It’s a big week for Bang On, and a lot can happen in seven days. Last ep the revolt against Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales was just kicking off, since then there have been calls for his dismissal, rallies in the street, hunger strikes, and a fair dose of blokes claiming victim hood. We catch up on it, and an excellent piece by Annabel Crabb that explains and eviscerates it all.

The commercial value of women in sport, entertainment and business has been ignored for too long, and some solid numbers prove that you ignore at your peril. But what about women in STEM? A new study shows that celebrating inclusivity in science, technology, engineering and maths should start in the classroom, but we’re failing.

Remember Cat Person? That viral short story from the New Yorker that had many of us resonating with it? Well now it’s a film, and we have the details for you. And Sarah Jessica Parker has become a cat person, adopting the little fluffball that popped up in the final episodes of S02 of …And Just Like That. It’s over, we have thoughts, and yes – we debrief in full at the season finale.

And we’re banging on about escapist worlds in Asteroid City and the power of language in The Dictionary of Lost Words.

Show notes:

Annabel Crabb on the forcible kiss: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-29/fifa-spain-kiss-sexism-world-cup/102786334

Commercial value of women: https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/stop-and-pay-attention-the-unsurprising-commercial-value-of-women/

STEM women missing: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/28/female-scientists-absent-australian-textbooks

Cat Person: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person

Cat Person film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aZWQD3Q2w&ab_channel=STUDIOCANALAustralia

SJP adopts a cat: https://www.vulture.com/2023/08/sarah-jessica-parker-and-just-like-that-adopts-cat.html

Asteroid City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FXCSXuGTF4&ab_channel=FocusFeatures

The Dictionary of Lost Words: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49354511

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