47: Bloody Mary and the Horrors of Womanhood

Send us Fan Mail Women spend years bleeding, sweating, cramping, forgetting words, and somehow still keeping everyone else alive. This episode is a hilarious, brutally honest look at the full hormonal journey from teenage periods to PCOS to the chaos of perimenopause — and why none of it is even remotely fair.

Sil and Inish get real about the first time Bloody Mary arrived, the embarrassment, the panic, the pads, and the awkward lessons no one really prepares you for. Then they turn the volume up on the adult version of womanhood: irregular cycles, PMS rage, phantom periods, brain fog, night sweats, hot flashes, chin hair, stubborn acne, and the strange emotional tsunami that can make you want to cry, scream, or hide from your own household.

Sil also shares how GLP-1s unexpectedly brought her cycle back after nearly two years without one, while Inish opens up about the very specific symptoms that show up for her with PCOS, from acne to irregularity. Together they unpack the myth of “syncing up,” the truth about the 450-period lifetime statistic, and the emotional labor of being a woman who is still expected to perform like nothing is happening.

Follow us on: Instagram Youtube TikTok Facebook This episode may include references to alcohol. As always, we encourage responsible sipping- water, mocktails, and coffee count too.