Episode 15 2 March 2026

Women in Comedy, Double Standards and the Aussie Boys Club

Women in comedy, low-tox cleaning spirals, olive oil shots as a gut reset, and a very passionate stance on never staying in a shitty hotel again. Plus the double standards that make the room feel different when a woman grabs the mic.

This week on Grab Her By The Mic we unpack women in comedy and the subtle double standards that make the room feel different when a female comedian grabs the mic. From a Newcastle comedy night to Aussie mateship culture and workplace code-switching, we dive into why confidence and explicit humour land differently depending on who’s delivering the punchline.

We also spiral into low-tox living (one cleaning product at a time), bleach debates, whether olive oil shots are a gut reset or just strategic colon stimulation, and accidentally turn label checking into a personality trait. Plus: vivid dream hangovers, walking-the-dog guilt, and a very passionate stance on never staying in shitty hotels again.

For the SideQuest this week we introduce Her Mic Moment, our new monthly segment spotlighting Southern Highlands women and giving them the mic, not a sales pitch.

And of course, a Weekly Manifest that tries to cleanse toxins but not personalities.

Explicit, feral, occasionally educational and accidentally therapeutic.

See you next Tuesday. 💋

🚨 Chaos Correctional

Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air.


This week we correct:

  • King Charles: it’s King Charles (not Prince Charles), and no, he’s not abdicating
  • Harry + Meghan: no confirmed return to royal life, just media commentary and wishful chaos
  • Dream hangover emotions: why you can wake up mad, ashamed, or terrified from a dream (REM carryover, baby)
  • Hegemonic masculinity vs toxic masculinity: not the same thing, but they overlap in the worst ways
  • Yuka app: the scan-and-score app for ingredients if you’re entering your label-checking era
  • Olive oil shots: not a mystical cleanse, more like a colon wake-up call
  • Rejection sensitivity: it’s Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), not dysmorphia

🔗 Links & Things We Mentioned

🍷 Recap & Rosé

💊 Magnesium’s Mentioned

🎭 Comedy Spiral

🔬 Double bind / workplace gender expectations

🔬 Double bind / workplace gender expectations

🎤 Gender bias in humour and audience perception

🎭 Gender norms shaping comedy environments

👄 Low Tox (but with Botox)

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