With the label of teen parent well and truly established rather brutally in episode one, in episode two it was time to get Emma's wisdom-sharing undergarments on. She thought a lot about the ways this stigma impacted on her life, and what she had learned from it. 

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Emma is 34, and she has 3 children. Her eldest is about to turn 18, so if you're doing the math, and everybody does, you can see it in their faces as they try and calculate it, that made her 16 when she fell pregnant with him and she was 17 when he was born. Emma was a teenage parent, and of all the labels she has, she doesn’t like this one the most, and this is where we’re gonna start…

Who the hell is Sheryl Steel-Fanny? And no, she is not a porn star! 

Sheryl Steel-Fanny came about with the idea to name each episode after a fictional female, with the idea that certain words are capable of conjuring up detailed images, not unlike the label of 'teenage parent'.

Sheryl Steel-Fanny became a representation of a brutal feminist, built like a brick dunny with a vice like vaginal grip. Sheryl is policing social media with her oestrogen army unmercifully heralding men the enemy and the reason for the demise of everything and most likely publishing online articles listing ten ways to find happiness with a wealthy man alongside an article on why underarm hair is a major feminist issue.

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The D and Em (The Deep and Meaningful) takes a look into labels and stereotypes. In this series, we cover teenage pregnancy. We speak candidly to teenage parents. We take a look at the facts, the stereotypes, the reasons teens are still falling pregnant and the impact this has on young mothers and their children.