A Tour of Majka‘s Brain and The Future of Fast Fashion

August did it again--it slipped away into a moment in time! And did so like a bottle of wine! So here we are again, recapping all things politics and pop culture that happened in August. More specifically, the headline issues that Majka has been pondering and Molly-Mae Hague's appointment as Creative Director of Pretty Little Thing. Enjoy!

 

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Reading 

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
• The Brown Sister series by Talia Hibbert 
• A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety by Sarah Jaquette Ray (discussed in the Politics section)
• We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry 
• All Girls by Emily Layden 
• On Yaz’s list for fall: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (coming out in September), Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper (coming out in October), Toil and Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft (YA anthology), Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, The Secret History by Donna Tart, Cackle by Rachel Harrison, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, The Once and Future Witches by Alice E. Harrow 
• Recommended for fall: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Watching 

• Luca 
• Motel Makeover 
• White Lotus 
• Search Party 

Listening 

• Pressure Machine - The Killers
• Solar Power - Lorde 

Politics 

• Climate Change and the IPCC Report 
  • Simon Clark video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpG7di07E4&t=229s 
  • Lena Norms Chanel: https://www.youtube.com/c/justkissmyfrog/featured 
  • Dear Hank and John (they start talking about IPCC at the 22:50 mark): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/300-robocalling-ryans/id1002937870?i=1000532148472 
  • Hank Green video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMLFMsIVis 
• Canadian Election
  • Canadaland podcasts: https://www.canadaland.com/podcasts/
• Indigenous Resistance
  • Teen Vogue: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fairy-creek-blockade-indigenous-land-defenders-protest-forest-logging-climate-justice
  • This Land podcast: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ 
• Afghanistan
  • Mutual Aid: Kamala Mutual Aid Collective https://www.instagram.com/kalamamutualaid/?hl=en
  • Traditional Charity: https://give.unhcr.ca/page/86611/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=OL21_AFG_HQ&utm_source=unhcr.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=CA_PS_EN_Georedirects 

Pop Culture 

• Molly-Mae's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTCDcmLoFN_/ 
• Molly-Mae and PLT: https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/27/molly-mae-hague-how-love-island-star-built-her-brand-after-plt-deal-15163260/
• Drapers interview: https://www.drapersonline.com/insight/molly-mae-hagues-plans-to-elevate-prettylittlething-in-new-role
• Good on You directory: https://directory.goodonyou.eco/
• Impact of fast fashion: https://goodonyou.eco/fast-fashions-environmental-impact/
• Rana Plaza collapse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Dhaka_garment_factory_collapse
• Boohoo Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boohoo.com 
• Pangaia's post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSw8rfcN_Cq/
• Pretty Little Thing’s Good on You rating: https://directory.goodonyou.eco/brand/prettylittlething 
• The rise of Shein: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22573682/shein-future-of-fast-fashion-explained