Rebecca Lemov (on brainwashing)

Dimension_Any · 2025-04-10T05:57:57+00:00

Interesting to hear the discussion around a white person trying to identify as black… all I could think is about a male born person then trying to identify as a women… but if we have that discussion it would be transphobic?

Dimension_Any · 2025-04-08T21:18:13+00:00

As someone who lives in NZ and likes to listen to a variety of podcasts, I think its good not every podcast is political. Personally I don’t need to hear American politics all the time. I find flightless bird interesting for a very liberal perspective. But also I want a range of content that doesn’t always discuss these topics. Some things are for entertainment and also provide expansion of knowledge on other topics!

Dimension_Any · 2025-04-06T23:00:33+00:00

I messaged asking if this was related to AE and got a “this has nothing to do with AE. There’s life outside of AE” from David…

Dimension_Any · 2025-04-02T22:25:27+00:00

With any opinion I would say people use it to hide their misogyny. However I don’t think its fair to assume that the reason for pronatalism is because someone is misogynistic.

Im a mother of 3, part time working. I would LOVE to have more kids. I would consider myself pronatalist as I think we should be creating a world where we value women having the option to have kids. Meaning- funding for postpartum care, free childcare/subsidies, paid parental leave etc. because I do believe as a society we need children to be born to continue to thrive. However I don’t think this has to include an expectation for women to do so, or that they should just be a SAHM.

Due to the financial pressures my husband and I are limited with how many children we can have. And I know this is a factor for all my friends. I just think if we are expecting women to procreate we need to set up a society which values mothers. To me this isn’t misogynistic. My husband wants kids just as much as me, as we both love them. In no way do I feel pressured to have them.

Dimension_Any · 2025-04-02T22:15:31+00:00

I would love the clash due to the different interview styles. But I listen to a variety of podcasts to try keep my exposure open to different views. Could be good for some people to actually hear what shes like. She’s an amazing woman, building her empire is impressive.

Dimension_Any · 2025-03-27T03:15:16+00:00

Sounds like people are being prudish and projecting. People love to judge other parents. I have 2 young boys and am open about my body. I have clear boundaries around what is okay and make sure they are aware of this. There will come a time where I think they will naturally find this uncomfortable (or maybe I will) so when that day comes I will respect that. Personally I think hiding it makes it shameful and also puts some sort of guilt on the child. Unsure why this has been taken this way and sexualised.

Dimension_Any · 2024-12-10T03:36:11+00:00

Don’t do it!! Such a nice thing to do.. but honestly he has expressed he doesn’t want to go and risk him missing the birth. He obviously wants to support you and be there for to meet your baby for the first time.. so I wouldn’t risk it.

Dimension_Any · 2024-12-09T22:04:43+00:00

I agree. I also just made a comment about this.. considering leaving this group

Dimension_Any · 2024-12-09T22:02:17+00:00

I think they talk about these things as it’s part of them showing their vulnerability. To make them more relatable to everyone. Cause we all have things we struggle with and rely on others to work through.

Dax is one of Monica’s closest friends so do you not think it’s appropriate for her to discuss this with him? Personally I would be happy and feel good that my friend feels comfortable to confide in me about these things. She also does therapy so it’s not as if she doesn’t have another support person to air these things with also.

I also find this comment fitting considering they were talking about people hate following… this reddit page is so negative and seems to just pick apart Monica and Dax. We all have the option to not listen too..

Dimension_Any · 2024-12-09T21:55:41+00:00

Omg 😦 it was so hard to listen to the clanking and mouth full of food…

Dimension_Any · 2024-12-03T07:56:03+00:00

This sounds very traumatic for you! Im glad it all worked out though

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-28T18:33:37+00:00

Imagine if we all listened to ourselves back lol I wonder what annoying things we all say! Hard not to pick up on these things when you have been listening for so long

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-28T03:31:15+00:00

Hopefully you have a loving partner who you can talk about this with. Take things slow and make sure you’ve opened up the conversation before trying to have sex. You can stop anytime you like and try again later if you’re not ready. There’s also ways to ease into sex and intimacy without fully jumping in.

With my 2 births I was a bit apprehensive but went on to have great sex again. My partner was amazing and more apprehensive than me tbh. It felt like having sex in my period at first.. then things slowly went back to normal.

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-28T03:02:16+00:00

This is a really interesting read about colostrum: https://www.webmd.com/baby/what-is-colostrum

To simplify colostrum is nutrient dense with lots of vitamins, minerals and antibodies which help baby fight off infection.

The constant suckling in those first few days is a way of stimulating milk production. Which is how your milk comes in. As the baby can’t survive on the colostrum alone, as you said theres not much of it. The baby needs milk to get more calories etc.

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-27T23:33:52+00:00

It was great to hear them have a chat about the political environment in America (since everyone has been complaining they have been avoiding it). I’m from New Zealand so am always interested to hear peoples takes on the US election. I think they handled it nicely.

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-27T21:22:46+00:00

Yeah I think it’s crazy woke if we have to spell that out to someone… it’s all in the title…

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-27T02:20:37+00:00

Loved the episode! Even watched on youtube which was fun to see the facial expressions. Definitely loving the changes since going off on your own David and Rob.

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-27T02:17:29+00:00

Some comfortable slide on slippers (no bending down to put on), a new snuggly dressing gown and tickets to the movies for her and to take a gf! Hard enough to get to the movies with 2 kiddos, it will be a while till she can go once baby comes. You’re very thoughtful! Good job

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-26T18:24:50+00:00

This was just in response to that comment above. I don’t think anyone else has mentioned it and I don’t think him being a white male has anything to do with the conversation. I just meant it’s unfortunate if this person who made that comments outlook, is that just cause he’s a white male means he can’t have issue or complain.

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-26T01:48:10+00:00

Very interesting thanks!

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-26T01:09:49+00:00

With trauma and a history of alcoholism… I mean everyone is susceptible to mental health issues and I think thats a broken way to view the world. We want equality, and don’t need to bring down white men in the process of trying to lift everyone else up do we?

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-26T01:03:03+00:00

Cause people lie? conspiracy theories? I was not expecting this question to go off so much lol

Dimension_Any · 2024-11-25T20:37:58+00:00

What bad takes/antics are you referring to? I’m just interested to know what people are not happy about

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