The Sleepover Club: Is It Time To Retire The 'Sad Girls With Bad Boyfriends' Narrative?

The Sleepover Club: Is It Time To Retire The 'Sad Girls With Bad Boyfriends' Narrative?

It's a tale as old as time: a woman experiences a breakup, and in the midst of her heartbreak, takes to the internet to tell us every sordid detail of the ways in which her ex did her wrong. Whether on TikTok, published in personal essays on prestigious platforms, or showcased on Instagram stories - the girlies can't get enough of exposing the men that have ruined their lives. But have we bored of hearing these stories? And even worse, do they paint women as perpetual victims unable to exercise autonomy in their own relationships? Ione and Eden discuss!


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The Sleepover Club: The Limits Of Lived Experiences - Should Marginalised People Be The Only Ones To Tell Their Stories?

The Sleepover Club: The Limits Of Lived Experiences - Should Marginalised People Be The Only Ones To Tell Their Stories?

Lived experience is a debate that comes up time and time again in our cultural landscape - should only gay people play gay roles on-screen? Should white people be able to tell people of colours storie...

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The Sleepover Club: We Need To Talk About Nepotism Babies

The Sleepover Club: We Need To Talk About Nepotism Babies

Why does every famous person have even more famous parents? This week we're delving into why nepo babies still have such a stronghold on our culture. Is talent genetic or are we just overly obsessed w...

25 Huhti 202231min

The Sleepover Club: How Social Media Aestheticised Loneliness

The Sleepover Club: How Social Media Aestheticised Loneliness

Independence is sold to us as a necessity, as YouTubers and TikTok stars emphasise the need for being an individualist and having your own space. But can promoting isolation ever be dangerous? Are we ...

18 Huhti 202229min

The Sleepover Club: Do We Have The Ability To Find Anything Funny Anymore?

The Sleepover Club: Do We Have The Ability To Find Anything Funny Anymore?

Forget middle aged, white cis male comedians telling us they've been cancelled. While they all hopefully disappear into irrelevance, how we approach humour as a generation is coincidentally changing. ...

11 Huhti 202230min

The Sleepover Club: Why Being A Hater Is So Much Fun

The Sleepover Club: Why Being A Hater Is So Much Fun

Being a hater is the one thing none of us are happy to admit to. But with a wave of new TikTok trends normalising our tendencies to be nasty little cows, Ione and Halima are asking the question, is be...

4 Huhti 202226min

The Sleepover Club: Goblin Mode Captures The Mood Of The Moment

The Sleepover Club: Goblin Mode Captures The Mood Of The Moment

This week we're joined by Polyester socials editor and regular podcast guest Eden Young to dissect the mood of the moment, Goblin mode. Call it going feral, call it whatever you want, but we're all ob...

28 Maalis 202227min

The Sleepover Club: What Our Infatuation With Scammers Says About Us

The Sleepover Club: What Our Infatuation With Scammers Says About Us

2019 may have been the year of the scam, but its in 2022 in which we're seeing all of these infamous stories played out on our tv screens. From Anna Delvey's plight to open a members club and Elizabet...

21 Maalis 202230min

Obsessions: Mina Le On Old Hollywood Movies

Obsessions: Mina Le On Old Hollywood Movies

For our first Obsessions episode of the year, we're joined by fashion historian extraordinaire Mina Le! Mina creates immersive fashion, costume and film history content and analyses them through the v...

14 Maalis 202230min

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