This week, Tansy emerges from the hairdresser with blonde foils and clarity, while Kate arrives with strong opinions and a side of hay fever. Together, they dive into the week’s cultural chaos: celebrity engagements, conservative couture, AFL dramas, and the ever-present absurdity of modern politics.

💍 First up: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s floral fever dream engagement — complete with a massive Super Bowl-esque ring and English teacher vibes. Tansy (reluctantly informed by the internet) breaks down the tortured-poet-to-footy-hunk arc, while Kate questions the ring, the wedding guest list, and the potential hay fever situation.

🌈 Then it’s onto AFL and real courage: Mitch Brown comes out as bisexual, opening a conversation about toxic locker room culture, the F-slur on the field, and the long-overdue reckoning in Aussie sport. Tansy and Kate share their take on performative allyship, concussions, the AFL boys-club, and why it’s time to stop excusing violence and abuse as “just part of the game.”

🧠 From there, it’s Tasmania vs. stadiums. Is it ethical to build a billion-dollar sports arena while machines at Hobart hospitals are being held together with gaffer tape? The girls say… probably not.

👗 And finally — the Midwinter Ball fashion breakdown you didn’t know you needed:

• Labor divas slayed

• The Greens protested in style

• The Libs served “monster-in-law at a rehearsal dinner”

• Jackie Lambie’s debutante dream

• And best on ground goes to Jodie Haydon in custom Carla Zampatti, styled by icon Donny Galella.

There’s also discourse on linen (spoiler: it’s not black-tie), the perils of shopping on Shein, and why your political stylist should not be your local T-Mall plug.

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