Hi pals!

Strap in, cos we have a whole host of Culture Quickies to run through.

Filming for The Devil Wears Prada 2 is officially underway with Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway papped on the streets of New York. The Trisha Paytas baby reincarnation theory continues, and has Rebel Wilson “deliberately undermined” the release of her comedy musical, The Deb?

We know many Culture Clubbers have fantasised about Mr. Harry Styles, and now he’s letting us take him to bed – or, at least, his product. In Culture Shock, we discuss Pleasing's new product and whether we'd buy it ourselves...

Next, Charli xcx and her musician husband, George Daniel, got married in Hackney, London. We share our thoughts on the pap pics and ask why everyone's obsessed with "low-key" weddings.

Fashion brand Guess has published print ads in Vogue US… using AI models. Seraphinne Vallora, an AI marketing agency that creates editorial-level AI-driven marketing campaigns, is behind the images but who is responsible here? The publication or the brand?

In recommendations, Maggie shares YouTube series, Worth It – Andrew, Steve and Adam and Jas is obsessed with The Summer I Turned Pretty. Up top, we also chat about Melbourne International Film Festival, which kicks off on August 7. Go support the arts!

Chat to you next time!

Jas & Mags xo

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Hi pals!

For the first time in ten years, the gender pay gap has flipped — at least for Gen Zs. According to a recent report, full-time working Gen Z women between the ages of 16 and 24 are out-earning their male peers. But is everything what it seems? We discuss the findings and our own thoughts on the rhetoric around men being "left behind". Jas references this TikTok.

Courtney Palmer (@courtney_joelle on TikTok) has gone viral with her take on “princess treatment,”. In a recent video (viewed millions of times), the self-proclaimed housewife princess shares that she doesn't look at or talk to wait staff when on a date with her husband. Is this rhetoric signalling a darker turning point for feminism? Maggie also references an article in The Guardian by Emma Beddington titled 'Is ‘princess treatment’ a harmless trend – or yet more fuel for misogyny?'

Next, Australian retailer Big W was in hot water recently after selling MAGA hats on its website. It caused people to ask who should be held accountable and how much heat should Big W cop? This leads us into a discussion around the shock departure of Love Island USA contestant, Cierra Ortega, who left after screenshots of her using an anti-Asian slur circulated.

Maggie references a Refinery29 article titled, 'Two Things Can Be True: Cierra Was Wrong & Love Island Mishandled Her Exit' by Taryn Finley.

After a bit of a meatier episode, we end on two pop culture recs that we think you'll also love.

Maggie recommends the musical Annie, while Jas surprisingly adored Superman in IMAX. If you want to see all of our podcast recommendations in the one place, download Australian app, Pod Recs! Thank you to the people who asked for us to be included on the app.

Chat to you next time!

Jas & Mags xo

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Hi!

After culture quickie bites, including Maggie's matcha TikTok take and the media's response to Bob Vylan's Glastonbury protest, we dive into the P Diddy verdict announced this week. This segment includes a reference to The Cut's article titled Maybe Me Too Is Really Dead by Andrea González-Ramírez.

Do you feel the pressure to be always digitally available? It’s a question Sydney writer, Miski Omar, asked in The Guardian Australia this week. Miski kindly read out a snippet of her article titled 'I’m not ignoring your message – I’m overwhelmed by the tyranny of being reachable'.

In Bookmarked, Maggie enjoyed the 2008 teen movie The Clique. Social Media Producer Allie Daisy King gave Culture Club a snippet of her take on the seminal movie before her video essay is published on Extra Virgin. Jas enjoyed the Substack, how to want more without hating what you already have by Milk and Cookies author, Ayushi Thakkar.

We hope you enjoyed this ep! Chat next time xo.

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