Poet Hollie McNish — dubbed “the Tracey Emin of the poetry world” — joins Have You Frozen Your Eggs Yet? for a hilarious, honest and fearless conversation about womanhood, shame and the wildly inappropriate questions people feel entitled to ask. Spoiler: there are many.

With millions of views online and features on the BBC and in The Guardian, Hollie’s work tackles taboo topics with sharp wit and heart. In this episode, she shares stories from her own “inappropriate questions” archive, talks about motherhood and pregnancy, honesty in art, and why she has previously tried to make her work neutral.

Hollie is the first poet to record at Abbey Road Studios, winner of the Ted Hughes Award for her poetic parenting memoir, which Kelly highly recommends, Nobody Told Me and author of six poetry collections including Slug, Lobster and her latest, Virgin. She also recites a powerful poem she rarely shares publicly — “because I only have one child” — and explains why.

Funny, raw and unfiltered, this episode is a must-listen if you’ve ever been asked a question that crossed a line.

You can find out more about Hollie, buy her books and book tickets to see her live on her website.

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Kelly and Louise debate the viral Vogue article ‘Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?’ by Chante Joseph. We know, you can’t bloody win! The controversial article divided the internet looking at the apparent recent shift to avoid mentioning your boyfriend online and Kelly and Louise have notes. They react to the article getting into why people may advertise boyfriends less, their own response to people publicising relationships or not (even when married), and whether it really is ‘embarrassing’. There’s strong opinions.

They also talk about more women choosing to be independent now, the question, “why are you single?” (the gift that keeps on giving around Christmas time) and Louise letting females down with her inability to light a fire and swing an axe.

Vogue article discussed:

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now

Follow up article:

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-response-to-my-are-boyfriends-embarrassing-article

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Kelly and Louise decided it was time they found out some answers about the realities of freezing eggs, however eye rolling inducing it is for Louise to be asked that question. They are joined by an expert in fertility to fill in the gaps, do some myth busting and well, to help educate us in general.

Dr. Karolina Skorupskaite Carlyle is based in Edinburgh and set up her private clinic Genus Medical Fertility to deliver more personalised fertility care with All-In-One Fertility Health Assessments.

She is also a Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology at NHS Greater Glasgow and ClydeDr Karolina has made significant contributions to the field of reproductive medicine. With a background in clinical practice and research. Her work has contributed to the University of Edinburgh receiving The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education award for innovations in women’s health.

Louise shares her age-related fertility concerns with Dr Karolina who offers some very practical and useful advice for those in a similar situation. Both Kelly and Louise are surprised with some of what Dr Karolina has to share, which you may be surprised leads to chat around turkey basters.

The useful websites Dr Karolina suggests are;

https://www.britishfertilitysociety.org.uk

https://www.progress.org.uk/

https://fertilitynetworkuk.org/trying-to-conceive/egg-sperm-donation-donor-treatment/

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