Hi pals, Emma Chamberlain is Vogue Australia’s cover star and Andrew Tate has been banned by Meta. Actress, Emma Watson is the new face of Prada’s refillable fragrance and is making her directorial debut for the fashion house. Does this signal a career change for the Little Women star? Next, we dive into the rumours around the film Don’t Worry Darling . Between Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles’ relationship to speculation around the lack of Florence Pugh’s posting, it seems there’s a lot of BTS tea...
Aug 23, 2022•50 min•Season 4Ep. 88
Hello! This week the drummer from Motley Crue and one half of the infamous Pam and Tommy duo posted a full-frontal pic of his schlong on Instagram. We discuss the gendered double standards, sex positivity, and Instagram’s unfair policies. We reference this article by Matty Galea for PTV titled, It’s Fkd Women Are Routinely Scrubbed From IG But Tommy Lee & Andrew Tate Can Pollute Our Feed . Millie Bobby Brown has given a 3-hour interview to Allure and has opened up about her relationship with...
Aug 16, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 87
Hi friends, Jumping into today’s episode with a few chit-chats. First up we discuss Selena Gomez’s 30th birthday and how her and fellow child star, Drew Barrymore, are embracing their inner children. Next, a cosmetic nurse has come under fire on TikTok after suggesting what she’d change about Natalia Dyer’s face . This leads us to a conversation about the boom in cosmetic procedures. Last week, Yahoo! Life published an interview with Jojo Siwa, where she talked about disliking the term ‘lesbian’...
Aug 02, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 86
This week, we start off with a chat about Kylie Jenner’s 17-minute climate criminal flight . We see who else is complicit in emitting tonnes of Co2 into the atmosphere, and ask if we’re using celebrities as scapegoats for our helplessness. Next, Emma Chamberlain and Addison Rae seem to have taken a different direction when it comes to new photoshoots styled by Australian artist Gadir Rajab . This causes us to ask if a high fashion editorial is the new brand makeover. Supermodel Emily Ratajkowshi...
Jul 25, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 85
Hello pals! Let’s go. First up, we have a chat about the insane astronomy pics that NASA released this week and a chat about Florence Pugh’s #freethenipple moment. Next, Constance Wu returned to public life for the first time in three years, stating that comments she received after posting about her TV show, Fresh Off The Boat, drove her to a suicide attempt. We discuss the weight that people of colour feel when it comes to representation and hear from PEDESTRIAN.TV’s Soaliha Iqbal who wrote a p...
Jul 19, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 84
Hi friends! We get right into it today with this week’s internet beef. Yep, Doja Cat and Noah Schnapp are fighting the girls are FIGHTING. We discuss the tea and the internet’s reaction, including the term, ‘woman’d’. Next, North West turned nine and attended Paris Haute Couture Week with her mum and grandmother. Some moments from the show went viral, causing us to ask, are we playing into the exploitation of a literal child? Or is this a funny moment from the most famous family in the world. It...
Jul 12, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 83
Hi pals! We’re baaaaack! Yes, after a two-month hiatus we’re refreshed and ready to get back behind the mics. We start off with a little catch-up before getting into the pop culture news we missed. Most notably, THAT Liam Payne X Logan Paul interview. The BTS shots from the Barbie movie have also been all over the time line. We discuss why we’re seeing so many pictures of filming, whether this is on purpose as well as the star-studded cast. Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love’s TV adap...
Jul 05, 2022•53 min•Season 4Ep. 82
Hi pals! After our interview last week there’s a lot to catch up on. Firstly, rumours of A$AP Rocky cheating on a pregnant Rihanna spread like wildfire and we share our Coachella highlights (and low lights). Next, Johnny Depp is taking his ex-wife Amber Heard to trial over her 2018 Washington Post article about violence against women. We chart the couple's relationship and discuss the social commentary around celebrity trials. Jas references a Guardian article titled ‘The OJ Simpson case 20 year...
Apr 26, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 81
Hi friends! In this episode of Culture Club Chats, we sit down with Allira Potter a Yorta Yorta person and the author of Wild & Witchy , a guide to manifesting a life of abundance. In the past two years, their Instagram has grown to over 40,000 followers — with self-love and body positivity messages and candid takes on wellness culture, Allira’s corner of the internet is a truly welcoming space. Now, she’s helping others to heal from trauma and bring in abundance through the power of manifes...
Apr 18, 2022•34 min•Season 4Ep. 80
Hello hello, friends! Welcome back. We start off with a bunch of chit chat topics; Selena Gomez admits she’s been offline for four years, Bennifer is re-engaged, Ash Barty is a children’s author and Kourtney and Travis are married by Elvis. Just another week in pop culture land. Next, we discuss Kylie’s appearance on the black carpet at the premiere of 'The Kardashians' TV show. While originally very open and vulnerable about postpartum life after giving birth to her son in February, the billion...
Apr 12, 2022•42 min
Hello pals and a very special New Harry Styles week to all who celebrate. After some chit-chat around As It Was, Ashley Tisdale’s new bookshelf, and The Slap we get into a discussion around Zoe Kravitz’s push from her pedestal. After sharing her opinion on the Will Smith V Chris Rock saga , people on Twitter came for the actress and it girl savagely. This makes us ask why we hold women of colour to higher standards than other celebs and why it seems there can only be one Black celebrity in the z...
Apr 05, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 78
Hi pals! A huge ep incoming so get ready. First up, Ash Barty announced her retirement from tennis at age 25 and Harry Styles is returning with new music (and a new era). According to the Internet and the Northern Hemisphere, it’s short king spring. Is this another Internet trend or actually challenging stereotypes? We reference this piece for iD by Laura Pitcher titled ‘ It's officially short king spring ’ and this Guardian piece by Adrienne Matei titled ‘ In praise of short men: will the rise ...
Mar 28, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 77
Hi friends! Kicking things off with some terrible news out of the fashion world via Alexa Chung as the It Girl announces her label is coming to an end . Next, we have to catch up on all of the Kardashian news of the last week (there’s so much, wow). Pete Davidson has literally been branded by a Kardashian, we touch on Kimmy’s ‘ nobody wants to work ’ comments, and read out an article by “What Should We Do About Kanye West? Maybe…Nothing” by Ineye Komonibo. Model Bella Hadid has made headlines th...
Mar 21, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Hi friends! In this episode of Culture Club Chats, we sit down with Wendy Syfret . Currently the editor in chief of RIISE , a new lifestyle platform with a focus on style and sustainability, Wendy has also been the Managing Editor of VICE Asia, the Head of Editorial for VICE Australia, and the Australian editor of i-D. She’s also written two books, The Sunny Nihilist and How To Think Like An Activist, and has written for publications including The Guardian, British Vogue, The Saturday Paper, Ref...
Mar 14, 2022•45 min•Season 4Ep. 75
Hi friends, Getting straight into it, Pamela Anderson has clapped back at the controversial Pam and Tommy show on Stan with a celeb announcement on IG. We ask if this will be the new celeb notes app post. Next, two very famous women, Britney Spears and Molly-Mae Hague have announced they're writing/ have written books. We do a deep-dive on what ghostwriting is, why celebs may do it, and whether it has a place in the publishing industry. The musician, Mitski came under fire this week after (gentl...
Mar 07, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 74
Hi friends! Thanks for your patience on this episode. After two days stuck in Tasmania, our editor @india_raine has gotten back to Brisbane safely. After a quick catch-up we dive into the first viral fashion trend of 2022; the Miu Miu skirt. Next up, we discuss the Vibe Shift. Coined by trend forecaster, Sean Monahan, the idea took the internet by storm after The Cut’s Alison P. Davis wrote about it in a piece ‘ A Vibe Shift Is Coming, Will Any Of Us Survive It? ’. We chat about the idea, whethe...
Mar 02, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 73
Hi pals! After our live ep last week we're back with some pop culture analysing. First up, ultra-fast fashion brand Pretty Little Thing (creatively directed by Molly-Mae Hague) held an unofficial runway during London Fashion Week. Slow fashion campaigners Venetia La Manna and Mayisha from Oh So Ethical , organised a protest for the rights of garment workers and the environment. We read from Venetia's column for The Independent, I staged a protest against the Pretty Little Thing fashion show. Thi...
Feb 21, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 72
Hi friends, Happy Tuesday! Let’s get straight into it. Obvs first up, Rhi Rhi and A$AP Rocky announced Rihanna’s pregnancy, and will this be the most genetically blessed baby in existence? Next, the Kardashian-Wests are getting messy on main. Kanye dragged his ex-wife Kim this week over North’s TikTok account. It harks back to our episode on Penelope Disick and North West’s social media usage as we ask how this separation became so messy so quickly. This week hinted at the beginning of the end f...
Feb 07, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 70
Hi friends! After a little chit-chat about a certain Miss Styles, we get right into it. First up, beloved actress Sydney Sweeney has opened up about her mixed feelings around being nude in Euphoria . We discuss this interview with The Telegraph and The Independent . Do we need sex and nudity on screen? Especially if they’re minors? Jas shares a snippet from her Pedestrian.TV piece, Billie Eilish’s Vogue UK Cover Made Me & My Size F Boobs Feel Seen By Fashion For Once . We also reference an i...
Jan 31, 2022•43 min•Season 4Ep. 69
Hi pals! We’re back after a little sick leave last week but we’re raring to dissect some pop culture and internet news. After a catch-up, we debrief over Rebel Wilson’s kind of creepy TikTok videos. Are they part of a conspiracy theory or simply a Gen X using the app differently? Next, if you’ve been on TikTok this week, you’ve probably heard of West Elm Caleb. The furniture designer at West Elm went viral this week after a slew of women realised he was a serial dater. But was the subsequent dox...
Jan 24, 2022•53 min•Season 4Ep. 68
Hi friends, We’re back! We had a hot girl summer (or was it a flop girl summer?) and are ready to dive back into pop culture world. Kanye West was spotted with a new flame this week. We discuss who Julia Fox is as well as that unhinged Interview article . In this segment, we reference this TikTok by user Faux Coco who has a theory about Kanye being a “doll maker”. Next up, British influencer and former Love Island contestant, Molly Mae Hague is in hot water (again) after comments made on a busin...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 67
Hi pals, Can’t believe it’s the last episode of 2021! We start off with a longer than usual chit chat before sharing our thoughts on Spider-Man and Tom and Zendaya’s wholesome relationship. We reference this GQ piece as well as this Tom and Zendaya TikTok and this TikTok . Maggie also references her After Work Drinks piece titled Why are so many women afraid to date shorter men? Next up is a run-down on our favourite pop culture moments of the year before we dive into three recommendations. Magg...
Dec 20, 2021•51 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Hi friends! We start today’s ep off with the continuing Pete Davidson PR tour. We analyse the latest videos and question how we feel about the heartthrob. If you’ve been on TikTok this week you’ve probably seen the Chanel advent calendar controversy . TikToker Elise Harmon posted a video unboxing the calender and being disappointed with the contents. It resulted in millions of views and forces us to ask whether customers are flipping the power on luxury brands. Next up, Ariana Grande has been ac...
Dec 13, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 65
Hi friends! After a quick catch up we jump right into the news that Rihanna is officially a Barbados National Hero . While we love that for her, it got slightly overshadowed by pregnancy rumours causing us to ask, ‘can we not??’. Next up, Spotify Wrapped! It’s the most wonderful time of the year. While we love our Wrapped day (and thank you to everyone who shared your Culture Club listening habits) we have to ask, are we cool with data repackaging? This also leads us into a conversation chronicl...
Dec 06, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Hello pals, It’s been a ~week~ for music. Grammy nominations were released and the ARIAs ceremony happened almost… under the radar? Jas reads from this Sydney Morning Herald article by Neil McMahon titled ‘What ARIAs Lacked In Energy It Made Up In Young Stars’ while Maggie references this piece for Refinery29 Australia by Alicia Vrajilal called The ARIA Awards Has Introduced Gender Neutral Categories — So Why Are 64% Of The Nominees Men? Next, the Kar-Jenner-Disick-West dynasty continues. Penelo...
Nov 29, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Hi friends! We start off this week’s episode with the painful news that Weekend Sunrise host Matt Dornan, didn’t listen to Adele’s new album despite getting flown to London to interview her. Embarrassing. Next, Meghan Markle appears on the Ellen show. We ask what this is trying to convey about Meghan and Prince Harry’s ~personal brand~. Maggie references this article by The Washington Post titled ‘Meghan Markle’s ‘Ellen’ interview was the complete opposite of her Oprah sitdown — boring by design...
Nov 22, 2021•48 min•Season 3Ep. 62
It’s a big one for the gals today. The holy trinity of the ’00s AKA Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have had a big and successful week. We discuss Britney Spears’ conservatorship coming to an end after 13 years , Paris Hilton’s extravagant wedding and Lindsay Lohan’s return to acting. Next, we discuss Bella Hadid’s crying and vulnerable selfies accompanied by a caption referencing her mental health. Should millionaire celebrities publicly share their struggles? We hear from Refine...
Nov 15, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 61
We’re back, baby! Thanks so much for your patience as we took a little bit of time off for Jas to settle into her brand new job. After a bit of life chit-chat, we delve into the dating rumours surrounding comedian Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian. Is this another Kris Jenner PR stunt or is Pete just... a really nice guy? This topic also causes us to mull over the double standards surrounding the way the media is talking about PD versus women who date a lot of other celebrities. Next up, the trag...
Nov 08, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Hello pals! This ep is a celebrity culture bonanza. We start off with a quick chat about Lizzo calling domestic abuser Chris Brown her “favourite person in the world” and Meghan Trainor admitting that she and her husband have side-by-side toilets . Our two juicy topics today are Adele’s two (!!) Vogue covers and the discussion around her weight loss. We read from the Vogue UK feature by Giles Hattersley. Next up, former girl band member, Jesy Nelson of Little Mix fame has come under fire for Bla...
Oct 11, 2021•47 min•Season 3Ep. 59
In this episode of Culture Club Chats, we sit down with model, internet star and trans icon, AJ Clementine . From her days on Tumblr, to having 1.5 million followers on TikTok, AJ’s known for sharing her experience of transitioning, being half-Filipino, and her colourful princess aesthetic. In this open conversation, AJ shares her experience of growing up transgender in Australia, her new book ‘ Girl Transcending: Becoming The Woman I Was Born To Be’ , and how she creates her own online world. Y...
Oct 04, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 58
