Episode 13
Taylor Swift’s Masters Victory, Paid Student Internships, UN Women in Afghanistan and Beatrice Faust’s Legacy
Join us for Episode 13 of Feminist Money as we discuss:
1. Feature: Our feature story examines the change to have paid placements, helping tackle placement poverty that many students face, particularly for female-dominated professions.
2. International: We look at the situation for women in Afghanistan today based on UN Women data, marking four years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.
3. Pop Culture: We take a moment to discuss Taylor Swift’s recent comments on buying back her Master records.
4. Feminist you should know: Beatrice Faust, the founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby in Australia.
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(1.33) Feature: Paid student placements
Upcoming 'placement poverty' payment is a 'slap in the face', student groups say, ABC News, 7 May 2024
Thousands of Australian uni students will now receive $331 a week for practical placements. But not everyone’s happy, The Guardian, 30 June 2025
Cutting debt and paid internships: key reforms in the Australian universities blueprint, The Guardian, 26 Feb 2024
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?, Australian Social Work, 2 Apr 2025
(5.58) International: UN Women insights on women in Afghanistan
The fall of Kabul: a 20-year mission collapses in a single day, The Guardian, August 2021
FAQs: What it’s like to be a woman in Afghanistan in 2025, UN Women, August 2025
How Trump the ‘master deal-maker’ failed when it came to negotiating with the Taliban in Afghanistan, The Conversation, February 2025
Press briefing by UN Women, four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, UN Women, August 2025
(10.16) Pop Culture: Taylor Swift Masters Victory
Taylor Swift buys back her master recordings, BBC News, May 2025
Taylor Swift Sent Her Mom and Brother to Negotiate For Her Master Recordings: ‘Since I Was a Teenager, I’ve Been Actively Saving Up Money to Buy My Music Back’. Variety Magazine. August 2025
Taylor Swift buys back the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums, The Guardian, May 2025
Taylor Swift Tears Up Recounting How She Got Her Masters Back: “It Was Like An Intrusive Thought”, Deadline August 2025
(14.00) Feminist you should know: Beatrice Faust, founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby
Beatrice Faust AO, Victorian honour roll of women inductees, February 2024
Meet the woman who turned female votes into political dynamite, ABC Long Read, April 2025
Provocative, progressive and fearless: why Beatrice Faust’s views still resonate in Australia, The Conversation, April 2025