Melanie Dimmitt on actual inclusion and why we are all ableist
Dirty Mother Pukka with Anna WhitehouseShow Notes
This is Polly’s moment to open up about a different mothering journey with the author of ‘Special’ Melanie Dimmitt. It’s a beautiful insight into a different parental route that is often misunderstood or misrepresented. In this episode team DMP ask what ableism really is. How it presents. And what you can do as a parent to be more inclusive.
More from Dirty Mother Pukka with Anna Whitehouse
It’s an extra special episode where we meet the newest member of the Dirty Mother Pukka family as Polly chats to Anna for the first time since baby Lola arrives and maternity leave begins.
Anna and Polly are joined by Jess Joy and Charlotte Mia co-authors of How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Guide to Autism and ADHD. They delve into everything from masking, diagnosis relief and grief plus the difficulties with official diagnosis.
As the pair hit the West-End in their first Live Nation show, Anna and Polly talk sex ed, pleasure and why it’s time to stop centering the peen. Oh and how platonic love has to be up there with romantic amour. Til death, indeed…
Anna and Polly share their wildest job experiences. From welding car parts to making weed-infused perfume, their unconventional careers unravel and they chat about how motherhood impacts it all.
Anna and Polly take a deep dive deep into the world of post-childbirth sex, orgasmic birth (yes, that’s a thing), and vibrators (Polly is never without hers). Joined by the brilliant minds behind the Somatica Institute, Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman. www.somaticainstitute.com & learnsomatica.com