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Nov 2022
40m 11s

Fake 'Sad Girls' & The Elon Garbage Fire

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Everyone’s worried about Elon Musk being in charge of Twitter. So, who’s been fired, who’s being let back in, and what does it all mean? 

Plus, Have we done away with social rules in favour of boundaries? 

And… what is ‘crying makeup’? What the latest TikTok trend tells us about the 'cute-ification' of mental illness.

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Hosts: Holly Wainwright, Jessie Stephens, Mia Freedman 

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