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This week on Grab Her By The Mic, a zoo in China is openly hiring humans to dress as black bears - six hour shifts, purring only, no ventilation in the costume - and over 100 people applied immediately, which tells you everything you need to know about the state of the job market. Canada has given trees legal rights, prompting an actual lawyer to say in an actual courtroom: "What do trees do if not standing? If anything has standing, it's a tree." And an Australian business called Rat Gizzard Oddities has gone viral for selling lingerie with actual taxidermied rats sewn onto them. They are called LingeRATs. That is a pun. Someone made a rat pun and then made the product. They are classified as art collectibles and cost $190. International shipping available. The HyperFix this week is Philsy’s journey down the day in the life content rabbit hole - why we can't stop watching strangers make porridge and go for four kilometre walks, what emotional gap it's actually filling, and the moment she realised watching someone else's perfect morning routine was making her feel terrible about her own pile of laundry. Relatable. Painful. Extremely on brand. The SideQuest is Would You Rather Work There - five real jobs that actually exist and a couple of made up ones that Philsy has to say yes or no immediately. Armpit sniffer (60 per hour, benefits unknown), tree rights lawyer, professional bed tester (under observation), vomit collector at a theme park, and the bear job. Her answers will not surprise you. They will disappoint you. Han would take all five and she said what she said. Obsession of the Week: Philsy is on mouth tape for sleep and Han has a lot of thoughts about her husband. Han has watched Office Romance on Netflix twice this week and is not taking questions. Brett Goldstein wrote a romcom specifically for his celebrity crush Jennifer Lopez, cast himself as her love interest, and it genuinely feels like a proper romcom in a way we haven't had since the early 2010s. Rated R. Slightly raunchy. Highly recommended. Explicit, feral, and occasionally educational. See you next Tuesday. 💋 CHAOS CORRECTIONAL (FACT-CHECK CORNER) Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous. This week we correct: * What type of bear the Chinese zoo was actually hiring for * Whether Quebec is actually French (it's complicated) * The full story of the famous tree that got chopped down (it's called the Sycamore Gap tree and it sprouted back) * The dinosaur tree near Bowral Hospital and whether it's in Glebe Park * Why rats on the lingerie (we tried) * Girth vs birth: a correction that should not have been necessary * Whether mouth taping is actually one of the number one things you can do for your health (the science says: maybe, but calm down) * How your phone actually knows your REM sleep data LINKS & THINGS WE MENTIONED 🍷 Recap & Rosé * Swinging Bridge Shiraz [https://swingingbridge.com.au/product/2023-william-j-shiraz] - Orange, NSW (Han's Recap & Rosé) * Clipper Tea [https://www.clipper-teas.com/] - bleach-free, plastic-free tea bags (Philsy's Recap & Rosé recommendation) 🌀 The Weekly Spiral * Luohe Wildlife Zoo black bear job ad - South China Morning Post [https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3357986/china-zoo-offers-us15000-annual-salary-bear-costume-performer-strict-silence-clause] * The 2023 Hangzhou Zoo sun bear incident [https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/sun-bears-at-a-china-zoo-have-divided-the-internet-this-expert-is-sure-theyre-real/wlobhtru9] - the origin story of China now openly hiring humans as bears * Terrasse-Vaudreuil tree rights resolution - The Independent [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-trees-rights-quebec-montreal-b3000285.html] * Rat Gizzard Oddities LingeRAT - VICE [https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-australian-boutique-is-selling-lingerie-with-real-taxidermied-rats-sewn-on-the-crotch/] 😍 Obsession of the Week * Triple Z Mouth Tape [https://zzzone.com.au/products/zzzone-mouth-tape-for-sleeping] (mouth tape for sleep) * Skin Gym [https://www.skingymco.com/products/mouth-tape-30-pack?srsltid=AfmBOopw1MwDKxD8HkqEw7WqayXLrZhsv-7VZ6ONuNkJKBFe1kXeERWX] lip-shaped mouth tape * DreamWave Pillow Speaker [https://radoxtech.com/products/dreamwave%E2%84%A2-pillow-speaker] (sound goes under your pillow, pressure activated) - Han impulse bought on Instagram Stories * Office Romance - Netflix [https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81939823], starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein, written by Goldstein and Ted Lasso co-writer Joe Kelly 🐰 Research Rabbit Hole * Sleep Foundation mouth taping article - Mouth Taping for Sleep: Does It Work? [https://www.sleepfoundation.org/snoring/mouth-taping-for-sleep] ✅ Chaos Correctional * Sycamore Gap tree - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree] * Do You Need To Speak French In Quebec? [https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/speaking-french-in-quebec] * Wollemi pine - NSW National Parks [https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/plants-and-animals/wollemi-pine]
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