She’s a star, duh! Introducing our latest cover star, Avantika!
Hey dolls,
Happy Thursday! We’re so excited that today we’re launching our second cover of the year, starring Mean Girls’ very own woman of the hour, Avantika! Alongside an editorial shoot by Ashley Armitage, she speaks exclusively to Zara Aftab about reinventing the iconic character of Karen, Britney Spears, and more!
Elsewhere, we’ve got a thought-provoking essay on Anatomy of a Fall and the ambitious woman in cinema, plus an interview and editorial with TikToker and Vine legend Quen Blackwell.
Finally, we want to thank you again for your support for our Eden Young Fellowship Raffle. We’ve extended entry times slightly, so we’ll be closing it at 6PM on Friday 9th Feb. Enter for your chance to win our gorgey prizes here (Opens in a new window)!
In the meantime, here’s our Dollhouse rundown for this week…
Avantika on Mean Girls, Playing a Brown Bimbo and Her Decade on Celluloid (Opens in a new window)
Zara Aftab profiles Avantika for our February cover!
The Anatomy of the Highly Ambitious Woman: Why Cinema Hates Successful Females (Opens in a new window)
Tracy Dong thinks through cinema’s attitudes towards ambitious female characters via a consideration of Anatomy of a Fall.
Quen Blackwell Will Always Be Famous: the Vine Comedian on Absurdity, Acting and Having a Laugh
(Opens in a new window)Senior Editor Gina Tonic catches up with Vine superstar Quen Blackwell, to chat about everything from comedy to capitalism.
Do-Nothing Feminism and the Documentation of the Banal (Opens in a new window)
And finally, Bridget Clarke writes on choice feminism and its proliferation on TikTok.
See ya next week!
XOXO,
The Polyester Team <3
