Inspired by her immensely popular newsletter, author Anne Helen Petersen turns her attention to the wild world of work in Work Appropriate. Featuring guest appearances by the smartest people Anne knows, the show delivers humorous but practical workplace advice for a range of listener questions. The problems may be limitless but so are the solutions!
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For the maiden voyage of the Culture Study podcast, we’re taking a hard look at a problem that plagues us all: terrible clothes. Why are shirts falling apart or pilling after just a few wears? Why does Gucci charge $3200 for a polyester sweater? What happened to ironing and will we ever dry clean en masse again?
Amanda Mull (https://twitter.com/amandamull), staff writer at The Atlantic, joins me for a deep dive into the past twenty years of fashion production (and consumption) trends.
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Show notes:
The tweet (https://twitter.com/ellorysmith/status/1704545961937403926?s=20) I describe in the beginning of the podcast
Read Amanda Mull’s piece in The Atlantic: “Your Sweaters Are Garbage (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/10/sweater-clothing-quality-natural-fibers-fast-fashion/675600/)”
Read Sarah Zhang’s piece in The Atlantic: “How I Got Bamboo-zled by Baby Clothes (https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/04/pregnancy-bamboo-rayon-viscose-kids-clothes/673850/)”
Amanda mentioned: Sofi Thanhauser’s Worn: A People’s History of Clothing
Some other Amanda pieces I love: Millennials Have Lost Their Grip on Fashion (https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/09/ballet-flats-trends-fashion-generations/675400/), The Free-Returns Party Is Over (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/free-online-shopping-returns-retailer-policy-changes/673975/), How Shoppers Got Tricked By Vegan Leather (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/04/pleather-vegan-faux-leather-fashion-sustainability/673693/)
You can see Amanda’s Jeffrey Dahmer glasses in the bio of her Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amandamull/) (which is private, so don’t friend request unless you actually know her)
Paul Mescal’s rat tail situation (https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/fashion/2023/10/25/which-of-2023s-biggest-hair-trends-will-suit-you/) (perhaps more appropriately called a mullet)
This week, we’re looking for your questions for future episodes about:
Resurgent interest in early 2000s music (with Switched on Pop’s Nate Sloan)
The Mean Girls Trailer
A deep analysis of Taylor and Travis Kelce discourse
Kevin Bacon’s Hott Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kevinbacon/?hl=en) and Gen-X/Elder Millennial Instagram in general
“Little treat” culture
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29 Nov 2023
Introducing: The Culture Study Podcast
Everything is interesting. That idea has guided the tremendously popular Culture Study (www.annehelen.substack.com) newsletter, and it’s at the heart of the Culture Study Podcast, where host Anne Helen Petersen and the smartest people she knows answer listeners’ questions about the nooks and crannies of contemporary culture, from “why are clothes like this now” to “what’s the deal with F1?”
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25 Oct 2023
Signing Off with Melody Rowell
It's Work Appropriate's 50th episode, one-year anniversary episode, and last episode, all rolled into one. Producer Melody Rowell (www.instagram.com/melodious47) joins host Anne Helen Petersen (www.annehelen.substack.com) to talk about their favorite moments from the show and share updates from listeners who have written in.
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