The Polyester Podcast

It's been twenty years since Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette captured our hearts and inspired an entire generation of girls. Now, a new documentary brings to life the screenshots that went Tumblr triple platinum, made by none other than Sofia’s own mum, Eleanor Coppola.

This week, hosts Ione and Gina give their take on Making Marie Antoinette: from what it tells us about mother-daughter dynamics, to the trials and tribulations of big budget filmmaking and why Marie Antoinette continues to endure as a monument to misunderstood femininity.

Making Marie Antoinette is streaming exclusively on MUBI now. Watch it with 30 days free at mubi.com/polyester

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You've seen his work. I've seen his work. We've all seen his work. A celebrity sits in a box on a magazine cover - probably Vogue - with some kind of cardboard prop near them. They're wearing a structural garment and the colours are washed with a muted green or blue. That's right, it's another Szilveszter Makó photo shoot!

This week, hosts Ione and Gina talk about publishing's photographer du jour. Has the Hungarian artist sold out? Should editors know better? And why is everyone criticising this new creative for being successful?

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Who would have possibly thought the tradwife way of life wouldn't be sustainable forever? In a series of New York Times articles and Instagram influencer pivots, we're seeing a mass exodus of women leaving the tradwife moniker behind.

This week, hosts Ione and Gina discuss the ways this alt right trend left women open to abuse, the culpability of the ex-tradwives, and the absolutely obscene press tour Nara Smith is currently taking part in.

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What if Carrie White was a victim? And what if Cathy Ames was a girlboss? Booktok and filmtok have united this month to rally against the proposed sanitisation of some of literature's most complicated female characters.

This week, hosts Ione and Gina dissect the depictions of the East Of Eden and Carrie reboot leads, consider whether one note characterisations can benefit or hinder feminism and why we all want evil women to root for on screen.

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Trigger warning: sexual assault and misogyny

The internet has been set ablaze by the proliferation of a college campus sexual assault at Cornell university in 2024. After a recent expose by the student newspaper against the fraternity members who were involved as well as the failings of the Cornell higher ups and the local police department to deliver justice, national and international news and social media accounts have been quick to deliver their own take on the case.

This week, hosts Ione and Gina take apart the social media reaction to the so called 'Cornell 7', the monetisation that influences inflammatory responses on X in particular and whether the I Am Jane Doe campaign is a successful way of protesting against the systematic failures that allow assaults like this to happen in the first place.

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