E16: Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel & Striving to improve

In our first two parter of season two, the TARDIS stumbles into an alternate timeline London, Rose and Mickey promply forget everything they know about timetravel, and the Doctor's old foe, the Cybermen, return!  All the chat about upgrading and deleting made us think about how there's this constant push to strive to improve. If the hustle culture doesn't get you, the toxic positivity will! We think this especially impacts women and marginalised people who are under greater pressures to conform, and it's not great for the ol mental health.

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Here's the reference list for this ep:

For Women, the Quest for Perfection Can Lead to Depression - Lisa Ryan (The Cut) 

It’s Not You, It’s Science: How Perfectionism Holds Women Back - Jessica Bennett (Time)