#82 It's Never Too Late To Learn About Yourself, Your Body and Your Matrescence; An Interview with Libby Chow — Mums F**king Matter

Libby Chow is the mother of two spirited, loving teenagers and is married to her longtime partner. They live on Wurundjeri Country in Melbourne, Australia.

A seasoned video and film creator, Libby brings over two decades of experience to her work. In 2015, she founded her production company, Bee Here Productions, and went on to direct the acclaimed short documentary Giving Voice to Menopause (2021), which premiered at the New York Female Voices Rock Festival. Her most recent film, The Kids Play, screened at the 2024 Melbourne Documentary Festival and received both the Best Social Documentary and Audience Award at the 2024 Doc Screenings International Film Festival in Europe.

Libby is an absolute Goddess and it was such a pleasure to meet her (virtually) on this call and record our conversation for you to hear.

TRIGGER WARNING: We touch on hypnobirthing, early pregnancy loss (aka miscarriage) and birth trauma.

In this episode we speak about:

Libby's experiences as a woman and mother so far and learning about her body
understanding what it is to be a woman
a bit about Libby's birth experiences
menstrual cycle awareness
Libby's work as a videographer and the feature documentary she is making about Matrescence with Amy Taylor-Kabbaz and Claire Tonti
knowing and loving ourselves deeply — especially to prevent domestic abuse
pausing to question "who am I?"
the power of language
sharing — and taking in — women's stories to balance things out more(!)

Themes: menstrual cycle awareness, matrescence, birth, film-making, self-care, domestic abuse,

At the end, I share a beautiful poem recently written by Libby herself.

You can find out more about Libby via her website and/or find her here on Instagram.

We mention Red School run by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, 'This Period In My Life' by Saskia Boujo, Claire Tonti, Gladys Kangau's work in Kenya on Period Poverty, Margaret Atwood, and Eli Pol of The Sane Mama.

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