STARGIRL

This week I'm joined by Marisa Meltzer, longtime beauty industry chronicler and the author of the new book Glossy: Beauty, Ambition, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier . We make the case for Glossier as *the* millennial brand, and discuss Emily's guarded, cipher-esque persona, and chat about how the "girlboss" tag is more apt than modern feminist criticisms give i...

Big one today! This week we discuss Hannah Neeleman, the first generation farmer and marketing genius behind Ballerina Farm. We discuss the many Dreams/Threats evoked by her particular brand of Harmony: effortless health, graceful motherhood, the family as a social unit, etc. I push back on the angry fixations on her stove, her husband’s family money, and her “lack of agency,” and salute her rever...

This week we’re throwing some paint at the wall! I check-in on the aimlessness of my summer energy, reorient, and give a preview of my top 3 Urgent Themes for Fall: Doing Things, the question: How am I treating my body?, and Campy Femininity. I also give my official stance against feminine fragility, and usher in a new era of capability and resourcefulness. Let’s get it! Discussed: “Outdoor Voices...

Today we return to the subject of Caroline Calloway with CC herself! We discuss the difficulty of self-publishing, the over-simplification of her "revenge" narrative, being a lifelong loner, the worst of her times in New York, and what she sees as her true "craft." Plus, Caroline runs herself through the STARGIRL paradigms and gets an A+ ! Caroline on Twitter , IG Buy SCAMMER F...

Today we welcome SATC superfan Callie Hitchcock to opine on the “ambling bravado” of Carrie Bradshaw, the beloved character created by Candace Bushnell in her column at the New York Observer and reimagined in HBO’s Sex and the City . We discuss the evolution of the character from seedy partygirl to prudish romantic, the blurring of Candace/Carrie/Sarah Jessica Parker, and what it means to uphold C...

*Full episode on Patreon* Today we go long on Miss Dasha Nekrasova, a podcaster/actress/director and the poster of our time 🫡 We discuss the genius of Red Scare, the tedious bleedout of Dimes Square discourse, and how Dasha's playfulness elevates her above the rotten lot of disaffected e-girls. S/o to Ella @ellasimoneee for all of the help on this one! Mentioned: Girl Online , Joanna Walsh &q...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! Welcome to my fitness manifesto! Today we explore the rise and reign of Lauren Kanski, a strength and fat loss coach (and my own personal guiding light regarding all things body, nutrition, movement, and longevity). We discuss the social status of fitness chicks, the grifter vibes of protein discourse, and how supreme interest in physical fi...

*Full episode on Patreon* Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! Welcome back to STARGIRL , a show about girls who stand out! Today we ride the wave of Caroline Calloway's latest publicity cycle, centered on the long-awaited debut of her book, Scammer . We discuss CC's unwavering belief in her own destiny, the power/limits of villain/victim narratives, and how we never go...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! *Full episode on Patreon* Today we welcome Nisa Neza, the host of CAN'T TAKE ME ANYWHERE , to tackle Lana: Part I/ ! We explore: Lana's meandering, sun-flared world, the various sexual tropes she plays with, and how her music and look have evolved (/deteriorated) over the past decade. We also discuss how she foretold our collective A...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! This week we use TikTok star Alix Earle as a vessel to tackle one of my favorite topics: Blondeness! I discuss what it "means" to be/go blonde, the sorry state of blonde discourse, and how blondeness is deployed as a device in art vs. real life. I also pose the big-kahuna question: What is the beauty standard in 2023? and argue tha...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! This week we are joined by a real-life Stargirl, the writer Katie Roiphe, to discuss Mary McCarthy, one of the best and most controversial writers of the 20th century. We talk about the sharpness and brutality of her voice, her rejection of political movements in favor of a more intimate, material investigation of people's behavior, how...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! This week we tackle the backlog of "are they or aren't they" potential-Stargirls, revisit the Too-Too-ness, and talk about the importance of meaningfully alienating people with your ideas. Come play in my world! 🤸 Discussed: Beyoncé Rihanna Rosalía BLACKPINK Doja Cat Charli XCX Megan Fox Taylor Swift Lana Del Rey Kardashian/Je...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! *Full episode on Patreon* This week we delve deep into the uncanny world of the D2C underwear brand Parade and its CEO, Cami Téllez. I talk about the downsides of bridging art and editorial, the botched AI-ness of everything we're forced to look at, and the tendency for powerful, beautiful women to reject their normie power for the sake...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! *Full episode on Patreon* This week we go long on Azealia Banks, the American rapper who can't STFU to save her life. I talk witchiness, how mean women problematize fourth-wave "Do You" feminism, and the thin line between being an aesthete and being a bully.  Discussed: "Perpetual Childhood: The Rise of Cute Feminism"...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ for more. Lena Dunham's Girls is my favorite piece of art that's been created in my lifetime. I talk about why writing off the show as "narcissistic" is a massive missed opportunity, Lena's compulsion toward self-exposure and body horror, and her acute (unmatched?) understanding of how people behave. Happy Holidays y'all,...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more. Joining us this week is one of my dearest friends, Molly, to discuss the musician and de facto Sad Girl cult leader, Mitski. We talk about the liminal space of teenage girlhood, extended adolescence, how to elevate melodrama into art, and the social power of female passivity. Mentioned: Addison + archival fashion by Janelle Okwodu in Vogue &...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more! *Listen to the full episode on Patreon!* This week we explore The Myth of Julia Fox: her hard-partying youth, various artistic endeavors, explicit sex appeal, and attempts at provocation in 2022. We also talk about the fragility of the dream(s) she represents: being young, hot, and reckless in New York; representing a milieu just by being yo...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ for more! This week, we recap the foundational STARGIRL themes: the nature-artifice continuum, ripe/dead, and the quest for narrative control. Then, we analyze one of the world's highest-profile MPDGs, Grimes, and discuss the power/limits of self-mythology and caricature, how to safely court Evil, and the deep threat of the effortless Weird Gi...

Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ for more! *Full episode on Patreon* Meet Tinx, the TikTok-er turned omniscient multi-hyphenate bae! We talk about her knack for world-building (RMWs, ESWB, LTG, Miss Egg, roti chick, Tinky Tequila, Leg on the Wall Fall etc. ETC.), the downsides of hyper-transparency, and the fragility of the relatable X aspirational influencer model.  Mentioned: &...

This week, we are joined by my dear friend Mikaela Dery to discuss Sally Rooney, the Irish novelist. We talk about the high-brow/low-brow nature of her books, how to make malaise stylish, the power dynamics between bookish girls and jock-y dudes, and how Sally foretold young people's preoccupation with Catholicism.  Discussed: "What's Really Driving the Sally Rooney Obsession?" Katie Roiphe in WSJ...

Welcome to the first installment of STARGIRL Auditions: Sydney Sweeney! We evaluate Sydney's potential to become an era-defining actress and sex symbol, and dig into some Paglia-informed ideas about the power of vacant women. Also discussed: AirPod bodies, Maddy vs. Cassie in HBO's Euphoria , and the recent embrace of Americana and GOP aesthetics more generally. Mentioned: "The Age of...

Meet Alison Roman, the food media disruptress who epitomizes the best and worst of single millennial Brooklyn circa 2018. This week we are joined by Callie Hitchcock, my dear friend and a bona fide Alison Roman scholar, who breaks down the zeitgeist and her own personal investment in Alison as the next great domestic goddess.  Articles mentioned: - "Alison Roman Just Can't Help Herself" by Lauren...

*Full episode on Patreon* Meet Jia Tolentino, the former darling of the media world who charmed and frustrated us all for a few critical pre-pandemic years. I talk about her expertly crafted "relatable" persona, why arrogance is better than feigned humility, and why I never want to see another Baby's All Right location tag for the rest of my life.  Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ fo...

*Full episode on Patreon* Meet Emily Ratajkowski, the hottest woman in the world who can't be satisfied! I talk about her body, her book called "My Body," her hot-girls-for-Bernie Instagram presence, and the gluttonous impulse to control how other people see you. Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more!

Meet Addison Rae, the TikTok star who changed my life. Follow STARGIRL on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠TikTok⁠ for more!