Is it ok to 'kiss and tell'?
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What is the premise of the episode and who are the hosts?
It wasn't intentionally supposed to be a bad thing. So I
wasn't
at first shocked about it. But then going to school the next day and having all these things said that could've that um it could have been anyone really and then basically being told that I'm a slut and I'm this, I'm that, so it sort of changed how people saw me. There were times where I would just leave school because I just couldn't handle it. Still to this day I have no idea who it was. The hookup Love and
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Warning Sex and Adult Themes.
Have you hooked up with someone only for them to then spread your intimate details across the internet? James Finlay here, filling in for Hannah Riley while she's on holidays. On the podcast, we're talking about kissing and telling. You'll hear from a guy who lost his virginity to a friend only for her to tell everyone at school what happened. It was not pretty. And we'll look at why we say certain things to certain people, with psychologist Gemma Cribb. Sometimes it's actually really healthy to tell people about your sexual exploits. But first, we'll hear from Tegan, who told told us a horrible experience she had when she was in high school.
Um, there was a Facebook group actually created. It was called Makai Root Rates. So basically people would anonymously yeah. People would anonymously message in and tell the intimate details about people they have already slept with.
Oh my goodness.
Yeah, and so get past it up and everyone could see it.
Who's who's writing things?
It was all anonymous, so Right, okay. Yeah, so you couldn't tell who was saying what.
Right, okay.
So it made it a hell of a lot worse really.
Yeah, exactly. So Were you written about?
Actually bad. That was the thing. They said I was great in bed, which was fine. if it hadn't gotten me a really bad reputation, it was something quite intimate that I felt should have been kept between me and this person whoever decided to Say it and It basically got me this really bad. Reputation at school for being slut, really. An easy target.
Yeah, right. So how did you find out that it was posted about you?
Um, actually a friend shared the link to me.
Gosh. And what were your th first thoughts when you first saw it?
How did Tegan’s high‑school “kiss and tell” experience unfold?
Mm, well, it wasn't completely It wasn't intentionally supposed to be a bad thing. So I wasn't at first shocked about it.
Okay, so at first I guess you read it and you're like, Oh, okay, great that I know now that I'm a great root.
Yeah, that's that's basically it. Not all that, okay. Um, but then going to school the next day and having all these things said
that
could've that um it could have been anyone really and then basically being told that I'm a slut and I'm this, I'm that. So it sort of Change how people saw me.
Yeah. How how did it affect your schooling? Did it affect your studies as well?
It didn't really affect my studies but there were times where I would just leave school because I just couldn't Handle it?
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Like
I'd just leave in the middle of school.
Mm-hmm. And so did you talk to the guy that posted it?
I still to this day have no idea who it was.
You still don't know who it is? No. How did your friends react to this? Were they supportive? Like ha did it happen to other people? Does this page still exist? I have so many questions, Tegan.
The page um got very quickly shut down. Yeah,
good.
It didn't last very long. Friends wise, like really close friends, they sort of stuck around. Um But I had a lot of guy friends at the time. And that really on that sort of level changed a lot.
Did they start cracking on too?
Oh
Why do people create anonymous “rate‑my‑hookup” pages and what impact do they have?
Yeah, well there were a few that still sayed genuine to me, but then there were ones that would invite me to parties, give me a few drinks and then thought that I was an easy target and then would crack onto me. Yeah. So that would ruin that really close friendship I've had for years.
Hm. Yeah, I can imagine. Well, uh, Tegan, I'm so sorry that happened with to you, but thank you so much for the for the call. Like that's uh that's horrible. That you know uh you know, th th you've still got someone going round saying that you're a good ri so, you know, 'cause it could be worse, right?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the premise of the episode and who are the hosts?
0:00–2:33
2
How did Tegan’s high‑school “kiss and tell” experience unfold?
2:33–4:00
3
Why do people create anonymous “rate‑my‑hookup” pages and what impact do they have?
4:00–8:11
4
How did Tegan’s reputation and school life change after the story spread?
8:11–16:23
5
What insights does psychologist Gemma Cribb share about consent and abuse in “kiss and tell”?
16:23–24:21