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Jul 2024
1h 9m

I Weigh - Modern Motherhood with Paloma ...

Earwolf & Jameela Jamil
About this episode

Join Jameela and award-winning musician, actor and author Paloma Faith (Pennyworth, Dangerous Liaisons) this week to examine the modern motherhood she experienced and wrote about in her new book “MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery”.

 

They discuss the mental & physical stress of fertility challenges, the loneliness and identity crisis of becoming a parent, and the unfair division of household tasks and mental load of organizing the family. Paloma shares about her sexual awakening and plenty more!

 

Find Paloma on IG @palomafaith and her book MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery via Penguin UK

If you have a Wrong Turn of your own to share with Jameela, email a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com, and we may include it in a future episode!

Jameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.

You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf website

And make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!

Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.

Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.

Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts.


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