30 episodes
High Brow High Brow
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- Society & Culture
High Brow is a chic podcast for cool girls and self-identified intellectuals. Hosted by Mina Le, the pod is an extension of her eponymous Youtube channel.
Follow Mina every Wednesday as she leads you through the culture & fashion landscapes, dissecting topics that probably resonate most with the chronically online... but through the lens of someone who has touched grass of course (or so she claims!).
Find Mina on Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter @gremlita
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the oat milk industrial complex
In today's episode, Mina discusses the items on her personal Christmas wishlist, the Met Costume Institute’s new exhibit "Women Dressing Women," her thoughts on the new Balenciaga show, the lack of "third places" in the U.S. and, in the same vein, the overpriced oat milk lattes that are RUINING community, also: children being worse than ever before?, Emma Chamberlain "discourse," and the potential return of big dairy.
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Instagram: @highbrow.pod
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com or leave a voicemail (917) 727-8385
Reading List:
Third Places TikTok video
kids can't read and it's YOUR FAULT by Kyle Fitzpatrick
The 2023 Gen Z Gift Guide, According to TikTok by Casey Lewis (paywalled)
Got Milk? Not This Generation. by Kim Severson
US retail sales of oat milk decline in latest quarter after years of explosive growth by Elaine Watson
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MILK SHAME, THE BANE OF DAIRY-LOVING ADULTS EVERYWHERE by Andy Kryza
Whole Milk Mounts Its Triumphant Comeback by Emily Sundberg
THE CRIMES BEHIND THE SEAFOOD YOU EAT by Ian Urbina -
my priscilla (2023) review
In this episode, Mina starts off by talking about NYC party etiquette, but then delves into the topic of MOVIES – a topic she's been barred from speaking about... until now. Let's discuss Priscilla (2023), how it compares to Elvis (2022), and most importantly... Jacob Elordi vs. Austin Butler's portrayals. Also: tangents on Alfred Hitchcock, Jacob Elordi/Kissing Booth drama, David Fincher's The Killer (2023), and the importance of Letterboxd reviews (they are NOT annoying!!)
Support the podcast on Patreon!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com or leave a voicemail (917) 727-8385
READING LIST
Hitchcock/Truffaut: The Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut
Scriptwriting from soup to nuts. Swicord, Robin. Sight and Sound; London Vol. 7, Iss. 11, (Nov 1997): 28-30,3.
How Jacob Elordi Became The New King
Consensus Empire: Empowering the Spectator through Letterboxd Reviews
Not Another Lonely Assassin Movie -
so no one wants to read anymore!
Mina serves some of her Booktok hot takes, opinions on anti-intellectualism, the rise of literary it girls/writer influencers, her first-hand experience risking her life with mercury poisoning, and the history of depression era food (white american food is bland because of PROHIBITION?) (loading her food history commentator phase...)
Support the podcast on Patreon!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com or leave a voicemail (917) 727-8385
READING LIST
How can I donate hair / fur / fleece? | MatterofTrust.org
Are We Losing the Ability to Read Books? - Scott H Young
Skimming, scanning, scrolling — the age of deep reading is over
Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound
THE MAKINGS OF A LITERARY IT GIRL
Consumer Expenditures in the New York Metropolitan Area — 2021–22 : Northeast Information Office
The Great Depression diet: 4 ways our eating habits have changed since the 1930s
Creamed, Canned And Frozen: How The Great Depression Revamped U.S. Diets
Why Hunting Down 'Authentic Ethnic Food' Is A Loaded Proposition
HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE CANNING OF. FISHERY PRODUCTS -
cannibalism? and rural fantasies
In today's episode, Mina talks about how to launder your clothes, the ethics of wearing clothing made of human hair and also eating your friend's leg, urbanites cosplaying as farm girls (guilty), and the history of the dude ranch industry.
Support the podcast on Patreon!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com or leave a voicemail (917) 727-8385
READING LIST
How often should you wash your jeans? Levi’s CEO settles debate
Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes by Andrew Brooks
Studio Zsofia Kollar — Human Material Loop
Victorian Hair Jewelry | Rosenberg Library Museum
Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore | The New Yorker
TW: there are photos of the leg This Guy Served His Friends Tacos Made from His Own Amputated Leg
Foraging Classes, Wellness Yurts, and the Agritourism Fantasy
Romancing the West: Dude Ranching in Wyoming | WyoHistory.org
The History of Dude Ranches
How often should you wash your jeans? Levi’s CEO settles debate
The strange history of the dude and the American West | Aeon Essays -
you should watch bad movies & not look at ratings
In today's episode, Mina embraces Meg Ryan Fall™, asks the question "do the rats run this city?" (yes they do), her algorithm-induced David Byrne fixation, why review systems are no good (especially Rotten Tomatoes), what it means to be a "content creator" (barf?????), and online friendship etiquette.
Support the podcast on Patreon!
Instagram: @highbrow.pod
Send suggestions/thoughts/stories to highbrowbymina@gmail.com
Reading/sources list:
New York's Rats Have Already Won - The Atlantic
The Mongolia cashmere quote I mentioned is actually from this New Yorker article from 1999: The Crisis in Cashmere | The New Yorker
Talking Heads on the Return of ‘Stop Making Sense’ - The New York Times
The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes
Emma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is Rude - The New York Times
The New Rules Of Friendship Online
Group-Chat Culture Is Out of Control - The Atlantic
Milk Experiment
Re: Google search engine results, the Wired article I read and got information from has been taken down since recording: A Note From WIRED Leadership
Here’s another article regarding Google interference - not sure if they do exactly what Wired first reported on, but still sounds bad whatever they’re doing: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results - WSJ -
becoming a girlblogger & tiktok "face reading"
Also... PR girls, the Idaho cottagecore fantasy, Victorian book censorship, and fake alien abductions.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/highbrowbymina
Tumblr: https://horsegir1.tumblr.com/
Mina's list:
What Amanda Seyfried Can't Live Without
The Dostoevsky Dash: The Reasons for Dashed Out Information in Literature
Kurtis Conner: Stop Filming Strangers
Abby Cox: We Need to Talk about TikTok's Obsession with Face Reading and its Dark History
Nose form was shaped by climate
Orange Ya Glad You Didn't Buy That Vitamin C Mask?