As self-confessed cry babies, Beatrice and Rosemary know a thing or two about crying: on the street, in the office, on those frustrating occasions when people throw pennies at your face…
We sit down this week to chat about crying: the politics of it, the gendered nature of opinions around crying, whether or not you should ever cry at work – and how you should react when someone else does.
We’d love to know about you: do you frequently, or have you ever, cried in an inappropriate setting?! Tell. Us. Everything.
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Delusions of Gender* is actually by Cordelia Fine
Natasha Walter wrote Living Dolls*
Kelly Cutron’s If You Have to Cry, Go Outside*
Revolutionary Road* by Richard Yates
The Max Brooks book Don loved is called Devolution*
A Star is Born* (trigger warning: major heartbreak and trauma)
Apologies to LloydsPharmacy for tainting their (genuinely good) Change Your Health Direction programme by association with Rosemary’s crying selfie
What Every Body is Saying*, by Joe Navarro, the book teaching Beatrice the secrets of body language, which she looks forward to practising when we all return to face-to-face interactions
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You can follow Rosemary on Instagram @rosemarymaccabe; Beatrice is @beatricemaccabe and you’ll find us both on the podcast Instagram @notwithoutmysister. Our Facebook page is here! For show notes, sporadic blog posts and assorted random things associated with the podcast, check out our website, notwithoutmysis.com. Want to get in touch? Email us on notwithoutmysis@gmail.com.
Not Without My Sister is presented by sisters Beatrice Mac Cabe and Rosemary Mac Cabe, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Our producer is Liam Geraghty. Sound editing and original music by Don Kirkland. Original illustration by Lindsay Neilson. Not Without My Sister is a member of The Warren, the home of great Irish podcasts.
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