The Fifth Trimester

Content Warning: Discussion on Disordered Eating and Mental Health

What words give you the ick for no apparent reason? We’re sharing ours and they’re pretty outrageous. Millennial style icons and the world’s most elusive twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, turned 40 over the weekend and it’s making us feel… middle-aged?! Plus, we’re sharing our top pick of ONE nice winter jumper each, because who has time for too many options. Then, the conversation about Ariana Grande we’ve been holding off on having, but we can’t stay silent any longer. We’re tackling Ariana, shrinking celebs, and the overnight death of the body positivity movement. Em Ratajkowski’s penned a divise essay for The Cut, titled "Mother F---er: After my marriage ended, I began compulsively dating in order to figure out what kind of woman I wanted to be.” As our single mother dating correspondent, Lu has LOTS of thoughts. Next up, BB’s giving you the crashiest of crash courses in the 2026 FIFA World Cup - from where to stream it and when the Socceroos are playing next, to all the glorious stars to watch out for in the stands. We promise you’ll be an armchair expert by the end! Our ins and outs include an impractical new going out bag, cringey tech platforms and a dewy AF foundation.
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Souffle Yarn Crew Neck Sweater from Uniqlo
Uniqlo and JW Anderson Lambswool Polo Sweater
Em Rata’s essay for The Cut
Concept Fleet custom beaded bags
Lu’s new foundation
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You begged, DLs, so here it is: a very special watch-party episode breaking down the latest horny hockey show to dominate Q2 - Off Campus. Based on Elle Kennedy’s bestselling Off-Campus books, the Prime Video series follows music student Hannah Wells, played by Ella Bright, and Briar University hockey captain Garrett Graham, played by Belmont Cameli. What stars as a tutoring arrangement and fake-dating plot naturally becomes something much hornier and much more emotionally complicated. The show has become a global phenomenon, attracting 36 million viewers within its first 12 days and already scoring a second season. While it’s clearly made for a Gen Z audience, we millennials are LOSING OUR MINDS over it. Lu and BB unpack why we think it’s landing so well with our demo audience, the show's broader cultural impacts, and everything we know about Off Campus season 2.
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Belmont Dancing At The Kid Laroi Concert (you're welcome)
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Lu is back from her sick bed and firing on all cylinders with crazy ideas. Should she audition for Big Brother? Should she become an anonymous influencer if AI takes her day job? Plus, we FINALLY have a date for season two of Heated Rivalry, so set your alarms accordingly. Where do you stand on online privacy? It’s a meaty one and we’re diving headfirst into whether the rise of the anonymous influencer is a good thing, a bad thing, or simply the next inevitable step in our internet brain rot. We’re also sharing our honest thoughts on whether or not we post our kids online, looking to celebs like Kourtney Kardashian, Hamish Blake and Zoë Foster Blake, and what we can learn from them. In extremely important news, we canvassed our amazing DL community to find out the one beauty hack that genuinely changed your life and the results are EPIC. From the hair-washing tweak that could change everything, to the blow-dry brush everyone needs, the glowy skin hack that actually delivers, and the sneaky trick for juicy, voluminous lips minus the filler, this round-up is about to become your new beauty bible. No biggy! Our ins and outs include a viral dessert that’s as tasty as it is cute, live music with your kids, and the opposite of pimping ya ride.
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Hamish Blake on No Filter
Ellie from Freshen Up At Freshwater
Elizabeth Holmes Bases Primer
Elizabeth Holmes Golden Hour Setting Spray
Tan Luxe Face Drops
AEON Skincare
Elizabeth Arden 8-Hour Cream
Dyson Airwrap
Karin Herzog Vita-A-Apricot Anti Ageing Cream
Viral dot cakes
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Surprise, DLs! We have a very special guest co-host joining Bella today… it’s Gem! To kick off the ep, BB puts Gem through a “what you munging, pop culture” edition to find out exactly what our fave WDHTFT babe is watching, listening to and, most importantly, snacking on. Then the girls unpack Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s oh-so-chic yet understated London registry wedding. From the two-piece skirt suit to the big hat and that bouquet, Gem and BB reckon this is going to completely redefine how brides get married in 2026. Plus, the girls reveal what they’d change about their own weddings if they were doing it all over again now. And what do Susan Boyle and Madonna have in common? Well, a lot more than you’d think. Both women are currently promoting new music in very interesting ways, which has us asking - is this the new playbook for how older women have to sell themselves now? Our ins and outs for the week include a clever little accessory Gem is loving and a very dramatic plea to cancel an age-old tradition that kids absolutely froth over, but we HATE.
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Madonna's JFK Jnr Confession
Madonna Getting Down with Gymskin
All The Cool Girls Are Wearing Red, according to Sitchu
Gem’s blazer cuffs
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It’s the only show we wanna talk about right now - Netflix’s Kylie Minogue three-part documentary, Kylie, so of course we had to record a special episode to break it all down. We chat about all the huge bombshells (career, cancer, kids), and all the things that were left unsaid.
Because the big question is, after three hours with Australia’s golden girl of pop, do we actually know Kylie better? Or has Kylie done what Kylie does best - let us close enough to feel her glittery warmth, but not quite close enough to touch the truth?
Plus, Lu opens up about how Kylie and Dannii Minogue’s dynamic reminds her a lot of her own bond with her big sister Revs, and why one sibling’s success should never be the other’s undoing.
Netflix’s Kylie: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/82075657
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