Underconsumption Core, Recession Pop & Projecting Meaning Onto Poverty
The Polyester Podcast21 Heinä 2024

Underconsumption Core, Recession Pop & Projecting Meaning Onto Poverty

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.


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