She Is Legend

This week we are giving you a spin and rinse on the news cycle from the past week before we take a month long hiatus. 

We will be back in your ears in July (which also happens to be Jussy’s birthday month) but until then please enjoy our take on the final election outcome and who is in our ‘celebrity’ pass basket. 

If you’d like to find Chole’s mate Pip she is on IG @thetidysidekick and our friend with the Julia Gillard cross stitches is @jes.hallagan

Our recommendations were ‘The Marvellous Mrs Maisel’ on Amazon Prime and the US season of Love On The Spectrum on Netflix.

As domestic and family violence awareness month draws to a close we sat down with Alexandra Bunton for a very special episode of our “In Her Words” series. 

Alex is one of the most talented Basketball players in the country, she has won a silver medal at the world championships playing for the Australian Opal’s. 

Alex is also a mother and domestic and family violence victim-survivor and she is now using her platform to educate Australia about domestic abuse. 

You can find Alex on Instagram @alexandra_bunton_

This week Chōle and Jus both revisited two of their favourite podcasts as they both have new seasons out. Check out “Something Was Wrong” and “Normal Gossip” if you haven’t already done so. 

If you need to reach out to Family and domestic violence support services in Australia please contact:

1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732

Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811

Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491

Mensline: 1300 789 978

Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 131 114

We are back with another mini ep for you legends!

It would have been remiss of us not to discuss the election so here it is. Our thoughts, feelings, highs and lows from what has been a huge five days in the wake of Australian politics.

As domestic and family violence awareness month draws to a close we also reflect on our feelings about why we feel elated no women being (reportedly) killed this month and why this also isn’t something to be celebrated. 

If you need to reach out to Family and domestic violence support services in Australia please contact:

1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732

Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811

Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491

Mensline: 1300 789 978

Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 131 114

Josephine Baker is the legendary woman Jussy is telling us about this week. Despite being born into extreme poverty and living on the streets of St Louis as a child, Josephine went onto become one of the most successful African American performers in history. 

Her cabaret career took her around the world and she began to use her platform to change the world. Without giving away all the details of her incredible story Josephine went into become a Second World War spy and a leader in the civil rights movement. 

In modern times she has come to be known as a queer icon because of the way she unashamedly lived her life in a way that deviated significantly from the prescribed social norms of the time. 

This week Jussy recommended her new Kip and Co slippers and Chōle could not stop raving about her Google Home. 

There were some heavy themes in this episode and if you feel you need to reach out and talk to someone please phone Lifeline on 13 11 14. 

This week we are chatting about the Queensland Government’s announcement to implement all 89 recommendations made by the women’s safety taskforce, including introducing new laws to criminalise coercive control.

We also share our thoughts on the recently leaked report commissioned by the AFL regarding the treatment of female umpires and the way the current election campaigns from both major parties are focusing on entirely the wrong issues. 

And finally we touch on the Chris Dawson murder trial and our opinions on what makes good journalism.

If you need to reach out to Family and domestic violence support services in Australia please contact:

1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732

Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811

Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491

Mensline: 1300 789 978

Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 131 114

This week we are chatting about two topics we feel very passionate about.

The first is the US Supreme Courts vote to over turn Roe v Wade. This means the US no longer recognises that a woman has a constitutional right to access an abortion without excessive government interference and is a terrifying step backwards for reproductive rights. It potentially paves the way for abortion to be outlawed.

We also discuss the murder of Chen Cheng, a Melbourne mother of two who was brutality murdered in her home by her husband on the weekend. The Australian media has predictably started to centre the man who did this as a “good guy” and we are absolutely sick of the was this diminishes the horrific acts of violence men perpetrate towards women. 

If you need to reach out to Family and domestic violence support services in Australia please contact:

1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732

Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811

Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491

Mensline: 1300 789 978

Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 131 114

This week we bring you a very special ‘In Her Words’ episode with one of our listeners named “Ness”.

Ness is a victim-survivor or Family and Domestic Violence that is sharing her story in the hope it will help other women to be able to recognise some of the behaviours she was unaware fell under the definition of domestic abuse. 

It is a really important conversation and we are so privileged to have been able to sit down with Ness to listen to her story. 

If you need to reach out to Family and domestic violence support services in Australia please contact:

1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732

Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811

Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491

Mensline: 1300 789 978

Lifeline (24-hour Crisis Line): 131 114

Our recommendations this week were; 

This week we chat about Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and the concept of billionaires in general. We've got some BIG feelings and dropped some (not so) fun facts as well as some pretty horrible attempts at maths.

We also touched on the Johnny Depp V Amber Heard case and why we haven't and aren't speaking on it yet.

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Rosalind Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.

She was also a fiercely intelligent, kick arse feminist with a wicked sense of humour, who was not about to soften herself to be more palatable for anyone and for that, we looooove her.

However, as a woman in science during the 1950’d she experienced significant sexism and her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were not recognised during her lifetime.

Our recommendations this week were:

Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix 

Tik Tok account @lukeeohalloran

TikTok account @dylanjamesmulvaney

and season 4 of Ozarks

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