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Not Like Other Girls: A Casual Convo on Internalized Misogyny and Self-Acceptance || Preview from More Personal

About Progress

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Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Join Monica and Taylor for a thoughtful (and surprisingly layered!) chat about the "not like other girls" conundrum. What started as a casual comment during recording turned into a fascinating exploration of how we as women pit ourselves against each other—and for what? In this episode, we unpack: The origins of the "not like other girls" trope and how it shows up in our lives Our own experiences with feeling pressure to either stand out OR fit in (spoiler: we had opposite journeys!) How this connects to mommy wars, feminism, and those impossible gender roles we're all trying to navigate Why Gen Z might actually be doing this better than we did The beautiful messiness of self-acceptance Plus: We get real about raising daughters, the cafeteria-style approach to life choices, and why "let people like what they like" might be the most important phrase ever. Bottom line? We're all just humans having individual experiences. The sooner we accept ourselves (and each other), the better off we'll all be. This episode is a special shortened preview from More Personal, Monica's premium, private, ad-free podcast for the Supporters Club, starting at just $5 a month. Join the HERE TO STAY: 250 SUPPORTERS DRIVE and help ensure About Progress doesn't just make it to its 10 year anniversary this Fall, but make it so it's here to stay. Join the club ⁠HERE⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This month, I am running Here to Stay, the 250 supporters drive. It's our push to help about

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progress not just reach its 10-year anniversary, but to be truly here to stay.

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Reaching 250 supporters covers the bare-bones cost of running the show, so it can remain free, accessible, and steady for everyone.

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No adding a paywall, no increasing the number of ads.

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We're moving that thermometer up, and every new supporter helps lock this in. Even the

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lowest level at $2 a month makes a real difference. In this month, every supporter is getting

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something special for me and I'm raffling off favorite thing packages every week pulling from all

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supporters. The Supporters Club is not a charity. There are three levels of benefits you'll love

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for more time to more content with me.

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This preview is of one of those benefits, more personal, a show I air weekly to the top two levels, starting at $5 a month.

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It's always ad-free, but not when it's on about progress, so you will hear some ads today, and it will be shortened as well.

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went away and have considered joining the supporters club. This is a really fun and meaningful moment to do it.

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You can sign up at Aboutprogress.com slash support, and thank you for making About Progress here to

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stay. When I set out to finally write my book last year, I found a lot of imposter thoughts

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come up. One of the ways I combated those self-doubts was by bolstering my skill sets through

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masterclass, your online hub for all things learning. Thanks to learning from writers Amy Tan,

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David Sedaris, Michael Lewis, and more.

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I leaned into my interest in a way that helped me not only improve, but actually enjoy the work

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too. If you like to learn from the best of the best from the comfort of your own home, whether it's to

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