The F World

How often did we hear someone saying: “She is unbearable today!”?
How often were we the unbearable ones?

Sometimes we feel our body is not functioning as it should, yet finding the cause seems the toughest task ever.

Your sex hormones could be the cause.
In today's episode, we delve into the biological aspect of estrogen and progesterone in the attempt of making this blurred area more friendly.

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Sources:
Barakat R, et al. Extra-gonadal sites of estrogen biosynthesis and function. BMB Rep. 2016 Sep;49(9):488-96.
Jones RE, Lopez KH. Human reproductive biology. Academic Press; 2013 Sep 28.
Ashkenazi A, Silberstein SD. Hormone-related headache: pathophysiology and treatment. CNS Drugs. 2006;20(2):125-141.
Taraborrelli S. Physiology, production and action of progesterone. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2015 Sep 11;94:8-16.
Khan-Dawood FS, et al. Human corpus luteum secretion of relaxin, oxytocin, and progesterone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1989;68(3):627–31.
Sitruk-Ware R. Reprint of Pharmacological profile of progestins. Maturitas. 2008;61(1-2):151-7.

"When women come together, magic happens", and we find this slogan extremely appropriate to introduce Benedetta, the guest of our ninth episode.

Benedetta is the founder of GRLS, a media company committed to inspiring, developing and entertaining the women leaders of tomorrow. In addition to this, she's a woman that loves to challenge the status quo, a woman who does not have any concern admitting that fear is a daily companion of her life, and she is also a cat lover.

Following her narrative and her endeavours, we explore the bliss of getting out of our comfort zone, the difficulties a woman founder meets when entering a room full of investors, the reasons why we all have the right to question and confront a system that wants women to get married to the white, rich man, working in finance.

All this, and more, in an episode that will also teach you a few handy Italian filler words.

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Do you usually see the glass half-full or half-empty?

Pun aside, today's focus is on women in business and glass-related subjects such as glass ceiling and glass cliff.

Although you might have heard about the first one, you could be new to the second one. It is why we come to you with this brand new episode.

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Source:
Zenger, J. and Folkman, J. Research: Women Are Better Leaders During a Crisis. Harvard Business Review. 2021. [online]

We are back after a long summer break, and we hope you have missed us because we missed you very much!

For this back to school episode, Silvia, the voice behind the podcast, meets Greta, a founder, branding and digital strategist, contributor for the Wall Street Journal and above all, beautiful soul and woman.

Through her story and experiences, we discover what it is like to be an ex-pat, a few interesting facts about the creative industry, the privilege we have to be founders in this precise moment, and many other things that will undoubtedly blow you away.

Towards the end, a surprise is waiting for you. You will be lucky enough to be mentored by someone that writes for the Wall Street Journal. How cool is that?


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We talked about Futura, femtech, hormonal imbalances but, we did not mention hormones that are somehow our core.
What are hormones? What do they do? What do they look like?

In today's episode, we will dissect hormones from a medical perspective. But, we will keep it funky, the F World way.

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Sources:
Hormones. U.S National Library of Medicine. No date. [online]
Dr. Mandal, A. What are Hormones? News Medical. 2019. [online]

8 out of 10 women suffer from the impact of hormonal variations daily.
Yet, 7 out of 10 women are not aware of the existence of this phenomenon.

In today's episode, we explore hormonal variations as a condition together with its common symptoms.

In the attempt of making the infinite unknown more clear, we are going to investigate 25 indicators in about 5 minutes, the time it takes to have a tea.

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Sources:
Gaither, K. Do You Have a Hormone Imbalance? WebMD. 2019. [online]
Osborne, C. Everything You Should Know About Hormonal Imbalance. HealthLine. 2020. [online]
Stoppler, M. Women’s Health: 25 Hormone Imbalance Symptoms and Signs. OnHealth. 2019. [online]

Jeanne is the founder of Acne Stories Podcast, a media that breaks the ice and raises awareness about a skin condition that matters, acne.

During today's episode, we dive into the story of a founder, a podcast host, a beauty expert but also, and before anything else, we dive into the story of a wonderful woman.

Acne, but also hormones, pandemic, the horoscope are a few of the themes we cover, and, towards the end, a surprise is waiting for you. Here is a hint: skincare routine. (Thanks us later, and OhMyCream: you are also welcome!)

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Sources:
Cherney, K. Hormonal Acne: Traditional Treatments, Natural remedies, and more. Healthline. 2019. [online]
America Academy of Dermatology Association. Adult Acne. [online]

Paid period leave, menstruation leave, the container changes the content remains the same.

Menstruation has been a barrier to women's equality for decades, yet with more companies considering introducing the policy, a debate arises.

During today's episode, we focus on whether the paid period leave is a forward-thinking move or just another way to labelling women as needing extra protection.

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Sources:
Howard, J. Employer's paid period leave policy in Australia stirs world debate. CNN. 2018. [online]

What does the F in the F World stand for? We questioned ourselves quite a bit before finding an answer and, of course, the answer changed throughout time.

F equals Futura, the company we are developing to support women during their hormonal journey.

In this episode, we are going to talk about Futura, femtech and hormones.

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Our first episode is not your regular episode.

We decided to go big (but we’re not going home), bringing to you an intimate moment of life between me, Silvia, the voice behind The F World, and Jessica, my best friend. Why her? You will discover it by listening.

In this conversation, we expose you to some of the subjects we will cover in the upcoming episodes, and more than anything, we share with you a few of the reasons why being a woman is intricate and magical at the same time.

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