This week we are discussing Seismic testing with Zoe Brittain a PhD researcher in marine science focusing on seaweed, A 'Stop Seismic Blasting on Southern Sea Country' protest organsier and avid disliker of trees (sick with us, it's a good reason) We discuss the impacts of Seismic blasting on marine life, Indigenous culture, local industry and the "consultation" process.  Join Zoë and everyone from Stop Seismic Testing Date: October 22, 2023Time: 2pm - approx 3:15 Location: Warrnambool Breakwater, 61 Viaduct Road Warrnambool. For more information: Great Southern Ocean Resistance: https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/join_the_great_ocean_resistance https://nit.com.au/14-10-2023/8133/southern-blast-locals-step-up-fight-against-seismic-blasting https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/have_your_say_seismic_blasting_otway   This podcast was recorded on stolen land.     

It's been over a year since Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's "historic" victory speech, so let's see what Albo and the Labor party have been up to. Federal ICACs, weaponising his Mum's struggles and licking the boots of mining conglomerates.  Leah is joined by Sam Castro from WACA & Friends of The Earth for this gentle performance review, slight fashion review and over view of the issues surrounding electoral politics.  (We don't talk about the Voice to Parliament on purpose. Many smarter, funnier Indigenous folk are doing that particularly Clothing the Gaps will have one up soon I beleive follow them here for more https://www.clothingthegaps.com.au/pages/yarns )

CW: femicide, kidnapping, mentions of rape, murder, gendered violence, state violence, In this episode Leah is joined by Nazanin and Hoda from Feminista Melbourne to discuss the Feminist Uprising in Iran, the history of the Islamic Republic and what how we as a feminist community to support the movement. Photo credit: @Feminsta.Melbourne Links: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/feminista.melbourne/

CW: femicide, kidnapping, mentions of rape, murder, gendered violence, state violence, In this episode Leah is joined by Nazanin and Hoda from Feminista Melbourne to discuss the Feminist Uprising in Iran, the history of the Islamic Republic and what how we as a feminist community to support the movement. Photo credit: @Feminsta.Melbourne Links: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/feminista.melbourne/ Mentioned in the episode: Two Women https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212573/reviews Reading Lolita in Tehran https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7603.Reading_Lolita_in_Tehran Little Black Fish https://cmes.arizona.edu/sites/cmes.arizona.edu/files/e.%20The%20Little%20Black%20Fish%20-%20story_0.pdf

CW mentions of abuse, assualt, forced birth and state violence.  Welcome to part two of Leah and Madison telling forced birthers to suck it. Madison is an author, writer, producer and artist.  They are talking about abortion and in this episode we (mostly) hone in on the roe v wade decision, polictical system that governs, surveils and abuses us - in a totally normal and legal way of course. As Leah is known for partaking in the cheeky, they have retained a lawyer, Jackie Daytona. Leah and Jackie discuss the court system, precidents and what needs to be done in a legal sense to ensure safe and enduring access to abortion, contraceptives and aftercare.  To find Madison's articles:  https://www.madisonrgriffiths.com/ More on MSI Australia: https://www.msiaustralia.org.au/  If you're wanting an abortion and are in finacial hardship: https://www.msiaustralia.org.au/our-services/what-will-it-cost/financial-hardship-and-referral-pathways/ Children by Choice: https://www.childrenbychoice.org.au/ For information on sexual health, pregnancy options and contraception: https://www.1800myoptions.org.au/    

CW mentions of abuse, assualt, forced birth and state violence.  Jumping straight back in to 2023 with a hefty two parter on abortion.  Leah is joined by author, writer, producer and artist Madison Griffiths as they discuss the personal aspects of abortion access.  The socioeconomical and emotional impacts on access as well as the implict right to bodily autonomy. We go through some of the stories forced birthers tell us with a fine tooth comb and it turns out its pretty nonsense. We too were shocked.  We also speak to Polly, an activist who fought for abortion access in Argentina and speaks about the ongoing struggle.  To find Madison's articles:  https://www.madisonrgriffiths.com/ Follow Polly on instagram: @p0llypalci0s Follow the National Campaign for safe access to abortion in Argentina @CampAbortoLegal   

This episode we have a chat with Celeste Liddle, Arrernte woman, activist, writer, speaker and the new latest Greens candidate for Cooper.  We talk about their motivation for running, “feedback” from Labor members, racism, white feminism, covid, policy platforms, keeping an eye on the cops and the price of lollies. To support Celeste: https://www.facebook.com/celesteliddlegreens https://www.instagram.com/celesteliddlegreens/ https://twitter.com/Utopiana https://liddle.greens.org.au/   For more from Tom Tanuki: https://independentaustralia.net/profile-on/tom-tanuki,905 https://www.youtube.com/tomtanuki   This podcast was recorded on stolen land. 

Patriarchal bargain - what is it and who does it benefit? CW: mentions of sexual abuse, rape, misogny, transphobia, racism, systemic abuse, suicidal ideation, self harm.  Leah and Steph try and understand the rationale of women who work within this patriarchal system, the benefits and the costs - to not just them but women and gender diverse folk across the continent.  Mentioned in the podcast:  Mona Eltahawy: www.feministgiant.com/ Angry Scotland Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TSdjikDOja0qPhexcPaQw?si=I8gdCkQbS_-JXQt5cZ-x3w Christian Right Tips to Fight Transgender Rights: Seperate the T from LGB (CW for transphobic nonsense) https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/10/23/christian-right-tips-fight-transgender-rights-separate-t-lgb?fbclid=IwAR0qAWFsDnySPvofqnCPCZSfWI-f6o5WtU2j4WmZWDGLhZeClvsIRxZVUjw   This podcast is recorded on stolen land.     

Well that was a wild ride. Welcome to Religious Descrimination Bill part 2: Dead Bill Walking. We discuss the bill, death rattles, conspiracies and of course, abolishment of the state. (Steph tries to talk reason with Leah with no avail). We are very privledged to be joined by Gala Vanting, Program Manager at Scarlet Alliance - The national peak sex worker organisation on this continent.  For more information about Scarlet Alliance: https://www.scarletalliance.org.au/   To make a submission to QLDs anti discrimination Act review (due 1st March) https://twitter.com/DecrimQLD/status/1490919714213998592?s=20&t=jJi1cbCtXAmXrdAnLTJa6A   To support Women For Australia, an organisation providing a platform for progressive independent women candidates in the upcoming election: https://www.womenforaustralia.com.au/ 

Hey kids, it's been a while but you know there is nothing quite like some bipartisan transphobia to force us to get a wriggle on.  CW for homophobia, transphobia, misogny, mentions of suicide and self harm.  We discuss the implications of the Religious Discrimination Bill if it passes without amendments, the discrimination laws that will be reversed in the name of religious discrimination and we have a chat about passages in the Bible which this discrimination is alledgedly justified. We speak with Alastair Lawrie from Public Interest Advocacy Centre who out lines the bill and discusses the wide reaching and potentially devesating "statement of belief" Call, write and email your senators, let them know this bill can not go through in it's current form. . More from Alaistar Lawrie https://alastairlawrie.net/ Petitions: https://www.equal.org.au/current_actions    

Welcome to hell, or as others may know it, early September.  CW for gendered violence, abuse, and systemic violence.  We talk about abortion ban in Texas and what we should in Australia to improve access.The absolute abomination that has been appointed the position of Human Rights Commisioner. The National Women's Safety Summit, Respect at work/discrimination act, and finally John Setka.  It's almost cute conservatives think we don't need feminism.   

We need to find a cheerier topic but this year we pull apart the cashless debit card, Indue and have a peak at the documented effects on cardholders and Amanda from Say No 7 is interviewed by Steph to highlight first hand accounts and lived experiences of the cashless debit card. If the Nats and the Libs have their way, low key anyone on a payment will be on it - please help us stop the card.  The Say NO Seven https://www.thesaynoseven.com/who-we-are/ Reports and articles: https://www.thesaynoseven.com/reports-and-articles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SAYNOSEVEN/ You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyEdz_Grgai2WIgMBw-gvBA No Cashless Debit Card Australia  Twitter: https://twitter.com/notowelfarecard Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notowelfarecard/

In this episode we do a quick look back at the history of the prison complex and a very basic step through what is prison abolition, what it is not and what our community could look like if we abolished them all together (it could be pretty sweet) We are joined by legend, lawyer and Flat Out Inc board memeber Karen Fletcher to talk about the work Flat Out does and the benefits prison abolition has on our community.    Resources:  http://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/event/late-night-literature-abolitionist-futures/ https://events.unimelb.edu.au/arts/event/9525-abolition-on-indigenous-land-alternative-futures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6XlXN1HUo4&ab_channel=CBC http://www.flatout.org.au/ https://homesnotprisons.com.au/  

Big ol CW for mentions of sexual violence, sexual acts, violence, porn, reproductive organs, and mention of child sexual assault at 1:01:37-1:02:43.  This week we are joined by Eva Sless, sexpert, educator, writer and author of 'A Teenage Girl's Guide to Getting Off' to chat about age appropriate sex education in schools, pleasure and just how worried about porn should we be really? This episode is a hefty middle finger to SWERFs, anti porn crusaders and all the folk out there who shame sexuality and work to reduce access to support services.  More from Eva Sless twitter: https://twitter.com/deliciouslybad instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evasless/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Eva-Sless-1907975752800830 articles: https://www.adultmatchmaker.com.au/author/8/eva-sless Purchase 'A Teen Girls Guide to Getting Off': https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-teen-girl-s-guide-to-getting-off-eva-sless/ebook/9780992351434.html   This podcast was recorded on stolen land.

CW for mentions of rape & assault. Welcome to our review of the LNP's 2021-2022 so called "Women's budget”. We chat many, many statistics, the flow on effects of underfunding these services and the culture that underpins these decisions (it's misogyny).  We interview the very very cool Eliza Littleton from The Australia Institute about the gendered impacts of this alleged women's budget and what she would do differently. (time stamp: 22min) Resources: More from Eliza https://australiainstitute.org.au/expert/eliza-littleton/ https://twitter.com/ElizaLittleton   More on the sexist nature of this "women's" budget https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/how-to-make-the-budget-less-sexist/?fbclid=IwAR3Qk4d8-jBeQ3flhCrXzFn76gPdF_vYvVa4avU7Pd72L1I0q3k9wn6d0bo   National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women & Their Children https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/08_2014/national_plan1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1CkF2wpXVSzrjz75NI0TdwWQZK6jXf75miOctZ8DcQiUX8yuvPL94_WHk   Please vote out the LNP. Their policies are actively harmful.    This podcast was recorded on stolen land.                                                     

This episode we are introducing a new cohost Steph, who you might remember from past episodes such as a Jaunty Stroll Through the History of Transmedicalisation and Happy Coup Year! In just over an hour discuss Universal Childcare, some “interesting” research out of Germany and how it just one small piece of a utopian puzzle. We also talk about the education system, mental health, abortion, even Foucault gets a look in. All of this with our regulation shitting on the LNP, stoker, and a healthy skepticism of how something good can get coopted by neoliberalism. For further reading cw: article is pretty neoliberal and racist. https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/11688/who-benefits-from-universal-child-care-estimating-marginal-returns-to-early-child-care-attendance cw: contains LNP opinions (vomit emoji) https://amp.smh.com.au/politics/federal/tax-justice-for-stay-at-home-mums-knocked-back-in-coalition-fight-20210503-p57 This episode was recorded the day before the budget was announced, but also before the violence in against Palestinian esculated. Please support our Palestinian friends, go to demos, support their causes and remember that that being anti zion isn't being anti semetic. (as soon as i find a charity that i'm certain is absolutely going to Palestinians, I will share x)   FINALLY: In collabortation with SlutWalk Melbourne, Feminists United Australia is collecting expressions of interest for a Feminist conference / festival, let us know what you want to see, hear and do!  

This week Leah is joined by Callum Edwards (he/they/bug) to discuss trans allyship including performativity, microagressions and TERF dogwhistles.  Please support Callum's art https://bugdrawz.carrd.co/ And here are some links for further ally education https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2018/09/19/why-asking-students-their-preferred-pronoun-not-good-idea-opinion (Rachel N Levin: Why Asking Students Their Preferred Pronoun is Not a Good Idea) https://medium.com/@quinncrossley/uplifting-diverse-genders-beyond-women-and-non-binary-916c890f2185 (Quinn Crossley: Uplifting Diverse Genders: Beyond “Women and Nonbinary” https://www.reddit.com/r/NonBinary/comments/c6yxcy/thoughts_on_women_and_nonbinary_people_often/ (A very good discussion - one commenter proposed “Women and those who feel that they belong in women-centred spaces” as an alternative) https://twitter.com/drdevonprice/status/1364996321518624772 (Good thread from Devon Prince) https://youtu.be/j_8l1MFcAiQ (Ashton Daniel: being trans & nonbinary online is exhausting and it’s cis people’s fault) https://medium.com/@sethkatz.art/the-fetishiation-an-infantilization-of-trans-men-3d3a01e66dae (Seth Katz: The Fetishization and Infantilization of Trans Men) http://www.themichigangayly.com/opinions/trans-man-or-baby-boy-a-new-wave-of-transphobia-through-fetishization (Adrian Bayer: Trans Man or Baby Boy? A New Wave of Transphobia Through Fetishization) https://www.reddit.com/r/FTMMen/comments/9ka70h/lets_talk_about_the_infantilization_of_trans_men/ (This is a really good discussion) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfxCvtP5Ex0 A good stream where a trans person watches and talks about a Jubilee video entitled something like “Trans VS Traditional” (https://www.practicewithpronouns.com/#/?_k=1xjo38 is an amazing website that will let you practice using any pronouns!) Transmed rhetoric, and why it’s wrong (https://atranslog.medium.com/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9rU0FI7nG8 - A nice and short video from someone who used to be a transmed. This isn’t a super educational video, however it might provide some context and a further explanation. Basic trans ettiquete: https://mashable.com/2015/10/18/transgender-ally-words/   Support The Shed's binder progam https://www.ftmshed.com.au/binders  

Leah is joined this week by Sam Castro from WACA, friends of the earth and cohost of They're Gunna Kill Us podcast and all round bad ass feminist.  We talk about the layers of oppression, intersectional feminist foundations, learning from mistakes and how vital community is when building movements.  We also chat about the upcoming rolling stoppages, women's strike, and our plans to unite the feminist left. We can not keep asking nicely for our rights, it's time to take them! When women stop, the world stops. If you're keen to get involved please email us at femmosunited@gmail.com and join the grassroots feminist movement. 

Leah is joined by SlutWalk Narrm organiser Mev as they discuss the socialist history of International Women's Day, how that transpired into cupcakes & ways we can get it back.  Leah also speaks to Ness who is one of the speakers at IWD Narrm about Ness' work at Gabriela Australia. Gabriela provide education and information sessions on the rights and welfare of women and children, with a focus on the areas of health and family violence. (https://www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/directory/gabriela-australia-association-filipino-women)

CW: discussion of rape, sexual violence & victim blaming.  When Brittney Higgins publicly acknowledged not only that she was raped but that the Liberal Government knew and covered it up, the country went into shock. And by the county we mean, a lot of cis men were vocally shocked. In this episode we discuss our infinite anger at a culture that seemingly refuses to hear victim survivors, the culture that perpetuates this behavior and the government that allows rape culture to thrive. 45% of the reports of sexual violence are flat out ignored. We need to foster a system that not only supports and empowers victim survivors but holds abusers and rapists accountable. Creating new laws to push for change will not work, especially when the laws that exist don’t protect us from rape. We must dismantle this capitalist, white supremist, patriarchal and colonial system – otherwise we are simply asking men for stuff. Please sign the petition and support the campaign to end the silence https://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/end-the-silence-on-sexual-violence