January 24, 2025

The Fast Fashion Trap: Why You Can’t Manufacture Style & More!| Babblings 2.4

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The Fast Fashion Trap: Why You Can’t Manufacture Style & More!| Babblings 2.4

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Hey babe! Welcome back to the babblings podcast 🔮 This week we’re catching up, talking about current events including the inauguration and LA fires, then we’re dissecting what it means to shop sustainably and build your own personal style. Make sure to check out the corresponding Babblings Report linked below with links to references, resources, and more like my favorite fashion influencers and brands I love to shop from 🙂

Babblings Report:

Incarcerated Firefighter Article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/17/la-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters

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0:00 Intro

2:21 Catch Up W/ Ali

4:29 The Reality of Living in DC

8:32 Tarot Card Pull – Queen of Swords

14:25 Current Events

21:40 Main Topic – Fast Fashion & Shopping Sustainably

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit babblings.substack.com

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Authoralexagonzalez : Okay, this chat feature not gonna lie looks hella cool. I might like it more then comments? What's the difference between chat and comments? How do you like it as a creator?
Ali Ann : Hi Alexa!!!! Okay so comments are for individual blog/pod posts and the chat is just for general stuff. In my head I'll put maybe weekly prompts in the chat box for engagement with everyone. I'm planning to upgrade eventually so that it can have direct message and send email notifications to use it to send updates
Authoralexagonzalez : That's so cool. Is the chat a plugin feature? This could be such a cool thing to have on my site. I'll have to investigate. But it's such a nice change to have something like this. I've been on the hunt for the cozy Internet space while creating my own. I'm glad to see they are coming back.
Ali Ann : Yes it's a plugin! Welcome, what's your site? Or if not done let me know when it is, I'm working to create a directory of other sites
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Authoralexagonzalez : Good Morning. I have a question. What are your blogging plans for December? Do you participate in blogmas?
Ali Ann : Hi Alexa!! Not doing blogmas, sticking to a new post every Friday. I'm revamping the babblings' report (coming tomorrow!) and it will have a December schedule preview and I think I'll do that each month.
Ali Ann : Are you doing blogmas??
Authoralexagonzalez : I'm trying too. lol I'm getting my fiction and non fiction posts ready. I havent been huge into the Christmas spirit this year. Just now putting up my tree. I seriously love this little chat room! This feel's like old school AIM
Ali Ann : Yes and I'm loving checking in a seeing you new messages it's so fun! I haven't been in the spirit the last few years and oddly this year I'm in a very nostalgic xmas mood lol. I will look out for your blog posts
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Ali Ann : @authoralexa thank you! It's been so fun to keep making tweaks and figure out what works and what doesn't. It took until mid-January (so about a month after launch) to get back to similar views as substack. Traffic has definitely increased the last 2 weeks, and now it's just engagement on posts that I'm wanting to get back to where I was growing on substack.
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Ali Ann : Hi Gabby! I used wordpress, then searched for a long time to find a theme that allowed me the flexibility I wanted and then some light coding. About a year of trial and error lol!
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