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One Bad Mother

Episode 481: Female Bodies Are Weird! Let's Just Punish Them. with Elinor Cleghorn

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

Moms, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Theresa Thorn, Comedy, Biz Ellis, Podcast, Parenting

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Here, in the year of our Lord 1542, we hereby declare women to be the source of all sin and malevolency! Oh wait, it's 2022. Same headline though. Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women, returns to talk about immoral acts of the most grievous kind and more fun beach read material. Plus, Biz talks biz.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Biz. I'm a working parent with a kid and a teen.

0:03.6

It's been 10 years since the show began and a lot has changed on the show and in the world.

0:09.6

But by elevating the voices of others, we have learned we are not alone and we are doing a good job.

0:16.5

This is still a show about life after giving life. This is One Bad Mother.

0:21.5

This week on One Bad Mother, female bodies are weird. Let's just punish them.

0:30.8

I welcome back Eleanor Clegghorn to talk more about her book Unwell Women.

0:35.0

Plus, Biz talks Biz.

0:39.4

This was a check-in, I guess. Hi, Biz. Hi, Shirley. Hi.

0:43.6

Hi. So this morning, I took the day off from work because it's the day after Halloween.

0:50.4

We were going to be up a little later than intended, but that's just how it goes.

0:54.0

My daughter could sleep in a little bit, she's five and a half.

0:57.0

That way she doesn't have to get dropped off at daycare and then go to kindergarten, like normally do.

1:01.7

Works so early. She can sleep in. We can have breakfast together. She can go to kindergarten.

1:07.4

I get a few hours to myself. It's going to be great. Never happens.

1:12.2

It didn't happen. We started to go to school and there was a fire truck.

1:16.2

Everybody's fine. No fire. There's a hot smell in the school and then they called the HVAC people

1:23.1

to come check on it. Well, right before we pulled in, I realize we'd forgotten her backpack.

1:28.4

So I guess it's partially a failed tooth. Okay, we live 15 minutes away from the school.

1:35.1

One way. We'll go back. Get the backpack. Come back. See how it's going. We do. We get back to the

1:40.0

school. Oh, we have an idea to send a message out yet that the HVAC people said it's not safe

1:45.2

to start school yet. They have to have more time to look into it. So no school today.

1:51.4

And now we're home together. And you know, it's fine. That's how it goes. But

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