Things we discuss include:

• Snowflakes Embryo Adoption & Donation (a division of Nightlight Christian Adoptions)
• I haven't listened to this NPR podcast yet, but they get actual professionals to discuss whether or not we should let our kids quit things, and that seems like it would be valuable

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In Paris, an Irish billionaire was charged with violent assault for shouting "fuck you, bailiff!" at, er, a bailiff. We discuss cursing: is it really that bad? Have we ever screamed "fuck you" at anyone? And is it ever okay to curse in the workplace?

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It's not just presidents who make bad ethical decisions around here, you know… 

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…because it simply wouldn't do to say "I'm between stylists right now".

ALSO! The best eyebrows in the world by Shaughnessy @ Studio Sashiko; John Proctor is the Villain (perhaps not suitable for 11-year-olds)

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Instead of telling us he’d change nothing about us, we are 99.9999% sure OUR Dad would suggest these small – but significant – improvements.

The article in question: "My father had plastic surgery. Now he wants me and my mother to get work done." (By the excellent Jessica DeFino, whose Substack you can read here.)

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Having taken a job in Tennessee, Beatrice is getting ready for another big move – we talk about how this all came about and, most importantly, how Rosemary feels about it.

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Rosemary has begun a foray into TikTok and let us tell you for nothing it is NOT making her more popular with the Americans!

Follow her here!

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Rosemary sat down to talk to career coach Jane Downes about making big career changes, rejigging your CV, what's changed in the 20 years since she started her coaching business and what to do if YOU'RE the micromanaging maniac.

Jane's website is here, and you can buy her book here.

And DON'T WORRY! Beatrice will be back on Friday. She's in Knoxville, learning to line dance and eating all the grits she can get her grubby hands on.

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Things we discuss include:

• Is the silent treatment a form of emotional abuse?
• Rosemary's very low-cut jeans.
• Adam Brody's Stylist cover.
• Brian Jordan Alvarez, everyone's favourite English Teacher.
• The dark stalker fantasy Rosemary read is called Lights Out by Navessa Allen. Content warnings abound.
• Lee Child's decision to hand his Jack Reacher series over to his brother.
• Karrie Locher, who Rosemary loves, on Instagram.

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This episode contains discussion of sexual assault, rape, murder and coercive control. It won't be suitable for all audiences. Please, look after yourselves first – if you don't feel able for this discussion, maybe skip this one. xo R&B

Things we mention include:

• the civil case taken by Nikita Hand against Conor McGregor
• the murder of Laiken Riley
• Gisèle Pelicot and the mass rape trial in France involving 50+ men from of her own community
• Germaine Greer, shutting down the idea that a woman shouldn't be president because she menstruates
• Women, Language and Power by Susannah Baldwin
• Kathleen Correia, whose husband was jailed for eight years for coercive control
• Jade Rasmussen, whose ex boyfriend assaulted her and had his sentence suspended and his "happy marriage" used as evidence of… something we don't quite understand
• Y: The Last Man, a graphic novel Beatrice recommends

If you need support, or to speak to someone about an experience you've been subjected to, Rape Crisis Ireland has a list of resources available to people here.

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