High Value Women

Happy New Year femmes! This time of year may have you reaching for a self help book or two but we are here to tell you to put it down and take it out the amazon basket. We talk all things self help, why they're a bit culty and why we generally don't vibe with them.

It's that time of year again! Hosts Adam and Ellie do their 2025 Wrapped, discussing their highlights and lowlights of this brain rot of a year. Wishing all of our listeners a very happy new year 🫶

It’s Adam’s birthday episode, which means they get to choose the topic, and they’ve picked one of their favourites as they and Ellie unpack the world of Bollywood as they explore its history, its influence, and the way it shapes gender, beauty, politics, and representation while also looking at the shifts happening in today’s industry.

In this episode Adam and Ellie are talking all things whataboutism. We're sure if you've ever spent time in the comment section of any TikTok you'll know exactly what it is. We dive into what it says about where we're at as a culture and how we can start to move past whataboutism.

In this episode of High Value Women, Adam and Ellie unpack the biggest myths about immigration rhetoric in the UK, from the idea that migrants threaten British culture to the belief that asylum seekers are draining public resources. If you listen to any episode, let it be this one. If you'd like our pod notes, send us a DM on our socials or leave a comment!

In this episode your hosts, Adam and Ellie, take a deep dive into the world of pageants. Get your spray tans and rhinestones ready as they dissect pageants around the world, the infamous Toddlers & Tiaras, and explore the history of pageants. Make sure to let us know what you think about pageants and check out our socials x

The last two summers (2023 & 2024) were given an overarching cultural moniker that defined the season, last summer was the summer of Brat and the one before was Barbie. This summer however... girl wtf was that? While some things showed a glimmer of promise like Lorde’s virgin (virgin summer) or even the dreaded labubu (labubu summer) nothing has quite achieved the cultural prominence to define the season the way the last two years have. One thing that has become apparent though, is that this summer has been one of the most contentious and stressful, with the impacts of climate change becoming more apparent with dust, record-breaking temperatures and the continued rise of fascism making us all feel too warm for comfort.

Have you been hearing a lot of random facts get thrown around in debates recently? So have we. In this episode we did some scientific research that challenges some pretty outdated patriarchal ideas