Culture Club

Hi friends! In this week’s episode, we chat about that strawberry dress and the conversation it sparked around fatphobia. We reference this tweet by Rayne Fisher-Quann and quote Amanda Richards for InStyle magazine.  We have a chat with model, activist and creative director Mahalia Handley about her journey into plus-size modeling and how she is speaking out against a fatphobic and racist industry...

Hey there pals, A new report shows just how far we have to go in media diversity, how the Free the Flag campaign is gaining more traction, and is Netflix promoting pedophilia? Welcome to this week’s episode of Culture Club.  Musician, Ziggy Ramo appeared on ABC’s Q+A and questioned whether his presence was performative tokenism and a form of censorship. Majority of AFL clubs showed solidarity with...

Hey friends, Maggie and Jasmine haven’t been up to much apart from watching The O.C. – not that we’re complaining.  Fast fashion brand Missguided has released a documentary titled Inside Missguided: Made in Manchester . The glitz and glamour focuses on female empowerment and hustle culture while glaringly ignoring its garment workers. We read from this Dazed  article by Sophie Benson and this Medi...

Hello Culture Clubbers,  How was your week? Maggie appeared on Flex Mami’s podcast and Jasmine retrogressed to her 14-year-old self and bought the new Twilight book (as well as tackling its issue with Indigenous culture ). Today we talk about classism in sustainable fashion. We chat about what time and financial barriers inhibit sustainable or secondhand shopping and why we shouldn’t shame people...

Hey friends, This week we talk about the flood of black and white #ChallengeAccepted photos on your Instagram feed. We dive into its supposed origins, the Turkey femicides and the impact of performative activism. Light stuff, hey?  Resources we referenced include this Guardian article on the murdering of Turkish women, this New York Times article by Taylor Lorenz, this Instagram thread by @beelzeb...

Hello and welcome to the inaugural episode of Culture Club! A weekly podcast where two 20-something media-slashies chat about pop culture, current affairs, the internet & our lives.  In today’s show, meet your hosts Jasmine Wallis and Maggie Zhou. Sit down, get comfy and get to know more about our pathway to journalism, why we love magazines and how we met.  As we lament over last week’s closure o...