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GDAY! On today's ep, we look at the Asia Argento sexual assault scandal, male beauty standards, and the epic beauty YouTuber feud we couldn't look away from. To watch Ta-Nehisi Coates explain why the 'N' word doesn't belong to white people, listen here. To follow us on Instagram, click here. To join our wonderful little Facebook group, click here. If you guys could share a snap listening to this ep on your Instagram story, we would SO APPRECIATE IT. We can't tell you how much that helps us spread the word and grow our little baby pod. Thanks for always being so lovely and supportive xxxxxx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heyo! It's Monday. Happy Monday! It's a big show for you and it starts where it obviously should: Is this year's Bachelor a tiny bit problematic? Mich says no, Zara says maybe. We also debrief on Four Corner's brilliant investigation in cosmetic surgery and influencers, and the subsequent response of our country's biggest beauty bloggers to the furore. If you're interested in watching, check it out here. Plus, the story that put Tammy Hembrow on the international stage this week - and not in a good way. As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. OH and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Monday! Of course, it wouldn't be a recap of this week without a pretty comprehensive about one of the ugliest reality TV break ups in recent memory: What is it about these allegations of emotional and physical abuse that make us so uncomfortable? Plus, the messy, messy divorce between Brad and Angelina escalated this week as both leaked like crazy. Oh, and are anonymous gossip Instagram accounts good for the world or an exercise in bullying? If you're interested, here's the piece Zara mentioned on male privilege and violence on the podcast: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/challenging-the-mra-claim-of-a-domestic-violence-conspiracy/8632190 As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. OH and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello lovely humans! Welcome to episode 22, where we deep dive on Beyonce and Vogue, Married At First Sight's Tracey Jewel, and Jen Aniston being single and childless in 2018. The short-but-sweet Guardian piece about POC in the fashion industry is here. Mich's piece on Bachelor's Ryan licking his lips/teeth/etc is here. As for content on Laura Brown! Mia Freedman's No Filter episode is here, the terrific SMH profile is here, and her boyfriend's hilarious writing is here. As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. OH and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guess what! We back! After a month off regular programming, we've resumed our normal eps and woweeeee did we have some things to discuss. Yes, once again, it's time to chat about wellness warriors and dangerous messages of some of the most influential. Plus, the moment Channel 10 inadvertently told a country of women they just weren't very funny and how the response to Demi Lovato's reported overdose shines a harsh light on how we consider celebrity addiction. You can read Jane Caro's piece on women in Australian comedy here, Benjamin Law's piece on Lee Lin Chin here, watch Amy here and read the NYT profile on Gwyneth Paltrow here. As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. OH and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. Before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi guys! On today's show: Why women still love Justin Bieber, a deep-dive on why we never call Beyonce a genius, and how YouTubers are slowly losing touch with reality. To read Caity Weaver's brilliant profile on Bieber, read here. Lainey Gossip's piece on Beyonce and the descriptor 'genius' is here. And JaackMaate's take on that Alfie Deyes video is here. As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Oh oh oh oh and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. So we'd love it if you could press 'subscribe' in your podcast app. This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steph Claire Smith is well-known for her presence on Instagram, but how has her approach to the platform changed as her following has boomed? We get her onto the show to ask her about the finite details of a social media presence that demands engagement of young girls. PLUS! Sylvia Jeffreys called out Woman's Day this week for posting lies about her relationship, so how in the world do they get away with publishing utter lies? In the wake of Rebel Wilson's case struggling on appeal, we go deep on why tabloids can get away with lying. And, of course, the flammable state of Posh and Becks' marriage: What in the world is going on? You can watch the Media Watch video here on how magazines doctor images, and the piece on Broadly from a woman who once worked in women's magazines. As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter, follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. Oh oh oh oh and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello listener friends! Coming up on today's show: How did the media do in handling the tragic suicide of Kate Spade? The coverage was pretty deplorable if you ask us. Plus, does Miss America dumping the swimsuit section from their competitions mean pageants are feminist? AND we really need to deep dive into the strange underground world of female fitness influencers injecting themselves with steroids. If you would like to skip our segment on Kate Spade and suicide, please pick back up at 35m 15s. Help is always available at Lifeline on 13 11 14. Click here for Guy Raz's interview with Kate Spade on How I Built This. And here for Zara's Mamamia.com.au story on celebrities and mental health. Aaaaand here for Jordan Camilla's YouTube video on PED culture amongst Instagram influencers. As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter, follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. Oh oh oh oh and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't mess with celebrities and their clandestine sex lives; such was the message that come through this week, thanks to Love Island. Contestant Natasha not-so-subtly hinted to spending "two nights" with old mate Justin Bieber, but she'll be damned if she tells us much more. So what's the deal with water-tight NDAs around both sex and abuse? Plus, Hugh Grant was married this week in a spectacularly low-key affair, so is he officially Britain's most reluctant celebrity? And of course, the crazy White House world welcoming Kim Kardashian into its throes. Send help. This is too much. As mentioned in the show, you can read all about the scandalous history of celebrity NDAs here, and Hugh Grant's full statement to the Leveson inquiry here. As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter, follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. Oh oh oh oh and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In case you missed it, 2Day FM radio star Em Rusciano isn't here to be meek and mild. The presenter and comedian has been at the centre of a media storm this week, and we can't help but feel like the entire debacle is a little bit gendered. We also dive into what Love Island Australia will be like (... can we have just a TINY BIT of diversity, please?) and Johnny Depp's career, two years after he was accused of domestic violence against Amber Heard. Read/hear the New York Times' interview with the cast of Arrested Development here. The Sydney Morning Herald's scathing (and questionable) portrayal of Em Rusciano is here. Are you a member of our Shameless Celebrity Gossip Facebook group yet? If not, GET IN THERE. It's like the sisterhood of the travelling pants. Except with no pants. Just great chats. You can find us on Instagram here. Zara keeps telling everyone about that time I was on The Daily Mail for being "extremely intoxicated" and I don't appreciate it. Or, if you are shy/refuse to contribute to Zuckerberg's rise to global domination, email us at [email protected]. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, YOUR SUPPORT MEANS THE WORLD. We still can't believe how supportive and lovely you have all been. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm going to stop being gushy and embarrassing now. This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews. Royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s like Christmas, but better (!!!) with fashion and weddings and grandeur and tabloid drama. Yes, it’s royal wedding week and we’ll be damned if we aren’t spending (almost) the whole show on it. From the Great Markle Debacle to the dress of the century to the aisle walk that demanded more headlines than the wedding itself: We go deep and wide and, well, everywhere. Plus, Kim Kardashian’s sucky (ha) Instagram post that landed her in a boiling pot of hot water. Silly, Kim. You can find the cringe Ryan Seacrest moment here, listen to Wil Anderson’s interview with Em Rusciano here and read the Jezebel piece on Kim Kardashian’s dangerous post here. As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter, follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. Oh oh oh oh and we’re on Instagram now, too. Follow us here. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dearly beloved! We are gathered here today to debrief on Scarlett Johansson's MET Gala move, the strange, widely reported rumours about the state of Tammy Hembrow’s relationship, and Chrissy Teigen’s ultimate branding conundrum. You can read Mich's post on Sarah's Day here. Vogue's glowing profile on Georgina Chapman here. And, finally, The Cut's chat about being a cool girl with Chrissy Teigen here. And don’t forget, you can take part in the conversation by joining our Facebook group! Search for ‘Shameless celebrity gossip’ on Facebook and come be our friend. You can also email us your thoughts, our email is ([email protected]). This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews. Royalty free music from Ben Sound. LOVE YOU ALL xxxxx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s episode 9! Bloody hell, doesn’t time fly? This week we have a little chat on the announcement of Ali Oetjen as Australia’s newest Bachelorette and our… mixed feelings about it. Also, the problematic wellness influencer who says she treated her precancerous cells naturally, and the glittery phenomenon that is dubbed “the party of the year”, the MET gala. UPDATE: After recording this episode we also received a statement from Dr Brad McKay, a family doctor from East Sydney Doctors, about Sarah Stevenson's claims. He told us: "Promoting a healthy lifestyle is admirable, but believing you’ve healed your cervical dysplasia “naturally” is not grounded in reality... "Your immune system is extremely complex and you really don’t have much control over it. It’s narcissistic to believe that you can heal your cervix with positive thoughts and green smoothies... Declaring that you’ve healed your cervix “naturally” is not only ignorant, but it’s also insulting to those people who have been diagnosed with cervical dysplasia or cervical cancer. It implies that if you require treatment you haven’t prayed hard enough, haven’t thought positively enough, or haven’t eaten the right nutritional supplement. Sometimes bad things happen and it’s not helpful or accurate to play a blame game... "I’m glad to hear that her high grade cervical lesion is now a low grade lesion, but it’s dangerous to recommend others follow a “CIN3 routine” based on her anecdotal experience." As always, you're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter, follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on YOU GUYS so others can find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could subscribe to the show. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello friends! Happy Monday/Shameless day! This week we're going deep on the fitness feud between KIC's Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw, and 28's Sam Wood (by interviewing none other than the lovely Laura about it). THEN we discuss all things Kanye, Kanye, Kanye and whether or not it's problematic to list a 14-year-old in the world's top 100 most influential people. Want to join in on the action? We have a Facebook group for VIP Shameless listeners! You can join by searching 'Shameless celebrity gossip' on Facebook, or by clicking here. You can also email us over at [email protected], or follow us on Twitter! OH AND PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND WE WILL SEND YOU PIZZA*! *Maybe. *Probably not. Love ya guys xxxxxx This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews. (Royalty free music from Bensound.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HEY. Welcome back! We’re so happy to have you here. We’re going just a liiiiiiittle bit rogue this week and changing things up. Yeeeep, we’re interviewing former Bachelor star Jen Hawke - also known as Australia’s favourite reality TV villain - about the power of the producer. Can a reality TV producer create a villain, we ask her, or do they need something to actually play with in order to craft their character? PLUS, fashion blogger Gary Pepper Girl published the intricate details of her wedding prep on Into The Gloss and wowee do we have some thoughts and feelings to unpack. If you’re interested in checking out some of the articles we pointed to in the show, you can here: Amanda Sherker on the 7 Ways The Beauty Industry Convinced Women That They Weren't Good Enough for The Huffington Post. Jia Tolentino on The Year That Skin Care Became a Coping Mechanism for The New Yorker. Caitlin Fitzsimmons on how much Australians really spend on their weddings for the Sydney Morning Herald. You're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter, follow Michelle on Instagram here, Zara on Instagram here or get in touch at [email protected]. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast who rely on your reviews for others to find us. If you have the time, we'd love it if you could leave us a review and we promise we will pay you back. One day. Maybe. Somehow. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald with royalty free music from Bensound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OH MY GOODNESS. This week we obviously needed to debrief on the Khloe Kardashian/Tristan Thompson cheating saga. We went deeeeeep (and got a little fiery with each other along the way) on how much sympathy should we have for Khloe, and the men like Tristan who just can’t keep it in their pants. Also: we cover the cultural phenomenon that is Coachella, and the musical phenomenon that is Cardi B. Zara referenced a heaaaaap of stuff today that she read about Cardi B this week: You can try the GQ profile here, The Guardian profile here, the Pitchfork piece here on why her number one matters and the Splinter News piece here about Cardi B, Taylor Swift and race relations in Trump's America. You're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter, Mich on Insta here and Zara on Insta here. OR get in touch at [email protected]. And before we go: We're a tiny independent podcast so we would love it if you could leave us a review so other people can stumble on our show. This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews. (Royalty free music from Bensound: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/jazz-comedy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, it’s been a big week in the world of celebrity divorce after Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum announced their “loving” split to the cries of love being dead. So why is it we feel so viscerally about break-ups like this? Is it because we feel we’ve being sold a lie about what a relationship and a break up looks like? Plus, a radio host’s orgasm story that was a little bit too much to stomach and the atrocity that is Meghan Markle daring to have a grey hair. Zara recommended two pieces from Man Repeller this week, one on love and the beauty of its dullness which you can find here, and another on the concept of a friendship complex which you can find here. If you’re also willing to give Marie Claire a click for that atrocious grey hair article, you can right here. (But don’t tell them we sent you.) And if you haven’t read it, or it’s been a while, check out the history-making Vanity Fair profile of Meghan Markle here. You're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter, Mich on Insta here and Zara on Insta here. OR get in touch at [email protected]. And before we go: We're a tiny independent podcast so we would love it if you could leave us a review so other people can stumble on our show. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald. (Royalty free music from Bensound: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/jazz-comedy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HELLO! This week we're doing things a little differently - we're interviewing Georgia Love! The journalist and former Bachelorette issued a blistering tweet to a women's tabloid mag this week, so we had a chat with her about it. Also, we need to get to the bottom of why a celebrity BIT BEYONCE ON THE FACE and whether or not it's creepy for Scott Disick to be dating a teenager. If you're interested in reading the Tiffany Haddish profile by Caity Weaver, click here. You're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter or get in touch at [email protected]. And before we go: We're a tiny independent podcast so we would love it if you could leave us a review so other people can stumble on our show. This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews. (Royalty free music from Bensound: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/jazz-comedy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HOLA! Welcome back. Bachelor in Paradise started this week, so naturally, we took it upon ourselves to debrief all about the show's premiere. Michelle thinks Davey and Flo will be the first to have sex, Zara thinks she's wrong and mostly, we talk a whole lot of crap about a show that's just a whole lot of crap. Loveable crap, that is. We also deep-dive the return of Britney Spears - considering she randomly re-surfaced in our news cycle TWICE this week - and discuss the media's troubling response to a story about Robin Williams and his larrikin antics on the set of Mork & Mindy. Can we call it sexual harassment when it's not, by definition, sexual harassment? Feel free to come and join the conversation in our Facebook group! Search 'Shameless celebrity gossip' and join the fun. Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter @shameless_pod or get in touch at [email protected]. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast so we would love it if you could leave us a review so other people can stumble on our show. We would love your love. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald. (Royalty free music from Bensound: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/jazz-comedy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh hey there! This week, we just needed to debrief about the kiss that landed Katy Perry in some rather hot water, the WAGs who build their careers off the back of heartbreak, and the incredible resurgence of Jennifer Garner. Speaking of Jen Garner, let us know what you think her quotes meant in this Vanity Fair profile: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/jennifer-garner-talks-kids-career-ben-affleck You're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Search 'Shameless celebrity gossip' and join the fun. Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter @shameless_pod or get in touch at [email protected]. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast so we would love it if you could leave us a review so other people can stumble on our show. We would love your love. This episode was produced by Michelle Andrews. (Royalty free music from Bensound: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/jazz-comedy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wondered if Fashion Week is just a big wank fest? Michelle and Zara went down to VAMFF this week to check it all out, and Mich walked away with a few key concerns about the festival. Plus, we deep-dive the months-long saga involving Ryan Seacrest and try to make sense of sexual misconduct allegations that are made public before they're proven. Oh, and do we have any right to know about Bella Hadid’s face? It feels like now more than ever plastic surgery is prevalent among our youngest and brightest stars. So what the hell do we make of it all? If you're interested in a comprehensive explainer on Ryan Seacrest, Variety have done some great reporting on the issue: http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/ryan-seacrest-sexual-abuse-allegations-stylist-details-1202710460/ You're so welcome to join the conversation in our Facebook group! Search 'Shameless celebrity gossip' and join the fun. Otherwise, you can find us on Twitter @shameless_pod or get in touch at [email protected]. And before we go: We're a tiny, little independent podcast so we would love it if you could leave us a review so other people can stumble on our show. We would love your love. This episode was produced by Zara McDonald. (Royalty free music from Bensound: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/jazz-comedy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices