It Takes Boobs Podcast

In our fifth episode, we speak to Chief Operating Officer at Cancer Council Queensland Balveen Ajimal on her personal experience navigating endometriosis and advocating for other women as the Queensland Ambassador for Endometriosis Australia. With the debilitating disease affecting at least 1 in 9 women in Australia, Ajimal wants to open the women’s health conversation and ensure all women receive the support they need. Reflecting on her mother’s debilitating journey with the disease and her own endometriosis diagnosis being delayed, Ajimal joins in conversation with Tarla Lambert on ‘It Takes Boobs’ to discuss what needs to be created for future generations of women managing similar diagnoses. Learn more about Stella Insurance's It Takes Boobs campaign, here.

In our fourth episode, we speak to proud Aboriginal woman and activist Ashlee Donohue, from the Dunghutti nation. Born and raised in Kempsey, NSW, she’s an author, educator and advocate for topics specifically surrounding anti-violence, anti-racism and Aboriginal women and has created a platform to share lived experiences, as well as a safe place for many Aboriginal women. Donohue has been incredibly open about her personal experience with violence, having survived an abusive relationship with her children’s father, and then navigating her son breaching an AVO against his own partner. In conversation with Tarla Lambert, on ‘It Takes Boobs’, she shares how she’s found the strength to persevere and drive to change systems that are broken. Learn more about Stella Insurance's It Takes Boobs campaign, here.

In our third episode, we speak to influential business leader, advocate, author and founding member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby, Wendy McCarthy about her decades long fight at the front lines for women’s advancement and gender equality. Wendy has had a long, determined and wide-ranging career in everything from business, and political advisory to education. In conversation with Tarla Lambert on ‘It Takes Boobs’, she shares more on her story, beginning with her childhood in country New South Wales to starting a career in education and moving into political lobbying and advocacy. Today, Wendy is a celebrated Australian business leader whose life has been filled with unwavering resilience.  This podcast is inspired by Stella Insurance's brand new campaign, 'It Takes Boobs', which aims to challenge the status quo and social norms. Learn more about Stella Insurance's It Takes Boobs campaign, here.

In our second episode, we speak to award-winning journalist, author and diversity advocate Antoinette Lattouf about her personal experience with perinatal depression.  Despite being a common condition, depression after birth can feel, to many people, like a taboo and vulnerable subject matter. In opening up about her personal experience on episode two of It Takes Boobs, Lattouf is helping to break down these taboos and create a safe space for women to feel less alone.  In conversation with Tarla Lambert, the two reflect on what it’s like to feel differently to what mothers are told they’re “supposed” to feel as well as the power of a support network when it comes to managing mental health issues.  Learn more about Stella Insurance's It Takes Boobs campaign, here.

It’s time we challenged the typical sexist trope of it “taking balls” to get big things done. Because we know that so often, it’s women at the forefront of the brave push for progress. But far too often, their stories go untold. That’s where this new Women’s Agenda podcast series, It Takes Boobs, supported by Stella Insurance, comes in. In our first episode, we speak to former Matildas star, Sarah Walsh, is the Head of Women’s Football, Women’s World Cup Legacy, and Inclusion at Football Australia. With years of experience in professional football both on and off the field, Sarah is no stranger to what it takes on being a female athlete in a notoriously male-dominated sport. We know gender equality in sport is vital, so why aren't we there yet? In this episode of It Takes Boobs, Tarla Lambert sits down with Sarah to reflect on some of the key moments in her life that required the tenacity and perseverance to power through, and the pair speak more broadly to the importance of equal representation and female leadership in women’s sport.Learn more about Stella Insurance's It Takes Boobs campaign, here.

So many of us have been shaped to believe it “takes balls” to show courage and get big things done. But we’re tired of this old, sexist trope, because we know that it’s regularly women who are pulling on the threads of progress and mustering up the courage to push forward. It Takes Boobs is a new Women’s Agenda special podcast series supported by Stella Insurance that challenges the long-held stereotype of it "taking balls" to be courageous. It shines a light on stories of female trailblazers who embody courage, grit and resilience from all walks of life. It Takes Boobs is part of a broader campaign by Stella Insurance that looks to expand our vernacular around bravery, looking at how women exemplify courage in their lives and careers. Check out more on the campaign here. This podcast series is produced by Agenda Media, publisher of Women’s Agenda.