294: Lliana Bird on kids' books, breastfeeding, and being disappeared
The Scummy Mummies Podcast
Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
How is having ADHD like being a butterfly? Why are women still being defined by what their husbands do? And do sharks really love heavy metal? Helping us to answer all these questions is the awesome Lliana Bird!
She tells us about her children's book, Baboo the Unusual Bee, which she wrote while breastfeeding. We share our memories of being new mums, and reveal the advice we wish we'd had back in the day.
Lliana talks about her shock at discovering that women's pages are disappearing from wikipedia, thanks to some good old fashioned misogyny. We also have a good old chinwag about everything from her time as Xfm's longest serving woman DJ to female friendship, the mental load, and why mice sing when they want a shag.
Baboo the Unusual Bee is out now. Follow Lliana on Instagram @llianabird.
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