What are beauty standards? How do they affect our minds, lives, finances, and wellbeing? Michelle and Sarah continue the conversation from last week moving from pretty to beauty standards. As always we would love to hear from you: email: thingswedonttalkabt@gmail.com IG: @thingswedonttalkabt Sources: Tits Up by Sarah Thornton (https://www.sarah-thornton.com/) Beauty Sick by Renee Engeln, PhD

Reel explaining the link between skinny beauty standards and feminist becoming a threat is by Ash Molloy

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8H8ZYeusJf/?igsh=azdveWRwMDRhazY3

We've all been there. That moment when no matter what we do we just don't feel Pretty. This week Michelle and Sarah talk about Pretty. What is pretty? What makes us feel pretty or not pretty? Why is it even important?

As always we would love to hear from you: email: thingswedonttalkabt@gmail.com

Correction: Cellulite cream was invented in 1968 NOT 1975 like I incorrectly stated in this episode.

Sources:

Taryn Delanie Smith @taryndelaniesmith The post Sarah referred to - https://www.instagram.com/p/C8n9XF0g5zy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://wahawkinsider.com/6471/opinion/what-does-it-mean-to-be-pretty/

Tits Up by Sarah Thornton (https://www.sarah-thornton.com/)

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-is-cellulite-definition-fat-shaming-history

The real, honest, vulnerable conversations continue as Michelle and Sarah expand their conversation from last week on motherhood and turn to Sarah's questions about whether she should join the mom team or not. Join us and find out: will Sarah have a kid or remain childfree???

Please share your thoughts on the motherhood vs childfree question: thingswedonttalkabt@gmail.com

Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YIz9jZPzvo&list=PLsqDl9Mqyqxy5UXgvWGt59o953Ge4RJ44&index=2&t=188s https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/03/millennials-only-children/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/19/growing-share-of-childless-adults-in-u-s-dont-expect-to-ever-have-children/?utm_content=buffer41cf7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2022/maternal-mortality-rates-2022.pdf https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/01/24/parenting-in-america-today/

Michelle and Sarah have THE MOST HONEST conversation about motherhood. We don't talk about how becoming a mother radically changes your life. Join us for this most vulnerable look at what it means to be a mom. No sugarcoating here!

Reach out to us at thingswedonttalkabt@gmail.com

Sources: https://www.babycenter.com/baby/crying-colic/what-to-do-when-your-baby-cries-for-no-reason_10320516 https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/01/rising-child-care-cost.html https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/wb/wb20230124 https://www.mother.ly/state-of-motherhood/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/17/upshot/women-workforce-employment-covid.html Invisible Women by Carolina Criado-Perez

Michelle and Sarah talk about help. What is it? Why we need it? Why is it so hard to ask for?

Need help or want to talk to us? Reach out: thingswedonttalkabt@gmail.com Sources:

https://hbr.org/2023/07/why-its-so-hard-to-ask-for-help#:~:text=Some%20people%20won't%20ask,burden%20of%20their%20problems%20alone

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez

https://carolinecriadoperez.com/book/invisible-women/

Introducing! Things We Don't Talk About with Michelle and Sarah! In the first episode get to know your hosts and find out what this podcast is all about.