Episode 16: Is having a boyfriend embarrassing?

It’s Free Period 2025 Wrapped

In our final episode for the season and 2025, we took a moment to reflect on the year. Mofi has been binging Grey’s Anatomy (better late than never I guess🫢) and Esther seems to have finally shaken the flu that’s been dealing with her for months. We wrapped things up by giving ourselves some flowers for staying consistent with the podcast despite all of life’s challenges and being in different time zones. Go us!😀 We have genuinely loved being on this journey and we deeply appreciate all the support we have received from you. We hope you have a great rest of the year, and a fabulous new year! 💕 Aisha, Mofi & Esther

Episode 16: Is having a boyfriend embarrassing?

On this episode, we catch up on life after a rough October. WE talk about Esther and Aisha's quiet birthdays, the pressure of gift giving, and our feelings about the ember months. We also get into the viral Vogue article, “Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now [https://www.vogue.com/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now]?” and unpack everything connected to it. Privacy politics, the pressure to perform relationships online, influencer culture, parasocial audiences, influencer burnout, the return to conservative dating ideals, and why shame shows up in women’s relationships. We end the episode with returning to accountability goals - do we even remember how to do that? As always, we hope you enjoy this episode and we would love to hear your own thoughts on the topic.

Episode 15: The Friendship Resume

We're back with another catch-up episode! Esther has been under the weather and lost her voice thanks to the daycare flu her toddler lovingly passed along (sharing is caring, right?). Mofi is in job-hunting mode with new urgency, and we're hopeful for some good news soon. Aisha is working on balancing her career with her social life, while also on a quest to find friends who share her values… which might be hard because she’s one of one (and the only one!) As always, we hope you enjoy this episode and we would love to hear your thoughts on the topics discussed. p.s. If you are interested in being Aisha's friend (and you meet the criteria), please send an email to itsfreeperiodpod@gmail.com ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 14: Rumour Has It

This week, we try and fail to agree on what gossip actually is. We dig into our personal philosophies, codes of conduct, unspoken ethics, and complicated relationships with gossip such as where the boundaries lie. Esther can’t get past the word’s bad connotation and insists that harmless gist doesn’t count. Mofi wants clarity on when it’s okay to talk about a friend… with other friends in the same group. Aisha is on a mission to find out why so many women take issue with those who share everything with their male partners, and whether that’s fair. One thing we can all agree on? All three of us absolutely love to gossip. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 13: The un-coddling of African Parents

This week, we’re asking tough questions: Are African parents too coddled? Is it time to decenter them in our emotional narratives? And how do you negotiate conflict when your values are at odds? We rant about African parents and whether things are actually getting better with each generation.  Mofi shares the details of a recent fight with her mum and questions why empathy so often feels one-sided. Esther, meanwhile, can’t relate, and isn’t exactly worried about her own parenting skills. And Aisha? She swears she’s not a yapper... but based on how much she had to say in this episode, we’re not so sure. Maybe she just needed to get somethings off her chest? ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.