Thursday Bitches

If 'tis the season to be JELLY - we got some news for you.

Scrolling past peoples' end of the year summaries and lists got you down? 

Try our...

Inspirational stories about Guinness Record level losers.

A checklist of all our most memorable fail moments.

And an incantation to banish feckin 2020 while warning 2021 to behave.

There are plenty of bitches in the sea - keep swimming. We got your back.

Did all Bad Girls start out as Good Girls?

What happens when Bad Girls go... err really actually not good...?

And why do some Bad Girls make us grin and some make us cringe?

We name check a bandit queen, *that* loudmouth movie star, serial killers, heads of state, social uprising and losing the shackles of five kilos of chuddies (true story bro) as we try to figure it out.

When they said 'manmade', they meant it.

We talked to Swati Janu - founder of the Social Design Collaborative and architect, writer and community artist in Delhi about why the city can give you anxiety, low self-esteem and a certain rage. 

Whether it's the size of your kitchen, safety measures leaning to CCTVs rather than a thriving community, the casteist politics of gated communities, going to a club in a wheelchair, or valuing light and aesthetics on par with per sq ft rates... it's a man's world and it shows.

We found out that when a woman is in the kitchen AND on the urban planning committee - everybody wins. 

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There's a rumour that romance is < 200 years old, so how did it die so young? 

This episode is all about hormone cocktails, emotionally constipated men, PornHub for the elderly (featuring the elderly), the capitalist scam that is the romantic gesture and also, well, butterflies and kisses and attachment.

Cos we love love. No, really, we do. 

Beauty is skin deep but commentary and feedback from society at large can cut to the bone. 

Do we dress to fit the milieu? Does it affect our work and our wellbeing?

We asked**

Actor / Director Konkona Sen Sharma

Writer Activist Nadika Nadja (from 27 minutes on) and

I.T. Professional Manu Karthika (from 50 mins on)

We love all the curves but we love the learning curves the most

**It's a long episode so we've given you time-stamps so you can listen to each interview separately if you like. 

How can we make things better? 

“Be kind”, they said. 

“Really?”, we said. 

Is empathy a hill to die on or a tree to seek enlightenment under? 

We came to no real conclusion ngl. Call us.

What feels so good about being bad? For some anyway. 

We looked for the evil within us and name check Santa Claus, Hindustani Bhau, Hitler and also discuss whether hate can be manufactured in a lab.

*Genesia's sound is really bad in some places. We apologise. And it is not because she's in cahoots with Satan. We promise.

Do you have a tribe of women you can rely on? Can they rely on you?

It's a long one. And oh, we named the 'bad girl' Neha so apologies in advance cos we actually LOVE all Nehas.

Why does asking for period leave make some people see red?

Menstruation, menopause, men and not as many euphemisms for being on the rag as you'd expect.

Are we getting internet solidarity wrong? Probably.

Are we getting it as wrong as Chetan Bhagat talking about sex? Probably not.