You're invited to eavesdrop as a mother reads out her teenage diaries to her daughter. Funny, candid, poignant and brave, this podcast is both living memoir and an investigation into what makes (and breaks) a woman. No scripts, no prep; just 40-year-old (diary) gold being unearthed. Even Jenny doesn't know what's going to come up as she lays bare her inner teen world to her daughter Lilika. Their motto is 'we go there', so what could possibly go wrong?
Content note: we touch on suicide and self harm in passing Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries Click to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.com We'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!
Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries Click to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.com We'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!
In this side chat we mention Cal Newport's book Deep Work https://blog.doist.com/deep-work/ * We also mention the palliative care nurse reports about the regrets of the dying, and how no one ever says they wish they worked more or harder: Here's a list: 1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard. 3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends 5. I wish th...
Content note: we talk a lot about body parts and sex * I find out that that we’re actually doing a thrushcast… This episode, we somehow manage to utter the words ‘little vagina deer, just out to pasture, frolicking.’ No kidding, listen on to figure out how. We read about mum considering a career in a big computing firm, mum’s existentialism, and a deep desire to travel (which dw that comes later in the diaries!) and chat about thrush dick vs uti dick, ‘unintelligent’ vulva design and how I recko...
Content note: animal violence Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries Click to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.com We'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!
Content note: we discuss violence in film, sexual violence in film, exploitation in Hollywood, rape, fantasies, sex We also talk about: Quentin Tarantino and the Inglourious Basterds scene where it’s his hands strangling Diane Kruger (also has done to Uma Thurman as well!) https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/quentin-tarantino-chokes-uma-thurman-diane-kruger-kill-bill-inglourious-basterds-1201925510/ Tarantino pressured Thurman to do stunt driving https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/uma-th...
Content note: we discuss abusive relationships; violence and sexual violence in film * I find out that it’s maybe not normal for your partner to be able to smell you?? It’s January 1981 and mum is 17, going to go see The Models at the Hotel Pacific in Lorne and having a very ‘authentic’ dinner of spaghetti bolognese at the Arabian themed restaurant, The Arab. What a time to be alive! This episode, we delve into pheromones, the culture of showering and its relation to class, and mum’s continual h...
Content note: we mention rape in passing Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries Click to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.com We'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!
Content note: in this episode we talk about sexually coercive behaviour/sexual harassment * I learn that everyone has trauma…not least our parents This one’s a pretty heavy episode, but a good one as we read about some bad boys mum experienced when she was younger. It’s hard to hear your parent talk about their hurt but I’m so proud of mum sharing with me and that we were able to call it for what it was and give some clarity and support that she maybe didn’t get from the adults when she was youn...
I find out about a gnome called Wilfred… This episode we start volume 2 of mum’s bad diaries, only 39 years to go. We discuss how we both don’t trust people who randomly change their names (why you trying to run from yourself?), the rise of homelessness in older women and mum going to see Flying High at the cinema. As always, listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit. Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries Click to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.com We'd love to read...
Content note: we discuss weight, appearance and diet (resources below) * Today I find out that my grandad had a fake marriage... This episode we unpack the 7th of January, 1981, and we start off with some light bickering as it becomes clear I completely misunderstood the differences of the Pill and mini pill. Mum is exasperated to say the least. I'm the daughter of a sex ed teacher for god sakes?! We read about mum going to see You Can't Stop the Music starring the Village People and how people ...
Content note: we talk appearance, cosmetic surgery, ageing, negative self-talk and self-image (resources below) * I find out about the time a random guy grimaced at mum when she smiled at him…(rude!) It’s another blazing hot day as mum and the fam are still camping at Wangaratta. Facing another cold summer in 2021/22 due to the La Nina winds I can't tell you how JEALOUS I am of their glorious consistent hot summers in back in the 80s... thanks for the climate change lol. We read about Ned the ec...
Content note: we discuss negative self talk, and other people's appearances * Mum’s more scared about doing this podcast than I realised… Throwback to 28, December 1980 when the summer heat was high and Joe Dolce was on the radio, incessantly. We read about camping at Wangaratta, chat about The Great Wall of Vagina and learn about how both me and mum have complexes about our noses, it must be genetic! We also delve into the anxieties surrounding doing a podcast like this, what our family and fri...
Content note: we mention sexual abuse and violence, in passing (resources below) * I find out mum's not as good a student as I always thought... Join us in October 1980 as we change the format a little and mum reads her bad diaries to me. It's definitely a different experience having her share them in her voice, it feels more natural and less like I'm sneaking into her room to read her diaries! We read about the mechanical bull at The Sentimental Bloke and chat about period anxiety and encounter...
We went back and listened to our season, especially the first few episodes and thought: we've learned so much, we CAN do better. Also we've learned how to put the beeps in for blanked out names! We have new theme music -- more Spandau Ballet, less Amelie. So re-join us for episode 1 -- re-recorded so that this time, and from now on, mum reads. * Granddad tells mum someone's dead when they aren't... We're diving headfirst into 11 July 1980 as mum reads out the first few entries of her teenage dia...
2 women, 2 mics and 40 years of diaries In this teaser episode, meet mother and daughter Jenny and Lily who will take you on the ride that is My Mum's Bad Diaries. Each week, Jenny reads from her teenage diaries, starting in 1980. Part therapy, part entertainment, buckle up for the rollercoaster! Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries Click to head to our show notes: mumsbaddiaries.com We'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!...
