Ready or Not19 Nov 2023

What a Whitney Wolfe Herd headline says about the way the media covers women and the controversial four-day school week trial | Witching Hour

Welcome back to Witching Hour: the show that looks at what's exciting, delighting, intriguing, and frustrating us as we make work, work alongside parenting. It's Ready or Not's loose little sister coming to your ears every Monday.

In today's episode, we cover:

A Whitney Wolfe Herd headline that made us question the way women are portrayed in media,
Queensland public schools to trial a four-day school week,
The gender pay gap for organisations with a workforce of 100 or more employees is going to be on the public record from next year
And your answers to our questions about mowing the lawns and how much time you’re getting to yourself.

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