Episode Description
It's Friday I'm an Angry Young Woman (Apparently)
This week we're unpacking the New Statesman's "Angry Young Women" cover story, the right-wing press meltdown that followed, and the very tired playbook of describing women's politics by their hair colour. Plus: is the manosphere really equivalent to the so-called "femosphere"?
Then Stella McCartney has done another collaboration with H&M - and we're asking whether the most famously sustainable designer in fashion can team up with a fast-fashion giant without it being greenwashing in beaded form. Plus a slight tangent into ASOS return fees, the privilege of charity-shop hauls, and why "reduce" is the R nobody wants to talk about.
And in this week's Zine 🍷 we get into MPs drinking on the job, the Hannah Spencer story, the Westminster pushback, and why a subsidised pint at lunchtime would get the rest of us sacked. Subscribe to the Zine here for the bonus episode and the rest.
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Topics covered: angry young women, femosphere, manosphere, New Statesman, Greta Thunberg, Green Party, luxury beliefs, Leftie Island, Stella McCartney H&M, greenwashing, fast fashion, sustainable fashion, ASOS returns, Victoria Beckham Gap, over-consumption, charity shop hauls, reduce reuse recycle
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