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Mar 2019
43m 40s

Special Episode: Rose McGowan

THE POLYESTER PODCAST
About this episode

We're back with a special episode! 

 


This week we'll be interrupting our normal scheduling to bring you a one-parter with activist, actress, and artist Rose McGowan.

 


Whether you know her from Charmed, her work across the teen genre in the '90s, or her more recent work campaigning against sexual assault and abuse of power in Hollywood and the wider world; we learn more about Rose's life, activism, and creative outputs in her interview with Polyester editor in chief and podcast host Ione Gamble.

 

Keep up with Rose here, and grab tickets for her live tour here. To watch the apology video mentioned in our intro and produced by Pink News, click here


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The Polyester Podcast is brought to you by Polyester's founding editor in chief Ione Gamble, produced by Alice Go and supported by Melissa Shoes.

 

Polyester is a self published culture zine exploring intersectional URL feminism in the IRL world. Have faith in your own bad taste!

 

To keep up with Polyester zine, head to: polyesterzine.com and @polyesterzine on all socials. #ThePolyesterPodcast

 

Check out @melissaofficial to keep up with Melissa, and tag your looks #MELISSASQUAD so we can see!

 

Thanks again to our editorial assistant George Townsend Teague for her help with this episode, follow her here @georgettte_. Thanks to Protein Studios for lending us the space to record this episode. 



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