LitHERacy: An Australian Podcast for Young Women

What better way to launch than with a double episode on all things women's health — including the parts you were taught to be embarrassed about. In Part 1 Maddie and Dr Tamara Hunter get plain about vulvas, periods and discharge: what's actually normal, what's worth getting checked, and how to tell the difference. Part 2 asks the question- how much pain is too much pain? Then the part no one prepares you for — what to do when you finally work up the nerve to see a GP and they wave you off. Because "you're fine, take two Panadol" and "I actually listened to you" are not the same sentence.

What better way to launch than with a double episode on all things women's health — including the parts you were taught to be embarrassed about. In Part 1 Maddie and Dr Tamara Hunter get plain about vulvas, periods and discharge: what's actually normal, what's worth getting checked, and how to tell the difference. Part 2 asks the question- how much pain is too much pain? Then the part no one prepares you for — what to do when you finally work up the nerve to see a GP and they wave you off. Because "you're fine, take two Panadol" and "I actually listened to you" are not the same sentence.

LitHERacy is an Australian podcast for young women, and for the women who love them. LitHERacy exists because I got tired of pretending I had the answers. Somewhere between the caring adults and the conversation I actually needed, the real stuff got lost. So I made a promise to my daughter, and to daughters everywhere, because they deserve so much better than silence. Each week I ask the real questions, and get the real answers, from the people qualified to give them: a gynaecologist, a psychologist, a dietitian...the list goes on. Periods, bodies, mental health, consent, nutrition, sex, pleasure, finances, friendships, no topic too big or too small. At LitHERacy we believe an informed girl is a protected girl. Season one starts Thursday 10th September. New episode every Thursday.