Bang On #148: Manterrupting, Indigenous place names, Four Seasons
It’s been a week for finding, and figuring out women’s place in power in 2020. An ABC 4 Corners expose on the power imbalance between men and women in Canberra has been seamlessly followed by a political press conference confirming the point. Meanwhile a statue erected to pay tribute to a feminist hero has many confused and outraged about the gaze it was sculpted in. Australia Post has backed a campaign to include Indigenous place names on letters and packages, which has us reflecting on the every day inclusion of traditional country names in all walks of life. And the Four Seasons Total Landscaping story is too good to ignore. Yes, we’ve ordered the commemorative tee.
Show notes:Four Seasons Total Landscaping: https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/four-seasons-total-landscaping-merch/
Manterrupting: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-11/scott-morrison-anne-ruston-liberal-party-government/12873158
Why I Hate the Mary Wollstonecraft statue: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/10/why-i-hate-the-mary-wollstonecraft-statue
Using traditional Indigenous names: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-11/australia-post-agrees-to-include-traditional-place-names-on-mail/12872484
This Place: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/this-place
Blackfulla Bookclub: https://www.instagram.com/blackfulla_bookclub
Pandora Sykes: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/how-do-we-know-were-doing-it-right-9781786332073
Email us: bangon.podcast@abc.net.au
Bang On is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.