logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2024
29m 48s

Sabrina Carpenter, Pedobaiting And The I...

THE POLYESTER PODCAST
About this episode
tail spinning
Up next
Yesterday
Let Women Be Evil: The Problem With Mike Flanagan's Carrie And East Of Eden
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 ... Show More
32m 34s
Oct 11
I Am Jane Doe And The Internet's Complicity To The Cornell Case
Trigger warning: sexual assault and misogynyThe 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 faili ... Show More
29m 59s
Oct 4
How A Covid Conscious Lesbian Bar In Massachusetts Became The Epicentre Of The Culture Wars
You must have heard about it by now and if you haven't? Lucky you. It's not often that a local news story breaks containment through traditional reporting and not a viral TikTok, but for Last Ditch - the Covid conscious lesbian bar in Greenfield, MA - a report from The Boston Glo ... Show More
30m 21s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2025
Sabrina Carpenter's Album Cover [teaser]
In a time where Sydney Sweeney is spreading her legs for a popular clothing retailer in the name of eugenics, it’s not so far-fetched to imagine that Sabrina Carpenter would also upset people with her latest album cover. Hair blown out, kneeling at the feet of a suited man, and c ... Show More
9m 29s
Nov 2024
Sabrina Carpenter: Love Triangles & Being Too Sexy
Gen Z pop icon Sabrina Carpenter has lyrics and dance moves that prudes hate (not us, obviously). What has brought the Short N Sweet singer to the Cancelled courtroom? Well, that depends. Maybe ask the churchgoers who weren't thrilled about her filming a music video in their sacr ... Show More
47m 28s
Jun 2024
Emotional Girls, Angry Women: feminine rage unlocked
<p><strong>podmothers sephy &amp; wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on frustration and hysteria, miss havisham, the invalidation and over-simplification of little girls and their emotions, ageing, sexual harrassment, and The Schoolgirl. ✷</p><br><p>shop ✷ <a href="https:// ... Show More
47m 38s
Mar 2024
off the record: misogyny bias, maternal instincts, & the eras tour
<p><strong>podmothers sephy &amp; wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on the gamer girl to rotting depression pipeline, our friendship, everyday sexism, maternal instincts, empathy, taylor swift, and the dehuminisation of pop-culture spectacles. ✷</p><br><p>shop ✷ <a href="h ... Show More
29m 42s
Oct 2024
growing out of the male gaze: would've, could've, should've...
tail spinning
42m 51s
Sep 2022
Deploying the Barbz
The girlies talk stan culture and come for all your faves. From the Directioners of the mid-2010s to Nicki Minaj's digital paramilitary, fandom has pushed the bounds of internet friendship, devotion, and doxxing. Digressions include a brief review of Jennette McCurdy's memoir, wh ... Show More
1h 21m
May 2018
EP 2: Talking Long About Short Shorts
This week Kristen and Tova Talk about Kristen's recent viral post on her daughter's 'short shorts' and why she didn't want her wearing them to school. They chat about body shaming and how the fashion industry sexualises young children by designing clothes for them that are cut fo ... Show More
37m 55s
Nov 2024
Look-alike Contest Culture, Sabrina Carpenter Arrests Marcello Hernandez, and ‘Rivals’ | We’re Obsessed
This one’s for the boys! First off, Jodi and Nora Princiotti take a tour of the older men that are acting up this week, including Mike Tyson’s square ass, Jay Leno’s mangled face and body, and John Stamos’s fake bald head (2:40). They dive into how look-alike contest culture has ... Show More
1h 19m
Jun 2019
Sexting
“We’re uncomfortable with the evidence that teen girls have sexual agency.” Special guest Amy Hasinoff tells Mike and Sarah how a moral panic became a legal nightmare. Digressions include Cosmo advice columns, Grindr etiquette and the revolutionary hugging of the "Avengers" movie ... Show More
40m 31s
Jul 2024
TikTok vs. The Tabloid: the persistence of self-loathing trends
<p><strong>THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy &amp; wing enter the chat:</strong> spiralling on unrealistic and unattainable beauty standards, the evolution of mainstream media, and the normalised patriarchal language used about women's bodies. ✷</p><br><p>see more ✷ <a ... Show More
32m 34s