Episode 31
Reese Witherspoon on Women's Financial Independence, the Evolution of the Manosphere, and India's Cash Transfers for Unpaid Domestic Work
Join us for Episode 31 of Feminist Money as we discuss:
1. Feature: The evolution of the manosphere from the internet’s margins to now being a global profit-making enterprise for manfluencers.
2. Campaign: Financial abuse and the Australian Government’s focus on making it harder for abusers to coerce people to become company directors, trapping them in debt.
3. International: Cash transfer schemes are currently being trialled across India to ensure women are paid for running households.
4. Pop Culture: Bringing financial independence motivation directly from the star of Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon.
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(1.29) The evolution of the manosphere from internet fringes to profit-making
Hustle, muscle and grift: how the manosphere has grown into a money-making machine, The Conversation, 10 December 2025
National advocacy leaders unite to ask: what will it take to end violence against women and children?, UN Women, 10 December 2025
What is the manosphere and why should we care?, UN Women, 15 May 2025
(7.52) Financial abuse and stopping coercive practices in Australia
Penalties push for financial abusers who draw partners into tax and company fraud, ABC News, 10 December 2025
Government planning crackdown on perpetrators of economic abuse estimated to cost nearly $11b a year, ABC News, 26 November 2025
(11.38) India’s cash transfer schemes for unpaid domestic work
A wage for housework? India's sweeping experiment in paying women, BBC News, 9 December 2025
(15.11) Reese Witherspoon on women’s financial independence
Shine on: Reese Witherspoon offers powerful financial independence advice for women, The Independent, 2 December 2025
Reese Witherspoon says she doesn’t know a single woman ‘who doesn’t have a disaster financial story’ thanks to divorce and debt, Fortune, 26 November 2025