We’ve Had ENOUGH of The Performative Male
The Polyester Podcast
The Polyester Podcast
4.5 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The newest evolution of softboi has just landed with the most on the nose name yet - the performative male. He reads Sylvia Plath outside indie coffee shops as he sips matcha. He has a Labubu and his Labubu has a cute nickname. He is a little bit Letterboxd famous and he calls his mother once a week. He's also the worst man you have ever dated in your life.
In this week's episode, hosts Ione and Gina get to grips with whether this new archetypal male is anything new, or if men have always manipulated what women want to get laid.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Gina. Hi, Ioni. Hi everyone. I'm Gina, the senior editor-in-chief of Polyester. And I'm I'm Ioni, 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. |
| 0:22.7 | We're offering exclusive video episodes, secret mini-episodes, and even episodes centered on what |
| 0:28.1 | you want us to talk about across different tier options. Go check it out at the link in our |
| 0:32.8 | description. Do we have any reviews, Ione? We do. This one is from Apple Podcasts, 5 stars by Nimi in the UK. |
| 0:41.2 | I never skip an episode. |
| 0:42.3 | And finally a polyester member. |
| 0:43.5 | If you're reading this, you should join. |
| 0:45.4 | Oh, thank you, Nimir. |
| 0:47.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:47.9 | And then we have on Spotify, Soup, who says, |
| 0:51.9 | I've been working through your back catalogue, |
| 0:53.4 | have really enjoyed your |
| 0:54.1 | perspectives in the way that you bring humour and insight to these topics. We'd also like to |
| 0:57.6 | shout out your researchers. The way that the research and articles are brought together speaks to |
| 1:01.4 | a really thoughtful curation and analysis. Lots of love from Canada. Thank you, Sue. |
| 1:06.9 | And thank you from Rob and the research team. The research team. |
| 1:11.4 | Which is Rob. |
| 1:12.2 | Which is Rob. |
| 1:18.7 | And then we have a user called 1283-76-113. |
| 1:19.7 | Can you say that again? |
| 1:23.3 | 128-3-76-113. |
| 1:23.6 | Perfect. |
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