https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6609142-women-talking-about-sex Today we are looking at the power dynamics that impact on women speaking about sex on the internet. We dig into the contradictions between women speaking about sex as empowerment and trolls speaking at women about sex as a threat. Explores my experiences speaking in the sexualised space of Fetlife versus my carefully collated…More
Shameless Gladys
https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6573682-shameless-gladys Today we are poking at NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s claims yesterday that pork barrelling ‘is not illegal’. We explore the narrative she is attempting to construct here and wonder what I means for her to run a trial by media on a topic that’s headed for ICAC. Referred to today: Berejiklian concedes $140m grant…More
Secrets and Shame
https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6563197-secrets-and-shame Today we look at secrets, shame and the tangled webs of power that go along with them. Not much reading at all, brief references to Women Who Run With Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, but otherwise this all just pulled from my experience. Ends up with a description of what shame feels like in…More
Transparency Fixes Corruption
https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6543991-transparency-fixes-corruption Today’s episode looks at the knife of transparency and how we could use it to help cut out our corruption. We explore our dropping annual score on the transparency.org Corruption Perceptions Index and look at the steps our government is taking to slow down this conversation. Sorry – I forgot my inclusive language today – I…More
Criminal Trade Unions
https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6525970 This episode looks at the recent raids by the Australian Federal Police on offices and homes associated with the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (aka CFMEU). It looks at the increasing criminalisation of the trade union movement, tracing it back through the AFP’s Trade Union Taskforce and the 2014 Royal Commission into…More
My mother’s suicide
https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6506785 Today is my 44th birthday, my mother’s funeral and 28 years to the day since the last time she sexually assaulted me. Things get a bit heavy as I dig into this one and share the lessons my mother taught me about power. This podcast speaks explicitly about suicide, sexual abuse and child abuse. …More
Robo debt
https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6481771 Today we’re taking an angry stab at the robo debt fiasco that our ‘leaders’ are currently trying to sweep under the rug. Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union YOUR RIGHTS AT EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS https://www.facebook.com/groups/occupycentrelink Robodebt was a Scott Morrison fiasco at every stage (in the AUSTRALIAN!!) “the robodebt disaster is without doubt the worst example of…More
Strip searching children
https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6469081 In NSW, Australia, it is legal for police to search children as young as ten. This episode looks at recent attempts to address this and shows just how dangerous it is to try and provide ‘independent oversight’. Read or referenced here: How public do strip searches in NSW need to be before we get…More
