The world is responding to call outs for change, with major publications, streaming services, and organisations taking responsibility for past practices and platforming, and also reassessing how they work differently into the future. TV shows are buried, statues of slave traders are toppled, while some are only just learning that Tom Morello’s rage isn’t against his dishwasher. JK Rowling has doubled down on her stance on trans women, causing Potterheads (not least recent fan Zan) to question their connection to her books. And Bang Boy has gone bush and shacked up with a Karen. Don’t worry, it’s better than it sounds.
Show notes:
Bon Appetit apology: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/where-we-go-from-here
Gone With the Wind: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/10/gone-with-the-wind-dropped-from-hbo-max-over-depiction-of-slavery
Chris Lilley: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-11/netflix-pulls-chris-lilley-shows-featuring-blackface/12342814
Brooke Boney on Today: https://twitter.com/TheTodayShow/status/1270837483622801408
Toppling of statues: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/08/edward-colston-statue-history-slave-trader-bristol-protest
Lachlan Macquarie: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-27/fact-check-did-lachlan-macquarie-commit-mass-murder-and-genocide/8981092?nw=0
Tom Morello: https://junkee.com/rage-against-the-machine-tom-morello-trolls/256981
Meyne Wyatt monologue: https://twitter.com/QandA/status/1269982640494411776
Daniel Radcliffe: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/2020/06/08/daniel-radcliffe-responds-to-j-k-rowlings-tweets-on-gender-identity/
NITV podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/sbs-nitv-radio/id350464353
Kimberley Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9_qGOa9Go&feature=youtu.be
The Briefing: https://www.podcastoneaustralia.com.au/podcasts/the-briefing
Beyonce Commencement Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLo5XMjIJD8
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