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The Slumflower Hour

BITTERNESS

The Slumflower Hour

W!ZARD Studios

Self-improvement, Education

4.9549 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Should women be bitter? Is bitterness an emotion we can alchemise? Should we reclaim the word 'bitter'? In this episode, join The Slumflower as she discusses what pushes a woman to become bitter - and why men weaponise the word against us. Join my ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for access to more revealing episodes, a 65-page guide on whether to keep or leave that guy, as well as answering your dilemma questions! Get my latest book ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠POCKET POWER FROM THE SLUMFLOWER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:01.8

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0:22.1

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0:25.5

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0:29.7

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0:38.0

Bitterness, bitterness, bitterness. This word, my goodness, it's such a charged word, isn't it?

0:46.4

Being accused of bitter is almost like being accused of being evil.

0:52.6

As someone that gets called bitter all the time, I have a lot of real estate in this conversation.

0:55.9

I have a lot to contribute to this discussion.

1:12.8

Because this word bitter, notice how it is primarily used against women. I'm not saying men don't get called bitter, but usually it's women who are being called bitter more.

1:30.3

Granted, though, I would say women are usually speaking up more when relationships come to an end or when they're having issues with their partner or when they are just discussing their past, I think women do more of that than men do.

1:33.0

Men tend to usually keep that discussion under wraps because I think that's considered

1:40.7

vulnerability.

1:41.7

But I think what's interesting about this word bitterness is when I get called bitter,

1:47.0

it's usually when I am discussing my standards on this podcast.

1:53.5

It's usually when I am shedding light on certain behaviours that women should avoid when dealing with men.

2:02.4

So usually when I am identifying the bad behaviours of men in our society,

2:09.8

I get called bitter.

2:12.7

The word bitter being used to describe someone like me is at best lazy.

2:20.2

Because again, the design and the intention behind using that word is to shift the onus onto the woman,

2:30.3

shift the blame onto the woman, shift the direction of the shame onto the woman who is speaking

2:37.2

about her experience because calling someone bitter essentially implies that they haven't moved on.

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