Welcome to Offcuts where we chat about whatever piqued our interest this week in a light, fun little package to send you off on your weekend!

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• Britt has found her hallpass
• Punch's new girlfriend
• Is Timothee's Oscar's downfall Jenner coded?
• Date my mate powerpoints
• The neuroscience that explains why mums wake up more than dad
• An opposing view on the infamous coldplay kisscam moment

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There is so much conversation at the moment about the Epstein files and the trafficking of young women and girls. But while all the conversations seem to be around who was involved, who knew what and how this went uncovered for so long, the actual stories of survivors and their incredible strength can be lost. So today we are speaking to a trafficking survivor.

Lurata Lyon's life story is one of unimaginable hardship and extraordinary resilience. As a child in war-torn Yugoslavia, Lurata endured the horrors of war, being separated from her family, and being taken by human traffickers - not once, but twice. After surviving the first trafficking and returning home, Lurata was kidnapped by Serbia's illegitimate army. She was tortured, abused and held in captivity for 6 months.

Through her harrowing experiences of torment, abuse, and near-death, Lurata not only survived but found the strength to share her story with the world with the mission of stopping this happening to other children and young women.

We speak about:

• Why traditional media aren’t talking about human trafficking
• Lurata’s story of how she kidnapped and brought to a human trafficking boss
• The one thing she said that changed their plans for her
• How she escaped their horrific abuse
• How Lurata was taken a second time
• How she survived living in a ‘box’ that felt like a coffin
• How her father saved her
• Lurata’s life afterwards; how she found refuge in the UK and found love
• Why Lurata shares her story and how common trafficking is

You can find Lurata’s book here

You can follow Lurata here

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Hey Lifers!
Britt has had a bit of a morning. Laura feels like she’s been on a bender from a lack of sleep but she may have found a solution (to knowing how much sleep she’s getting rather than actually getting more sleep). We have a particularly candid chat about botox and Britt shares the most recent embarrassing situation that she’s gotten herself into.

We all watched a documentary this week that has left a lot of the world quite shocked about the realities of the content being shared amongst young men. It’s the new Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere on Netflix, and it’s exactly what the title suggests; Louis Theroux diving into the online world of influencers who are shaping how a lot of young men think about masculinity, dating and women.

We speak about:

• Why so many young men drawn to these ideas about masculinity, power and women
• The Manosphere is a huge grift
• The algorithm is partly to blame
• The ludicrous amount of contradictions they make
• Who the doco was actually made for

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