This episode is a director's cut version of So we’re all obsessed with dolls right now, including extra discussions on dolls in horror films, "living dolls," the power of Bratz, and an interview with Dr. Jillian Hernandez, professor and author of Aesthetics of Excess: The Art of Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment. You can find Jillian on Instagram @pastelitocookie! SOURCES Ancient and Creepy Doll Head Discovered in Prehistoric Child Grave Joins World's Oldest Known Toy Collection Paddle Doll | Middle Kingdom | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Condon, Eileen M. "Spirit dolls (munequitas) in New York Puerto Rican homes: engaging with saints and ancestors." Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore 39, no. 1-2 (2013): 14+. Gale Academic OneFile (accessed May 16, 2023). Voodoo for dummies: A quick guide to how magical possession works in the 'Chucky' universe Myths About Voodoo  THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW OF ANNABELLE: CREATION The History of Creepy Dolls The Other Sara Lee: A Doll Story - The Strong National Museum of Play Are All These Diverse Dolls Actually Making a Difference for Kids' Self Esteem? | Allure Antique Q&A: French papier-mâché doll. The Lovely & Disturbing: The History Of Wax Dolls – Inherited Values Oh, You Beautiful Doll : Wax Dolls Were Once as Popular as Their Cabbage Patch Descendants Are Today. This Year, One Antique Sold for $1,842 Porcelain Doll History and Origin Antique Porcelain Dolls: How to Determine Their Value. CHILDHOOD PLAYTHINGS Antique Infants: A Brief History of Baby Dolls. Change in sociocultural ideal male physique: An examination of past and present action figures - ScienceDirect The Secret of Barbie's Rivals - TIME The New Yorker (Dec 4, 2006) A Brief Cultural History of Bratz American Girl dolls: Where the brand has both championed and failed America's girls  Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century France and England by Gesa Stedman Walk, Walk, Fashion Baby: 18th Century Fashion Dolls - The Costume Society Guide to the Paper Dolls Collection mid 19th century The Paper Dolls of Anne Sanders Wilson | European Fashion Heritage Association The Secret History of the Dolls That Inspired Dior's Couture Collection Cissette: The Rise & Fall of a Fashion Icon | DOLLS magazine 20th Century Commercialization of Childhood COMPANY NEWS: Mattel Says It Erred; Teen Talk Barbie Turns Silent on Math - The New York Times Billboard (Aug 16, 1997) Mattel Sues Aqua Over “Barbie Girl” – Rolling Stone Margiela's "A Doll's Wardrobe" | helicon Moschino Brings Paper Dolls to Life for Spring 2017 Cover up your dark circles in style with a giant doll's head The 5 Most Influential Barbie Designers. Moschino Creates Barbie Doll and Capsule Collection – WWD Balmain Collaborates With Barbie on Fashion Collection – WWD This Is What a Mowalola Bratz Doll Looks Like Ball-Jointed Doll Wiki Volks USA So, What is a BJD Anyway? | BJDs for Dummies Super Dollfie - Wikipedia ドール面 橋本ルル の活動終了理由について Reason for ending the Hashimoto Lulu Project (doll mask) Subcultures and Social Trends: Living Dolls – The Quest for Plastic and Latex Perfection — Steemit Meet Valeria Lukyanova, The 'Human Barbie' Who Claims She's Only Had One Plastic Surgery Blondie Bennett has hypnotherapy to make her like 'brainless sex doll' | Daily Mail Online A conversation with @klit.klittredge, American Girl doll meme maker and shitposter - Digital Culture What Do American Girl Dolls Say About Us? - The Strong National Museum of Play

In this episode, Mina reviews some of late April/early May's trending topics. Here was her reading list: The rise of dating vigilantism Meet the People Working 3 Jobs to Afford Erewhon FINDING EREWHON Celebrity Chef Reveals What She Gets A-List Clients in $1500 Erewhon Haul 'Cosplaying as rich people': Customers spend $80 in EBT at Erewhon 2023 Writers Guild of America Strike: What You Need to Know - The New York Times In past strikes, networks turned to reality TV. Now it's more complicated. Neil Gaiman on Tumblr George R.R. Martin Weighs In On The Writer's Strike (& Why He Hates Mini-Rooms)

In this director's cut episode, Mina taps into celeb "courtcore" aka the way that celebrities dress when appearing in the judicial court. In this special episode, she also dives further into history, starting with Joan of Arc and ending with contemporary films and the way characters are costumed for trial (e.g. Legally Blonde). Clothing | Joan of Arc | Jeanne-darc.info Primary Sources and Context Concerning Joan of Arc's Male Clothing Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser The Misgendering of Joan of Arc Mary, Queen of Scots, Became an Iconic Figure for Many Catholics Over the Centuries, Scholar Says Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal | The New Yorker “Fatty’s Wife’s Smiles Lighten Grim Tragedy,” The Washington Times (1921) “Women Throng First Hearing of Arbuckle Case,” The New York Tribune (1921) What America will remember from Gwyneth Paltrow's ski crash trial - The Washington Post Courtroom Style: Gwyneth Paltrow, Winona Ryder, Lindsay Lohan and more’s iconic outfits while on trial The most iconic celebrity courtroom outfits The Verdict on Winona's Clothes - The Washington Post Why Did She Do It? - TIME Naomi Campbell Shows the World How to Dress for Court Lindsay Lohan wears fancy pants to court. Who decides her attire? | EW.com In Court, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Dress to Suggest - The New York Times Experts Decode Amber Heard's Suited Courtroom Looks Amber Heard accused of COPYING Johnny Depp's courtroom outfits: see similarities between ensembles | Daily Mail Online free" Winona From Faux Pas to Fashion Statement - Los Angeles Times https://www.facebook.com/wmagazine/photos/a.10166595114335004/10166627967380004/?type=3 Lindsay Lohan's 'F-You' a Joke, Says Lawyer...Then Quits | LAist Did Lindsay Lohan Write 'F*** U' on Her Fingernail for Her Probation Hearing? Cardi B Is Guilty... of the Best-Ever Celebrity Court Fashion Megan Thee Stallion sent a powerful message with the purple suit she wore to testify against Tory Lanez -- who's found guilty of shooting her, more courtroom fashion over the years | Gallery | Wonderwall.com How Should Gwyneth Paltrow Dress for Court? Our celebrity trial obsession sets a dangerous precedent American Trial Films and the Popular Culture of Law Case Study 4: Chicago (2002) – The Femme Fatale and the Distortion of Female Criminality Legally Blonde Fashion: Costume Designer Sophie de Rakoff on Elle's 'Signature Color' | EW.com Legally Blonde, Legally Fashionable: The Evolution of Elle Woods - The Art of Costume My Favourite Outfits In Legally Blonde – The Vault Publication

The director's cut version of Mina's The Life and Death of the Fashion Magazine video she published onto Youtube on Monday. In this expanded edition, she shares listener stories, gives proper shout-outs to some 20th century woman EICs, dives into indie zines, and talks with Mi-Anne Chan, senior director of programming and creative development at Conde Nast (ooooh fancy), who shares valuable insight on today's digital fashion magazine industry. Keep up with High Brow on Instagram! and keep up with Mina on Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok! Check out Mi-Anne's Mixed Feelings! SOURCES “Fashion in the ‘Mercure’: From Human Foible to Female Failing by Reed Benhamou Femininity and Consumption: The Problem of the Late Nineteenth-Century Fashion Journal by Christopher Breward ‘Making the Magazine’: Visuality, Managerial Capitalism, and the Mass Production of Periodicals, 1865—1890 by Vanessa Meikle Schulman Reflecting and Shaping American Culture: Magazines Since World War II by David Abrahamson Hypervisibility and Invisibility of Female Haafu Models in Japan’s Beauty Culture by Kaori Mori Want What Happened to 50 Magazines Since the Pandemic Began – WWD  Internet Crushes Traditional Media: From Print to Digital Seventeen print magazine moving to digital first: The era of the teen mag is over The Monthly Fashion Magazine Is No More Selling Style I: The History of Fashion Marketing Through the 19th Century | Wilson College of Textiles Fashion magazines: History of the biggest magazines - Vogue, ELLE & Co. - CM Models | Model Agency The Birth of Fashion Magazines - JSTOR Daily The Importance of Godey's Lady's Book on 19th c. Fashion History The Influence of Fashion Magazines The Evolution of Fashion Journalism from Print to Digital History Of Magazines | When Were The First Magazines Invented? The Gilded Age of Magazines | The Nation “Americana.” Time, February 3, 1930 Godey's Lady's Book in the Accessible Archives Godey’s Lady’s Audience: The Women of the Mid 19th Century – The History of the Book The Power of Community: On the Radical History of Women's Magazines Helen Gurley Brown: 10 Best Tips From ‘Sex and the Single Girl’ Helen Gurley Brown and the Birth of the Cosmo Girl | The New Yorker Helen Gurley Brown dead: Assessing America’s most puritanical wild woman The Magazine Business, From the Coolest Place to the Coldest One - The New York Times The Assistant Economy - Dissent Magazine Does the fashion industry still need Vogue in the age of social media? Women’s magazines are dying. Will we miss them when they’re gone? - The Washington Post America's print tabloid era is over The Death of Newspapers and Magazines - CBS News The Print Renaissance Celebrate Punk Zines With the Musicians Who Created Them | Smithsonian Voices Revolutionary PHL: Blankets, Beer, and Beef: Broadsides for Care of Military Bodies History of Amateur Journalism FIRE!! Devoted To Younger Negro Artists (1926) by POC Zine Project - Issuu Get To Know The Little Magazines of The Harlem Renaissance The Amazing Zines That Kicked Off Geek Fandom Xerox factor. The short-lived graphic energy of punk fanzines and posters. Music HerStory: Women, Zines, and Punk | Smithsonian Institution IS PRINT REALLY DEAD? HOW GEN-Z IS REVIVING ZINE CULTURE - CULTED Anna Wintour on the Future of Print, Hillary, and How She Feels About Her Reputation

In this episode, Mina explores some of the discussions that came up in April: the Barbie trailer, terrible lighting in modern movies/tv shows, sharing pet custody, Instagram divorce announcements, how therapyspeak is harming relationships, flavored watertok, and the luxury water market (have you heard of iceberg water (yes, water from an iceberg) and did you know it costs $300 a bottle?). Here was her reading list: Ryan Gosling Reveals Why He Agreed To Play Ken In ‘Barbie’ Movie: “His Story Must Be Told” And the Ryan Gosling Dancing Video Why are movies so dark these days? A filmmaker walks us through the reasons behind the ‘dark cinematography’ that’s causing so many complaints  Don’t Adjust the Brightness: Here’s Why TV and Movies Are So Dark Now All My Divorced Friends Are Sharing Custody of Their Pets Everyone Announces Their Divorce Like a Celebrity Now  Why do people overshare on social media? For Love or Money Is Therapy-Speak Making Us Selfish? The Danger Of Instagram Therapists (& What Real Therapists Think Of Them)  The Problem With Letting Therapy-Speak Invade Everything TikTok's Latest Obsession With Flavored Water Is Basically Just Juice What is WaterTok? Why flavored water is blowing up on TikTok This TikTok-Famous Stanley Tumbler Always Sells Out, but You Can Grab It on Amazon Right Now Here's How Everyone On Instagram Became Obsessed With A Previously Obscure Cup Inside the Very Real (and Very Complicated) World of Luxury Water Collectors  Meet the Hydro-Haters: The People Who Refuse to Drink Water, No Matter What Americans' main complaint about water is that it tastes too much like water Go to athenaclub.com and use promo code MINA today and you’ll get 25% off your first order!