Episode 23
Billie Eilish’s Billionaire Challenge, Parental Leave Reform and Motherhood Mental Load
Join us for Episode 23 of Feminist Money as we discuss:
1. Feature: The legal change to ensure that mothers who lose a child are not punished financially by losing their parental leave.
2. Research: The mental load that mothers in a household are still disproportionately loaded up with, no matter their career or salary.
3. International: Why women in Egypt will still receive half the inheritance of men.
4. Pop Culture: Billie Eilish’s challenge to billionaires to give away more of their money.
5. Feminist Money Revisited: Updates on three Feminist Money stories, including money and power in Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, the great AI robbery and the national memorial to witches.
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(1.46) Feature: Changes to parental leave laws
Prince Andrew: Charities' concerns over prince's offer to support victims, BBC News, 17 February 2022
Labor to change law after mother's paid parental leave was cancelled when baby died, ABC News, 7 June 2025
Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie rebuked for ‘playing politics’ on abortion in debate on stillbirth leave, The Guardian, 31 October 2025
A bill on stillbirth sees men enter the conversation to make unhinged abortion claims, Women’s Agenda, 30 October 2025
Joyce admits he knew as soon as Campion was pregnant that he’d lose his job, The Conversation, 3 June 2018
(7.53) Research: The hidden mental load of mothers
Successful career women still shoulder the majority of the ‘mental load’ at home: new research, University of Bath, 23 October 2025
(10.56) International: Egyptian inheritance laws
Why do men typically receive twice as much inheritance as women in Egypt? Research explains, Northeastern Global News, 29 October 2025
IWD: Egyptian Feminist Efforts for Gender Wealth Justice, Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, 8 March 2024
(14.04) Pop Culture: Billie Eilish challenges billionaires to give more money
Billie Eilish Just Asked The Question No Billionaire Wants To Answer, Marie Claire, 31 October 2025
Mark Zuckerberg awkwardly reacts as Billie Eilish calls out billionaires for extreme wealth, Page Six, 30 October 2025
(18.42) Feminist Money Revisited: Virginia Giuffre’s memoir fallout, AI robbery derailed and memorials to witches
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge, The Guardian, 31 October 2025
Federal government rules out changing copyright law to give AI companies free rein, ABC News, 27 October 2025
Witch memorials are quietly spreading across Europe, The Conversation, 31 October 2025