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The Second-Wave of Girl Boss Feminism Still Won't Save Us " Polyester
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (691+ words) Fit with sharp blazer dresses and "aspirational" quotes in neon lights, the first wave of girl boss feminism rose as a defining movement in the 2010s. The term derived earnestly from Sophia Amouruso"s book #GIRLBOSS,...
Adele Bertei on Kathleen Hanna, Female Commodification and the Women of No Wave " Polyester
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (756+ words) Bertei was the electric organist for James Chance and the Contortions, an assistant to Brian Eno, and lead singer of the first openly queer all-girl band called The Bloods at a time when many musicians chose to remain shtum about…...
Dani Miller's Guide to Changing Your Luck " Polyester
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (996+ words) Dani Miller's Guide to Changing Your Luck'polyesterzine. com Dani Miller's Guide to Changing Your Luck Make it stand out Whether she's making electronic music with Ashley Smith as part of Trashworld, or with punk band Surfbort - there's one constant for…...
Why Mumbai Feminist Library Founder aqui Thami's Visionary Women-Centered Practice is So Important " Polyester
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (909+ words) My most treasured book in my library is bell hooks" visionary, "All about love". The words of bell hooks guide me to reflect on and understand my emotional world holistically and critically, and embrace love's radical power through black feminist…...
Why Kim Kardashian's Pubic Wigs Are So Depressing " Polyester
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (134+ words) Why Kim Kardashian's Pubic Wigs Are So Depressing 2025 has been the year of the pube, from bushtok going viral for promoting an overgrown mon pubis to the sold out SKIMS merkins that Kim Kardashian launched last week, we can't stop…...
Why Nostalgia For 2016 Feminism Is About More Than Sentimentality " Polyester
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1267+ words) I miss circa 2016 girl boss feminism" laments a user on X, as women claim that they shave their legs because the feeling of their own body hair is overstimulating, in yet another round of mind-numbing online 'discourse'. There are wider…...
Must We All Be Making Reels to "Make It" in Our Careers " Polyester
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (470+ words) In today's digital culture, you are no longer just a writer, musician, or artist "you are a personal brand, a full-time content creator, and an algorithm hacker. Upskilling doesn't mean finishing a training module " it means mastering trending audio, keeping…...
A Fair Reading of Female Friendships in White Chicks " Polyester
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (962+ words) Most people remember White Chicks (2004) as a lovable disaster. I've felt defensive about it ever since I watched YMS dismiss it as "conceptually lazy, unbelievable, and filled with outdated humour," and a "surface-level idea of what women do and/or…...
The Smart Girl Industrial Complex: How Performative Feminism Replaced Being Hot Online " Polyester
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (657+ words) Expectations for how women present both online and in person ebb and flow with the tides of trends. The digital stage promotes relentless self-optimisation, redefining social standards and intensifying the performative nature of constructed femininity. The Smart Girl Industrial Complex:…...
Orgasm Blush and the Socio-Political Forces Behind the Language of Naming a Makeup Product" " Polyester
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (424+ words) Orgasm" could be a Rorschach test. What comes to mind: sexual climax, or the classic warm salmon blush with golden shimmers from NARS Cosmetics? Consumerist narratives were shaped by the reformation of the weighty term 'empower' into the buzzword of…...