My Mum's Bad Diaries

Teaser episode for My Mum's Bad Diaries

2 women, 2 mics and 40 years of diariesIn 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 @mumsbaddiariesWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!

2 women, 2 mics, 40 years of diaries (Vol.1, 1980)

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 diary, written when she was 16.We discuss this project that we’re taking on together, mum is nervous of course, reading your teenage diaries out for anyone to hear is one of the most revealing, vulnerable and excruciating things out there don’t you think?So press play to hear us chat on about mum’s brief bible fanaticism, her economics class talk meltdown, and how the milk-bar man’s son was there when Gough Whitlam was sacked.  Listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit.Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiariesClick to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.comWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!

Leroy love (Vol.1, 1980)

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 some low-key racial profiling which just highlights how much attitudes have changed (thankfully!).As always, listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit. Resources: 1800 Respect National Helpline; 1800 737 732Women’s Crisis Line: 1800 811 811Men’s Referral Service: 1300 766 491Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 131 114Relationships Australia: 1300 364 277CASA House @ The Royal Women’s Hospital: 1800 806 292 Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiariesClick to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.comWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!

It was a sort of booth (Vol.1, 1980)

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 friends will think, and who could potentially come of the woodwork…  As always, listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit.Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiariesClick to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.comWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!

The one with the Friends reunion (Vol.1, 1981)

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 echidna, chat about Harry, Megan, Archie and the Waffle Maker (if you know you know), plastic surgery and the Friends reunion, and mull over the relationship between privilege and self-esteem.   As always, listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit.Resources: https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself/Self-Esteemhttps://www.healthdirect.gov.au/self-esteemhttps://headspace.org.au/blog/how-to-boost-self-esteem/Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiariesClick to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.comWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!