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We are joined in studio by Writer/Director- Catherine Dwyer and Executive Producer-Sue Maslin of the upcoming documentary Brazen Hussies.

Bringing together unseen archival footage from the 1960s and 1970s, home movies, photographs and news media with personal in-depth interviews, the film introduces contemporary audiences to an exciting and revolutionary chapter in Australian history. BRAZEN HUSSIES pays homage to the achievements of this daring and diverse group of activists while revealing that the feminist fight – with its emphasis on inclusiveness and sexual and cultural diversity – is as relevant and urgent today as ever.

Now in pre-production, the all-female filmmaking-team have put out a public call for funds to help them capture this history and the key figures of the movement, on screen.

“The Women’s Movement brought about great social, political and industrial change to Australian women’s lives and young people today are growing up in a different world thanks to their second wave sisters,” says writer-director Catherine Dwyer. “Brazen Hussies urgently speaks to our contemporary audience and capitalises on the growing international debate around gender equality. With the phenomenal #TimesUp and #MeToo movements and the groundswell of social and political action around gender in our society right now, we are witnesses to the beginning of a new era of dissent. The time for this film is right now,”.

The women’s movement was one of the greatest social and political movements of the 20th century. Yet there has never been a documentary that comprehensively documents the Australian history.

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More info: www.brazenhussies.com.au

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Producer Rachel spent her birthday on air, and literally the best news reader in all of Melbourne, Judy Kelly celebrated her six month anniversary with Dano & Mason #thruple. We have a theory that the queer community are infiltrating churches for a very ~sinister~ reason. Literally find out all in this week’s podcast, as Melbourne’s best all-female radio show drives you homo – literally.

What’s on the Menu?:

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Dano & Mason had the wonderful Alyce Platt in the studio this week, to talk about her upcoming show ‘Someone’s Daughter’, as part of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival. Listen to the podcast for the inside story… just how autobiographical are the songs?

Someone’s Daughter is Alyce Platt’s exploration of the disquieting and electrifying side of one woman’s shadow, her upside down. Unapologetically telling tales of growing up in the suburbs, the cowboys in the attic, being a TV star of the 80’s, getting caught shoplifting, wearing the wrong jacket to a party and the sailors who dance.

In a past life, Alyce was a popular Australian television personality, held in genuine affection by the public for her years on television and for her acting career, but these days Alyce is highly regarded by her peers as a singer, songwriter and recording artist.

Details about Alyce Platt’s show:

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Ever wondered how many humans can cram into Studio 1 at JOY 94.9? Dano & Mason’s first annual boothcram, fuelled by cheezles and 90s tunes, went above and beyond to answer that question as we lit up the airways for Radiothon 2018.

Listen in for the fun and games, and stay for the mysterious case of the poo-jogger (true story). The all-star cast includes: Vic Police GLLO and top lady Gabby Tyacke, Spice Girls tragic and host of Into the Groove Richard Eric, superstar Benjamin Norris (yes, THE Benjamin Norris of Big Brother 2012), the wonderful Melissa Tandy of the ANZ Pride Network, 37 randoms, three dogs, two hosts and one overworked producer.

A huge thank you to every single person who showed up for JOY 94.9 this Radiothon. To the crammers, hosts, producers, partners, volunteers, listeners and every single person who signed up for a membership or donated as part of Dano & Mason, thank you. We couldn’t keep doing what we love without your support, and we’re overJOYed we can keep driving you homo #JOY25YearsProud

If you’d like to support Dano & Mason or JOY 94.9, head to the JOY website to donate or become a member. If you sign up for a membership before June 30th 2018, you’ll go in the draw to win a trip to LA!

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Joined by Rachel Cook and Sally Rugg to discuss the upcoming LGBTIQ Women’s Health Conference, JOY listeners got an exclusive announcement about some keynote speakers for the 2018 conference, focusing on Research, Resilience and Respect.

The LGBTIQ Women’s Health Conference is proudly co-presented by the VAC and ACON. The inaugural conference – then called the LBQ Women’s Health Conference – took place in Melbourne in 2015, presented by VAC before partnering with ACON in 2016, and has since expanded to a two-day conference.

The next LGBTIQ Women’s Health Conference will be held in The Jasper Hotel, Melbourne, Australia on 12 & 13 July 2018. 

Keynote and Panel Speakers Include:

The conference focuses on the health and well-being needs of all LGBTIQ women within Australian communities. The event offers attendees a wide range of opportunities to discuss, engage with and explore these health needs as well as profile new and emerging research, innovative programs and services being delivered to address these needs in our communities.

Check out the website here

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Catherine Davies and Naomi Rukavina, stars of the show Going Down join Dano and Mason to talk all about the performance. Written by Banana Girl, Michele Lee, it predicts the epic downward spiral of the youthful Natalie Yang, and is brimming with Melbourne hipster clichés, costume changes and… a little bit of spew.

The sexually explicit look at life as a twenty-something woman in millennial Australia is so saucy, and after 7 weeks in sydney, with 69 shows all up *wink* it’s a visceral experience that cannot be missed.

Natalie Yang’s career is going up. Or, so she thought.  Her semi-autobiographical sex-positive debut novel, Banana Girl, has finally hit the shelves, but it’s not quite the best-seller she hoped it would be. The career success of her rival, Lu Lu Jayadi, an award-winning author of clichéd migrant stories, sends Natalie’s confidence spiralling out of control.

Natalie is only one bender away from cracking her next big idea, but it may take a shame spiral in a luxury shopping centre to get there. Her career come-down is about to get very real.

Leticia Cáceres directs this side-splitting comedy on the contradictions of Melburnian multiculturalism, from the fast-paced mind of Hmong-Aussie playwright Michele Lee (winner of the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, for Rice).

Check out tickets here, last show is 3rd of June.

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Senator Janet Rice is once again in studio to talk about what’s going on in Aussie politics surrounding the topic of gender. With audio of national senator Barry O’Sullivan talking about the all to overdone issue with the “loo loo”, Rice also discusses the prevalent issue of trans “forced divorce”.

Victoria is set to join Queensland in becoming one of the first states to end forced divorce for trans people under marriage equality.

The state government is moving to eliminate the requirement in Victoria’s birth certificate laws that people correcting their gender must be unmarried.

“I’m so pleased that the Victorian government has introduced this legislation,” said Rice.

“Forcing trans people to divorce their partner before they can change their birth certificates is discriminatory.

“I urge other states to remove this discrimination so that we can have full marriage equality.”

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Joined by an assortment of guests including Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek MP, Victorian Minister for Equality Martin Foley MP, Australian Greens Senator Janet Rice, Victoria’s first Gender and Sexuality Commissioner Ro Allen, as well as some JOY favourites, we get into the nitty gritty of what IDAHOBIT means for Australia, and what our next steps towards equality will be.

On May 17 people all over Australia stand against discrimination in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) mates, colleagues and families.

On May 17, 1990, the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization approved the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD 10), which no longer listed homosexuality as a diagnosis.

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia aims to coordinate international events that raise awareness. The celebrations launched in 2004, and in 2013, commemorations took place in almost 120 countries, in all world regions.

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A bite-sized podcast with Benjamin Norris on queer proposals. The 2012 winner of Big Brother famously proposed to his partner on live television, which also seen recently on The Voice, when Nathan Brake popped the question to his boyfriend on the TV show.

As if everyone had forgotten Benjamin 6 years earlier, this was declared as the first EVER same-sex marriage proposal on Aussie reality TV.

Lisa talks about how she ALSO proposed live – via text message. (Which can be found way back in the Dano and Mason podcasts)

Finished off with a news story about a chocolate spillage in Poland, with some not so helpful tips on how to get chocolate stains out of clothing.

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We have some great prize draws here at Dano and Mason, and the listeners really outdo themselves.

The question- alternative names for a flight attendant.

The answers are hilarious.

Some favorites include:

Plus a little something on Kardashian names/secret messages and slightly more efficient dating profiles

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