A preschooler commits a hairstyle hate crime, Australia tells teenagers to log off and touch grass, and Wicked accidentally reopens the body-shaming discourse.

Welcome back to Grab Her By The Mic, the podcast for women who treat every inconvenience as a personality trait.

This week, Han and Philsy dive into:

The HyperFix:

• A preschool haircut incident that raises big questions about supervision, consent, and why a child came home with a bag of hair.

• Australia’s world-first under-16 social media ban - what it actually means, who’s responsible, and why the real world is statistically safer than the online one.

• South Korea’s “relaxation prisons” - where burnout is so bad people pay to be locked in a tiny cell with no phone, no internet, and rice porridge for peace.

• Kids fat-shaming adults and how Wicked’s press tour reignited thin-shaming, fake concern, and why bodies remain public commentary.

The SideQuest:

• Subpoena or Settle - a rapid-fire game deciding which minor life crimes deserve legal escalation.

• Ask the Unqualified - is it unreasonable to consider divorce based solely on how your partner stacks the dishwasher?

• Weekly Manifest - fewer surprise haircuts, stronger boundaries, and the courage to metaphorically subpoena anyone blocking our peace.

Explicit, feral, occasionally educational and accidentally therapeutic. 

See you next Tuesday. 💋

Chaos Correctional (Fact-Check Corner):

Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.

This week, we correct:

• Yes, “safety scissors” can absolutely cut hair, and no, they are not braid-proof.

• Statistically, the outside world is safer than when we were feral ’90s latchkey kids; it’s the online world that’s gotten feral.

• From 10 December, social media platforms (not parents) must stop under-16s from holding accounts, making Australia a world-first test case.

• South Korea’s “relaxation prisons” - yes to real facilities, real tiny cells, toilets in the room, shared showers, no phones, and people paying to cry quietly in peace.

• Roblox ≠ open-source.

• ADHD impulsivity = blurting, oversharing, and saying the thing out loud is literally in the diagnostic criteria.

As always: chaos yes, misinformation no.

Links & Things We Mentioned

As always, here are the receipts - every link we referenced (and corrected) in the episode and Chaos Correctional:

• Australia’s under-16 social media ban (“The Great Log Off”)https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp9d3ddqyo

• Government-commissioned research on kids, social media & online harm(Referenced via BBC summary above)

• Roblox, child safety & grooming concernshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roblox#Criticism_and_controversies

• South Korea’s “relaxation prisons” (Prison Inside Me / Happitory)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/world/asia/south-korea-prison-stress.html

• Human hair as slow-release nitrogen (composting, not rituals)https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/ingredients/using-hair-for-composting.htm

• ADHD, impulsivity & blurtinghttps://www.additudemag.com/impulsivity-adhd-symptoms/

• Cognitive offloading / brain dumpinghttps://www.oxford-review.com/what-is-cognitive-offloading/

• Blake Lively, paparazzi culture & Perez Hilton subpoenahttps://variety.com/2025/digital/news/blake-lively-perez-hilton-subpoena-children-photos-123600000/

• Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard’s “No Kids Policy”https://people.com/parents/kristen-bell-dax-shepard-no-kids-policy-explained/

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Finishing your paid job doesn’t mean the day is over - it just means you’re clocking into the unpaid one.

This week on Grab Her By The Mic, Han and Philsy unpack the invisible labour that kicks in after 5pm: the mental load, the emotional regulation, the unpaid overtime, and why women are somehow expected to carry it all without cracking.

From solo parenting survival mode and mum-to-mum SOS calls, to neurospicy burnout, dopamine crashes and the myth that we can “do it all”, this episode is equal parts validating, unhinged and backed by actual data.

This week, we get into:

• The “second shift”: unpaid labour, mental load and default parenting

• New Australian research on unpaid domestic work and who’s actually doing it

• Solo parenting, anxiety spirals and the cost of being the “capable one”

• ADHD, executive dysfunction and why boring tasks are actual kryptonite

• Rage folding, late-night dopamine chasing and burnout by design

• Trend or Trash: Kris Jenner’s Double-0-70 birthday - icon behaviour or dystopian nonsense?

• A curbside couch acquisition, paint swatches and studio chaos

• Weekly Manifest: Do less of what doesn’t matter

Chaos Correctional (Fact-Check Corner):

Because we said a lot of things confidently:

• Women don’t just do unpaid work - they do ~21 hours more per week than men, on average

• ADHD isn’t a “lack of dopamine”, it’s a reward-processing issue (which explains why laundry is hell)

• Hormones don’t cause the second shift - they just make carrying it heavier

• Kris Jenner’s gloves = internet speculation only (TikTok University, no medical files accessed)

Links & Things We Mentioned

• University of Canberra research on unpaid domestic labour in Australia: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/ncph/about/news/news-archive/unpaid-work-worth-427-billion-a-year

• ABC News on women, mental load and unpaid work: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-08/women-unpaid-work-gender-gap-australia/102059444

• Australian Bureau of Statistics – How Australians use their time: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/how-australians-use-their-time/latest-release

• Psychology Today on ADHD, dopamine and motivation: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/brain-curiosities/2023/why-adhd-makes-boring-tasks-feel-impossible

• ADDitude on executive dysfunction: https://www.additudemag.com/what-is-executive-function-disorder/

• ADDitude on ADHD, hormones and women: https://www.additudemag.com/hormones-adhd-women-menopause-pms/

• Vogue coverage of Kris Jenner’s Double-0-70 birthday party: https://www.vogue.com/article/kris-jenner-70th-birthday-party

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The Epstein files are about to drop. Robert Irwin has launched millennial women into an accidental cougar era. Victoria Beckham is soft-launching her humanity. And a UK school has banned K-Pop Demon Hunters.

Welcome back to Grab Her By The Mic - the podcast for women who’ve given up on having their shit together, but not on being hilarious.

This week, Han and Philsy cover an aggressive mix of politics, pop culture, parenting guilt and questionable internet trends.

This episode includes:

• Mic Drop Moments: The Epstein files, Robert Irwin’s glow-up, Victoria Beckham singing with Cruz, and whether banning demon-hunting K-Pop actually helps or just makes kids more obsessed

• Trend or Trash: Are polka dots chic or grandma-coded? Is squirting really “back”? And is a Labubu movie just late-stage capitalism in a cute little monster suit?

• Minor Events, Major Reactions: A surprise “day spa” from the kids that ends in emotional whiplash, and a car-cry after “I wish Katie was my mum” sparks a deep dive into crying in front of your kids, ADHD, and parentification

• Ask the Unqualified: What the hell is “6’7” - and do we need to intervene?

• Unhinged Question of the Week: The most ridiculous lies we tell our kids for five minutes of peace

Explicit, chaotic, occasionally wholesome, and accidentally educational.

See you next Tuesday. 💋

Chaos Correctional (Fact-Check Corner):

Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.

This week, we correct:

• The Epstein files: what actually passed the House and Senate, what Trump legally signed, and why “encouraging the DOJ” was… enthusiastic wording

• Trump’s political past: yes, he was once a registered Democrat

• Robert Irwin: yes to conservation and Prince William, no to the Russell Crowe dating lore

• K-Pop Demon Hunters: not officially Netflix’s #1, but popular enough to cause bans and panic

• Polka dots: Jackie O wore them, fashion psychology says novelty hits reward pathways, science says relax

• Squirting: real, heavily searched, still misunderstood, and not a school-run topic

• Blind-box economics: manufactured scarcity, dopamine loops, and why Labubu is basically gambling in a plush suit

• Crying in front of your kids: why naming emotions, giving context, and reassuring safety matters (especially for ADHD kids)

• Epstein files overview (Reuters):https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-seek-release-jeffrey-epstein-documents-2024-11-19/

• Robert Irwin conservation work: https://www.australiazoo.com.au/conservation/

• Prince William / Earthshot Prize: https://earthshotprize.org/

• Victoria Beckham singing with Cruz (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/victoriabeckham/

• K-Pop Demon Hunters school ban (SMH):https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/primary-school-bans-students-from-singing-hit-kpop-demon-hunters-tunes-20251119-p5ngtl.html

• Crying in front of kids (Psychology Today): https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/parenting-translator/202002/is-it-ok-cry-in-front-your-kids

• ADHD & emotional regulation (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/adhd/behavior-therapy.html

• Blind-box economics explainer (Vox): https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22367714/blind-box-toys-pop-mart-explained
  

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Welcome to the chaotic debut of Grab Her By The Mic - the comedy podcast where two women overshare like it’s an Olympic sport, parent like they’re on level expert, and unpack ADHD, motherhood, mental load, and domestic disasters with zero filter and maximum rosé.

Join Han & Philsy in their blanket-fort-turned-studio as they spiral through parenting fails, neurodivergent brain nonsense, beach aversions, dog catastrophes, and why someone’s four-year-old might actually be a tiny emotional terrorist.

This episode is part therapy, part comedy, part unhinged voice note - and somehow still educational.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Recap & Rosé: Friday night debriefs and why the week felt like 47 days

• ADHD, long-term memory, and goldfish-brain moments

• Kids being absolute goblins (school gate warfare, evil stares, emotional terrorism)

• Dog chaos: low-hanging branch PTSD, retractable-lead whiplash & glass-door trauma

• Why sand feels like teeth grinding trauma (ADHD sensory stuff)

• Mum burnout, postnatal identity death, and rediscovering yourself

• Generational wars over neurodiversity & “everyone is a little ADHD these days”

• Lily Allen’s new album, the brownstone conspiracy & the Kim Kardashian acting debate

• HR corner: what bullying actually means (feat. Sharon from Friday drinks)

• Makeup we’re repurchasing even when our bank accounts say no

Explicit language, medical chaos and unhinged girlies with microphones. You’ve been warned.

Chaos Correctional (Fact-Check Corner):

Stick around after the outro for our brand-new segment where Han cleans up the confident nonsense she said on air.

In this week’s correctional:

• ADHD memory: it’s not “can’t retrieve,” it’s “never encoded properly because your attention was doing the Macarena”

• Postpartum prolapse: no, there is no magical tightening cream - it was estrogen, and yes, that’s why her vagina felt drunk

• ADHD ≠ “chemical imbalance” - it’s a neurodevelopmental wiring difference

• The actual definition of bullying (and why Sharon is absolutely guilty)

• ADHD brain structure differences & why it’s not a personality trait

Links & Things We Mentioned:

(None in this episode — but we’ll start dropping them from Ep 2 onward!)

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