PLUS, Holly's Christmas gift guide that immediately made us 'add to cart', Mia's rogue T-Swift monologue, a wholesome 'single ladies' story and a little slip up from our executive producer (soz Ruth).
Can we finally talk about that guy now? Well, we already did… on Tuesday’s show.
Almost every workplace has THAT guy. You know, the bloke who doesn't toe the line of what's appropriate and what's not in a workplace. The comments might be mildly laced with misogyny or sexism. They're not technically fireable offences... but they're enough to make us want to gag.
As a therapeutic we-need-to-get-this-out-of-our-system, I shared my experience with that guy on the show as well as some other (way more horrific) stories sent in. However, there were so many more stories posted in the Outlouders Facebook group that I just had to share.
“Weddings still have a lot of this in it… soooo many men comment to the groom, hey you sure you still want to do this, last chance to get out, you get more years for murder, ooh she arrived - wasn’t sure she would come…. Alllllll of it… said by men to men…”
“I was in a morning meeting with the most senior executive men of my high-profile organisation when one of those men commented to a senior female colleague on the phone in another state. She mentioned she had just returned from an early morning walk, to which he quipped with a smirk: ‘So are you in your Lorna Jayne’s’?…Quick as a flash, another female colleague in the room for a briefing said: “Hey, that’s sexist, you can’t say that!” You should have seen the look on his face being called out by a female many rungs lower than him. The awkward laughter from the other men in the room at his comment stopped dead. Hooray to my brave colleague for calling out his misogynist attitude. She’s my hero.”
“About 15 years ago, I had a CEO once say to me... ‘I hope you're not planning on getting knocked up like your predecessor did!’"
As the events with the high-profile TV presenter in the UK (that guy) are unfolding, I truly hope that this is the beginning of that guy finally becoming extinct.
“All I want to wear at the moment is T shirts. I want to wear things high necked to cover up my decolletage, because I don't want to get sun damaged, and because I've got a bit of a skater boy, eccentric grandpa vibe going at the moment, all I want to wear is T shirts with my jorts.
The designer’s name is Maku Fenaroli and she is a lady startup and makes this incredible hand painted art. The T shirts are phenomenal. They are so well priced for the quality that they are.”
“I have this wee cleaner that I've been using for ages, and it just confirmed to me that this is one of the best products in my house.
And I can confirm that not only is it for wee, we've had a few incidents with vomit, with the baby. What this product promises to do is neutralize all odors. The brand is Dog by Dr Lisa, and it's $47 which sounds like a lot, but it comes in a very, very big thing. I've never had to replace it.”
“It’s a British spy drama that stars Keira Knightley. Her character appears to be the perfect, polished politician's wife. She's got these two little, cute, blonde twins, she lives in this beautiful, very posh London house, her husband is the foreign secretary in the British government.
You very quickly find out that Keira Knightley is a spy and that she has been living a double life for at least a decade.
It starts with a couple of murders and then you see how they all tie together.”
Share your thoughts on this week’s reccos (you know you want to). What do you think your Outlouder friends would enjoy?
'Things I would buy my best friend for Christmas.'
I'm not Oprah, but here are a few of my favourite things that I genuinely like so much I would buy for my best friends for Christmas/Birthdays/Just Because. That is, if my best friends liked exactly what I like. Which they don't. But someone out there must. So, good luck.
A very MID gift-guide.
Oily skin care.
I've been using Sunday Riley for ages. Not everyone can hack Vitamin C, but my face seems to like it, so last year I recommended their CEO moisturiser, which is exactly the right level of rich and fabulous and active. But this year I have been reminded how much I love face oils. Again, not every face does, but mine just guzzles that stuff up like hummus on a cracker.
So. Here are a few I love so much (and are special enough) to gift to someone you love.
Look, I'm not going to pretend I know WHY Vit C and golden tumeric and the various berries that make this sound more like a smoothie than a face oil work so well, but they do. It does. I LOVE the way this makes my skin feel. I use it in the morning, sometimes after some vitamin B serum if I remember, and it glooooooows. I leave it for a bit and put my make-up over the top.
It's not ideal for my bank balance that I am now in love with TWO Sunday Riley face oils, but this one has been a new discovery and I have re-bought it twice this year. It's a retanoid, which means (again, no scientist here) it's doing its resurfacing work while you sleep. That also means I don't wear it every night, but alternate it with a rich moisturiser throughout the week. But the oils, including the blue tansy (it looks dark navy when you drop it into your hand, but massages on clear) means it's kinder to my skin than some other retanoids, and feels really nourishing AND smells fricking delicious. A little obsessed… Continue reading.
Wait we have one more gift recco for you👀
The perfect pressie 🎁
At an Mamamia Out Loud LIVE show you can expect some chaotic surprises, singing and even dancing (sorry, Jessie), so what better way to say Merry Christmas?!
No gift wrapping required, it’s a big lil’ treat for everyone.
If you have no one to go with to the show, don’t worry, we’ve got you. There are soooo many Outlouders flying solo that we’ve created a ‘single ladies’ ticket option where you will be seated with other solo travellers.
We’re gushing over this little single ladies story from our previous show.
Some extra reads (you nerds — sorry) 🤓
Wait… You’re telling me… you want… MORE??? Well, okay. Here, take these and get outta here.
Sooo, you wouldn’t have realised this because our audio producer Leah is an absolute mastermind but Wednesday’s show didn’t go entirely seamlessly. You see, Mia was so excited to talk about Taylor Swift that she just went on a tangent ahead of time and COULD. NOT. BE. STOPPED…
🎧 Listen to the Taylor chat (in its right place) on Wednesday’s show.
Whoopsie. 🥲
Our executive producer (any my very important boss who edits my work) Ruth had a bit of a communication issue. By issue, I mean she accidently sent a beautiful selfie at the hairdressers to our group chat where we talk about ideas for this newsy. Before you ask… no, she was not meant to send this and yet I’m so glad she did. Love you Ruth (please don’t fire me).
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