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Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
In this week's episode Jess and Lauren dive in to comedian Fern Brady's fantastic memoir, Strong Female Character which explores everything from mental health, sexism, neurodivergence and much more.
Today's episode is brought to you by Tandem Collective but as always all views are our own and are completely sincere.
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