I Had My Daughter’s Baby... At 52

Hugo and Spencer live with their loving parents, Michelle and Jono, and are surrounded by extended family, including their grandmother Jasmina and their Auntie Sophie. But how Hugo and Spencer came to be in the world is a very unique and unusual story: their grandmother Jasmina and their aunt Soph…

Why Africa Brooke Left The Cult Of Wokeness

Subscribe to Mamamia Writer and activist, Africa Brooke, used to call people out on the internet all the time - because this is what the culture wars told her she needed to do.  Until one day - she suddenly stopped. In 2021, Africa wrote an open letter and posted it online. She called it: “Why I…

"All The Exits Were Blocked" - How Charlotte Cowles Was Scammed

Subscribe to Mamamia On Halloween morning, Charlotte Cowles - an Ivy League educated journalist and mother of a two-year old son - received a life-altering phone call from a government agent who informed her that she had 22 bank accounts, nine vehicles and four properties registered in her name, a…

The Mother Who Won’t Put A Trigger Warning On Her Child’s Life

Subscribe to Mamamia Are you triggered by trigger warnings? Do you need one before you read a story about anxiety? How about before you see a photo of a meal that includes meat? What about before you watch a performance of Macbeth? Trigger warnings are supposed to protect us, but do they? Rachae…

David Finch’s Wife Wanted To Be ‘Unmarried’... But Not Divorced

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with David here.  Subscribe to Mamamia David Finch is a lot of things: he’s an Autism and Neurodiversity consultant, the author of The Journal of Best Practices; A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband,…

Tia Levings Escaped A Trad Wife Cult

You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Tia here.  Subscribe to Mamamia Tia Levings was raised within the same strict Christian fundamentalist ideology as the infamous Duggar family from 19 Kids And Counting. By the time she was 19 years old, Tia found herself in an abusive marria…

Jen Glantz Is A Professional Bridesmaid - She Works Hard For The Money

Subscribe to Mamamia Jen Glantz was so sick of being invited to weddings and asked to do so much work…for free. So she did what any good entrepreneur does: she turned it into a business called Bridesmaid For Hire. In this episode of No Filter, Jen spills all the tea about her life as a profession…

Eve Wiley’s Father Was A Serial Sperm Donor…And He’s Not Alone

Subscribe to Mamamia Eve Wiley is one of the featured voices in the Netflix series The Man with 1000 Kids, but the story of how she came to be a fierce advocate for victims of fertility fraud is a deeply personal one…and one you have to hear to believe. In this episode of No Filter, Eve Wiley tel…

Injuries, Exploitation and Eating Disorders: The Real Story Behind The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders with Sarah Hepola

Subscribe to Mamamia Before the Netflix documentary America’s Sweethearts, a 7-part series that examines the wild world of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, author and journalist Sarah Hepola created and hosted the Texas Monthly podcast America’s Girls and she has stories that didn’t make it into t…

The Twisted True Dating Story Behind Asher Keddie's ‘FAKE’

Subscribe to Mamamia Almost 40% of relationships begin online and while there are plenty of success stories, there are also some horror stories. This is one of those stories. In 2019, Mia Freedman interviewed Stephanie Wood, the author of Fake, which is now a hit TV series starring Asher Keddie an…