1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Coming up on today's show, Michelle Battersby's refreshingly honest pregnancy announcement. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: Taylor Swift breaks more records with the launch of the 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: Eras to a movie. A woman has gone viral for 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: slurping down forty eight oysters during a date, and students 5 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 1: are taking to TikTok to slam their year twelve exams. 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Outspoken. It's your dose of the 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: hottest influencer and pop culture news twice a week. I'm 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: Sophie Torbert and we have to kick off today's show 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: with this oyster story. It is classic. So a woman 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: has gone viral for ordering forty eight oysters during a date. 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: The TikToker known as Iguana, documented her date at the 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: Atlanta Oyster Bar, which was celebrating Oyster Tuesdays Now. As 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: part of the deal, you got a dozen oysters for 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: fifteen dollars. This didn't mean that you had to eat 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: forty eight though, you know now. In the video, which 16 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: now has over five million views, the woman ordered four 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: platters of oysters and filmed herself seasoning each oyster with 18 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: lemon and tabasco. I love that she was on a 19 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: date yet she took the time to get her phone 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: out and filmed each lot of sauces on the oyster. 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: I want to know, is this a Tinder day or 22 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: a Hinge date. Well, the guy kept hitting her up 23 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: in her DMS apparently, and she kept ignoring him, but 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: then thought, nah, fuck it, I'll go on the date. 25 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: And it seems like she was trying to get him 26 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: for all he was worth. Real I feel like she 27 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: clearly didn't give a shit about this guy. Maybe this 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: is a tactic that people should use when you want 29 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: someone to stop passling you. Well, also, we are going 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: through a cost of living crisis. Maybe she just wanted 31 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: a free meal. Now in this video, you can hear 32 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: her loudly slurping up each oyster. This gave me the 33 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: absolute ick. I can't stand when people allowed chewers and 34 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: now I'm going to add this to the list because 35 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: I didn't even know that people slurped oysters down. Well, 36 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: this is a warning for anyone who is listening to 37 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: this through AirPods, because we are going to play the clip. 38 00:01:52,840 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: Let's throw to it just to give it justice trigger Warningly, Yeah, 39 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: I won. The four fum came out. He was looking 40 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: at me crazy. I didn't give a fuck. I'm not 41 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: in bribing you inviting me out. 42 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: I'm gon eat and I. 43 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: Was coming anyway. I know I wanted to beat at it, 44 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: but I was so good. I was not expecting they're good. 45 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: It was just so good, like I just a hansl. 46 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: I feel like we're going to get a lot of 47 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: complaints about that one, because when we played Mitch Orville 48 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: ob noxiously eating avocado on toast, people weren't happy. And 49 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: this is ten times worse. There actually is a legitimate 50 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: medical condition where people experience intense rage or fear when 51 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: they hear the sound of people chewing, spitting, or clearing 52 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: their throats. So if you did ditch your phone to 53 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: the other side of the room when you heard that 54 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: slurping noise, you may have it. I love that this 55 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: wasn't the only thing Iguana a on this date. She 56 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: also decided to order a serve of potatoes and crabcake. 57 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: Now this is despite the fact that her date didn't 58 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: actually order any food. He just had one glass of 59 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: white wine. Well, he actually ended up going to the 60 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: bathroom and never coming back, so I think he knew 61 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 1: what Iguana wanted. She wanted him to cover the bill, 62 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: and he thought, fuck it, I'm getting out of here 63 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: before the bill even arrived. I love that she was 64 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: eating oysters because that's supposed to be an aphrodisiac, but 65 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: it seemed to haven't the opposite effect on her date. 66 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: She must have been pretty disappointed when she realized that 67 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: he had left the date well. She ended up sharing 68 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: a screenshot of the text message exchange between them, so 69 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: she called him out, writing running out on a tab 70 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: is crazy, to which he responded, I offered to take 71 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: you out for drinks, and you ordered all that food. 72 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: I can cash out the total for the drinks. In 73 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: that situation, if someone's asked you out for a date, 74 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: do you think it's fair? Should he have covered the 75 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: costs of her food? I definitely don't think that he 76 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: should have had to pay for the bill. Maybe he 77 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: could have bought her a drink, but if she's ordering 78 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: up all this food and he's having nothing, then why 79 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: should he pay for it? Yeah, if you're taking the 80 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: piss with it, I think that he's within his right 81 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: to get up and leave, And many people in the 82 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: comments section he did praise the man for leaving the date. 83 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: One user wrote, he said, can we meet for drinks? 84 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: Then she proceeds to slurp down half the ocean. Another 85 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: user wrote the way I would have dissipated my ankles 86 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: trying to get here. I do love her attitude, though, 87 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,799 Speaker 1: because she clearly didn't give a shit. Can you imagine 88 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: having the confidence one to film a vlog during a 89 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: first date and then proceeding to order whatever the fuck 90 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,919 Speaker 1: you wants. That's why I think she clearly did not 91 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: like this guy. The video has actually attracted so much 92 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: attention that some people are starting to think that it 93 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 1: was actually a PR stunt. So the owner of the 94 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: restaurant said, it's been a minute that we had a 95 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: single female eat that many. It's pretty impressive. He also 96 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: shut down claims that the video was a cheeky advertisement, saying, 97 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: it's just Atlanta. You can't make it up. Well, our 98 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: dad actually beat this woman's record on Christmas Day one year. 99 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: He slurped down fifty. Well, to be fair, I don't 100 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: think he slurped them. I think he ate them with 101 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 1: a little force. And also I don't think this woman 102 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: was trying to have a competition. She was just hungry. 103 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: It's quite cute. Though, because every Christmas they would hold 104 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: this competition because our grandparents would always serve seafood. And ironically, 105 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: the year that our dad won this oyster competition was 106 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: right before we were conceived, so I remember they also 107 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: had a mince pie eating competition. I think we should 108 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: bring that back this year. God, you wouldn't want to 109 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: go back to back with the oysters. Oh that's a 110 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: bit of a rank combination. Can't get enough of Outspoken? 111 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: If you're left wanting more each week, then it might 112 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: be time to subscribe to Outspoken Plus. Outspoken Plus is 113 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: our subscription offering that gives subscribers access to a bonus 114 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: episode every week. 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So thank you. 126 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: Michelle Battersbee has announced she's pregnant in an unorthodox way. 127 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: The founder of Sunroom shared an emotional confession about her 128 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: fertility journey in a fourteen hundred word essay on Mama Mia. 129 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: She revealed she made a conscious effort to delay having 130 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: kids for the sake of her career, including having two abortions. 131 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: Now Kate, for those who don't know, can you bring 132 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: us up to speed with whom Michelle Battersby is well. 133 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: Michelle was behind the Australian launch of the dating app Bumble, 134 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: and she was also chief marketing officer at Kick and 135 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: she almost became a bit of a business influencer in 136 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: her own right. She has over thirty thousand followers on 137 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: Instagram and recently she founded a platform called Sunroom and 138 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: move to the US, so she is very inspirational in 139 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: the workspace now. Michelle announced she was pregnant by sharing 140 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: a real on Instagram documenting the rollercoaster ride of the 141 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: early days of finding out she was pregnant. And in 142 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: the video she revealed she knows she should be happy, 143 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: but her initial reaction was fear because of her job. Now, 144 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: this pregnancy did come as a surprise, as she found 145 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: out she was pregnant when she got home from Thailand 146 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: while her fiance Bill was away. It does seem like 147 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: there's currently a trend with pregnancy announcements that you either 148 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: have to be really simple and relatable or super vulnerable. 149 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: They also have to include a disclaimer for those going 150 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: through their own fertility battles, which Michelle's did. I think 151 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: it is a good move to see people being more sensitive, 152 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: and obviously this is something that people in the public 153 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: I do who have large followings. I don't particularly see 154 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: any of my friends announcing a pregnancy announcement in this way. 155 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: And they're obviously being more mindful because we're constantly seeing 156 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: their highlights real and all of their achievements, so they 157 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: know they're going to get people offside if suddenly they're 158 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: putting up this post about their spectacular pregnancy and how 159 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: everything's going great in their lives. It is interesting that 160 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: that esthetically pleasing kind of flat lay image where you 161 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: put baby clothes and some little shoes that doesn't seem 162 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: to be the in thing to do anymore. No. I 163 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: feel like that's something that your friends will still do 164 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: on social media, but influencers have evolved from doing it. 165 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: When I hopefully have a child someday, I don't even 166 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: know how i'd announce it. Yeah, people seem to be 167 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: doing reels now because a lot of people do wait 168 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: for the three month mark, and they've got so much 169 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: to say and so many feelings in the three month 170 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: mark where they have to keep it a secret that 171 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: they almost like, fuck it, I'm sharing all of this now. 172 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 1: Following her Instagram post and essay, Michelle wrote about her 173 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: fertility journey went live on Mama Mia and she made 174 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: the decision to share such a personal essay because she 175 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: knows so many women look at her for career advice 176 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: and inspo, and in the article, she spoke about the 177 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,599 Speaker 1: immense pressure and expectations that are placed on women of 178 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: a certain age around motherhood. For her, she feared having 179 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: children would jeopardize her career. I particularly related to the 180 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 1: part of the essay where she wrote, so I'm pregnant 181 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: and it was a surprise after feeling nothing but fertility 182 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: anxiety for the last few years. Each IVF update I 183 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: saw reminded me my delays could lead to hardship. Each 184 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: egg freezing journey, it made me worry people younger than 185 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: me were taking steps to secure their fertility when I hadn't. 186 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: We spoke about that recently because I was starting to 187 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: have these sleepless nights when I kept seeing influencers posting 188 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: about their egg retrieval and IVF journeys, and I'm sitting 189 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: there as a thirty four year old woman, thinking, Gosh, 190 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: I'm not doing anything to ensure that I can be pregnant. 191 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: One we did go and get your egg count checked. 192 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: It wasn't an egg count, but it's a blood test 193 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: where you can look at certain levels and if they 194 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: line up appropriately for your age group. Yeah. While I 195 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 1: do think influencers are doing a good job sparking awareness 196 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: and creating important conversations around fertility, it is very anxiety 197 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: inducing for those of us trying to decide when the 198 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: right time is to have children, And the reality is 199 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: there really isn't a right time. But as someone who 200 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: runs her own business, it's easy to keep pushing back 201 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: the decision, which is why I enjoyed reading Michelle's article 202 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: so much. I also thought it was really brave of 203 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: her to reveal that she's previously had two abortions with 204 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: her partner Bill for the sake of her career. So 205 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: she wrote, I believed at the time having a child 206 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: would hold back or sabotage my career and everything I'd 207 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: worked for at a pivotal point in my growth. I 208 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: don't regret those decisions. I was young and had time 209 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 1: up my sleep. I didn't have to challenge or interrogate 210 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: my long standing beliefs about balancing a career and a baby, 211 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: so I didn't. Michelle also explained that since she had 212 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: her last abortion at twenty eight, that she started to 213 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,319 Speaker 1: get her eggs counted every year to ensure that her 214 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: future delays were always an educated guess. However, she said 215 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: she started to lose the feeling of comfort after having 216 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: her eggs counted at the age of thirty two, and 217 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: it was at this point, she said, that her biological 218 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: clock became a real thing and she couldn't stop thinking 219 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: about the question career or baby. Well, Michelle went into 220 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: more details about how she felt when she found out 221 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: she was pregnant, so rather than feeling excited and joyful. 222 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: Michelle said she felt guilty and selfish to let herself 223 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: have a baby alongside her career. She said her emotional 224 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: response to the news was dominated by the conditioning, societal pressures, 225 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: and the restrictions she'd put on herself over the last 226 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: five years. I can definitely see why that was her 227 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: initial reaction. She also spoke about that her biggest fear 228 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: is that investors would find out she was pregnant and 229 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: would pull out of her company, and she worried about 230 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: how it would reflect to her employees and people involved 231 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: in the business. She thought, maybe it will look like 232 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: I just don't care about the company anymore. It's just 233 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 1: such an unfair thing that women in business have to experience. 234 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: Because Amy, you and I are running our own business. 235 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: We have similar fears, and we are constantly talking about, well, 236 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 1: we can't really have kids at the same time because 237 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,199 Speaker 1: someone's got to steer the ship. And the frustrating thing 238 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: is still these are not thoughts that men would have 239 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: going through their minds. What's comes to the nearest to it. 240 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:05,479 Speaker 2: This has been the most extraordinary experience of my entire life. 241 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: Taylor Swift the eras to a film hit big screens 242 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: last Thursday and is already breaking records. Worldwide. Ticket pre 243 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: sales exceeded one hundred million, while the first day sales 244 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: alone top twenty six million dollars. It seems like everything 245 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: Taylor Swift touches turns to gold at the moment, and 246 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: this movie is no different. It's clear that her and 247 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: her pr team have done this just so perfectly because 248 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: not only was Beyonce in attendance at the premiere, but 249 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: Taylor actually visited all the sixteen cinemas within the complex 250 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: to thank everyone for attending. And when I saw these videos, 251 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: I was like, how the hell did these lucky bastards 252 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: get tickets to the opening night? I should have known. 253 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: They were actually hand picked by Taylor herself. So it 254 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: is a bit of a trend for Taylor to invite 255 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: her dedicated fans to special events of hers and this 256 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: movie premiere was no different. So when she visited each cinema, 257 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: she thanked her fans for their support. Let's throw to 258 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 1: what she said, real great, So thank you, thank you, 259 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: thank you for wanting to be here. You guys, I 260 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 1: don't know if you know this, I don't know if 261 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,479 Speaker 1: it's weird to say this. You're all going to handpost 262 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: to be in this premier? Did you? That's not weird 263 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: for you? Because I do like watch she has around 264 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: to do. She finished up by saying, thanks for doing 265 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: all the extra stuff that made us notice you. I 266 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 1: just love this because it's just another example of how 267 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: Taylor has managed to build such a strong fandom. One 268 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: TikToker called Rylan Olivia shared her experience being hand picked 269 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 1: to attend the movie premiere, and she is a swiftye 270 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: that has five hundred and thirty thousand followers on TikTok. 271 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: That's probably a bit of a tip to everyone out 272 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: there if you want to get invited to the event, 273 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: maybe build a platform around Taylor Swift and your love 274 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: for her now. She received an email two days before 275 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: the event asking her to RSVP that night, and she 276 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: immediately booked flow to LA and the location was undisclosed 277 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 1: until two pm the day of the premiere, when fans 278 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 1: were given more details on how to get to the event, 279 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: which started at six pm. Can you imagine how exciting 280 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: would be if I got that email. I'd be worried 281 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: it was a scam because I know that they're coming 282 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: from Taylor Nation, but you would be questioning it. Well, 283 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: she did say that she was stopped at three different 284 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: security checkpoints where they had to present the QR code 285 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: on the invite and also show their ID. They also 286 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: had to go through metal detectors. I just can't get 287 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: over all of the videos of Taylor reacting to the movies. 288 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys have seen them, but 289 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: she is just absolutely rocking out to the movie as 290 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: if she's not even Taylor's Swift. The videos are like 291 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: Taylor Swift watching the movie as if she isn't tarr Swift. 292 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: I was wondering what the vibe in the cinema would 293 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: be like. I understand that the premiere everyone's going to 294 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: be up and dancing and singing, but when I go 295 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: down to my local Marian shopping center, a people going 296 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: to be singing, because look, I want it to be 297 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: a fun vibe, but some people take it to the 298 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: next level where they're screaming. And also everyone's going to 299 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: be sitting there. But people, I think you need people 300 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: singing along because I don't think you can. I don't 301 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: think you're human if you're just sit there not singing 302 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: a lot. But There are some people I've seen on 303 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: videos on TikTok where people are screaming the lyrics, and 304 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: I find that really obnoxious. Some people are also bringing 305 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: out their mobile phones and putting the torches on like 306 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: they are at a concert. I like that it looked 307 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: cool on the video, but apparently it's reflecting on the 308 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: screen and ruining the picture. Holiday. I just imagine you 309 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: there Kate shooting everyone dirty. Look, Keep's sitting there with 310 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: a candy and it popcorn. The thing is imagine if 311 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: you're in a theater but there's not many people. I know, 312 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: these are all getting sold out. You're just there, like 313 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: with the hands of the boyfriend that's been dragged along. 314 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: He's not knowing what's coming on. They all know the songs. 315 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: There are some tiktoks where someone's like, my cinema verse 316 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: the ones on TikTok, and it was literally so quiet 317 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: people just watching it. Well, some fans are really disappointed 318 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: because there have been some songs cut from the movie. 319 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: So The Archer, Long Live Tis the Damn Season, Nobody, 320 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: No Crime, Cardigan, and Wildest Dreams are all missing. Look, 321 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: I'm actually not disappointed with those cuts because I love 322 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: all of Taylor Swift's music, but those none of those 323 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: are my favorite. The only one I'm disappointed about there 324 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: is long Live Oh Yeah, And TikTokers are advising you 325 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: need to stay till the end of the movie because 326 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: the credits are really cute. 327 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 2: Ran with me about English paper one because what the hell. 328 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: Was that year twelve students are taking to TikTok in 329 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: their droves to complain about their final exams. So the 330 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: first exam was an English exam, which many students have 331 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: already labeled as a complete nightmare. Now, one of the 332 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: biggest issues seemed to be with how the exam was 333 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: stapled together. It's very specific. Yeah, well, it seemed to 334 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: throw a lot of people when they walked into the 335 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: exam because apparently the stimulus booklet was staple to the 336 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: back of the writing booklet, and many didn't realize that 337 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: they could actually tear them apart. So they said it 338 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: was like, oh, REGARMI trying to switch back between the 339 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: two booklets. God, isn't that just a test for gen zetters. 340 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: If they can't work out that they have to pull 341 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 1: those two books apart, then they failed the exam. I 342 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: was chadding to my neighbor's kids the other day, and 343 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: they were talking about how they'd been doing some exams 344 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: at school, and I was asking them, like, do you 345 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: actually have to physically write them or is everything just 346 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: on computers now? And they were saying, no, a lot 347 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: of the stuff you still have to write it, and 348 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: their hands get so sore because they're so not used 349 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: to it. My hand always got sore from writing in 350 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: exams as well, and I wasn't always on the computer. Yeah. Well, 351 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: there is a student called Lara whose video has since 352 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: gone viral sharing her experience about this English exam. Let's 353 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: throw to what she said about the staple incident. 354 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,440 Speaker 2: Okay, everyone in the slit exam, run them up, get 355 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 2: here right now, because what was the stapling? First of all, 356 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 2: why was there a whole stimulus booklet like the stapling 357 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 2: was atrocious? That was a horrible start to the exam. 358 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 2: And then for the first question to be about gravel 359 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 2: and dirt, gravel and the human experience not graveling dirt. 360 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: Another issue that Lara seemed to have was with the teachers, 361 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: who she said were babbling on at the start of 362 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 1: the exams during the reading time. Here's what she. 363 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 2: Said, I'm sorry, but why does that old bitch at 364 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,439 Speaker 2: the front like no disrespect for disrespect, just be yappiny, yappining, yapin, 365 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 2: Like the reading time is about to start and this 366 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 2: bitch is still talking and still explain my babe. We 367 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 2: all start the trial. We all know how it works. 368 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 2: No one's gonna leave because we only have an hour 369 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 2: and a half. 370 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: Can you imagine when we were in year twelve if 371 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: you had right of reply to your teachers via TikTok. 372 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: I'm surprised that the school hasn't found this and got involved, 373 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: particularly if it's been covered by the media, especially the 374 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: old bitch at the front, she'd have something to say 375 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: about it. They probably don't care because it's their last 376 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: week of school, you know what I mean. Once the 377 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: exams are done, they're out of there. Do you remember 378 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: the cheat sheets you got to bring in and you'd 379 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: have to run Yeah, for some exams, and you'd have 380 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: to write in this ballless letters just to fit everything. 381 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes you just write your whole essay on there and 382 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: just to look over it to make sure you didn't 383 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 1: do that. I think you could just put it as 384 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,479 Speaker 1: dot points and get away with it. Now. Students were 385 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 1: also not happy about the inclusion of a certain poem 386 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: by an acclaimed New Zealand writer that was included in 387 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: this exam. So the pollm in question was about an 388 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: apricot tree, and one student wrote who decided to put 389 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: the apricott and whatever poem in the paper whilst others 390 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 1: were completely lost for words, just putting crying emojis and apricots. 391 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: Why is all I could think about is friggin' outa 392 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: poll's apricot piece of toes with their that should have 393 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:39,959 Speaker 1: been in the essay. The students may have known more 394 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: a poll under it. This seems very cathartic that you 395 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: can go on TikTok and be bitching with people across 396 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: the nation about how shit your example was. It seems 397 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: like students this year are channeling that anger in a 398 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: better way and making memes and jokes about it. Because 399 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen year twelve students trolled one of the 400 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: award winning poets whose poem ended up being in the 401 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: English Exam and there are a number of articles written 402 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: about that one. And they also viciously attacked a journalist 403 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: who wrote an opinion piece about their winging about the exams. 404 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: I wonder if the Year twelve board or whoever comes 405 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: up with the exams actually goes to the poet and 406 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: gives them the heads up and says, look, you're about 407 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: to get a bit of attention on TikTok, particularly the 408 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: poor guy that wrote about the abrigotury. Well, doesn't seem 409 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: like the maths exam went any better because across TikTok. 410 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: One student said it was ridiculously hard and asked what 411 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: the teachers were on when they wrote it, whilst another 412 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: said they started counting their marks during the exams and 413 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: started thinking about what backup UNI coorses they could be doing. 414 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 1: I just feel sorry for these students. It's just bringing 415 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: back so many bad memories of being absolutely stressed out 416 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: before my exam. We only had a couple of exams 417 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: purposely because I don't deal well under that type of pressure. 418 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: I remember before our psychology exam we all had a 419 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: free count thought we were going to fail. I just 420 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: I couldn't think of anything. I was like, I've got blank. Rember, 421 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: you were meant to put the book under your pillow, 422 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: and that was meant to help you absorb all the 423 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,719 Speaker 1: information didn't work. What a lot of shit you just asleep. 424 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: The same week Dean Guy got eliminated from Australian Idol 425 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: and that was all I could be. How could anyone concentrate? Well, 426 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: I think we're going to wrap things up there. This 427 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: podcast was recorded on the traditional land of the Ghana 428 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 1: people of the Adelaide Planes. We pay respect to Elder's 429 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: past and present and if you did like the show, 430 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: please leave us a five star review.