The Summer Of Crashing Out: Justin Bieber, Cory's World And Tattle Life
The Polyester Podcast
The Polyester Podcast
4.5 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Ding dong the witch is dead - in a Scooby Doo worthy unveiling, the 'Helen McDougal' that began infamous British influencer gossip forum has been unmasked as vegan influencer Sebastian Bond. In the aftermath, TikTokers like Cory's World are cashing in on the moment to detail exactly how hate on platforms like these and trolls across the board has affected their mental health. Following a similar through thread of crashing out, Justin Bieber is going viral almost daily for his Instagram antics, scraps with paparazzi and alleged ill feelings towards wife Hailey.
In this week's episode, our hosts Ione and Gina get to grips with the continuing normalisation of brutality in the comment section, how the expanding definition of celebrity has negative ramifications and the rising forms of surveillance we are all putting one another under.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Gina. Hi, Ioni. Hi everyone. I'm Gina, the senior editor of Polyester. And I'm Iione, the founding editor-in-chief of Polyester. And this is the Polyester podcast, a feminist pop culture podcast dissecting the discourse on a weekly basis. Please make sure to like, rate, subscribe and review. And if you haven't yet, make sure to subscribe to our membership platform for exclusive podcast-centered perks |
| 0:23.6 | we're offering exclusive video episodes secret mini episodes and even episodes centered on what you want us to |
| 0:30.9 | talk about across different tier options go check it out at the link in our description do we have |
| 0:36.3 | new reviews a yoni yeah we do so |
| 0:39.3 | nothing i just remembered that i have a whole hawaiian pizza in the fridge at home that i haven't |
| 0:44.6 | brought in for lunch have you had you a hawaiian pizza um knots yet no so i got out to make me |
| 0:52.5 | hawaiam pizza and i forgot to bring it in. |
| 0:54.6 | Make it? |
| 0:55.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:55.8 | From what? |
| 0:56.6 | From a margarita pizza because you know you can't buy Hawaiian pizza anymore. |
| 0:59.3 | It's fucking crazy. |
| 1:00.4 | You know what? |
| 1:00.8 | You say that now and I really do think I've not seen my pizza. |
| 1:03.4 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 1:05.1 | Anyway, on to the reviews. |
| 1:06.4 | I need to go to ask this though, where you do your old, maybe you can do it then. Well, I got out to do that for me. Anyway. |
| 1:11.9 | Reviews. |
| 1:28.5 | The best. Five stars, oh, gee. Put another fake one in. How's it fake? It's from Grace. Oh, I didn't, I'm sorry Grace. I didn't connect the stars. This is from our very good friend and beauty is to Grace. Ionia and Gina are my favourite parasocial relationship. |
| 1:28.4 | Their commentary on the discourse is well researched and deep but also very good friend and beauty is to her grace. Ionia and Gina are my favourite parissocial relationship. |
| 1:33.0 | Their commentary on the discourse is well researched and deep, but also often hilarious. |
| 1:36.3 | They have a great dynamic and they're not afraid to disagree or challenge each other. |
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