Ep 8 – Las Culturistas and Susanne Bartsch Curating Culture with Glen Alen

This week on The It Girl Podcast, Britney Shields (@itsbritneyshields) is joined by three-time Emmy Award–winning makeup artist and all-around creative powerhouse Glen Alen (@glenalen) for a glittering, gossipy, and gloriously unfiltered conversation.

We cover everything from club to kids to the cultural controversy:

• Cynthia Erivo’s iconic turn in Jesus Christ Superstar
• Sydney Sweeney’s controversial jeans ad (and the trend of scandal marketing)
• The Las Culturistas Culture Awards 
• The legacy of Susanne Bartsch  
• The enduring glamour of club kid culture, Boy George, and Grace Jones
• The omnipresence of RuPaul, and building a drag career outside of Drag Race’s shadow
• How the internet has changed the drag community 
• Brandi Glanville’s accidental face fire (yes, really)
• And our heartfelt pleas for Legendary and Precinct to thrive

💌 Special note: If you’re in Los Angeles, go visit Precinct, downtown’s beloved gay club and drag hub. Buy a drink, tip the queens, and help keep this iconic space from closing its doors.
 

The It Girl Podcast is filmed and produced by Mimi von Schack (@mimi.vonschack), Devin O’Brien (@devinobrien06), and Twenty Beach Productions (@twentybeachproductions) 
 

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