My Mum's Bad Diaries

Content note: we talk about suicide 

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I find out about mum getting high on tiger balm…

Episode 12 sees us in April 1981 as mum finally jots down her escapades on a school trip to Noumea the previous ye…

Notes for this side chat

On Wuthering Heights, Lily calls it ‘a study in unhappiness’ and ‘obsession without desire’

Did Emily Bronte have any relationship?

Research:

Dorothy Porter – Australian poet and…

Content note: we only talk a little bit about Wuthering heights in this full episode. Head to our Side Chat for more Wuthers!

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I find out about how mum put my boyfriend in the freezer…

This episode we …

Content note: we talk a lot about the British Royal Family, you have been warned!

We discuss Oprah’s show made with Prince Harry, The Me You Can’t See, Apple TV

Official trailer

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Content note: lots of body talk (the vagina specifically) and period talk

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I find out that I’ll never be over my height complex… 

It’s Friday night, 30th of January, 1981, precisely 10:10pm and mum get…

Content note: we touch on suicide and self harm in passing


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In this side chat we mention Cal Newport's book Deep Work

https://blog.doist.com/deep-work/

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We also mention the palliative care nurse reports about the regrets of the dying, and how no one ever says t…

Content note: we talk a lot about body parts and sex 

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This episode, we read about mum considering a career in a big computing firm, her existentialism, and her deep desire to travel (which dw that co…

Content note: animal violence


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Content note: we discuss violence in film, sexual violence in film, exploitation in Hollywood, rape, fantasies, sex

We also talk about:

• Quentin Tarantino and the Inglourious Basterds scene where it’s h…

Content note: we discuss abusive relationships; violence and sexual violence in film

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I find out that it’s maybe not normal for your partner to be able to smell you??

It’s January 1981 and mum is 17, g…

Content note: we mention rape in passing


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Content note: in this episode we talk about sexually coercive behaviour/sexual harassment

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I learn that everyone has trauma…not least our parents

This one’s a pretty heavy episode, but a good one as we…

I find out about a gnome called Wilfred…

This episode we start volume 2 of mum’s bad diaries, only 39 years to go. We discuss how we both don’t trust people who randomly change their names (why you tr…

Content note: we discuss weight, appearance and diet (resources below)

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Today I find out that my grandad had a fake marriage... 

This episode we unpack the 7th of January, 1981. We read about mum going…

Content note: we talk appearance, cosmetic surgery, ageing, negative self-talk and self-image (resources below)

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I find out about the time a random guy grimaced at mum when she smiled at him…(rude!)

It…

Content note: we discuss negative self talk, and other people's appearances

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Mum’s more scared about doing this podcast than I realised…

Throwback to 28, December 1980 when the summer heat was high and…

Content note: we mention sexual abuse and violence, in passing (resources below)

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I find out mum's not as good a student as I always thought... 

Join us in October 1980 as we change the format a little…

We went back and listened to our season, especially the first few episodes and thought: we've learned so much, we CAN do better. Also we've learned how to put the beeps in for blanked out names! We h…