Underconsumption Core, Recession Pop & Projecting Meaning Onto Poverty

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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Obsessions: Mina Le On Old Hollywood Movies

Obsessions: Mina Le On Old Hollywood Movies

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The Sleepover Club: Why Can't We Quit Our Obsession With It Girls?

The Sleepover Club: Why Can't We Quit Our Obsession With It Girls?

The it girl is a tradition as old as time itself; impossible cool and beautiful in equal measures, they set not only the tone for culture and beauty standards, put fill our brains with aspirations of ...

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The Sleepover Club: Chloe Cherry aka Euphoria’s Faye On Being TV's Most Lovable Bimbo (Should We All Be Bimbos? Part Two)

The Sleepover Club: Chloe Cherry aka Euphoria’s Faye On Being TV's Most Lovable Bimbo (Should We All Be Bimbos? Part Two)

In this special bonus instalment of the podcast, we're joined by the one and only Chloe Cherry, aka Faye from Euphoria! Chloe sits down with Ione and Gina to discuss her role on the most talked about ...

4 Mar 202231min

The Sleepover Club: What The Hell Is A Vibe Shift?

The Sleepover Club: What The Hell Is A Vibe Shift?

It's been practically impossible to move for the last two weeks without being told about 'the vibe shift'. We've all heard its coming, but what does it even mean? This week on The Sleepover Club Ione ...

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The Sleepover Club: Should We All Be Bimbos? Part One

The Sleepover Club: Should We All Be Bimbos? Part One

The internet has decided: the bimbo is back. But what does a return to bimboism mean for feminism? Is it just a regression into outdated stereotypes, or a reclamation of a set of aesthetic codes that ...

21 Feb 202227min

The Sleepover Club: Kardashian Kolloquium On Why We Can't Stop Keeping Up With The Kardashians

The Sleepover Club: Kardashian Kolloquium On Why We Can't Stop Keeping Up With The Kardashians

From Kimye's divorce, to the new Hulu show, North's TikTok and Kourtney's emo phase, whether you love to hate them or can't help but being obsessed with them, not a week goes by where we don't hear fr...

14 Feb 202236min

The Sleepover Club: The Return Of The Trad Wife

The Sleepover Club: The Return Of The Trad Wife

Today, we are seeing more and more discourse about the rise of the trad (traditional) wife, with the gorls on Tiktok and Instagram romanticising having a family, being a wife, sundresses and staying a...

7 Feb 202224min

The Sleepover Club: The 'Toxic' Femininity Deep Dive Part Two - The Emergence Of 'Dissociative Feminism'

The Sleepover Club: The 'Toxic' Femininity Deep Dive Part Two - The Emergence Of 'Dissociative Feminism'

It's part two of the 'toxic' women deep dive! This week we're discussing the backlash against the 'evil' women genre and how the TikTok girlies are catapulting our obsession with these characters into...

31 Jan 202224min

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