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Mag Hags

Transcript: Eve, November 1973

Full transcript of the Mag Hags podcast episode.

Jan 23, 2026
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In a world before the IUD, when women went to babysit their friends’ incompetent husbands when their parents were sick, one question still remained: Babies, hot or not? This week, we’re reading Eve, a magazine that has been all but wiped from the face of the earth.

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