Every year International Women's Day comes and goes. Rather than go back to business as usual, we say it should Never Not be International Women’s Day. Welcome to a mind-changing, bias-ridding, downright mutinous loop of ideas and musings from women in the creative and associated industries everywhere that will run 24/7/365 on a loop forever, or until...we don’t need to talk about it anymore.
The events of 2025 are already reinforcing that women are still a long way from equality and equity. Globally, women bear the brunt of the physical, emotional and financial impacts of economic, financial and political decisions with their livelihoods affected at almost twice the rate of men.
As International Women’s Day comes and goes, we say enough really is f*cking enough.
Enough of our stoicism. Enough of our patience. Enough of the injustice. It will be Never Not International Women’s Day until all women including women of colour, women with disabilities, and queer or trans women, stop being penalised for being women.
Liz Ham discusses gender inequality by explaining how women often juggle multiple roles due to biological and societal factors, face typecasting in commercial work, and encounter plenty of barriers despite comprising 80% of consumer decision-makers. Liz calls for systemic change from decision-makers and those in power versus expecting women to work (even) harder.
This is just a little tea talk with Tanarra about the outcomes of a system predicated on the fear of women's success. I've been examining fear a lot in the workplace, and how it manifests, what it keeps us from doing, and frankly, the violence it visits upon us.
Dr. Amanda Coles focuses on intersectional inequality in the creative industries. Amanda shares her belief that people make culture and not the other way round. The centre of her discussion with Angela focuses on challenges of employment and the economic structures that are holding back gender equality efforts.
Erika shares a mix of research findings and lived experience as a cinematographer for over 40 years and now as the first female national president of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). The barriers to equality still exist from which school you went to, who you know and how you navigate a still predominantly male power landscape. Progress continues to be slow, but the determination and commitment to change is and needs to be relentless.