After Work Drinks

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of After Work Drinks With. This week we are so excited to be talking to the incredible Madeleine Madden. Madeleine is an Australian actress known for her roles in Picnic At Hanging Rock, Dora and the Lost City of Gold and Mystery Road. But Maddy’s just as well known for her activism, something she’s been involved in publicly since age 13 when she became the first teenager to deliver an address to the nation as part of GenerationOne, an initiative to end indigenous disadvantage. As the great-granddaughter of Hetty Perkins and granddaughter of the most famous Aboriginal rights activist, Charles Perkins, Maddy’s passion for equality in Australia is second to none. We chat about the country's problem with racism, the lessons she learnt growing up in her family, why it’s so important to speak to each other about our different lived experiences, success and ambition and, surprise, surprise, RuPaul’s Drag Race.You can follow Maddy on Instagram here.You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman, or join our closed Facebook group, After Work Drinks Podcast. Please rate, review (we see you <3) and subscribe and we’ll be back Wednesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Jun 202040min

Hi, hello! We kick things off on a really light note this week: with an existential crisis (seriously what is the point of life?) that started off as an off-air chat that we decided to hit record on. Then it’s onto Gen Z, who are they single-handedly saving democracy. Why are they so much cooler than us? And while we’re at it - why do we have a royal family in 2020? Is the monarchy the next casualty as we start tearing down outdated monuments? Plus, with Ansel Elgort the latest male celebrity to be accused of sexual assault, we dissect the troubling power dynamics when celebrities date their fans. Plus, if we all agree that it’s fundamentally creepy for grown men to date teenagers, why are we so cool with it socially? Do Drake and Leonardo DiCaprio get passes for their creepy behaviour simply because they’re hot? All this and more. Enjoy 🍸.You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman.If you’d like to show your support, please rate, review and subscribe and share AWD <3 Shows:Chewing GumI May Destroy You InsecureDear White People Blackish GirlfriendsStill Processing Episode ‘MJ’Book: Inglorious Empire: What Britain Did In India by Shashi Tharoor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Jun 20201h 5min

Hello and welcome to another episode of AWD With... This week, we're joined by the powerhouse Char Ellesse. A British model and activist, Char is best known for her radical digital platform Girls Will Be Boys, which celebrates the full spectrum of gender identity through amazing short films. Vogue love her, Dazed love her, and so do we. We chat to Char about the liberation of baldness, internalised homophobia and dealing with an inbox inundated with guilty white women. Please enjoy, and - as always - rate, review and subscribe.You can follow Char on Instagram here.You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Jun 202039min

It's been a big week for Instagram apologies, resignations and cancellations. We look at the mass controversy surrounding The Wing - once dubbed the 'feminist Utopia' and now mired by a string of shocking staff abuse claims - many racially motivated. With the likes of Bon Appetit and Man Repeller among the media companies pulled into the fray, we ask whether or not white editors resignations actually help things (or is it just a cop out?) and what does a road to redemption look like? Plus, 15,000 people marched for Black Trans lives in Brooklyn - how are the feminist, BLM and LGTBQ+ movements failing our trans community? Don't forget to rate review, subscribe and share this ep! <3You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman, or join our closed Facebook group, After Work Drinks Podcast. Recommendations:8:46 by Dave ChappelleThe Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)FOSO: The Fear of Standing Out by Kat Rosenfield for Air Mail Weeklyhttps://airmail.news/issues/2020-6-13/foso-fear-of-standing-outALOK on I Weigh with Jameela JamilKitty Cash on 'After Work Drinks With...'@FlewTheCoup on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Jun 202053min

JK Rowling's terribly timed Twitter rant about trans women has us all googling 'TERF' - what is a 'Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist' and are they as awful as they sound (yes). What happens when your sentimental childhood heroes let you down? And how long can we excuse ignorance in our public figures? Then it's onto the police! Why is there now a mainstream movement to 'abolish' the police force? What does that mean and what does it look like? And why are we - two sceptics who, at first glance, wrote it off as 'ridiculous' totally on board with the move? Then it's onto Lea Michele, Reformation and brands and people that have been 'cancelled' after posting about #BLM. How rampant is this hypocrisy? And will things actually change longterm?Recommendations:Who Counts As A Woman by Carol Hay in the New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/opinion/trans-women-feminism.html 13th documentary on NetflixUnbelievable on Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Jun 20201h

The Black Lives Matter protests are still going in the US, prompting marches and tributes everywhere from NZ to London. In such a pivotal time for the movement we discuss whether posting on Instagram is helpful, why we shouldn’t be focusing all our energy on looting, how to actively engage in anti-racism and why it’s so important that we don’t think of this as just an American issue. Then, we move onto the ‘cancellation’ of fashion brand Sporty & Rich - the tides turned as fast as founder Emily Oberg’s ‘Health = Wealth’ T-shirts flew off the shelves during a global pandemic. Is the backlash over Oberg’s comments about wealth really the problem? What part do we have to play in the promotion and success of brands? And why do we keep putting young, untrained women on a pedestal - then knock them off when they inevitably fail? And, let’s be honest, wasn’t it ALWAYS tone deaf to wear ‘Sporty & Rich’ shirts in a global pandemic? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Jun 202051min

Hello and welcome to another instalment of After Work Drinks With… This week we’re talking to comedian and general legend Mary Beth Barone. Mary Beth is one of the most exciting comedians in New York right now, dubbed by Time Out as one of the 30 women ‘making New York cool again’. Her comedy show, Drag His Ass, became a sensation - dubbed as a program for recovering fuckboy addicts - and her ability to capture the ridiculous, hilarious and often soul-destroying aspects of modern dating is so on-point that Paper have appointed her their new dating columnist. We chat to Mary Beth about everything from the psychological scars of ‘ghosting’ culture to navigating the terrifying world of stand-up to her experience with female fuckboys. Grab a wine and listen now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

29 Mai 202041min

Last week we talked about white fragility and white feminism, this week we're seeing it in action all over again. Queen of the Sad Girls™️ Lana Del Rey landed herself in hot water this week with her strange and ill-advised Instagram PSA, suggesting there is no 'room for people who like her' in the culture. What is she talking about! And how does race a play a role? Plus, how Scarlett Curtis' raw honesty is opening up the conversation about depression, a new rom-com to sink your teeth into, and a break-down of The Times' big deep dive into Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's escape to LA. Where will they live? Who are they hanging out with? Why are they so obsessed with Soho House? Listen now and, as always, rate, review and subscribe.Recommendations:The Lovebirds on NetflixScarlett Curtis on the iWeigh podcastOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood by Katie Nicholl in The Timeshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-great-escape-prince-harry-and-meghans-new-life-in-la-ck7nvnndz'lana del rey, doja cat and antiblackness' on the Bobo and Flex Podcasthttps://soundcloud.com/boboandflex/lanadelrey Laura Snapes on Lana Del Rey in The Guardianhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/aishamirza/until-white-women-ruined-it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Mai 202052min