You'll Support Women...Until They Make You Uncomfortable. (We Can Do So Much Better.)

Send us Fan MailThe internet loves to scream “women supporting women”… right up until a woman makes a choice they wouldn’t make themselves.This episode starts with the backlash around Lisa Oxenham’s British Vogue essay about becoming a mom at 49—and spirals into a much bigger conversation about judgment, fertility, grief, motherhood, ambition, and why women can be brutal to each other when something feels unfamiliar, audacious, or uncomfortable.We talk about the comment sections that turn into courtrooms.The silent competition.The projection.The “I support women… but not like THAT” energy.I also share how infertility and loss completely changed the way I look at people’s choices. Because once life humbles you enough, you stop assuming you know what someone else should be doing with their body, timeline, career, or family.We also get into Emma Grede’s comments about women in power, why society says it wants powerful women but struggles when women actually take up space, and what I’ve learned becoming an older mom—aka you finally realize not every tiny thing deserves a full psychological investigation.And we end with this:Can you actually name the thing that makes you you?Your edge.Your essence.Your fingerprint-level badassery.This one is honest, spicy, emotional, funny, and probably a little uncomfortable at times—which usually means it’s worth having.If it hits, send it to a friend, leave a review, and come hang with us on YouTube.