The Polyester Podcast

The Polyester Podcast

Ever needed vindication in liking a Jojo Siwa song? Wanted to feel validated in hating Saltburn? Follow Polyester’s head hags Ione Gamble and Gina Tonic on their journey picking apart the internet’s obsessions - girlhood anyone? - through a pop culture informed feminist lens. 


The Polyester Podcast has hosted guests like Euphoria’s Chloe Cherry and Priscilla costume designer Stacey Battat, has come to you live from the Tate and the Barbican, and delivers a new episode every Monday taking on that week’s discourse with the kind of cultural commentary that makes ya laugh over your matcha on your first commute of the week.


Hosted by Editor in Chief Ione Gamble with Senior Editor Gina Tonic. Edited by Olivia Graham. Have faith in your own bad taste!


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Polyester is a self published, intersectional feminist arts and culture publication aiming to bridge the gap of URL cyberfeminism with the IRL world.


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