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- 2 weeks ago1h 3m
Ep. 164: My Forehead Isn't Ready | Study Break
In this edition of Study Break, we go deep on Sombr’s ED summer track “My Body Isn’t Ready,” make the case for Obsession star Inde Navarette as this generation’s Dead Wife Montage Stacy, and extol Erling Haaland’s universal Homo Erectus charm. We also assess Olivia Rodrigo’s and Gracie Abrams’ claims to girl-loserdom and the influence of children’s literature on men’s fashion week.Links:sombr - My Body Isn’t Ready (official video)James Blunt - You’re Beautiful (official video)James Blunt’s 13 most savage tweetsOlivia Rodrigo - honeybeeOlivia Rodrigo addresses the “baby boy, honeybee” allegationsOlivia Rodrigo - the cure (official video)Gracie Abrams - Look at My Life (official video)Gracie Abrams - Daughter From Hell album artGrace Abrams - The Secret of Us album artDior Men’s Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear CollectionCeline Men’s Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear CollectionPrada Men’s Spring 2027 Ready-to-Wear CollectionWorldpeace DMT - Love Yourself (official video) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nymphetalumni.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago48 min
Ep. 163: The Man and The Mirror
In this solo minisode, Sam enters the wilderness of mirrors to unpack Michael Jackson: child star, King of Pop, fairy-tale monster, walking logo, and one of the strangest cultural phenomena of the 20th century. Using Margo Jefferson, Wendy Lesser, Mark Fisher, Foucault, Bakhtin, Peter Pan, The Little Prince, Shirley Temple, Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Fosse, P.T. Barnum, Neverland Ranch, pork pie hats, patent leather shoes, and white spats, Sam pursues Michael as a figure of inversion: the child who was an adult, the adult who became a child, the Black man who became white, the man who became a woman, the innocent who became the guilty. Along the way, she considers the glamour and horror of child stardom, the maternal diva archive, the carnivalesque body, the freakshow of Wacko Jacko, and why Michael’s legacy remains endlessly unresolved.Stargirl’s 100th episode, we love you Emma On Michael Jackson by Margo JeffersonOn Michael Jackson, with Shannon Taggart by Weird StudiesThe Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson, edited by Mark FisherHis Other Half: Men Looking at Women Through Art by Wendy LesserMoonwalk: A Memoir by Michael JacksonThe Autobiography of PT Barnum by PT BarnumRabelais and His World by Mikhail Bakhtinr/LeavingNeverlandHBOMy Family, The Jacksons by Katherine JacksonMichael Jackson’s Interview in Gold Girl Magazine, 2002Michael Jackson - Thriller (Original)Who’s Loving You - The Jackson 5 on The Ed Sullivan ShowInterview with Suzanne de Passe, Motown Costume DesignerHuman Nature, Wembley ‘88 - Michael JacksonMichael Jackson’s This Is ItSylvester Stallone on Michael JacksonBob Fosse, The Little Prince, and Michael JacksonThe Little PrinceMJ Productions’s Letter to The Little PrinceMarianne Williamson officiates Elizabeth Taylor’s wedding to Larry FortenskyElizabeth Taylor surprises Michael Jackson with an elephantAbnor
- Jun 24, 20261h 30m
Ep. 162: Crayola Casual
In this episode, we kick off the summer by denominating a colorful attitude toward dress manifesting bicoastally. Epitomized by brands like Emily Dawn Long, Brooke Callahan, and Cleo Camp, Crayola Casual is the funky counterpart to freaky minimalism— accessory agnostic, anti-synthetic, built around hot saturated colors and the art of the easy-on easy-off. We review this aesthetic’s historical antecedents, from fluid disco formalwear of the 70s (Halston, Stephen Burrows) to globalist chic sportswear of the 80s (Esprit, United Colors of Benetton). We also discuss Downtown New York’s Maryam Nassir Zadeh as the missing link, classics of rainbow urbanism including Sesame Street and the Vignelli Subway Map, our predictions for an aerobics renaissance, and the creative exuberance of a season of parades, pop-ups, and pennants.Links: Image boardCleo CampBrooke CallahanEmily Dawn LongRummage Stretch“Vintage Sportswear Will Crush Your Alo Yoga Sets” by Liana Satenstein for NeverwornsAllegra Samsen on InstagramVentriloquist Sophie Becker for Paloma Wool“The Accidental Trendsetter” by Emilia Petrarca in The New York Times (Emily Dawn Long profile)“The Sisterhood of the Unraveling Pants” by Sarah Shapiro in Puck (on the rise of the easy pant)“The Sexy Sincerity of Maryam Nassir Zadeh” by Rachel Tashjian in Harper’s Bazaar“How Does Maryam Nassir Zadeh Stay in Business?” by Madeline Leung Coleman in The Cut“1970–1979” from FIT’s Fashion History Timeline“A 1970s Fashion History Lesson: Disco, Designer Denim, and the Liberated Woman” by Lilah Ramzi in Vogue“The Halstonettes” by The Museum at FIT from the 2015 exhibit Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s“Stephen Burrows, the CFDA’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Winner, in the Words of 7 of His Closest Collaborators” by Laird Borrelli-Persson in Vogue“The Radical History of Sesame Street” by Figgy Guyver in Frieze<a target="_blank
- Jun 17, 20261h 29m
Ep. 161: The Paranoid Style w/ Anika Jade Levy
In this episode, Sam is joined by friend of the pod Anika Jade Levy, author of Flat Earth and founding editor of Forever Magazine, for a sprawling investigation into the paranoid spirit of the United States of America. Beginning with the America’s founding fantasy of paradise, Anika and Sam trace how the country’s utopian dream soured into a national aesthetic of suspicion: from Puritan invisible enemies and the feminized conspiracy of the Salem Witch Trials, to the pastoral terror of data centers humming in the American wilderness, to cyberpunk stealthwear, urban camouflage, hollow earths, Atlantis, visions of a lost world, and much, much more. Drawing from Leo Marx, Richard Hofstadter, Adam Curtis, Cotton Mather, Anette Kolodny, Silvia Federici, and Anika’s own novel, the girls move through history, politics, media, and fashion to uncover what conspiracy reveals about American self-invention. Links: Anika’s InstagramFlat Earth by Anika Jade LevyForever MagazineAgens Denis’s A Confrontation: Battery Park LandfilThe Machine in the Garden by Leo Marx The Paranoid Style in American Politics by Richard Hofstadter The Lay of the Land by Annette Kolodny Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici The Significance of the Frontier in American History by Fredrick Jackson TurnerWonders of the Invisible World by Cotton MatherThe Cultural Cold War by Frances Stonor SaundersCV DazzleBalenciaga Panic of 2022Lotta Volkova ConspiracyData Center Hum on TikTokMr. Bean/Princess Diana ReelThe Century of the Self by Adam CurtisMAGA as Fan Fiction by Gideon JacobsPlayer One and Main Character by Gideon JacobsNew Models: The Online Marketplace of Ideas with Joshua CitarellaThe Gurdjieff MovementsThe New Age Bible by Sheila Heiti This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nymphetalumni.com/subscribe
- Jun 3, 202659 min
Ep. 159: I Know Dada w/ Chase Rutherford
In this episode, we’re joined by legendary TikTok creator, Slushy Noobz creative director, and certified #SWAG Dadaism pioneer Chase Rutherford to further interrogate the ideas introduced in our previous episode. We discuss the freedom of default aesthetics and the legacy of normcore, the provocative power of readymades over a century after Fountain, how Kanye anchored the preppy misfit years of Chase’s youth, and how Chase resisted the siren song of LA influencer culture in favor of creative autonomy. We also discuss the art historical impact of Beyoncé and Jay-Z at the Louvre, how Sombr’s personal brand might still be salvaged, and the importance of reframing transient microtrends—from clout goggles to Brazil baby tee—as the significant cultural artifacts of our time.Links: Chase Rutherford on InstagramChase Rutherford on TikTokSlushy Noobz on PatreonSlushy Noobz official merchandise This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nymphetalumni.com/subscribe
- May 13, 20261h 20m
Ep. 157: American Freakshow | Study Break
In this edition of Study Break, we discuss the less-than-triumphant return of Euphoria and Sam Levinson’s pivot to everythingsplotation Western, Michael Jackson’s new hagiography and the grotesque legacy that transcends it, and recent fashioncore highlights from the literalism of the Met Gala to the nostalgia of The Devil Wears Prada 2. We also discuss the Substack truth nuke that rocked the indie music scene, Olivia Rodrigo’s coquette comeback, The Drama’s fresh take on the tribulations of female adolescence, and more. Links: Suga Free the Pimp on InstagramPimp: The Story of My Life by Iceberg Slim“Why Is Everything So Ugly?” in Issue 44 of n+1“Fashion Is Not Art (And That’s OK)” by Valerie Steele in Someone Else“See Every Look from the Met Gala 2026 Red Carpet” in Vogue Hudson Williams MUA Aika Flores Pinterest board leakHudson Williams heading home at 7am following the Met Gala after party“Abnormals, Freaks, and Michael Jackson: Foucault, Baldwin, and the Truth of the Grotesque” by Brad Elliott Stone“Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood (Here Be Dragons)” by James Baldwin, originally published in Playboy, January 1985Rabelais and His World by Mikhail Bakhtin Michael Jackson describes his first sexual encounter with Tatum O’Neal (2003)Telephone Stories: The Trials of Michael Jackson on SpotifyOn Michael Jackson by Margo Jefferson“Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour on Power, Fashion, and Acting the Part” (April 2026 cover story) by Chloe Malle in VogueSynopsis: Innocence by Kaija Saariaho from the Metropolitan OperaOlivia Rodrigo – drop dead (Official Music Video)Olivia Rodrigo – begged (Live) on <em
- May 6, 20261h 2m
Ep. 156: #SWAG Dadaism
In this episode, we coin a new term for one of the most interesting creative impulses of our generation: #SWAG Dadaism. Like the original Dadaists responding to the whiplash of industrialization and WWI, a certain subset of young creatives are responding to the vertigo of global instability and breathless technological futurism through fashion assemblage, IP maximalism, and a fearless embrace of all things chopped and random. We conduct a historical survey from Clement Greenberg’s theory of kitsch and the avant-garde to the early days of meme culture to explore page fashion parodists of the past decade. We also get into Justin Bieber and Timothée Chalamet’s parallel #SWAG rebrands, the collapse of the secondhand market and its unexpected creative upside, and how #SWAG exists as the antithesis of refinement culture. Links: Image boardDada Manifesto by Tristan Tzara (1918)“Avant-Garde and Kitsch” by Clement Greenberg from The Partisan Review (1939)“The First Meme of 2026 Is About Not Explaining Yourself. And Buttons.” by Madison Malone Kircher for The New York TimesChase Rutherford on Instagram (referenced posts one, two, three)Chase Rutherford interview for Perfectly Imperfect@okniceok on Instagram @kalebphobic on TikTok re: digicore sampling Canal Street Research Association and Shanzhai Lyric on Instagram“Bags, Bootlegs and Art: A Quirky Communion on Canal Street” by Siddhartha Mitter in The New York TimesAva Nirui / @avanope interview in Office magazine (2017)“Meet Ava Nirui, The Creative Force Behind Marc Jacobs’ Heaven Line” by Eni Subair in Vogue (2020) “Go To The Thrift Store That’s Where The Heat Is” on Know Your Meme
- Mar 18, 20261h 21m
Ep. 153: Catalan Chicslop w/ Clairolime
In this week’s episode, we’re joined by critical mastermind Caroline Cai (aka Clairolime) to unpack what we’re calling Catalan Chicslop, the downtempo, sophisticated, quietly freaky aesthetic championed by brands like Paloma Wool and Gimaguas. We discuss how this look evolved from avant-basic dopamine dressing, its influences from ‘90s minimalism to early 20th century experimental couture, Barcelona’s history as a modernist aura farm, post-Phoebe Philo feminist-lite brand mythos, and strategies to transcend the tyranny of chicness. We also analyze the aesthetic’s appeal to women across successive life stages, from 13-year-old Penelope Dissick to microinfluencer gallerinas to mysterious pregnant brunettes. Links:@clairolime on InstagramImage boardRelevant brands: Paloma Wool, Gimaguas, Susmie’s Collection, Belle Anna, Deiji Studios, Buci, Geel, DémodéMODÉ“How Spain’s Indie Fashion Scene Nailed Global Growth” in Business of Fashion“These Brands are Putting Spanish Style on the Map” by Zoe Suen in W“Paloma Wool: From Cool to Basic and Back Again” by Yola Mzizi in The New York TimesPaintings by Ramon Casas (Ex. 1, Ex. 2, Ex. 3, Ex. 4) Paloma Wool’s “San Sebastián 2025” campaign featuring Carlotta Baan“Studio Visit: Paloma Wool” in Sleek magazine (2023)“Where Are All the Women Designers?” by Emma Childs in Marie ClaireChicslop runoff examples from Miaou, Frankie’s Bikinis, <a target="_blank" href="https://danielleguiziony.com/products/soffiano-skirt-charcoal?variant=47289694028026&country=US&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&nbt=nb%3Aadwords%3Ag%3A21027076955%3A159736327395%3A691024667016&nb_adtype=pla&nb_kwd=&nb_ti=pla-297612067635&nb_mi=191725143&nb_pc=online&nb_pi=shopify_US_8777099608314_4
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