Bursting The Bonk Bubble feat Dr Bianca Fileborn

CW for this episode: mentions of sexual harrassment. definitions of and experiences with sexual assault and criminal justice system/court cases. Time stamp for the interview with Dr Bianca Fileborn: 18:45-53:15. We appreciate these are difficult and sensitive topics. Please contact 1800 Respect if you are impacted or in distress. 

Welcome friends to another episode of Carly and Leah discussing this vast political hellscape from a feminist perspective. This week we talk bonk bans, bubbles within bubbles and the Four Corners "expose". We discuss power dynamics, sexual harrassment and exactly who is protected by the legal system. It's not all bad news though! We've been sponsored! 

We are joined by Dr Bianca Fileborn to discuss her research, shocking revelations of the 4 corners "expose" and the damaging nature of heteronormativity. 

Dr Fileborn researches sexual violence and harrassment, gender and sexuality, senior lecturer and a DECRA Fellow in Criminology at Melbourne University.  For more info on what they do streetharassmentjustice.com

LINKS:

Bri Lee

https://www.bri-lee.com/books

https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/11/10/bonk-ban-four-corners-malcolm-turnbull/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54889528

https://www.liv.asn.au/About/Council-Governance 

bizarre and weirdly framed article

https://www.smh.com.au/national/please-not-in-the-name-of-feminism-expose-of-ministers-private-lives-merely-robs-women-of-agency-20201113-p56eck.html

Leah DOES NOT love war crimes.