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🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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MONDAY ANALYSIS: Mens’ rights activists are upset about a Target Valentine’s Day-themed sweater that says ‘Dump Him’, saying they’d never be allowed to make a sweater that says ‘Dump Her’. The Diary of a CEO podcast is in hot water after platforming people who reckon some child-free women are ‘anti-family’. What is going on with men? And whose fault is it? This episode of Shameless is brought to you by Cancer Council and the Australian Government. Also, shout-out to Partiful! Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Help is available. International crisis support | Lifeline Australia Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shameless Media.
0:05.5	This episode of Shameless is brought to you by the movement to stop normalizing sun tanning.
0:10.9	Let's end the trend.
0:16.0	Music Hello and welcome to Shameless, the pop culture podcast for smart people who love dumb stuff.
0:42.7	You're joined, as always, by Melbourne writers, Michelle Andrews, that would be me, and Sarah
0:47.6	McDonald, that would be you.
0:48.9	Hello, Michelle Andrews, and hello, producer, Eilish Gill again.
0:51.9	Hi.
0:52.5	Hi, Gill.
0:54.0	Coming up on today's show, I'm very excited about this one.
0:58.0	We are going to talk about that viral target, Target America, Valentine's Day-themed
1:04.4	sweater that said, dump him and all the social media backlash.
1:07.9	We're then going to link that to the diary of a CEO controversy that was
1:12.2	playing out over TikTok in the last couple of weeks. And then we found a piece in the New York
1:16.6	Times about hapless men. We're going to blend them all together and give you a little treat
1:20.4	on men. And ask the question, what's happened to the men? And should we be worried about them?
1:26.6	Yeah. And whose fault is it? Whose fault is it? But first, can't really remember how we do this anymore. How are you? No, I think we jump right in, doll. Oh, we jump right in. You don't want to tell me that you're good. I'm good. You're good. How are you? I'm a little drained by government websites at the moment, trying to sign my child up to childcare.
1:48.5	And let me tell you the, no, no, what are you doing? No, I'll have people who agree with me on this.
1:54.7	I'm in a labyrinth of Centilic, my gov, my ID, digital ID. I, I'm tired, I'm fed up. I think I have to go in,
2:05.6	which is a nightmare and I think the average listener can sympathize with me on this. I think
2:08.9	I have to go into Centrelink. Oh well, this isn't in tight. You should have just led with that.
2:12.8	You should have slept with that. Nothing makes sense. Nothing adds up. Nothing links.
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