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So, after spending our whole working lives worse off the men through lack of pensions,

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Standard Issue for all women. Hello, Mickey here. Welcome to this week's Sunday Chops.

Now then, if there's ever been a time to escape into the glorious,

powerful worlds of magic realism, it's now. And I offer a hand on heart. Read it, read it,

read it, recommendation for Leone Ross's incredible third novel, This One Sky Day.

I'll leave it to Leone to tell you what it's about, but it led to a wide roaming

nutter, and we talked about self-discovery, self-acceptance, the joy of source,

the food we need, work at a magical powers, the power of pumpums, vulvas if you're wondering,

transformative sex, politics with a big and a small pee, and the evergreen glory of the word

fuck. Before you dig in, present Mickey needs to haul past Mickey in to apologise.

At the time of recording, I didn't notice the Oni's jewelry jungle, which you will hear throughout

the chat. If I had, I'd have asked her to take it off, but you will get used to the noise,

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