Episode 33
Cancel Culture in Employment, 100 Women Campaign for Mothers, Celebrities Promoting Crypto, and UK Women’s Retirement Gap
Join us for Episode 33 of Feminist Money as we discuss:
1. Feature: Whether your identity and your opinions should result in artists losing paid gig employment, based on the Adelaide Writers Week festival experience.
2. Campaign: The campaign of 100 famous mothers, including Dame Judi Dench and Dame Joanna Lumley, to protect the rights of mothers in Palestine to receive medical aid.
3. International: Why women in the UK are still retiring on a third of the money of men on average.
4. Pop Culture: The growth of celebrities like Iggy Azalea and Tristan Tompson, who are back to promoting cryptocurrency.
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(1.27) The cancellation of writers employment after the Adelaide Writers Week festival
As authors abandon Adelaide Writers’ Week after cancelling of Randa Abdel-Fattah, is free speech in tatters?, The Conversation, 9 January 2026
First Nations authors join boycott of Adelaide Writers' Week over the removal of Palestinian guest, SBS News, 9 January 2026
2024 ASA survey: Key findings on earnings, AI, and censorship, Australian Society of Authors, 15 April 2025
(7.04) 100 celebrity mothers urge action on Palestine for mothers to receive aid
Cultural heavyweights call for action to help mothers in Gaza after aid ban, Arts Professional, 8 January 2026
Israel banning dozens of aid organisations from operating in Gaza, ABC News, 1 January 2026
Famous mothers and NI man unite in call for Israel to allow ‘life-saving’ maternity units into Gaza, Belfast Telegraph, 8 January 2026
(11.43) UK women retiring with a third of the retirement savings of men
Gender pension gap rises to £113,000 – how to fill the shortfall and boost your pension, Money Week, 18 November 2025
Ways to close the gender pensions gap, Money Helper, accessed January 2026
(15.35) The celebrities promoting crypto currency schemes to their fans
Why celebrities are loving crypto again in Trump’s second term, The Guardian, 15 December 2025
Presidency Boosts Trump's Net Worth By $3 Billion In A Year, Forbes, 9 September 2025
‘Hawk Tuah’ girl Haliey Welch ‘didn’t know’ how crypto worked before meme coin disaster — as viral celeb finally speaks out: ‘I got talked into it’, New York Post, 20 May 2025