Full Of It #239 - The Death of Azaria Chamberlain

Wonderful pod as always! Being from America I really don't remember where or when I heard about this story, but it's one I've always know about. I think in cases like this blame falls on the mother because media has caused people to have a very specific idea of how a mother should grieve losing a child. Men are the stoic ones while women are supposed to be inconsolable messes. A woman not "following the script" of grief is immediately suspicious. To lose a child in such horrific fashion and be jailed for it because you didn't play the part of grieving mother correctly is just tragic.

Heyyy, I'm a new patron and I am so happy to be aboard! I loved this podcast and I'm currently working through all the others. I listen to them on the way to work or hiking. I love your pods on inspiring ladies, I was wondering if you have given any thought to Angelina Jolie, Eva Green, or Cate Blanchett (especially Cate) they are my inspirations. See you next weekend and in the meantime I'll continue to devour your sultry tones 😊

Reply from the previous episode - it's unnecessary but it's funny: I was rewatching some of This Wine's and I'd just finished the video where you talked about Helen Harvey/Coonjah de Barry situation. Then I went to listen to the last pod about Viola Davis and when I opened the comments ~ lo and behold, the first comment was from H. HARVEY, and I literally fell on my arse laughing 😂 Hence my reply "Do you remember Coonjah de Barry" 😂

I miss the "YoŌøÚuR Sunday treat" at the start of the last few weeks pod. Being her back. :) Anyway I always remember my mum getting annoyed at people calling her Linda so she'd introduce herself as "Lindy......as in Chamberlain". Granted in poor taste but it got the point across

tom bird

Oh my god I am crying laughing at someone bringin up Coonjah deBarry I can't cope

Tommy

I absolutely LOVED how pissy you were on the TikTok video. And I completely understand as I can’t with it. My face matched yours throughout 😒 I have heard this story before, and of course the insensitive line “the dingo took my baby”. Horrific. My cousin lived in Sydney for a year & went to Fraser Island for a few days on a trip. You sit around the campfire in the evenings drinking & are forbidden to go to places on your own. Even if you need the bathroom you have to go in pairs as your told dingos won’t attack unless you’re on your own 🤷🏼‍♂️ how that poor mother carried on after all that is just shocking, you’d imagine her whole life just collapsed beyond repair?

Smurphy

Thank you for another great pod as always doll! You've touched on a topic that I felt deeply resonated with me and it might be because of our similar ages. Being in my very early 30's I find with a lot of my family that are older, they read a headline on a newspaper or article and automatically assume it's the truth... I can't think of anything worse than buying a newspaper and reading it front to back to just assume the garbo I've read is factual. With your most recent video on TikToks, I again don't understand peoples fascinations with watching other people react to a video... It honestly baffles me... Why would you waste your time watching another person watch a clip under the pretence that it's a genuine reaction, which from finding the video they will have had to watch it already a number of times... There's nothing organic about it. I'm just turning into an old crow I feel. Thank you again for the Pod and I look forward to listening to more.

LepreShaun

Question for any Australians… was “dingo took my baby” IMMEDIATELY a joke or was it like a taboo risqué topic before making its way into mainstream pop culture? Fascinated to know how that happened. Did kids say it on the playground or was it just late night comedians? Weird tidbit, I once saw Kate McCann in Chiquitos in Southport. I was about 12 years old and even then I remember feeling the eyes in the room just focus on her in some horrendous simultaneous public judgement - bizarre to witness, and must be so rough for the family wherever they go.

LashaTumbai

Being from America I only know of the story from the Meryl Streep movie A Cry in the Dark. I also remember people making fun of "Dingo got my baby!"

Before continuing listening to this pod just want to quickly Thankyou for doing a mothers day memmo for my mum, especially if you weren’t in the mood for it that day.It means the world and she will adore it when she sees it next weekend💖

Beau A

This happened before I was born, but growing up in Australia during the mid to late-90s it seemed like "enough time" had passed for it to become an eDgY joke punchline. Kind of like people today who make jOkEs about Rolf Harris/Bill Cosby for the shock value. I distinctly remember running around with other kids Cops & Robbers style chanting, "a dingo's got my baby!", and that would've been going on 10 years after Lindy and Michael's release from jail. I also remember adults continuing to have fierce dinner party/weekend barbecue debates about what "really" happened well into the early 2000s. However, it seems now that it's almost completely left the Australian psyche. I have a bunch of colleagues aged 18-25, and I plan to ask them about it on Monday. I'll report back!

Cupid Stunt

Fantastic pod as per usual ! Its such a sad story, I cant imagine what they went through especially with no one believing you. Glad you brought up Gary Linekar at the end, its becoming a really dark place to live here these days (Scotland isnt much better, of the 3 candidates for new FM only 1 agrees with Gay marriage,. How did we get to the point where our rights are up for debate again)

Ben The Overlord