The Witchcraft Episode with Anna Bogutskaya (The Final Girls) & Clio Peppiatt
Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble! Hexes at the ready because to celebrate the season of the witch we're deep diving on witchcraft's place in modern femininity.
First up for ask an expert, we're talking to Anna Bogutskaya - one half of London based The Final Girls, a film collective exploring the intersections of horror and feminism. Anna tells us all about her enduring love for the witch as a rare figure of feminine power and why our modern obsession with witchcraft and the occult runs so deep. We'll also be chatting to Anna about the witch in pop culture; how she's progressed, how she represents female sexuality, and how the witch in film and TV has shaped girl culture.
In obsessions, we're thrilled to have one of our favourite designers, Clio Peppiatt, on this episode to talk us through the enduring influence of witchcraft on her eponymous label. Telling us how she grew up reading tarot and why the witch is such an important cultural figure to her label; we'll find out how Clio's built her own coven of creative collaborators and how she ensures she represents witchcraft respectfully in her work.
The Polyester Podcast is brought to you by Polyester's founding editor in chief Ione Gamble (@ionegamble), and co-hosted and produced by Olivia Graham. Thank you to our assistant Jemima Skala. This weeks artwork has been created by episode guest Clio Peppiatt. The Polyester podcast is supported by Depop, with new episodes released every other week.
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