This week on Friday I'm In Bed we get into nonnamaxxing, the TikTok trend telling twenty-somethings to live like an Italian grandmother, and ask whether it's lost wisdom or just wellness culture with a tomato plant. We also unpack the backlash to the Department for Education's post-16 campaign fronted by Gemma Collins, and why parents and teachers called it tone-deaf on SEND support. Plus another round of the Moan In.

Dry, funny, midlife cultural commentary, no advice and no wellness sermons.

In this episode

• (00:12) The Moan In: the heat, paid online returns, gym etiquette and Instagram drops
• (09:41) The Gemma Collins SEND education campaign and why parents are furious
• (35:45) Nonnamaxxing: living like an Italian grandmother explained

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Topics covered: nonnamaxxing, Italian grandmother trend, maxxing, TikTok trends, Mediterranean lifestyle, tradwife, loneliness, Gemma Collins, Department for Education, SEND support, post-16 education, Bridget Phillipson, midlife women.