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the emancipatory joy of Justin Bieber?s public glow-down, shocking displays of tactical romantic psychosis by girls online, the despair wrought by the all-female Blue Origin space flight, the self-titled musical bonanza of Addison and Jonatan, the subversive pots-and-pans earworm Gnarly by Katseye, reflections on Californian millennialism from HAIM to Meghan Markle, our field trip to Pope Francis?s memorial mass, and more.

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In this solo debut episode, Sam introduces us to her fantastically anachronistic obsession: dinosaurs and their recurring impact on fashion and culture. From the ?Bone Wars? of the Gilded Age to the fossilized postwar fantasy of The Flintstones to the mass Dinomania surrounding the release of 1993?s Jurassic Park, Sam explores paleontological and prehistoric aesthetics as a reflection of cultural anxieties and technological advancements. She also walks us through major fashion moments including Jeremy Scott?s electroclash cavewomen (S/S 2010) and Gucci?s retro roadside dinosaur encounter (F/W 2017).

In this very special video episode of Nymphet Alumni, we convene in Hell?s Kitchen to perform our first-ever mukbang. Filmed the evening after our tiki-themed Substack launch party, we attempt to recover with 30 Chick-fil-A nuggets, two Cokes, two large fries, one chicken sandwich, and six Crumbl cookies. Along the way, we unpack the economics of fast food franchising, explore the theological divide between Protestant and Mormon desserts, debate the integrity of Chick-fil-A?s pickle batter and more. Bon appétit!

In this episode, superstar model-actress-writer and certified Tumblr icon Hari Nef joins us to discuss the electric energy of the mid-2010s New York fashion scene? VFILES, Hood by Air, Eckhaus Latta, and more? and the collision of early online content and the fashion industry that birthed some of the most brilliant creative personae of our generation. We learn about Hari?s cutthroat electioneering of the Dazed 100, her double life of uptown collegiate excellence and downtown nightlife chaos, street casting in SoHo and shitposting on the main grid, reflections on a decade of woke ideology, and so much more. We also get exclusive scoop on Hari?s upcoming Candy Darling biopic!

Links:

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Hood By Air ? FW 2014 Runway

Hood By Air ? FW 2013 Runway

Kalifa (fka Le1f) profile in The Washington Post

Venus X on the origins of GHE20G0TH1K, a club night that shaped the 2010s ? Dazed

VFILES Model Files Episode 5: Nodels (Not Models) on YouTube

VFILES Model Files Season 2 Episode 1: Save SoSo on Youtube

?Where Fashion Blogging Began? (Fashin F*gs profile) in The New York Times

Blythe Marks on Instagram

i-D Meets: Hari Nef on YouTube

Hari Nef for the Dazed 100

Hari?s scarily spot-on gay identity prediction tweet from 2014

Enigma (dir. Zackary Drucker) in Variety

@FilmUpdates announces the upcoming Candy Darling biopic

Hari Nef?s Hottest Fashion Opinions ? The Run-Through with Vogue

@marcitlali?s legendary amish b***h Tumblr post

In our first exclusive episode on Substack (yay!), we discuss the Ibiza fashion craze, unpacking the sparkling, sunset-hued resortwear fantasy that looms over the coming summer. Using our revolutionary theory of ?trickle-down Ibizanomics,? we leave no sequin unturned, from the couture treasure trove of Annie?s Ibiza to the injection-molded accessories of Amazon influencer storefronts. We analyze the aesthetic?s cultural context through the Balearic club scene?s seedy history, 2000s rom-com costuming, White Lotus hypergamy discourse, EDM tourism, traditional Indian fashion, the moodboard-to-stimboard-to-vision board pipeline, and more.

In this week's episode, we take a deep dive into Grisch, the fascinating niche style gaining traction among Sweden's affluent youth. Drawing on our listeners' firsthand accounts and a century of Scandinavian cultural history, we dissect its surprisingly long lineage? from fin-de-siècle dandies and Eurotrash dudebros to gangster rappers and old money influencers?all culminating in a high-stakes world of designer denim, puffer vests, and luxury low-profile sneakers. We ponder how the complex relationship between class, age, nationalism, and masculinity embodied by Grisch might result in its global domination.

Special thanks to Charles, Elsa, Justine, Iman, Matilda, Ebba, and Jesper for their insights! 

Links:
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Chris Heyn Jr. on TikTok
eric_roth2 on TikTok
Marcus Rolf on TikTok
Your Ultimate Guide to Scandinavian Fashion by The Daily Scandinavian
About Us ? Garde Grisch
De Vet Du ? Sture P (Music Video) 
Peder Fogstrand aka Greven
"The Law of Jante" (on Janteloven) by Michael Booth for The Paris Review
The Murder of Einar (Swedish rap legend) ? YouTube
Azealia Banks announces her move to Stockholm in Swedish radio interview
Yung Lean @subwaytakes Interview
Consumers that are middle and upper class in Nordic countries 2024 ? Statista

In this episode, journalistic superstar Ezra Marcus joins us to chronicle his journey from the ashes of millennial digital media to the frontlines of today's most exciting investigative reporting. We extol his epic track record?the Sarah Lawrence sex cult, the culinary horror story of Horses, the galaxy gas epidemic, and more? and discover what draws him to the shady fraudster kingpins that personify online hustle culture. We also discuss the true crime documentary slop machine, moonlighting as a party-pumping DJ, the idea that men are the new women, and what it means to stand at the brink of the Chinese century.

Links:
Ezra Marcus's Website 
Ezra Marcus on Instagram
Some of Ezra's greatest hits:
The Next Drug Epidemic is Blue Raspberry Flavored 

The Package King of Miami

The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence

The Cat Who Could Kill Horses

The ?E-Pimps? of OnlyFans

How Do You Make a Weed Empire?

In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the Hollyweirdness of the Oscars (notably that James Bond humiliation ritual), Pretty Little Thing's rebrand from Love Island resortwear to halal clean girl prison clothes, the Losercore undertones of Prada's FW 2025 show, the abjection of the Shrek 5 trailer and the gravity of Shrek's highbrow legacy, the revolt against millennial burger joints and craft breweries, plus Biz makes a special announcement.


Links:
James Bond Musical Tribute at the 97th Oscars (Lisa, Doja Cat, Raye)
Pretty Little Thing
Featured PLT monstrosities: sage tailored cropped blazer/dress, burgundy soft rib two piece set, grey bardot ruched dress
PLT founder Umar Kamani on their rebrand ? Drapers
Boohoo/PLT/Nasty Gal class action settlement
Prada Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Vogue Runway
Shrek 5 Official Trailer on YouTube
Euphoria Season 3's "Silver Slipper" strip club
Kyle Gordon's "We Will Never Die" on TikTok
Millennial burger spot roast on TikTok
Tate McRae ? Revolving door (Official Music Video)
Flew out to Atlanta TikTok storytime (Girl's POV)
Flew out to Atlanta TikTok storytime (Boy's POV)
Appalachian hair texture discourse on TikTok
Stephanie Soo/Rotten Mango Ash Trevino Deep Dive on YouTube

In this week's episode, we discuss the legacy of Losercore, an aesthetic of the late 90s and early 2000s that celebrated the awkwardness of young adulthood and the sartorial idiosyncrasies of social outcasts, from orthodontia and ill-fitting gym uniforms to wire-frame glasses and dishwater-blond hair. We analyze the socioeconomic conditions that led to this period of loser glorification, identify key players (Todd Solondz, Paul Dano), cinematic touchstones (Napoleon Dynamite, Little Miss Sunshine), and generational anthems ("Teenage Dirtbag," "Buddy Holly"), and reflect on how the Internet has transformed today's young losers into threats to themselves and others.

Links:

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"The Birth?and Maybe Death?of Yuppiedom" by Walter Shapiro for Time
"Loser: The Hero of the 1990s" by Grunge Included on Substack
The Trap by Adam Curtis
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
@yungkombucha420 on TikTok
"Americans Need to Party More" by Ellen Cushing for The Atlantic
"The Anti-Social Century" by Derek Thompson for The Atlantic
Loser Generated Content: From Participation to Exploitation by Soren Mork Petersen
Billie Eilish on having no friends
Celebrity with no friends blind item ("not Jessica Chastain")
Emma Chamberlain closet video
Bed rot talking stage TikTok / 
"Love in the Time of Bed Rotting" by Isabel Unhinged on Substack
"The Story Behind The Song: Beck and the crowning of the ?Loser? generation" ? Far Out
Teenage Dirtbag ? Wheatus (Offical Music Video)
Buddy Holly ? Weezer (Official Music Video)
Losercore TikTok boys: Slushy Noobz, Thomathy, Ben Awad, William Conrad
Marc Jacobs, Circa 2003: Long Hair, Neck Brace & Sweaty (PHOTO)
Prada Spring/Summer 1996
Marc Jacobs Spring 1999
Marc Jacobs Fall 1999
Vetements Fall 2019 Menswear
Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2021 

"Gucci's Beautiful Losers Hit New York" ? Business of Fashion
"The Book of Gucci According to Alessandro Michele" ? 032c
"Student Teaches Teacher" aka Jeff Bliss aka Friggin Packet Yo (Original YouTube Video)
"Who's Afraid of Hasan Piker?" ? Slate
"Still Life (Betamale)" by Jon Rafman
Party in their Blood ? Cloudy Heart (Official Music Video)
Bully (formerly @bully.incel.simp.hero) 
Duane Hanson ? Saatchi Gallery
Dadsgiving by Chris Maggio

This week, we are joined by special guest Evan Collins ? architect, design archivist, and cofounder of Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute ? for a conversation about the Institute's pioneering work in coining and defining the most fascinating aesthetics of the past half-century, including Indie Sleaze, Frutiger Aero, McBling, Whimsigothic, Shoe Diva, and many more. We discuss his foundational research into the Y2K aesthetic, the consumer incorporation of subculture, the challenges of community-based digital archiving, the benefit of researching ugly and unfashionable visual culture, and more.

Links:
Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute Official Website
CARI on Are.na
Evan Collins on Are.na
Evan Collins on Patreon (access to 700+ books and magazines!)
Art Deco of the 20s and 30s by Bevis Hillier
Blobjects and Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design by Steven Skov Holt and Mara Holt Skov

In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the TikTok ban fakeout, Andrea Dworkin's Right-Wing Women, the inauguration party coverage heard around the world, the consequences of Trumpism on critical beauty studies, the true meaning of Eusexua in a post-Brat society, and more. Also, Sam finally reviews Emilia Perez.

Links:
Watch Vica's New Atlas Reels on Instagram
Johanne Sacrebleu (Emilia Perez parody)
Zoe Saldaña - La Vaginoplastia (From Emilia Perez)
Karla Sofía Gascón's crazy tweet archive
Right-Wing Women by Andrea Dworkin
Candace Owens on Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni
Dr. Natalya (Natalya Toryanski) on TikTok
"The Cruel Kids Table" by Brock Colyar for New York magazine
Michelle Santiago Cortés on the Pursuit of Hotness
Sean Monahan on the Boom Boom Aesthetic
Tate McCrae ordering drinks behind the scenes of "Sports Car"
Tate McCrae ? Sports Car (Official Music Video)

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In this week's episode, we investigate the rise of what we're calling Geometrica, the edgy, STEM-influenced design trend that ruled the 2000s and 2010s. We talk about the iconic looks of Lady Gaga's The Fame, triangle-induced Illuminati hysteria, Obama-era techno-optimism, second-generation k-pop music videos, Alexander McQueen's historic Plato's Atlantis collection, and much more.

Links: Image boardCubism and Fashion ? Met Gala 1998 Press ReleaseCubsim and Fashion by Richard MartinAlexander McQueen Spring 2010 (Plato's Atlantis) ? Vogue RunwaySHOWstudio: Plato's Atlantis by Alexander McQueen (archived livestream)The McQueen Show that Changed the Future of Fashion ? DAZEDEssay: Nick Knight on "Plato's Atlantis" ? SHOWstudioTop by @perlaz0ne on InstagramImogen Heap's MiMU GlovesIris Van Herpen Spring 2010 (Crystallized)Mary Katrantzou Spring 2009 (Graduate Collection)Mary Katrantzou Fall 2011Basso & Brooke Fall 2009Lady Gaga and Daphne Guinness for V Magazine (2015)Daphne Guinness / Nick Knight / Noritaka Tatehana: Floating World ? SHOWstudio2NE1 - ?? ?? ? ??(I AM THE BEST) M/VPSY - GANGNAM STYLE(?????) M/VBIGBANG - FANTASTIC BABY M/VGirls' Generation ???? 'I GOT A BOY' MVAsians Wear Clothes on the Internet by Minh-Ha T. Pham20 Years of Issey Miyake's Bao Bao Bag ? The GuardianSaudi Arabia asks Hans Zimmer to rework national anthem ? The GuardianComme des Garçons Fall 2012La Maison GagaSpecial thank you to Telle from our Discord for this episode idea!

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Recorded in the twilight days of the Biden administration, we gathered round to discuss a dizzying variety of cultural phenomena in this edition of Study Break, including the Freakmas double feature of Babygirl and Nosferatu, the troubling rise of Galaxy Gas and other flavor-blasted/cartoonified smoke shop abominations, the vestigial parallels between Lily-Rose Depp and Timothée Chalamet, the resonance of face-tatted country artists, the passing of national Pastel Protestant Grandfather, Jimmy Carter, and much more. 

Links:
The Next Drug Epidemic is Blue Raspberry Flavored ? Ezra Marcus for New York
The 1830s Gothic Fashion of Robert Eggers' Nosferatu ? Focus Features on YouTube
Timothée Chalamet | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #551
Timothée Chalamet Instagram Complete Livestream
Jimmy Carter?s Grandson Honors 39th President's Life, Legacy in Eulogy
T.O.P Breaks Silence on Controversial Return to Acting in Squid Game Season 2 ? Korea Times
Chloe Forero on TikTok re: Latino influencers
Ethel Cain's Tumblr post on the irony epidemic
Hawk Tuah and the Zynternet ? Max Read on Substack

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In our first episode of 2025, we're joined by the inimitable Mel Ottenberg? longtime muse, generational style mastermind, Editor in Chief of Interview magazine, and Nymphet Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award recipient? to discuss controversial figures (Natalia Grace, Blake Lively, Luigi Mangione), the current status of normcore (Brandy Melville, classic menswear, tighty whities), his incredible fashion legacy (styling Rihanna, conceiving Lana's iconic cover, channeling the Warholian spirit), and much more.*

*This episode was recorded before the tragic California wildfires? our hearts go out to everyone affected! Find ways you can help locally or from afar at the links below:
Friends of Forever ? LA Fire Support & Resources
Mutual Aid LA Network Fire & Wind Storm Resources
Resource Masterlist from Interview

Links:
Interview magazine
Mel Ottenberg on Instagram
Ralph Lauren Recieves the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Justin Baldoni/Blake Lively exposé in the New York Times
Luigi Mangione's courtroom fashion in WWD
Haliey Welch shot by Alyssa Kazew for Interview
Rihanna for Esquire UK, 2014
Sway House shot by Eli Russell Linnetz for Interview
Joan Rivers interviewed by Mel for Interview in 2010

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In our last episode of the year, we're joined by superstar musician Harrison Patrick Smith, aka The Dare, to discuss his stylistic evolution and fashion predictions for 2025. As he ties up the album cycle for his hit LP What's Wrong with New York?, we revisit his male art hoe days as Turtlenecked, ponder his notorious black-and-white suit, and anticipate the necklines, color schemes, and pants widths that will define his next era. Harrison tells us about eating kangaroo, his genealogical tree, living in an Industrial Business Zone, the paradise/warzone of his DMs, all things electroclash, bloghouse, and indie sleaze, and more.

Links:
The Dare

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In this week's episode, we journey into a World of Pure Imagination to discuss fantasy, fairytales, and the endless revisitation of children's media. We investigate the historical influences of the fantasy genre, from classic feudalism to Victorian industrialization, and unpack common motifs from talking animals to hopecore orphans. We also discuss the turn to live-action realistic fairytales, the consequences of this aesthetic and conceptual darkening, the effects of AI on the storytelling and creativity, and more.

Links:
Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes by John Cotton (1656)
The Golden Age of Children's Literature ? The Literary Encyclopedia
The Aarne?Thompson?Uther Index of Folktale Types
Under the Influence: Anna Biller on Donkey Skin ? Criterion
"Chapter 31: Fairy Tales" from All Things Considered by G. K. Chesterton 
"Out of Kansas: Revisiting the Wizard of Oz" by Salman Rushdie for The New Yorker
How Wicked Built Immersive Real-Life Sets, From Shiz To Emerald City ? Architectural Digest 
Willy's Chocolate Experience (Glasgow, Scotland Scam Willy Wonka Event) Script
Pinnochio: A True Story (2022) Trailer

In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the rise of celebrity lookalike contests, YSL's Proustian fantasy films, recent literary scoop on Cormac McCarthy, the extension of Brat into the deep dark winter, and all things Wicked from the uncanny Hollyweird sapphism of its press tour to the inescapability of its garish color scheme in consumer products.

Links:
Saint Laurent ? AS TIME GOES BY
Marc Jacobs reading selfies
Emma Chamberlain for Warby Parker
Celebrity lookalike contests in CNN
"Aquarius" from Hair (movie adaptation)
Wicked costume design breakdown ? InStyle
Gwyneth Paltrow wins Best Actress ? 1999 Oscars
Mr. Golightly's "Who Sang It Best" YouTube playlist
"Cormac McCarthy?s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century" by Vincenzo Barney ? Vanity Fair
Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik ? Interview
Charli xcx Opening Monologue ? Saturday Night Live
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson post-fight speech
Miley Cyrus on her upcoming album Something Beautiful ? Harper's Bazaar

In this week's episode, we are honored to talk with dancer Lexee Smith, one of the most captivating and quietly influential figures in contemporary pop culture. Fresh off the heels of her crazy month of newly released projects, including Addison Rae's "Aquamarine" and Lady Gaga's "Disease," Lexee joins us to discuss her approach to dance, performance, and style. We talk about showgirls, video vixens, Clarice Lispector, Dance Moms, Parisian elegance, unhinged warmups, the Age of Aquarius, insane asylums, and much more.

Links:
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@lexeesmith on Instagram
Damiano David ? Born With a Broken Heart (Music Video) 
"You Were Meant for Me" from Singing in the Rain 
Lady Gaga ? Disease (Music Video)
Addison Rae ? Aquamarine (Music Video) 
Addison Rae ? Aquamarine (Behind the Scenes) 
"The American Modern Dancer: Loïe Fuller and Isadora Duncan" 
Martha Graham ? Lamentation (1943) 
All His Jazz: The Life and Death of Bob Fosse by Martin Gottfried
A Look at Halston?s Historic Costumes for Martha Graham Dance Company ? Vogue
My Boyfriend's Back ? Molly Long Choreography
Massive Attack, Young Fathers ? Voodoo in My Blood (Music Video) 

In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the double-release of Addison Rae?s ?Aquamarine? and Lady Gaga?s ?Disease,? Lexee Smith as Hollywood?s body double Rasputin, the ?Dirty Cash? effect, the pros and cons of Gay Halloween, the triumph of the Dodgers, Slavic Dolls versus Brazilian Bombshells, and more.

Links: 

Lady Gaga - Disease (Official Music Video)

Addison Rae - Aquamarine (Official Music Video)

Dirty Cash (Money Talks) videos on TikTok 

Shawn Mendes opens up about his sexuality, in a way

Shawn Mendes Interview feature

ian - Sh*t Sad (Feat. Chief Keef) (Official Music Video)

Barack Obama on DeepCut with VicBlends

Slavic Dolls vs. Brazilian Bombshells videos on TikTok

Saturday Night Live TikTok skit

Young Posse (???) - Ate That (Official Music Video)

In this Halloween centennial special, we have the sublime honor of being joined by one of our all-time heroes Valerie Steele, fashion studies trailblazer and director of the Museum at FIT, to discuss all things Gothic, inspired by her seminal book Gothic: Dark Glamour. We explore the aesthetic?s medieval origins and trace its cultural evolution through literature, art, and architecture all the way to the rise of the Goth subculture in the 1970s and beyond, covering Victorian dandies, sexy vampires, McQueen skull scarves, Japanese couturiers, and more. 

Thanks so much to Valerie for joining us! 

Links: 

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The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology

Gothic: Dark Glamour by Valerie Steele and Jennifer Park

Gothic: Dark Glamour exhibition at MFIT on Google Arts & Culture

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu

Goth Talk: Christina Ricci - Saturday Night Live

?Very Mad, Very Maudlin, Very Macabre: It?s Showtime for the Goth Revival? by Tish Weinstock for Vogue

How to Be a Goth: Notes on Undead Style by Tish Weinstock

In this week's episode, we're joined by the inimitable Emma Glenn Baker, NYC personal trainer and host of the podcast STARGIRL, to discuss all things body and the cultural status of fitness as it relates to body, brand, and spirit. We discuss activewear power players from Gymshark to Lululemon to Skims, the rise of the erotic fitness-inspired editorials, the sublime embodiment of Gen Z sweethearts Livvy Dunne and Addison Rae, the spiritual consequences of a life lived in stretchy clothes, and more. 

Listen to STARGIRL, join the Patreon, and follow Emma on IG!

Links: 

?Athleisure, barre, and kale: the tyranny of the ideal woman? by Jia Tolentino in The Guardian

Toxic gym motivation trend on TikTok 

?Make Yourself a Gift? by Emma Glenn Baker in Real Life

Equinox ?Want It All? ad campaign

The Official Gymshark Story

?Musclebound? in A Dedicated Follower of Fashion by Holly Brubach

In this week's episode, we define the Pastel Protestant Grandmother aesthetic, a cozy visual universe recognizable to anyone belonging to the American Middle Class, or anyone who's ever been to an antique store in America. We discuss the hypnotic sedation of low-definition media, nostalgia-based commodities from Precious Moments figurines to dusty dollhouses, anti-intellectualism and sentimentality in American culture, the social history of craft, Christian kitsch and camp, the dark side of elderly matriarchs, and more.  

Links

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Pastel Protestant Grandma ? Our Official Playlist! 

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life ? Richard Hofstadter

Red Hat Society

?The Forgotten Everyday Origins of ?Craft?? ? Sarah Archer 

Cræft: An Inquiry into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts ? Alexander Langlands

Hobbies: Leisure and the Culture of Work in America ? Steven M. Gelber

?Do Protestants Have a ?Low? Aesthetic?? ? Front Porch Republic

?A Defense of Christian Kitsch? ? Paul Griffiths

Gaither Music on TikTok

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In this edition of Study Break, we discuss Mel Ottenberg's new denim line and its adjacent clean boy creepshot visuals, the two-pronged cultural force of the Sweat/Short 'n' Sweet tours, our prediction for Disney adult chic following Coperni's S/S '25 show, Lady Gaga's disastrous Harlequin styling and Ryan Murphy's indelible impact, Dark Brainrot and weirdcore developments, recent cinematic triumphs including Megalopolis and The Substance, and more.

Links:
Club Mel ? Mel by RE/DONE
TikTok King Bach Buquen is Hot, Viral, and French ? Interview
Sabrina Carpenter's Short 'n' Sweet Tour ? Rolling Stone 
Gracie ABramS
Coperni Spring/Summer 2025 at Disneyland Paris
Coperni Vinted Disney merch controversy
Chloé Spring/Summer 2025
Joker Folie à Deux x Louvre ? Lady Gaga, Mona Lisa   
Francis Ford Coppola explains the origin behind "Wow Platinum"
Aubrey Plaza vs. Patti Lupone ? Hot Ones Versus
Smartschoolboy9 ? An Internet Rabbit Hole
Mr. Prada Murder Trial
At New York Fashion Week, Designers Search for America ? AnOther

Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts:

North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund

One SC Fund

UNC Asheville Disaster Relief

In this episode, we investigate the cultural landscape of the 1990s with the help of a most legendary guest: NYT pop music critic and Popcast host Jon Caramanica. We discuss slackerism and authenticity discourse, the rise of alternative and independent media, the intricacies of subcultural style, the twin flames of rock and hip-hop, the surprising parallels between Gen X and Gen Z, white rappers, child rappers, Tommy Hilfiger grails, and much more.

Links:
Listen to Popcast
Jon on Instagram
Lady Gaga on the Doritos #BoldStage at SXSW, 2014
How SoundScan Changed Music Charts ? Billboard
Pop Music's Middle Class by Shaad D'Souza ? New York Times
Ice Spice vs. Cleopatra Drama Explained ? Rolling Stone 

In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the most pressing topics facing fashion and culture, featuring analysis of Sabrina Carpenter?s grindhouse pinup comeback, Addison Rae's arthouse cult single "Diet Pepsi," reflection on Simon Porte Jacquemus's legacy (and speculation on his rise to the Chanel throne), Hollister nostalgia-baiting, global fashion updates from the UK and Mexico, and more.

Links:
Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet ? Video Playlist
"Diet Pepsi" by Addison Rae (dir. Sean Price Williams)
"Breakaway" by Bruce Connor
The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
Chanel's New Kaiser ? Lauren Sherman for Puck News
Hollister long-sleeve babydoll tops on TikTok
"Archive" Hollister tops from 2022 on TikTok
Halley Kate v. Sophia La Corte drama summary
Tribal trend in Mexico (some TikTok examples)
Intentalo by 3ballMTY

In this episode, we embark upon a swashbuckling anthropological journey into one of the most mysterious aesthetics of the menswear universe: Male Pirate Dressing, a style beloved by prestige actors and aging rockstars alike. Along with our two expert witnesses, James Harris and Lawrence Schlossman of the Throwing Fits Podcast, we ask some of life?s most difficult questions: Why is midlife crisis boho such a prevalent phenomenon? Are indie sleaze icons destined (or doomed) to succumb to over-accesorized fashion piracy in the years to come? Do men know about John Galliano? Tune in to find out!

Links:
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Alexander McQueen Spring 2003 Ready-to-Wear

Heidi Slimane Wearable Pirate Uniform

The Trouble with Johnny Depp ? Rolling Stone

Were Pirates Foes of the Modern Order, or Its Secret Sharers? ? The New Yorker

Throwing Fits on Substack

Throwing Fits on Instagram 

In the third installment of our Study Break series, we turn our attention to the world of sport, analyzing the Broquette SKIMS campaign and all things Olympics, including Ralph Lauren boater costumes, the radical European uncoolness of the Opening Ceremony, and our own creative styling concepts for Olympic athletes. We also discuss Mark Zuckerberg's rebrand, "Brat hangovers," and Kamala Harris's Loewe tomato girl potential. (Disclaimer: this episode was recorded July 28!)

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LINKS: 

SKIMS Summer Uniform Campaign

Nicola Coughlan for SKIMS Soft Lounge Campaign

2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

How Team USA's 2024 Olympic Outfits Were Made By Ralph Lauren

Mark Zuckerberg personally fuels the rumors of his Supreme takeover

J. W. Anderson Gucci rumors

Alexi's Kamala-core Pinterest board 

Adam Lambert, ?Moana? Star Auli?i Cravalho Taking Over Lead Roles in Broadway?s ?Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club?

Fragrances by Sabrina Carpenter

In this week's episode, we revisit the '90s does '60s phenomenon and discuss the parallels between the two decades?swinging youth culture and nightlife, technological optimism, design innovation?while also finding surprising similarities to our contemporary moment. We highlight the Austin Powers trilogy as this sensation's most brilliant high-camp cultural artifact, unpacking its satire of free love, modern masculinity, and British cheekiness. We explore Space Age fashion, the British Invasion(s), pop environmentalism, Volkswagen Beetles, iMac G3s, the Powerpuff Girls, and much more.

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Links:

https://pin.it/tXaQphpiE
Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute's "Groovival" Are.na Board
"Austin Powers-core" musical subgenre Tweet
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery ? fashion photography montage
Obituary of Pierre Cardin ? The New York Times
Industrial designer Karim Rashid
"BBC" by Ming Tea ? Official Music Video
Dressed to Regress: Interview with Austin Powers costume designer Deena Appel (1999) ? LA Times
Deena Appel interview ? From Tailors With Love
The Peacock Revolution: 1960s Menswear ? Victoria & Albert Museum
Peter Bogdanovich on the lasting influence of Austin Powers in Goldmember ? The New Yorker
?A real stroke of genius.? How Apple?s iMac G3 became an object of desire ? CNN
AWOLTrends on Blobjects
Prada's spacesuits for NASA's 2025 Moon mission ? Forbes
The Low Earth Orbit Economy ? NASA
"Bye Bye Sixties" ? Nancy Sinatra, Goldie Hawn, and Ruth Buzzi (1969)

In this episode, we dive into the history of pin-up and rockabilly fashion to analyze this aesthetic's continuous deployment in the 21st century pop landscape. We discuss the exaggerated gender dimorphism of the 1950s, the striking similarities between pin-up girls of the '40s and Instagram starlets of today, rockabilly's morbid legacy and the Overton window of obscenity, the decadence of Americana foodstuffs, and the raunchy, feminine stylings of Amy Winehouse, Katy Perry, and, most recently, Sabrina Carpenter.

Links:
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Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly (2001)
Rockin': The Rockabilly Scene by Andrew Shaylor
Rockabilly: The Twang Heard 'Round the World by Michael Dregni
 Dave Hickey on Rockabilly in Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy  
Sabrina Carpenter "Nonsense" Outros Compilation
"What Happens When a Pop Star Isn't That Popular?" by Shaad D'Souza ? New York Times
Sabrina's custom "Espresso" swimsuit vs. Marilyn Monroe's in How to Marry a Millionaire
Katy Perry performing "One of the Boys" in 2008
Rolling Stone on the backstory behind Katy's Teenage Dream cover
Rolling Stone review of Teenage Dream upon release in 2010
TASCHEN's The Art of Pin-up by Dian Hanson
Alexander Thompson's photographs of Mexican-American Rockabillies
Property from the Life and Career of Amy Winehouse ? Auction Catalog
"A Sly Wink to Pinups of the Past" by Ruth La Ferla ? New York Times (2012)
Caroline Gnagy's Work*

*Full interview with Caroline Gnagy will be available here on Patreon!

In this episode, we link up in Hell's Kitchen and transform into experimental theater critics in order to provide an unbridled review and aesthetic analysis following our patronage of the new Broadway revival of Cabaret, a musical with a captivating history and a surprising relevance to many of our favorite themes and subjects. We talk about the century-long meme of Berlin debauchery, Sally Bowles as a feminine archetype in her many iterations, Eddie Redmayne's viral Emcee performance (and its chilling implications), and the wildly imaginative costume design work of Tom Scutt, from sleazy boudoir ensembles to fascistic menswear.

Links
Go see Cabaret on Broadway!
Cabaret ? "Wilkommen" performance at the 77th Annual Tony Awards
Cabaret (1972) starring Liza Minelli
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
March Vogue profile on the 2024 revival, feat. interviews with Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin
How a Broadway Theater was Remade Into a Queer Cabaret (interactive NYT article)
Playbill interview with set and costume designer Tom Scutt, featuring costume sketches!
Cabaret (2024) review in the LA Times
Cabaret (2024) review in the New York Times
Previous iconic Sally Bowles moments: Liza Minelli's "Mein Herr" and Jane Horrocks' "Cabaret"
Biz's essay "2016, 2017"

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In this week's episode, we don our polarized hippie glasses and go back in time to investigate the cultural legacy of the Grateful Dead and all that they represent: psychedelia, Pied Piper figures and their cult-like followings, cross-country motor travel, bootleg merchandising, musical improvisation, and more. We analyze the parallels between the infamous Summer of Love and the summer now upon us, with a special focus on the darksided undercurrents lurking through both.

Links:
Finding Authenticity in a T-Shirt ? The New Yorker (on Online Ceramics) 
Owsley Stanley's website ? The Bear Story
Owsley Stanley: The King of LSD ? Rolling Stone
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, 1968 (full PDF!)
Grateful Dead 2015 Chacos collab
The End of Merch ? GQ
Will the Grateful Dead Live Forever ... Through Merch? ? Billboard
A Guide to Grateful Dead Iconography
How Fashion Became Obsessed with the Grateful Dead ? WSJ 
Why, in 2018, is Fashion Obsessed with the Grateful Dead Aesthetic? ? Fashionista
The Disembodied Body of Marilyn Monroe ? Wendy Lesser

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In this episode, the hosts are joined by our favorite fashion theorist and Rick Owens collector, Rian Phin, to analyze the recent rise of post-apocalyptic desert drip, inspired by the release of Dune 2. We discuss the different factions of Rick Owens wearers, the influence of Middle Eastern fashion, climate absurdism, exoskeletons, and hero worship in uncertain times. With the insight of our honored guest, we speculate on the battle for fashion futurism and the legacy of the Rick Owens house.

Links:
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Interview with Dune costume designer Jacqueline West ? Vogue
Luca Maxim worldbuilding wiki
Luca Maxim on TikTok
Coperni Futurism ? Vogue

Rian Phin on Youtube
Rian Phin on Twitter
Rian Phin on Instagram
Rian Phin on TikTok 

In this episode, we conduct a meeting of the minds with brilliant wordsmith and beauty industry critic Jessica Defino. Together with Jessica, we embark on an impossible journey of cosmetic ethical dilemmas, unpacking the undulating discourses of makeup and skincare. Tune in as we ask questions that keep us up at night: are Sephora Tweens canaries in the coal mine of disintegrating self-esteem? Can the age of the multi-hyphenate sustain the explosion of celebrity beauty brands? Is self-actualization possible in a minefield of appearance optimization? Why is there such a thing as baby skincare? 

Read Jessica?s Work:

Jessica?s Website

The Unpublishable ? Substack

Ask Ugly ? The Guardian

Links:

Sephora Tweens

ISAMAYA 

2016 Makeup Nostalgia 

Tarte Brand Trip Controversy  

A Guide to Every Celebrity Beauty Brand

This week, we address the critical levels of silliness we've detected in today's culture, from the debut of Drake's adorable alter ego Anita Max Wynn to the rise of cute-forward hypewear. We theorize as to why silly ass white boys are suddenly doing dances in crews, rediscover the influence of mid-2000s ringtone rap, and canonize a new generation of digital Merry Pranksters, including Joeyy, the Laundry Day boys, Sexyy Red, and others.

Links:
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The birth of Anita Max Wynn
EvanDaGreat, Maxevasi0n, Laundry Day
JerseyyJoe, Hugo Hilaire, That's My Dawg
Zack Bia and Yeat getting silly
White guys dancing to afrobeats
Chief Keef style on TikTok: one, two, three, four, five, six
"Narcofashion" Polo trend in Mexico
Playboi Carti Is in His Hello Kitty Era on ?EvilJ0rdan? ? Hypebeast
Anonymous Club by Shayne Oliver Resort 2024 ? Vogue Runway
Creature World
BustaMove Store
Kerwin Frost x McDonalds Merch
TisaKorean silly merch also McDonalds Sprite song and Soulja Boy tribute?
Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the U.S. South 1997?2007 ? Matt Miller in Southern Spaces
'Laffy Taffy': So Light, So Sugary, So Downloadable ? New York Times, 2006
Rondell Conway snap rap cover story for Vibe magazine, June 2006
Hurrikane on TikTok, Y2K Dallas style in Brazil, Dallas boogie style (2009) 
9 ways Soulja Boy revolutionized today's hip hop culture ? Revolt
Nettspend on Know Your Meme
Timothee Chalamet's digital footprint
Glorb ? The Bottom 2 (Official Music Video) (SpongeBob AI rap?)

In this episode, we open up the yellow Kanken of history and unpack one of the most influential archetypes of the 2010s: the art hoe. We rediscover the work of the Art Hoe Collective, revisit the Tumblr art historical canon from Matisse's cutouts to Van Gogh's sunflowers, and trace the aesthetic's propagation through musicians like Mac Demarco and Tyler the Creator. We also discuss the forms in which art hoeism lives on today, from TikTok's indie teens to zillennial art world professionals. 

Links:
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Art Hoe Collective in the Dazed 100
#Arthoe: the teens who kickstarted a feminist art movement ? The Guardian
Amandla Stenberg: Don't Cash Crop on my Cornrows
Rex Orange County - Loving is Easy [Official Video]
Claud - Wish You Were Gay [Official Video]

This week, we investigate the recent destigmatization of theater kid energy and its resurgence in mass culture, from musical-movie adaptations to the irresistible charms of improv-trained comedians. We discuss the peak of the NBC fandom, the timelessness of "difficult" leading ladies, star factories such as SNL and NYU Tisch, the ineffability of theatrical sexuality, the rise of craft and tryhardism, and more. 

Links:
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Renee Rapp on Call Her Daddy
SNL 1975 (upcoming SNL movie)
Ariana Grande - yes, and? (Official Music Video) 
Audio-Visual Cocktail Party by Steven Phillips-Horst for Spike Magazine (on late night shows)
Paloma Diamond is Winning Awards Season ? Vulture
Power Bottoms: The NYU classmates behind the year?s most delightfully dumb comedy ? Vulture
NYU brainstorming sesh for Bottoms
Tina Fey clip that came out after we recorded this episode?! 

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To mog, or not to mog ... This week, we take a trip to the Mogwarts School of Profound Self-Improvement to check in on the next generation of looksmaxxers and their charismatic leader, Kareem Shami. We discuss key figures of the male beauty pantheon?male models Jordan Barrett, Chico Lachowski, and Sean O'Pry? and discover what they represent to young men today. We also dive into the dark history of looksmaxxing, from the Legend of Zyzz to the alleged crimes of orthotropic madman Dr. Mike Mew.

Links:
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Young Men Seek Answers to an Age-Old Question: How to Be Hot ? New York Times
Mogwarts Official Website
Kareem Shami aka @syrianpsycho on TikTok
Inside Jordan Barrett And Fernando Casablancas?s Celebration Of Love In Ibiza ? Vogue
Dr. Mike Mew Tribunal ? The Guardian
More Dr. Mew evidence ? BBC
Mikhaila Peterson interview with Dr. Mike Mew
Weston A. Price research overview (see "Our Children" section)
The Legend of Zyzz video essay
"full looksmaxxing playist" on YouTube

In our first episode of the new year, we discuss the infiltration of Mormon culture into the online mainstream, from the highly engaging TikToks of Nara Smith to the reign of the Stanley Cup and the alchemical innovations that fill them. Why are there so many Mormon influencers? Since when do Mormons have kind of cool style? How is Lucky Blue Smith eating so much every day? We dive into snarky subreddits, genealogical archives, and obscure theological sources to bring you the answers; Sam also introduces her Class to Crass spectrum to make sense of Mormon content. 

Links:
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Nara Smith on TikTok
Taylor Frankie Paul on TikTok
Why So Many of Your Favorite Beauty Personalities Are Mormon ? Allure
Influencer culture and LDS theology ? The Christian Century
Polygamy Chic Tumblr
FLDS Hair Tutorial
Polygamist Hair ? Huffington Post
Ex-Mormon Subreddit
Identify pioneer principles, apply them in modern times ? LDS Church News
Pioneer Principles: Your Heritage ? Latter-Day Soprano
Mormon history in the pioneer age: the mob assassination of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Wars, Brigham Young's wagon train
Mormonism and the color white ? LDSLiving
The Granite Mountain Records Vault in Salt Lake City
Building Mormonism: History and Controversy in the Architecture of the Latter-day Saints ? Art in America
Mormonism, Empathy, and Aesthetics ? Beholding the Body
Toward a Mormon Aesthetic ? Brigham Young University
Rational Faiths: Keeping Mormonism Weird

This week, we investigate the emergence of TikTok Shop, exploring its bizarre interface and offerings as representative of a new era of e-commerce and consumer psychology. We discuss the redefinition of the ?small business,? the vulgarity of commerce as content, and strategies of pathological guerilla marketing. We also take a stroll through the Shop ourselves to observe the ?gyatt pajamas,? chamoy pickle kits, and pheromone oils that are sweeping the nation.

TikTok?s official Shop press release

TikTok Shop in the New York Times

Chamoy pickle kit explainer

Dr. Candice Lin on Zheng Xiangxiang

FV Makeup foundation videos

China Too Cool: Vernacular Innovations and Aesthetic Discontinuity of China ? Yijing Zhou

UX in China: More Is More, Super Apps, and Community - Yuan Qing Lim (Config 2022)

Livestream Shopping Is Not Going to Take Over E-Commerce ? Forbes

Twitter as a Payment Processor ? Financial Times

Indonesia?s TikTok Shop Ban ? Financial Times

Teens Selling on TikTok Shop ? NBC, Financial Times

TikTok Shop?s Snail Mucin Dupe Problem ? Wired 

Ho ho ho!! We Three Queens arrive to you with our hearts full of cheer and our sleigh stocked with the greatest gift of all ? knowledge!! In our very first Christmas special, we discuss the visual language of the holiday season, from the scourge of minimalist Christmas decor to the history of department store spectacles. Joined by ghosts of Christmas Past, including the original Coca-Cola-sanctioned Santa Claus, Thomas Kinkade, and Jack Skellington, we also make our predictions for theoretical Christmas aesthetics to come.

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Kim Kardashian?s Minimalist Christmas Decor

Minimalist Nativity Sets

Thomas Kinkade?s Christmas Art

Joan Didion on Thomas Kinkade

A History of the Department Store ? BBC

History of Christmas Catalogs

Santa?s New York Roots ? NYPL

Christmas Drawings for the Human Race (1890) ? Thomas Nast

Haddon Sundblom and the Coca-Cola Santas

Why Hollywood films, Christmas music and jazz are so intertwined ? Jazz FM

Brenda Lee?s Comeback ? New York Times

Vogue?s Christmas Archive

This week, we snap into our intellectual spring-lock suits and analyze the phenomenon of creepycore internet media, discussing digital horrors that have us shaking in our boots. Tune in to hear how FNAF falls into the tradition of Victorian storytelling, what creepypastas tell us about the participation gap, how iceberg-style consumption has changed the media landscape, and more!

Links:

?The Troubles of the Automaton? by Clementine Black

The Participation Gap

Creepypasta Wiki 

The Laws of Lorecore by Shumar Basar

Kid?s Stuff in Contemporary Horror

The Uncanny Valley by Marisho Mori

Perpetual Mismatch Theory

Configural Processing Theory

Uncanny Valley Makeup Trend

Serbian Dancing Lady Trend

Opposite Features Makeup TikTok

In this episode, we expand on the edgy, high-octane aesthetic of the Harley Davidson Harlot. From the checkerboard-and-flames motif of the 2010s to the 2020 revival of Diesel under Glenn Martens to Kylie Jenner's new clothing venture Khy, we chronicle fashion's obsession with all things moto-inspired ... and evaluate the dystopian implications of this petrochemical path. On this journey, we encounter Che Guevera and Julia Fox, uniform fetishism, the BP oil spill, Global South cyberpunk, and much more.

Links:
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Khy by Kylie Jenner
Betsy Johnson's Khy callout posts
Motorbike culture in the Global South: Vietnam, Brazil, Kenya
The Importance of the African Motorcycle in Art
Kim Kardashian in Chrome Hearts
How Glenn Martens Saved Diesel from its Midlife Crisis
Diesel's Daily African print campaign (2001)
An Incomplete History of the Akira Bike Slide
Apple's Mother Nature report starring Octavia Spencer
Azealia Banks' Yeezy Modular Survival Kit
Prix Workshop

In the second installment of this two-part episode special, we set about the path of high cotton heaven, tracing the waves of country influence upon the modern. We discuss Bella Hadid?s rough-handed cow-beau, Gram Parson?s trustafarian tragedy, the poetics of agricultural science, Lucchesse?s Sufjan Stephens moment, and more! Plus: we expand our red-dirt horizons with the help of two world-renowned country music experts, Kevin Fontenot and Caroline Gnangy, wrapping up the episode with a special dispatch from the Texas Overture HQ.

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Extended interview with Kevin and Caroline is available on our Patreon <3

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Links:

Texas Overture

Caroline Gnagy?s Website

Goin? Hillbilly Nuts: Fashion Culture and Visual Style in Country Music by Caroline Gnagy (are.na link)

Louisianna Women by Kevin Fontenot

Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader by Kevin Fontenot

Don?t Get Above Your Raisin? by Bill C. Malone

How the West Was Worn by Holly George Warren

The Mind of the South by WJ Cash

The Battle for the Heart of the Great American Nudie Suit | GQ

FFA Tik Tok

Poor Little Rich Boy - Chicago Reader

Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro Country

In this week's episode, we ring in the upcoming Thanksgiving season and its assorted fashion implications, from the domestic humiliation of living room glam to the mercantile hysteria of Black Friday shopping. Does the donning of brown leather subliminally evoke the turkey and/or football? How does Thanksgiving day become a social minefield of gendered and generational tensions? We also reflect on the visual monoculture of Thanksgiving Americana? Charlie Brown, Norman Rockwell, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? and the genealogy of the boot known as the "Pilgrim Stepper."

Links:
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The Pilgrim Stepper meme
Iconic Macy's Thansgiving Parade moments
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade wiki
Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation
Eli Roth's Thanksgiving trailer (2023)
Eli Roth's fake Thanksgiving trailer (2017)
Pilgrim style on the runway ? Vogue

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In this episode, we celebrate one of the great and glamorous muses of the early 21st century: the Shoe Diva! We discuss the importance of being 40, the ineffable poetry of Hallmark greeting cards, the death of suburban representation, and the boozy decadence of American motherhood. We conclude that you should never resist the urge to put cucumbers on your eyes, make the crosswalk your runway with ten shopping bags in arm, "ACK!" like Cathy, and have "a naughty little treat" etc.

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Links:

Shoe Diva, Aesthetics Wiki

?The Cheeky ?Wine Mom? Trope Isn?t Just Dumb. It?s Dangerous?, Washington Post 

Sass Gallery by Alece Birnbach
Cathy by Cathy Guisewite

Shoe Diva Aesthetic Facebook Page

James Cerne?s Brilliant Ode to Shoe Divas
Enter Helen: The Invention of Helen Gurley Brown and the Rise of the Modern Single Woman by Brooke Hauser

Chick Lit

Cari.Institute

In this very special episode, we meet the doyenne of fashion podcasting, the honorable Avery Trufelman, and discuss the rise of fashion history and analysis as content. We talk about brands as journalistic outlets, World's Fair modernism, the abundance mentality of the Internet, the slutty librarian look, and more!

Articles of Interest by Avery Trufleman
Terry Nguyen on "thought-fluencing" for Vox
The Meaning of Ryanair ? Dublin Review of Books
Gem.App
Victorian Hair Jewelry
Louis Armstrong House Virtual Exhibit
On Photography by Susan Sontag
The Fashion System by Rolan Barthes
Every Company is a Media Company by Tom Foremski

Special thanks to Max @windy.500 for producing this episode!

This week, we discuss the great mascot of modernism and one of our personal favorite archetypes: the dandy. We reflect on dandy theory from Baudelaire to Baudrillard and investigate the roots of dandyism as a reaction to ?the great masculine renunciation? of the Age of Revolutions. We mourn tragic dandies past and honor their self-sacrifices at the altar of decadence, and we speculate on 21st century dandyism and its expressions online? and Sam shares her michelada recipe!

Links:

The Dandy, from The Painter of Modern Life by Charles Baudelaire

In Praise of Cosmetics, from The Painter of Modern Life by Charles Baudelaire

Simulacra and Simulations by Jean Baudrillard

The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt by Albert Camus

Beau Brummel and English Dandymania ? National Geographic

Great Moments in Dandyism ? The Cut

Paris Fashion: A Cultural History by Valerie Steele

Dandyism and women?s fashion in the 1980s ? The Guardian

Edward Preble on Tik Tok

Ethan Wong on Instagram

Mexican street corn devilled eggs Instagram recipe