My Mum's Bad Diaries

By: Jenny Ackland and Lilika May
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  • You're invited to eavesdrop as a mother reads out her teenage diaries to her daughter. Funny, candid, poignant and brave, this weekly podcast is both living memoir and an investigation into what makes (and breaks) a woman. No scripts, no prep; just 40-year-old (diary) gold being unearthed. Even Jenny doesn't know what's going to come up as she lays bare her inner teen world to Lilika. Their motto is 'we go there', so what could possibly go wrong?

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  • Teaser episode for My Mum's Bad Diaries
    Nov 23 2021

    2 women, 2 mics and 40 years of diaries

    In this teaser episode, meet mother and daughter Jenny and Lily who will take you on the ride that is My Mum's Bad Diaries. Each week, Jenny reads from her teenage diaries, starting in 1980. Part therapy, part entertainment, buckle up for the rollercoaster!


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    3 mins
  • 2 women, 2 mics, 40 years of diaries (Vol.1, 1980)
    Dec 12 2021

    We went back and listened to our season, especially the first few episodes and thought: we've learned so much, we CAN do better. Also we've learned how to put the beeps in for blanked out names! We have new theme music -- more Spandau Ballet, less Amelie. So re-join us for episode 1 -- re-recorded so that this time, and from now on, mum reads.

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    Granddad tells mum someone's dead when they aren't...

    We're diving headfirst into 11 July 1980 as mum reads out the first few entries of her teenage diary, written when she was 16.

    We discuss this project that we’re taking on together, mum is nervous of course, reading your teenage diaries out for anyone to hear is one of the most revealing, vulnerable and excruciating things out there don’t you think?

    So press play to hear us chat on about mum’s brief bible fanaticism, her economics class talk meltdown, and how the milk-bar man’s son was there when Gough Whitlam was sacked.

    Listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit.

    Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries

    Click to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.com


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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Leroy love (Vol.1, 1980)
    Dec 12 2021

    Content note: we mention sexual abuse and violence, in passing (resources below)

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    I find out mum's not as good a student as I always thought...

    Join us in October 1980 as we change the format a little and mum reads her bad diaries to me. It's definitely a different experience having her share them in her voice, it feels more natural and less like I'm sneaking into her room to read her diaries!

    We read about the mechanical bull at The Sentimental Bloke and chat about period anxiety and encounter some low-key racial profiling which just highlights how much attitudes have changed (thankfully!).

    As always, listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit.


    Resources:

    1800 Respect National Helpline; 1800 737 732

    Women’s Crisis Line: 1800 811 811

    Men’s Referral Service: 1300 766 491

    Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 131 114

    Relationships Australia: 1300 364 277

    CASA House @ The Royal Women’s Hospital: 1800 806 292

    Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries

    Click to head to our show notes at: mymumsbaddiaries.com

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    55 mins

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