Calling all GB DBs! Kate and Tash are back to chat about the girlboss grind many of us eventually find ourselves accidentally trapped in, or perhaps voluntarily strapped in? This is our most philosophical, intellectual and above all, nonsensical episode yet. Join us as we chat about when girl power went sour, unwittingly deep dive into free-will within capitalism, how it relates to new-age feminism and ponder whether society is ready to uncancel the great girlbosses of yore...Lena Dunham, we're looking at you girlfriend.

Thought reading was for smart people? WRONG! Reading is for everyone and your DB besties are here to tell you why. From Bridget Jones to On The Road (boring), we're reading for pleasure, and leisure, and it doesn't f***ing matter. 

Books mentioned:

• The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (2000)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)
• Emma by Jane Austen (1815)
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)
• On The Road by Jack Kerouac (1957)
• Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding (1996)
• Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares (2001)  
• Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (1993)
• Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James (2011)
• The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey (2020)
• Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)
• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (2017)
• Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (2018)
• Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (2002)  
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (2019)
• The Neopolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante (2011 - 2015)
• Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey (2023)
• Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (1966)  
• The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith (2002)
  
  
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813)
• Monkey Grip by Helen Garner (1977)
• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (2019)
• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (2019)
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (2022)
• Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney (2021)
  
  
• Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (2018)
• Finding Cassie Crazy and Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty (2003, 2000)
• Behind the Voice: Dietro La Voce by Anthony Callea (2023)
• Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog by W. Bruce Cameron (2022)
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008)
• A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (2015)

Theme song 'I Wish I Could Play Guitar' is by Tamara & The Dreams and Not a Boys Name.
instagram.com/tamaraandthedreams
Cover art by Montana Kitching - montanakitching.com.

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What is it 'to vibe'? Does the vibe lie? Are the vibes simply off? Your DB besties will try and answer some of life's toughest philosophical questions in our very first episode of our brand new podcast. We're talking vibe chasing, vibe side-quests, party vibes - you name it, we vibe it. 

Theme song 'I Wish I Could Play Guitar' is by Tamara & The Dreams and Not a Boys Name.
instagram.com/tamaraandthedreams
Cover art by Montana Kitching - montanakitching.com.

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