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Uh, I haven't yet received my advance copy

of 'Toxic Boss' by Norma Pearce.

- You can't sue if the statement is substantially true.

- What about libel?

Have you thought maybe you're overreacting?

No!

You're firing at the wrong enemy.

That's not how I see it.

I think what Norma means is

reality's such a powerful source of inspiration...

- Thanks, Laura. - Yep.

[Evelyn] Are you here to meet Daniel?

Can you pick another husband to be obsessed with?

I'm not going back to work.

I don't want her to just be a wife.

OK, so, you know... Here, here. You want this?

My door is always open.

I don't want any of you to feel unheard.

Keep up the good work, guys!

I mean, you're just inspiring me every day!

[upbeat music] [people chattering]

[Evelyn] I'm not! [Ginny] Stop looking!

[Evelyn] I don't care what cards you got.

["Ooh Wee" by Mark Ronson featuring Ghostface...]

[Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife and Saigon]

- Oi! Don't cheat. - I'm helping you.

-My daughter's very competitive.

[Evelyn] No, I'm not.

Viv, are you sure you don't want to play?

Oh, no, she doesn't like games.

Yeah, poker's gambling and gambling's an addiction.

Oh, well we don't play with real money.

Oh, can we? I could do with some rent money.

No! Can't afford it.

Why don't we just have a conversation like adults.

Because we like playing games. It's fun.

Ev, have you thought anymore

about speaking to the assembly on Tuesday?

Oh, International Women's Day. No, I'm booked.

Sorry, but isn't International Women's Day a bit of a sham?

Like it's more about pink-washing

rather than actual equality, right?

Ah Mum, you can't afford to keep betting with a bad hand.

[quietly] No, not with the gender pay gap.

Oh, my gosh, why does everything always have to be about gender?

[Vivian] Exactly! Feminism is redundant.

Why can't we all just be humanists?

Because humans are the ones

that are doing bad things to humans.

- No, I agree with Viv. - [Vivian] Good.

I am available on Tuesday, Jon.

- Lock me in. - Okay.

Do you know women are 50 percent more likely

to be misdiagnosed after a heart attack?

No! Who cares?

Who cares about medical trials favouring men?

[Jon] Okay, let's just play poker.

[Addy] Mum's like, always angry.

-[Vivian chuckles] -[Jon] Okay... here's the river.

- I'm all in. - Somebody give me 5 more chips.

[all] No!

Alright, check.

- Fold. - Fold.

- I drew the nut flush. - [all exclaiming]

Who's shuffling these cards? I'm not playing this game anymore.

Oh! Hang on a minute. Wait. I'm not finished.

Who's up for a game of high card?

[all] No!

[sighs]

[Lucy] I'm quite enjoying being a '50s housewife.

What about your financial independence?

Daniel's money is my money, like mine is mine.

[Evelyn] But you won't have any.

[Lucy] I'll have his.

[Evelyn scoffs]

Won't that be disempowering?

Surely there's more to life

than just motherhood and working.

There's online shopping, but you need money to do that well.

I think our definitions of success are just different.

That's okay, Ev.

Well, I don't know what you want me to say to that.

Why should I feel ashamed to admit that I enjoy my work?

Have you ever thought you might be a workaholic?

Yeah, of course I am. I've worked hard at that.

[Sylvie] Oh, nice...

What?

That's, that's my therapist.

[Evelyn] She's picking up dog shit.

- She didn't say hello. - It's out of context.

- She's protecting herself. - Sylvie?

[sighs] Evelyn.

[Evelyn] I thought you saw me, but you turned away.

I did see you.

- Morning. - Morning.

It's a bit weird not to say hello.

Okay. That's weird.

Didn't have to be. You made it weird.

I have to go.

Oh God. What is with your hugs?

- What? - That felt emotionally dusty.

[Lucy] We've signed up for an intimacy workshop

with a somatic therapist.

- Oh. - Maybe you could join.

There's nothing wrong with my intimacy.

I'm intimate.

It's a real problem for women our age.

I'm fine. Thanks.

[Lucy] You could do a story on it.

[people chuckle]

[Giles] Who found that picture of me?

[women chuckle]

[Giles] "Paternal clock is ticking for DiCaprio".

That's very clever, Evelyn.

We could have done nothing, as a protest move

to mark International Women's Day.

But we wanted to have some fun.

Yeah. I mean, I can't imagine someone

critiquing my appearance.

I mean, what would they say?

I don't know, something about the cut of your suit,

your '90s hair,

looking like a cheating ex in a bad romcom?

[Evelyn laughs]

No one wants to have their bodies

splashed across the media in unflattering light.

Yeah, but don't some women, you know,

solicit this type of coverage.

Court controversy, per se.

I mean, context is everything.

- [audience cheers] - [upbeat music]

[floor manager] Quick, quick, get 'em off.

- Change camera. - [audience cheers]

[cheering]

[floor manager] Get 'em off!

- [Giles] Not my birthday yet. - Wow!

[Evelyn] What was that?

[Penny] Well, they were definitely courting controversy.

Riot girls! Viva la protest!

I mean, what were they protesting? Bras?

Beauty standards.

The way the media treats women.

Domestic violence, predatory men.

- We need more activists. - Yeah.

- Ah. Penny. - [Giles] Hold on.

Just getting word that the protestors are launching

a new website called 'Tart'.

What? That was a PR stunt?

Well, I take back what I said earlier about brave activists.

They're not riot girls.

Edited by feminist commentator, Rosaline Stone.

She's good. [Giles sighs]

Um, so, final word for

International Women's Day, Evelyn?

Just support women.

[Evelyn] Rosaline Stone! That two faced, hypocritical...

Bitch.

I wasn't going to say it out loud.

Well, let's see if she pays her contributors.

They say they pay 15 cents per word.

15 cents? That's good.

We pay $50 a piece.

Now.

[Lily] $50 is 335 words at 'Tart'.

- Whatever.

- Look, I wouldn't worry about it. It seems academic.

That's not our audience.

We're academic. Aren't we!?

[Paul] Penny's last story was titled,

"What My Undie Drawer Says About Me". [chuckles]

[Penny] It's about getting comfortable

with being comfortable, Paul.

"Gender and empathy: Men shouldn't need to imagine it

"'if it were your wife slash daughter slash mother,

"written by..."

- [laptop slams] - Written by who? Who, Jeet?

[Lily] Your favourite, Norma Pearce.

- Senior news editor. - What?

Oh, good old Norma strikes again.

[Paul] But youthfulness is their thing.

"We're young feminists, smashing barriers,

"kicking asses".

Yeah. I'd like to know how 'young' Rosaline Stone is.

Jeet, find out.

[Paul] Ev, it's just high brow, inaccessible,

head up its own ass, dribble.

Let's keep the train on the tracks, folks.

Yeah, Paul's right. This is just...

it's just head up its own ass dribble.

Maybe I'll call Rosaline Stone and congratulate her.

[all] No!

[tense music]

Bitch.

[Helen] Sign here.

[paper rustles]

Wait, what is it?

I managed to get a small bank loan.

Not easy with your history.

The business account is overdrawn.

You only have enough cashflow for the next three months.

Fuck.

Didn't you mention that there was another option?

Look, I can get you an investor,

but you need to know the headquarters will be in Naples.

- Capiche? - Oh, I like Naples.

It's the New York of Europe.

The hustle. The pizza. It's fun. [chuckles]

Oh...

Naples, Naples?

As, as in organised crime, Naples?

[whispers] The mafia?

I'm not saying another word.

How the fuck do you have mafia connections?

[Evelyn exhales]

Okay, just give me one more day, 'til Monday.

- That's six more days. - [papers rustle]

- I'm not good at maths. - No shit.

[bell rings]

Raise your hands if you love being a woman.

Yes, [chuckles] I do too.

And for me, being a woman is exhilarating.

It's wondrous.

It's emotional.

-It's sometimes hormonal, -[students murmur]

but I think we've tried so hard to normalise being a woman

that we've forgotten how magical it is.

We can be independent, and well educated.

We have choices.

We no longer need to be defined by being a boy or a girl.

I know some of you are reading "Little Women"

and my message today is inspired by Jo March,

my favourite March sister.

She was the writer, the tomboy, and like her,

I had a little crush on Laurie, too.

[students giggle]

My message is Jo's message.

It is so important to be independent, and free,

so that you never have to ask a man for permission -

worse still, ask them for money...

Even when you really, really, really need it.

[tense music]

[Jon whispers] Maybe some of those braille titles?

- [Erika] Blindfold you? - [Jon] Blindfold me.

[Jon and Erika whisper indistinctly]

[tense music]

German literature!

I mean, at least find some romantic fiction.

- [Jon scoffs] - Oh, we were...

just discussing, reorganising the biographies.

Oh, how stimulating.

[Erika clears throat]

Okay.

Great speech today. Thanks.

Hmm... Do you think that's appropriate?

Canoodling in the library like horny teenagers.

We were not canoodling, and don't say horny. [scoffs]

I need to ask you something about work.

- No. - You don't even know what it is.

You're going to ask me to invest in 'Eve',

because you really, really need it.

- Just hear me out. - No.

Yes. I do need an investor for the business,

but I'm starting to get really worried

about my own financial future.

Ginny's in a relationship.

You've hooked up with Miss Honey.

[scoffs] Don't be so hypocritical.

You just did a whole rousing speech

about the importance of financial independence.

Yeah. So those girls can secure their future

without making terrible fucking life mistakes like I did.

[Erika] Excuse me. Excuse me,

could you take this out to the quadrangle, please?

This is a quiet place.

- No. - [Jon] Yes.

[Jon sighs]

["Clockwatching" by Belleruche playing]

# Seems like the little things are slowly bringing... #

Oh, "Little Women".

Did my speech inspire you?

Oh, no. It's part of the curriculum.

# I can see you reaching meltdown #

[books clatter] # How'd you flip into a habit #

# Of aching for anybody's praise #

[Lily] I need a tester for my article.

[Paul] No way. No.

[Opal] Come on. Be a good girl, now.

Oh, breaking. A woman in Alabama

is in an intimate relationship with a houseplant.

You got to hear this.

'Tart's posted a brutal takedown of 'Whoman's board.

"A bunch of men scratching their balls,

"telling women what they want".

We all love 'Tart', like compared with 'Whoman',

they write stories that matter.

We do stories that matter, Pen.

We've just got to be more edgy.

[tense music]

Lily, get that wellness vertical up.

You can do a podcast on it.

I've got a good lead on an orgasm workshop.

I think it might work.

In the meantime Pen, give me 400 words

on the woman in Alabama that fucks the plant.

[Evelyn] Okay, how are the dailies?

[Ginny] You look stiff. I'm worried about you.

You know, Jon's moved on.

Good.

Wish he'd move on out of the family home. [sighs]

I'm stiff because I'm a workaholic.

Oh, she admits it.

You know, Simon's an osteopath.

Yeah, I know.

I'm not interested. I mean, I don't even...

I could have a look at your neck.

Oh.

No, I'm, I'm fine.

I just, I didn't sleep last night.

I haven't relaxed for 14 years.

I'm guessing it's all coming from your hips.

I could have said something really offensive

- about osteopaths. - But you didn't.

I was literally about to say

they're not real fucking doctors.

I've asked Kym to move in.

What? You don't even know him.

- Yes, I do. - What star sign is he?

I don't know. I don't follow astrology.

Aries? Libra?

May 6th.

That's Dad's birthday.

Mum, you love having your own space - with me and Jon.

What about your financial freedom?

I like it when a man pays.

Two steps forward, one step back.

Yes, but we're always ahead.

He makes me laugh.

I make you laugh.

And I sing in the shower, which you love.

He treats me well, Ev, better than your father did.

Charles Manson would've treated you better than Dad did.

I thought he treated those hippies well.

- Oh. - Loyal to the end, they were.

Can't you be happy for me?

[gentle music]

[man] Welcome, welcome. Thank you for coming.

Thank you.

- Welcome. - Oh, hi.

- I'm George. - Hi, Evelyn Jones.

I actually called yesterday.

I'm hoping to run a piece on the workshop

for my website, 'Eve Life'.

Do you enjoy watching people being intimate, Evelyn Jones?

Um, well, it depends on what level of intimacy

we're talking about. [chuckles]

Well, it's not a spectator sport.

If you want to stay, you're going to have to play,

and then you can write with lived experience.

There's straight reporting, too. [chuckles]

I'm not really into this kind of thing

and I'm going through a divorce, so...

might be wasted on me.

I don't have a partner.

Denis, come out here.

[gentle music]

Denis, this is Evelyn. She'll be your partner today.

[Evelyn groans]

[Denis] Welcome, Evelyn. Don't worry.

We won't see each other again after today.

[gentle music continues]

Okay.

[George] Come on in.

[gentle music continues]

- Ev! - [Evelyn chuckles]

- You made it. - What is she doing here?

Oh, I was going to do a story on George,

but he's making me participate.

Are you serious? This is meant to be about us.

I'm not doing sex stuff in front of her.

Is this a group sex thing?

Oh, my God, relax.

It's a couple's workshop.

George is the best in the biz.

What biz?

[Lucy] Intimacy.

Who's your partner anyway?

Denis.

Who the fuck's Denis?

The one in the sockettes.

[hypnotic music]

[George] Fall into their eyes.

Feel yourself merging,

with their physical presence.

- Evelyn. - Mm?

A little closer.

["Lebanese Blonde" by Thievery Corporation playing]

A little more.

A tiny bit closer.

[George] Surrender and submit.

["Lebanese Blonde" by Thievery Corporation playing]

I see the pain in your regret.

I see your beauty and your courage.

[George] Explore each other's breath and body sensations.

[Lucy] I see your lust.

I want it.

I see your love.

# Somewhere in another time #

[George] We should all feel safe in our bodies.

So we can let go of pent-up emotions and trauma.

# Clouds drifting through the blinds #

[George] know you're blindfolded,

but look deeply into your partner.

Lucy! Lucy!

[George] Now we're going to mix things up a little.

I want you to reveal a secret to this new partner.

Something, dirty.

You're open now.

Let's relish in that vulnerability

and speak your truth.

- [Evelyn exhales] - [Daniel clicks tongue]

I don't really want to do this, so let's just pretend

that we've said something dirty.

[Daniel exhales]

Ev...

I'm not happy.

I don't know what's going on, but... [inhales]

Are you pretending?

I'm not happy, and I don't know what to do.

She's doing all of this for you.

She's pole dancing for fuck's sake.

She's terrible at it.

She's having sex. She hates sex.

Stop it!

Stop it? I'm fucking stuck in this.

Stop it!

[groans] I can't...

Where's Denis? I want Denis.

[George] Tell your partner what you see.

We've spoken our truth.

Now, let's sit in it.

Okay... Um...

I see your relatively normal-sized head.

I see your masculine energy. It scares me, actually.

I see your lack of self-care.

I see your narcissism.

I see your desperation.

I see your anxiety.

You're barely hanging on.

Can you feel the intimacy in that?

He doesn't even know me.

Trust him.

Go on.

[gentle music]

I see...

your generosity.

[George] You are mirrors for one another, Evelyn.

And this is an exercise in self-reflection.

I see your damage...

Your trauma...

[gentle music continues]

Do you mean your trauma?

[George] Good.

But now it's time to forgive yourself, Evelyn.

[emotive music]

[hands clap]

[group applauds]

[gentle music continues]

[Evelyn] I see your pain. I see your anger.

I know why you said, "No".

I see your hurt.

I see my blame.

Have you been day-drinking again?

You encouraged me

to start blogging on the living room floor,

then the coffee table.

Then in the office when you stained the coffee table.

You lent me $39 for the 'Eve Life' URL.

- I didn't pay you back. - You didn't have to.

It wasn't transactional.

[Evelyn sighs]

I've always believed in you.

I just feel so anxious.

Denis was right.

I'm barely hanging on.

- Who the fuck is Denis? - It doesn't matter.

I deserve a better deal.

I undersold myself in the settlement, out of guilt.

And you know that.

You knew it then, and you know it now.

I need your support, again.

If you don't want to sell the house,

can you get a line of credit?

I need the money, Jon.

I can't just bail you out.

[Evelyn sighs]

But, if I was to help,

I would need a stake in the business,

and some sort of plan.

Yeah. I've got a plan.

I want to further develop the podcast channel.

I mean, I know I'm onto something big there.

Can I think about it?

Women's voices deserve to be heard.

[Vivian shouting] You're a fucking asshole

and I hate you 'til the day you die!

- [door slams] - Maybe not that one.

[footsteps echo]

Oh, dear.

- What's happened? - Nothing.

Mate, Viv sounded pretty upset.

We broke up.

Oh. Why?

I'm still figuring out who I am, and she's bossy.

It's not nice to call girls bossy.

Would you prefer she kept her opinions to herself?

Mum, she's exhausting.

She wears everyone down, even her friends.

[tense music]

Oh, I think she's just misunderstood.

Your first relationships never end up well, mate.

[footsteps pound]

Where's Viv? We were going to watch

Winona Ryder's "Little Women".

We broke up.

I fucking hate this family.

Hey!

I see your pain.

[Evelyn exhales]

- [Sylvie] How's your week been? - Terrible.

[Sylvie] Worse than putting your shoes on my couch?

[Evelyn exhales]

Can I try the weighted blanket this time?

Sure.

[Evelyn] Ooh.

Higher. Higher.

No, I can't breathe.

[Evelyn exhales]

I went to an intimacy workshop.

I was very gently verbally abused by Denis.

[Sylvie] Who the fuck's Denis?

And I really responded to it.

It did something to me.

Elaborate.

I'm just wondering if my whole life's been

a series of mistakes.

The only real relationship I've ever had is ruined.

My daughter's doing everything she can not to be like me.

I don't even know how to be a real friend anymore.

I'm angry with Lucy for giving up on herself.

So I'm punishing her.

[Sylvie] What if I was to tell you, you are a good friend...

and you are well loved.

Wouldn't stop the self blame.

Can I tell you what I think?

Well, obviously.

You shouldn't be alone.

You know, as busy as you are, you're isolated.

I don't know how to do it.

Do what?

[gentle music]

Be a woman.

[gentle music continues]

Oh, hi.

Hi. You had the same idea.

I often have this idea.

Yeah, me too.

Weird we haven't had the same idea at the same time before.

Must have just missed each other.

Until tonight.

Do you mind if we don't talk?

Perfect.

["Crimson and Clover" by Tommy James & the Shondells]

# But I think I could love her #

# Crimson and clover #

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