Episode 17
Misogyny in the Music Industry and the Rebel Nuns Defying Retirement
Join us for Episode 17 of Feminist Money as we discuss:
1. Feature: Our feature story focuses on misogyny in the music industry and how it impacts the women who help write, produce and play the music we love.
2. International: The hills are alive with the sound of music as Austrian rebel nuns fight back to return to their convent home.
3. Pop Culture: Emmy Awards wins by women over 50 and what that says about ageism and gender in Hollywood right now.
4. Feminist you should know: Queen Rania of Jordan.
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(2.31) Feature: Misogyny in the music industry
Sexism permeates every layer of the music industry – new report echoes what research has been saying for years, The Conversation, February 2024
Half of women in music experience discrimination, report finds, BBC News, March 2024
Sexual harassment and bullying rife in the Australian music scene, review finds, ABC News, September 2022
‘I don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been harassed’: Inside the music industry’s reckoning with misogyny, Glamour, August 2025
(10.00) International: Austrian rebel nuns fight back against retirement
Defiant nuns flee care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps, BBC News, 16 November 2025
Elderly Austrian nuns break out of nursing home and back into their former convent, defying diocese, CNN, 17 September 2025
Retirement Center to Offer Comfort After Convents, New York Times, August 2000
(15.24) Pop Culture: Emmy Awards for women over 50
Despite Emmy Wins, New Study Reveals Age Bias Against Women In Hollywood Persists, Forbes, September 2025
Jean Smart Wins 4th Emmy For ‘Hacks’ And Thanks Her “Incomparable” Co-Star Hannah Einbinder, Calls For Everybody “To Just Be Good To Each Other”, Deadline, September 2025
(18.52) Feminist you should know: Queen Rania of Jordan
Rania al-Abdullah, Britannica, accessed September 2025
Queen Rania Inspires Action on Refugees, Women and Girls’ Empowerment, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, March 2017
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, UNICEF, accessed September 2025
HER MAJESTY QUEEN RANIA AL ABDULLAH (JORDAN), United Nations Foundation, accessed September 2025
Queen Rania of Jordan: A Modern Icon of Leadership, Compassion, and Advocacy, The Arab Today, August 2025
How Queen Rania Al Abdullah shares her throne with young women, The CEO Magazine, March 2020