{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty","title":"Episode 235: Reading, Writing, and Hanging out at the mall, with Jane and Molly of Content Queen","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":9738,"description":"This week you are going to meet Molly and Jane of Content Queen, a two-person Bay Area-based zine publisher. And we are going to talk about all kinds of very hot topics (including literally Hot Topic):\nWhy do Jane and Molly make physical zines rather than virtual/online content in 2025? The answer is important and might get you thinking…How has the kind of “content” we consume (especially the content we READ) changed in the social media era?Two of Content Queen’s zines that are explicitly fashion-related:  Stressful, Awkward, Envied: ‘90s and ‘00s Brands From Those Who Wore the Clothes, Worked the Registers, and Modeled for the Catalogs AND Wendy’s World, “an immersion into the early-’90s downtown New York world of the ultimate cult indie fashion label, Built by Wendy.”\nAlong the way Molly and Jane will tell us what it’s like to vend at a zine fair in 2025 (and why it’s different than it used to be).  And we’ll wrap it all up by making our trend predictions.  Amanda gets things started with explaining why something as simple as reading is a radical act of resistance in 2025 (and why we need to protect books and libraries).\nGo order and read Molly and Jane's zines so we can talk about them: contentqueenzine.com\nFind them on IG: @contentqueenzine\n\nJOIN AMANDA FOR THE CLOTHESHORSE BIRTHDAY CRAFTERNOON ON JULY 20!\n\nAdditional reading:\n\"It’s so boring’: Gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids - and educators are worried,\" Alaina Demopoulos, The Guardian.\n\"The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books,\" Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic.\nBanned and Challenged Books dashboard, American Library Association.\nGet your Clotheshorse merch here: https://clotheshorsepodcast.com/shop/\nIf you want to share your opinion/additional thoughts on the subjects we cover in each episode, feel free to email, whether it’s a typed out message or an audio recording:  amanda@clotheshorse.world\nDid you enjoy this episode? Consider \"buying me a coffee\" via Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/clotheshorse...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_u71z-ZNs_Ob6wKJAM2DSS8-P3fYJ_G9yobrjlS91nE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNjll/OTRlMDEwOWM3ZWFh/ODc4ODkxNDIyM2Jj/YjZjMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}