Bibi Lynch (Part 1) - Hidden Homeless, Social Infertility, and the Right to Grieve Over Not Having Children

Published: June 19, 2021, 9 p.m.

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Today's guest is the delightful Bibi Lynch, a frequently requested guest from our listeners. I now know why. Bibi is pure truth.

Bibi is a journalist, writer and broadcaster. More accurately, she's a controversial journalist, writer and broadcaster. She presents a weekly show for BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey (she also co-hosted Sussex and Surrey\\u2019s \\u2018adult\\u2019 show After the Watershed and fronted their Bibi Lynch\\u2019s WHIPs series) and co-presents Good Sex Bad Sex\\xa0\\u2014 a podcast for metro.co.uk.

For ever 25 years, she's written for many titles and sites, including the Guardian, Stella, The Telegraph and Metro.\\xa0 She\\u2019s a regular on TV, presented the What Men Want series for Living; co-wrote Graham Norton\\u2019s ITV late-night quiz Carnal Knowledge; and created Living\\u2019s hit series Dead Famous.

She\\u2019s also the "stupidly proud" creator of the acronym WHIPs (Women who are Hot, Intelligent and in their Prime \\u2013 or Primark if times are tough), and was voted one of the HuffPost\\u2019s \\u201850 Funniest Women on Twitter\\u2019.

In Part 1, listen as we discuss:

  • Bibi's talent for discussing the taboo without reservation, heroically.
  • Being a woman without children who wanted children and dealing with it.
  • "Social infertility"
  • The absurdity of people getting upset at things they hear.
  • How she's been called a misogynist for grieving over not having children.
  • Considering adoption and why it isn't always an option.
  • Bibi's period being homeless for 10 years and moving 30 times.
  • A take on regret, and why you'd probably make the same decision anyway.
  • Recognizing the hidden homeless.

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