We talk with Emma Edwards about The Wardrobe Project, a year-long pause on clothes shopping that reveals how bias, body image, and culture fuel compulsive buying. The pause creates a new way to enjoy style without chasing constant newness. • the no-buy year and why a full stop on shopping matters • how hedonic adaptation keeps us stuck in the “newness” loop • body image pressures and the polished ideal • the clean girl trend, wellness purity and coded thinness • fantasy self versus real self...
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We talk with Emma Edwards about The Wardrobe Project, a year-long pause on clothes shopping that reveals how bias, body image, and culture fuel compulsive buying. The pause creates a new way to enjoy style without chasing constant newness. • the no-buy year and why a full stop on shopping matters • how hedonic adaptation keeps us stuck in the “newness” loop • body image pressures and the polished ideal • the clean girl trend, wellness purity and coded thinness • fantasy self versus real self...
We challenge celebrity myths about vaccines, unpack the “too many too soon” claim, and show how grifters turned doubt into profit while measles and whooping cough return. We share practical steps to talk to hesitant loved ones and protect vulnerable kids now. • why the “Forest of the Fallen” misleads • how celebrity rhetoric fuels vaccine hesitancy • the autism link myth debunked with evidence • Andrew Wakefield’s conflicts and commercial motives • RFK Jr. and the business of misinformation ...
Why Smart Women Podcast
We talk with Emma Edwards about The Wardrobe Project, a year-long pause on clothes shopping that reveals how bias, body image, and culture fuel compulsive buying. The pause creates a new way to enjoy style without chasing constant newness. • the no-buy year and why a full stop on shopping matters • how hedonic adaptation keeps us stuck in the “newness” loop • body image pressures and the polished ideal • the clean girl trend, wellness purity and coded thinness • fantasy self versus real self...
