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🫠 Ever wondered why we're all so bloody tired of... well, everything? A newsletter by Anne Helen Peterson perfectly describes The Great Feminist Exhaustion and now Mia, Jessie and Holly unpack why modern feminism feels like running a marathon in quicksand.

🍒 Scrotox is trending and we're sorry you had to learn this way. Yes, it's injectables for testicles. No, we don't know why. Yes, we're all thinking the same thing about men's priorities.

📚 Plus recommendations: Mia's latest TV obsession, Jessie's organisational discovery, a new musical obsession, and Holly presents her long-awaited rebuttal in support of the controversial The Salt Path.

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Recommendations

Mia wants you to watch Girls on HBO.

Jessie wants you to look at the MyComms app.

Holly wants you to listen to Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson on Spotify.

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• Listen: What Is Going On With Justin Bieber?
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CREDITS:

Hosts: Mia Freedman, Jessie Stephens & Holly Wainwright

Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine

Executive Producer: Emeline Gazilas

Audio Producer: Leah Porges

Video Producer: Josh Green

Junior Content Producers: Coco & Tessa

Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.