Happy Thursday Dolls! 

This week we’re exploring domesticity in Carrie Mae Weems, the Soft Girl Aesthetic, corporate cinema and more! Let’s get into it…

THE POLYESTER PODCAST (Opens in a new window)

Dispatches From The Kardashian Simulacrum: Is it real or is it not real? Do they care or do they not care? (Opens in a new window)

Episode 8 and the perfect time for our hosts to explore the age old Kardashian questions: Is it real or is it fake? Do they care or do they not care? What part of you stays the same and stays human when you have that much money and that much power?

In Search of a Soft Life - Exploring the Roots of this Gentle Aesthetic (Opens in a new window)

In the realm of social media, where trends come and go at dizzying speed, one aesthetic has taken centre stage with its rapid ascent: the soft life trend. J’Nae Phillips explores in this essay.

Culture Slut: On Memories, Clearing Space and Sentimentality (Opens in a new window)

This months Culture Slut is an ode to memories and the people you love.

The (Bad) Taste Test: The Resistible Rise of Corporate Cinema (Opens in a new window)

For almost as long as Hollywood has existed, the home of motion pictures has had an obsession with making itself - and its industry - look good.

Art Rookie: In and Around the Kitchen Table - Domesticity in Carrie Mae Weems (Opens in a new window)

The photography series created between 1989-1990 was prompted by Weems’s desire to move beyond the limits of domestic tradition and, through her practice, discover new frameworks for monogamy, motherhood, and familial structures.

See ya next week!

XOXO,

The Polyester Team <3