Waiting for your tell all memoir 😈
Hi Em, I know we have to wait until your tell all memoir is released when you’re on your death bed, to hear the truth about your time in radio and comedians that you’ve had issues with.. but on the flip, I’d love to hear who in radio/comedy (namely males) you have respect for and why. Hope you and the team are having a fab day xx
Boxing Day Chaos
AITA for telling my mum that I won’t bundle my 2.5 year old & 6 month old in the car for a Christmas lunch in Ballarat. Without traffic, it’s over 2.5 hours away from where I live and on Christmas Day we have a lunch & dinner with different parts of our families. My parents, aunts and uncles all think I should head down for the day but I’ve said that I’m not interested dealing with the Boxing Day traffic and have offered to host. It’s important to note that everyone lives 5-40 minutes away from where I live too. I can’t decide if I’m being a grinch or just putting in boundaries for my young family. There are no other little kids at this Christmas celebration either.
Ticket
Hey Em! I live in little old North Queensland and couldn’t make it to any of your live shows. Would you consider selling virtual tix for us to watch at home for your upcoming show? Would absolutely love to see you do your thing - quality of the video honestly doesn’t concern me!! Wishing you all the best, chookas, and a massive standing o! Xx
AITA
Anonymous please, I live in a small town and I have no desire to be lynched. Hi Em, Long time listener first time caller here. I have an AITA for you, there are 2 parts to this and I'd like your thoughts on these scenarios, as well as any advice you have for dealing with these situations in future. My partner (M, 52) likes to think he's pretty forward thinking but secretly I think there is a lot of internalised misogyny, which to be quite honest I find infuriating at times. Scenario 1 - The other day as I walk in the door he excitedly tells me that the NSW police have managed to negotiate up to a 40% pay rise, and quote "how amazing is that!". Without missing a beat, I then respond, "Wow, so a public service that is HEAVILY dominated by males has managed to secure themselves a whopper pay rise whilst the nurses and teachers of our state which are predominantly female occupations continue to languish in sub-standard pay conditions". He then cracks the sh!ts and says "why do you always have to make it about women" to which I reply "because women have been getting the short end of the stick for so long and continue to get the short end and it's simply not good enough" And I won't bore you with the rest of the argument. Scenario 2 - My partner goes to this regular get together, they call it the "Wine Club" and they meet up to 6 times a year (I think). Usually the members of this club take turns hosting it, the concept is they all pay a certain amount for the host to put on a dinner, the host provides some of the wine (from the money paid by each person) and then each person brings a bottle of wine as well. They have a nice dinner, share some wines, and there's really nothing more to it than that. The catch is, only men are allowed to attend - except for one event per year, where partners are invited. I refuse to attend the partner event, and my reason is pretty simple. If they are going to exclude women from the majority of these events and only open it to partners once per year, I have zero interest in supporting this group, because it's a bunch of sexist old white men. Additionally, I have a single female friend, who is the same age as my partner, who loves wine and socialising and would be a perfect fit for something like this. However, she can't attend because she's not a man, and she is not hanging off a man, so therefore she is excluded from every event, even the one event that does allow women to attend. My partner gets upset that I won't go to the partner event, he says he's the only person whose partner refuses to go, and although he doesn't say it out aloud it's pretty clear he feels embarrassed by this. He also doesn't like that I refer to this club as the "Pen!s Party" and he has repeatedly asked me not to call it that. For context - I am Female, 45 years old, and I live in a small country town. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in the whole town who voted Yes in the Voice Referendum. Actually to be fair my partner voted yes as well, but only after I spent a lot of time explaining to him why he should vote yes. OK so, here are my questions. 1. AITA for pointing out that police are mostly men and the women dominated public services deserve better? 2. AITA for not attending the Pen!s Party partner events? and 3. Should I stop referring to it as the Pen!s Party? Thanks in advance and much love.