One of the challenges facing all of concerned citizens is where and how to find accurate and reliable news. This week Amanda is joined by Elizabeth Segran, Senior Staff Writer at Fast Company Magazine. They tackle some very important questions about news, media, and how we can determine what is fact, fiction, or something in-between: How can we […]
2025 is a lot. Things are kinda overwhelming right now: there’s a lot of news to digest and it’s coming fast, it’s hard to suss out reality from fiction, and we don’t know what we can do to help. And so…it’s hard to be okay right now. But it sure is easy to be overwhelmed. […]
This is part four in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. Amanda is joined by some rad people doing great work making slow fashion more inclusive: Itohan Asemota is the founder of HNI Collective, a Philadelphia-based fashion service agency with a focus on size inclusivity and sustainability. Find Itohan on Instagram: @itsitohanhey Marlee Rosen is a slow […]
This is part three in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. In this episode you’ll meet two people working to get more people into slow fashion and highlight size inclusive ethical brands: Itohan Asemota is the founder of HNI Collective, a Philadelphia-based fashion service agency with a focus on size inclusivity and sustainability. Find Itohan […]
Despair. Apathy. Not believing that things can change and be better. Just fully discounting any possibility of progress. Have you struggled with these feelings? It’s called doomerism and you’re not wrong for feeling that way. In this week’s episode, Amanda talks all about doomerism (and how to fight it off): Amanda shares what she […]
In the final episode of 2024, Amanda is inspired by a conversation with her friend Janelle to explore board games that teach children (and adults) the “winner takes all” aspect of late stage capitalism and/or reinforce the message that success=stuff. We’ll take a journey through the history of board games, with a deep dive into […]
This is part two in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. In this episode you’ll meet two people working to make slow fashion more accessible for more people: Nico Herzetty is the founder and CEO of Phoria, ” a platform to help people find what fits their bodies, their style, and their priorities—and how we can […]
Amanda is joined by Sushmita, the person behind Ethical Fat Fashion, the “coolest fat positive fashion newsletter amplifying ethical size diverse brands.” In this episode–recorded in a karaoke room in Tokyo–Amanda and Sushmita discuss the following: “Sustainable fashion” has an inclusivity problem. Meaning: it still focuses on thin, white, young, wealthier cis-gendered women. Why is […]
Clotheshorse (aka Amanda) was in Japan!And in this week’s episode–the last in the Japan series–Amanda breaks down why everything is so cute in Japan. We’ll talk about the following: Why are the fruit bus stops of Konagai a lesson in Instagram versus reality (but also so cool and special)? What is Don Quijote and why […]
Clotheshorse (aka Amanda) is in Japan!And in this week’s episode, recorded in Nagasaki, Amanda shares the story of fake food (Shokuhin Sampuru, 食品サンプル) in Japan. We’ll talk about the following: The history of food replicas in Japan (and why showing the actual food available in a restaurant was necessary for a long time), How department […]
