The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 072 – Realising Vulnerability
Today I talk about how an experience being followed home from the shops made me realise how vulnerable I actually am, and how much I hate it.
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Episode 071 – Polyamory Or Everything From One?
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 071 – Polyamory Or Everything From One?
Today I discuss the appeal of polyamorous relationships, where your different needs are met by different people, and discuss whether you could ever get all your needs fulfilled by one person, or if something you desire will always have to be put aside for the sake of monogamy.
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Episode 70 – Slag
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 70 – Slag
I talk about an experience I had when called a slag for wearing a short skirt. I discuss how it impacted me on a rare night out without my children, and how verbal abuse of women is far too readily accepted in society.
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Episode 069 – The Illogicality Of Rape Victim Blaming
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 069 – The Illogicality Of Rape Victim Blaming
In this episode I talk about why people blame rape victims, asking what they were wearing and if they had flirted with their rapist, and discuss the reasons why it makes absolutely no sense.
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Episode 068 – When I’m 83
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 068 – When I’m 83
In the latest episode I apologise for the break between podcasts due to my children being unwell. I then talk about when my daughter asked where I’ll be when she turns 83, and how it brought about a realisation of my own mortality. I discuss trying to explain death to my children when I struggle with the concept myself.
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Episode 067 – Apologies To My Second Born
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 067 – Apologies To My Second Born
Today I make apologies to my second born daughter. My new baby who isn’t my only priority like my first born was, is left to cry whilst I look after my other children, and will never experience the intensely close bond of living alone with just me.
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Episode 066 – Cuddle Your Children
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 066 – Cuddle Your Children
In this episode I talk about how important it is to cuddle your children, and how even when others are telling you to put your baby down when she cries, hold her. I talk about how just because your baby is clean and not in pain, their emotional and psychological needs still need meeting.
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Episode 065 – I Love You
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 065 – I Love You
In this episode I talk about how I want to teach my daughter how to love, and about the different kinds of love, and how her first proclamation of love was to cheese… a love that holds strong to this day.
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Episode 064 – Sex Beyond Biology
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 064 – Sex Beyond Biology
Tonight I talk about schools only teaching the technical facts about sex leaves the humanity and fun of sex education being left to pornography. I discuss that girls are being expected to do things far more extreme than they are comfortable with, and boys don’t learn how to make sex pleasurable for both partners.
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Episode 063 – Responses To Kim Kardashian’s Robbery
The Writer Mum Podcast – Episode 063 – Responses To Kim Kardashian’s Robbery
In the days and weeks after Kim Kardashian was held at gun point in Paris, the internet responded. I look at some of the responses on Twitter and discuss them.
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