This weekend is International Women’s Day | |
But what does that mean in 2020?
The day has come far from its origins in the international socialist movement a century ago, when it was all about fighting for the rights of women at work.
Now, it’s been embraced by business. Instead of marching in the streets, you might attend a corporate breakfast where high-flying female leaders explain how they got ahead.
On this week’s Minefield, Arrernte woman and unionist Celeste Liddle joins two feminist academics, Kaye Quek and Meagan Tyler, to pull apart the morally complicated nature of International Women’s Day.
Listen out for many other women’s voices on RN this weekend.
On Stop Everything!, Patricia Karvelas and Beverley Wang embrace the zeitgeist of doom and gloom.
On Science Friction, Natasha Mitchell heads to a science camp for Indigenous teens.
And for The Bookshelf, Kate Evans reviews the new Hilary Mantel book, The Mirror and The Light.
Until next time,
Rosie Ryan, Digital Editor
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| The Mirror and the Light, the final book in Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell series, welcomes readers into the head of King Henry VIII's right-hand man for one last time before it rolls. | |
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