Richie Shazam on How To Be an It Girl…
Hey dolls,
It’s Thursday, so we’re back with another roundup for your inboxes! We’ve got more content from The Jade Issue (get your copies here (Opens in a new window)) featuring journalist and broadcaster Afua Hirsch, plus a guide to being an It Girl from the one and only Richie Shazam. Elsewhere, we’re chatting with Soccer Mommy, talking Dress to Impress on Roblox, and much more. Let’s go!
Richie Shazam’s Guide to Being an It Girl (Opens in a new window)
Model, photographer, creative director, writer and icon Richie Shazam tells Senior Editor Gina Tonic her tricks and tips for achieving It Girl status, for our Jade Issue.
Soccer Mommy on her album Evergreen, festival culture and DIY rock (Opens in a new window)
Copy Editor Lauren O’Neill spoke with Sophie Allison of Soccer Mommy at Outbreak Festival earlier this summer.
How to Win ‘Dress to Impress’ on Roblox: A Guide for Noobs Who Want to Slay (Opens in a new window)
Our resident Roblox expert Hatti Rex teaches you how to play Dress To Impress – and more importantly how to win.
Afua Hirsch on Rejecting Beauty Standards, Creative Control and Cleopatra (Opens in a new window)
Our guest editor Jade Thirlwall interviews journalist and broadcaster on beauty standards, embracing your heritage, and more.
Mass Consumption, the Algorithm and How Capitalism Created Content (Opens in a new window)
Mahika Dhar writes on the internet’s chicken and egg scenario.
Where are All the Fat Social Media Chefs? (Opens in a new window)
Chloe Laws interrogates the internet’s obsession with food as an aesthetic: “I couldn’t unsee it. For all this talk of food and foodies, no one is fat.”
And finally, Editorial Fellow Sihaam Naik explores the current reckoning in stan culture.
See you next week!
XOXO
The Polyester Team
