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Hi everyone! Welcome to the 100th and final episode of STARGIRL podcast ~ * First thing’s first: STARGIRL Merch is here!! Pre-order here; all orders ship late Summer 2026.*  In this episode, I talk about my decision to end STARGIRL and what’s next for me. I also share dozens of “Stargirl Synchronicities” I’ve witnessed this spring, all of which felt like comforting acknowledgement that a chapter w...

This week I’m joined by my friend and collaborator Soraya Beheshti to discuss the queen, Reese Witherspoon! We analyze Reese as an emblem of Blonde Ambition done correctly: the inverse of the Taylor Swift “White Girl Ceiling” phenomenon wherein you actually can have it all and emerge as likeable. We trace the progression of Reese’s early roles ( Election, Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde ) and how...

Announcement: The Body Mechanics Workshop with Kat and Emma! Details: *Saturday May 16, 2026, 3-5pm at SoHo Pilates *A hands-on workshop breaking down the Pilates principles (respiration, spine and pelvic stability, etc.) and applying them to functional movement (squat, deadlift, lunge, etc.). We’ll delve into common cues, language, and adjustments and provide actionable anatomical information so...

*Full episode (with musical cues) on Patreon* Announcement: Final spots remain for the STARGIRL x Health Gossip retreat on April 18. Tickets here! Happy April Fool’s Day! In this special episode, Maddy and I reflect on the prototypical Stargirl: October’s Very Own, Drizzy Drake! <3 <3 <3 We explore Drake’s feminine soul, messy, expansive digital footprint, how he helped women everywhere t...

Announcements Reserve your spot at the STARGIRL x Health Gossip Retreat! (More info here ) STARGIRL finally has social media! Follow along: Instagram and TikTok Emma is accepting new personal training clients for an April or May 2026 start date. Book your free consult call here to learn more! Show Notes This week we’re joined by longtime STARGIRL listener Stephanie Castaneda Perez to discuss Stevi...

Lily Sperry and I are announcing the STARGIRL x Health Gossip Retreat, a one-day, intimate gathering in NYC, in partnership with MERIT Beauty. The event has been months in the making, and we can't wait to bring the worlds of STARGIRL and Health Gossip together in one place. Featuring: yoga, lymphatic massage, breathwork and meditation, sound healing, flower essences, and more... Full event det...

Subscribe to the STARGIRL Patreon   ~ Follow STARGIRL on IG | TikTok ~ Follow Emma on IG | Substack Just a few short days before the Hole *not-revival announcement, OG STARGIRL listener Ella and I met up to examine the so-called Queen of Grunge, Ms. Courtney Love.  We trace the origins of the grunge and riot grrl scenes in the PNW (and mourn the region’s loss of virility), and explore Courtney’s u...

[Subscribe to the STARGIRL Patreon  ~ Follow STARGIRL on IG | TikTok ~ Follow Emma on IG | Substack ] This week we are joined by the inimitable Amanda Fortini to discuss the American myth, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. Amid this winter’s shitstorm of CBK discourse, Amanda brings us underneath the hood to discuss her time working at George magazine, the fading dream of 90s New York, Carolyn’s real-life...

This week we ride the spirit of New York Fashion Week to discuss Eva Chen, whose career emblematizes the changing nature of fashion media in the past decade: from Condé Nast darling to Instagram mega-poster to VP of Fashion at Meta. Along with our guest Ashleigh Carter, we discuss Eva’s unselfconscious approach to the shifting media landscape, the late-2010s fascination with tech workplace culture...

Welcome back to the next installment of my Client Testimonial series, where we hear from my 1:1 personal training clients about their experience working with me, and how they've transformed their body/mind/soul via strength training. In this episode, we discuss Parisa's longing for a competitive athletic outlet in adulthood, how strength training finally alleviated her chronic pain, and ho...

*Full episode on Patreon* This week we reflect on the recent significance of the musician Ethel Cain: as the leading musical animator of rural Southern Christian life, a Dark Prophet to rally around, and an idiosyncratic emblem of so many conversations that marked the past few years. We also examine the recent bloating of the “Southern Gothic” genre, analyze the longing to portray regional America...

Hello from the final weeks of the Wood Snake year ;) …. This week, we pick up where we left off with “Metal Season," to dissect the ever-accelerating Chinese-ness of internet culture these days. We talk more TCM (seasonality, womb health, qigong morning routines, etc.), the newly mainstreamed fascination with the Chinese Zodiac system, and the ways I’m choosing to let the Year of the Horse vi...

This week we’re joined by Laura Gunder, a classical Pilates teacher, ex-professional ballet dancer, and the creator of The Emergence Podcast . Laura shares her story: her career as a ballerina, the identity transformation upon leaving the ballet world, and how she found a new relationship with her body and movement in the fitness world. She also sheds light on the difference between Classical and...

This week we’re joined by the writer Vanessa Lily Chung to (finally!!) tackle Anne Hathaway, an unassailable Stargirl whose Dream / Threat has always been totally vague but universally felt. We explore our own girlhood memories young Anne ( Princess Diaries , Ella Enchanted , The Devil Wears Prada ) and the latent “makeover” dream therein, reflect on the near-decade of #Hathahate, trace her comeba...

Happy New Year everyone! We’re back with the next episode of The Body Series, a client testimonial with my dream personal training client Miss Andrea! She shares her experience turning to strength training after a decade of the group fitness churn, the long-term, sustainable way she’s approaching body recomp in preparation for her wedding (!!!), why real consistency (+ accountability) has 10-xed h...

This week, I share my observations on the dominant cultural patterns of Fall 2025, most of which can be traced back to the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) craze sweeping through New York and hot girl Internet circles (think: breakfast soup, seasonality, heightened Lunar awareness, lymph and fascia care, etc.). Also discussed: the grifter energy of the online healer community, leaning into polit...

This week we’re joined by Dr. Aumatma Simmons , a naturopathic doctor and double board-certified endocrinologist, and the founder of the Holistic Fertility Institute and Madre Fertility . Dr. Aumatma shares her journey from conventional to naturopathic medicine, research that complicates the prevailing myth of mid-30s fertility dropoff, her views on traditional intervention models (egg freezing, I...

Lily Sperry is a writer and brand consultant. She runs the newsletter Health Gossip . In this magical episode, we discuss the origins of her project, the larger esoteric fairy-girl moment we’re living through, and why creation is the ultimate antidote to ennui. Plus, Lily shares her definition of “health” as maintaining a “clear channel,” and we reflect on the benefits of not centering our days ar...

*Full episode on Patreon* Checking in after a busy fall season... in this month's letter, I reflect on the current biggest sources of meaning in my life (work, creative partnership, my marriage, dance, and spirituality), voice my desire to be a formal student again, get nostalgic for the first time I encountered D'Angelo, and keep the good vibes going after the STARGIRL party last week. Se...

This week we welcome the writer Marisa Meltzer back to STARGIRL to discuss her new book It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin (out this week!). We discuss the myth of Jane Birkin and Marisa’s project to animate her beyond a 2D moodboard figure, and use Jane as a vessel to revisit classic STARGIRL conversations such as Artist vs. Muse, Narrative Control, and Nature vs. Artifice. We discuss Ja...

*Full episode on Patreon* Occasioned by her recent return to Outdoor Voices, this week we go long on Ty Haney. We examine Ty’s original mission to separate exercise from performance (and how that was internalized as a “demand” to “play”), revisit the tired, left-of-basic criticism that fitness is classist, catch up on Ty’s various Futurist ventures in her time away from OV, and analyze OV’s attemp...

Welcome Lauren Gerrie, a true downtown icon and "The Body Series" embodied ;) Lauren is the co-founder of MOVES dance class , a culinary artist (and formerly Marc Jacobs’ personal chef), a figure model, and so much more. Today she shares her wisdom: how dance helps us to re-inhabit sensuality and freedom, why being in tune with your cravings > following “food rules” and trends, why ex...

The scroll always stops for Miss Victoria Paris! In this Feel Good episode, we explore Victoria Paris’ explosion onto the cultural consciousness and how she became the playbook of how to blow up on TikTok. We reminisce about her early content (inventive workout GRWMs, death by Stairmaster, Suede Brooks, her obsession with her “low ass,” etc.), trace her style and lifestyle evolution, examine the b...

*Full episode on Patreon* Happy end of Summer! In this month’s letter, I offer my observations on the only cultural conversations that have captured my attention in 2025 :  New New Spirituality & Overall Metaphysical Vibes: Astrology’s mounting cultural importance, the craze around this year’s 8/8 portal, wavy ranch-y fashion, psychedelics, the non-toxic movement, push toward natural fibers, e...

This week we’re joined by Kaila Yu, author of the new book Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty. Kaila tells her story: from growing up in Southern California idolizing pinup models to working in the import car scene to appearing in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and touring internationally with the girl band Nylon Pink.  We discuss the concept of the Asian fetish...