Ep. 3: Overthinking Pop Girlies: An Old Moral Panic x New Sabrina Carpenter Album
This week, Ashby and Coco (cautiously) enter the glitter-filled group chat to ask: What is a pop girlie? And who gets to be one? And will we ever stop being so worked up about them? (Not likely!)
They dive into the politics, aesthetics, and the particularly millennial emotional baggage of the “pop girlie” archetype. We explore how today’s pop stars navigate image, empowerment, and exploitation with a different kind of agency—and how the rest of us are trying to make sense of it without repeating the same conversations (and failing!!).
In this episode:
The modern pop girl renaissance—and its…
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