It Girls, Haunted Homes and the Return of the Polyester Podcast!

Hey dolls,

Happy Thursday – we’ve had a big week over on the Dollhouse, including the return of the Polyester Podcast, which you can hear here (Si apre in una nuova finestra). Elsewhere, we’ve been considering the figure of the 2000s TV talent show judge and her lost It Girl status, and shifting slowly into ‘Watching Movies Inside and Never Leaving the House’ mode with our Platform Editor Charlotte’s latest Film Fatale column, which is all about the haunted house trope in movies. Come along and dive in!

What Happened to the It Girl TV Talent Show Judge? The Faded Splendour of the Ladies of Saturday Night TV (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

Lucy Fitzgerald thinks through the figure of the popstar talent show judge and her relationship to 2000s pop culture.

Beauty Archivist: Beauty in Black and White - The Evolution of Movie Makeup (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

Our Beauty Editor Grace Maria Ellington writes on the makeup of Old Hollywood and the damaging ways faces were made up for black and white film.

The Pink Bed: Framing Femininity Through Household Objects (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

Though Portia Munson’s ‘the Pink Bedroom’ and Tracey Emin’s ‘My Bed’, Francesca Tiana discusses the implications of feminist art that centres on objects and absences.

Another Girl, Another Planet: The Brief Life and Literary Legacy of Izumi Suzuki (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

Maya Mathur explores the fascinating life of Japanese avant-garde writer Izumi Suzuki.

Film Fatale: House of the Devil, Haunted Homes and Liminal Spaces (Si apre in una nuova finestra)

In this month’s Film Fatale column, Charlotte Amy Landrum writes on ‘House of the Devil’ and the haunted home device in contemporary cinema.

See ya next week!

XOXO,

The Polyester Team <3