This week we’re talking about Love is Blind.  We both can’t get enough of Lauren and Cameron. We try to honestly figure out why so many of the women fell for Barnett, but we’re terrified Amber might kick our asses if we figure it out. Melissa has some interesting insight into Damien and Giannina and we definitely have some thoughts on Diamond and Carlton. And what can you say about Mark and Jessica that hasn’t already been said? Well we’ve got some things to say. We have so many thoughts on pod dating people. Not to mention Melissa is back with some serious Beefs of the Week, yay!!!

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This week we go down a rabbit hole of unpopular opinions. The internet is full of dumb things, and this week just proves this to be true. Is Friends great or the worst show ever? Are The Beatles the best band ever or a good band just like hundreds of others? Is Game of Thrones just adult Harry Potter with sex and dragons or a truly profound drama? Will metal straws save the planet or just make you feel superior? Is John Krasinski hot (especially with that beard in A Quiet Place, growl)? Are pockets in dresses great or overrated? Pineapple on pizza, delicious or disgusting? We know you are dying to know how we feel about these pressing topics and all the other shit that the internet talks about? We have so many thoughts this week. 

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It's book club time. This month we read American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson and this book goes better than the others. Melissa has a beef of the week (it involves lies on the internet; gasp), we take on the healthcare system and solve the entire thing, we chat about language around disabilities, and suggest some high-brow and low-brow binge worthy television.  

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This week we’re celebrating V-Day. No, not Valentine’s Day, vagina and ladies health day (it's our new holiday). We cover everything from periods, tampons and cups (oh my) to bias in the medical professions and dealing with doctors who gaslight you. We talk about Miss Americana (you go Taylor Swift) and both of us started watching Lucifer without knowing the other one was. We have so many thoughts this week. 

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Mentioned in the Episode

Cora Organic Tampons

Lola Organic Tampons

Saltt Cup

Keela Cup

Flex Cup

Put a Cup In It

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This week we are so excited to have our first guest on the podcast, Beth Heyer. Beth is an all around amazing lady and bad ass. She is an inspiring entrepreneur, mom of two little ones, wife and friend to everyone she meets. We talk about starting side hustles, volunteering to fill work voids, creating your dream business, moving across the country without any support system, finding friends wherever you go and taking 2 kids under 5 on a trip across the county in an RV with no camping experience. Beth is amazing and always open to friend dating on the internet so slide into her DMs.

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This week we’re back from a week off due to complete and total bonkers and both of us needing a little break to take care of ourselves. We talk about January’s book club pick, Unlawful Justice by K.C. Lynn and K. Langston. Let’s just say we had some different opinions on the book. Netflix’s Cheer of course gets talked about, because it is the best; B-E-S-T (go team). Drag Queens, alpha males, how we get ourselves out of panic attacks, surviving not thriving and racism in romance novels round out the week. This week was quite the week. 

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This week Mel and Whitney talk about the F word, friendship. How we picked our friends in our teens, 20’s and 30’s, do we end friendships or let them fizzle, what is important as you get older in a friendship and what makes them last over time and why do some friendships die out? Are apps a viable option for meeting friends? Whitney also has a science minute about the brain and social media, it’s a good one. 

Melissa celebrated Michael’s birthday this past weekend and talks about being the only single lady going out and is now part of the celery water cult. We’re sending help. Whitney laments having to go back to work and no longer getting a paycheck for staying at home. Being an adult is so hard. We also talk about You and how it is bad to like a murder, even if he’s hot. This is a problem ladies. 

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This week we’re talking personalities, and we have some strong ones. We both took the Enneagram test and found our preferred Love Languages. One of us was a little surprised by the results (it was Melissa, OK) and someone else took the Enneagram three times (Type A Whitney, obviously) just to make sure it was consistent. It also turns out we have very different views on gift giving. One of us thrives and it’s a Love Language and the other has small panic attacks and is certain they are in the seventh circle of hell. We also lament over being loud-mouthed introverts who are always misunderstood. 

Melissa also found a new obsession this week, it’s a head sling and she’s never looking back. When she becomes the next Oprah we’re all getting head slings. 

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Mentioned in this Episode

Enneagram Test

5 Love Languages

Fancy Head Sling

Slightly Less Fancy Head Sling

You on Netflix

The Catch & Kill by Ronan Farrow

Be There in Five Podcast

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It’s the last episode of the year so we toasted and roasted some of our favorite victories and blunders of the year. From Lizzo twerking with a flute to the U.S.A. Women's World Cup triumph, Pelosi’s clap (not the STD) and Trump’s creative use of Sharpie, Beyonce , Gaga and Missy Elliott too. These are a few of our favorite things, find out what else we toasted and roasted as we say goodbye and good riddance to 2019.  

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This week we recap our December book pick, The Importance of Being Wicked by Victoria Alexander. It’s secy England times book with a widow Boss Bitch of England times who is sex positive as our heroine, and banter galore. We thought it was also going to be a little Scooby Doo England times, but it was a little disappointing on that part. 

We also touch on very important topics like spooge sponges (why do they exist and for who), The incest Folgers Christmas add of 2009…you know the one, Melissa’s home remedy for panic attacks (2 large coffees), the pardoning of child rapists in Kentucky and ass slapping female reporters on live television. And we, of course, finish the adventures of Average Joe Doesn’t Save Christmas. We had a lot of things to say this week, Happy Holidays. 

Mentioned in this episode

The Importance of Being Wicked by Victoria Alexander

“You’re My Present This Year”: An Oral History of the Folgers Incest Ad

Come & Gone: The Spooge Sponge

Man Accused of Smacking Reporter’s Rear on Live TV Is Charged

Former Kentucky Gov. Bevin pardoned a child rapist. One of his reasons: The 9-year-old victim's hymen was intact

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Music by Tiny Music