Rage on the Rocks

Lauren Moss and Sarah Rheinberger

Two women. Zero chill. Rage on the Rocks is because we love the world enough to be angry about it... and of course always leave with a reason to keep going. Pour something strong (tea definitely counts). We'll wait.

  1. Jul 3

    Boys’ club loyalty program

    Send us Fan Mail Powerful men hurt or humiliate women, and somehow there’s always another tour, another contract, another “cheeky larrikin” rebrand waiting for them. This week on Rage on the Rocks, Sarah and Lauren run a second‑chance audit on the Boys’ club loyalty program – who gets the comebacks, who pays the price, and who keeps renewing their membership.  We start with Jimmy Fallon’s cosy Tonight Show interview with Conor McGregor, recorded after an Irish civil jury found McGregor liable for sexually assaulting Nikita Hand and ordered him to pay damages – a verdict later upheld. Fallon’s laughs‑and‑family chat never mentions Nikita or the case, and that’s our entry point into a much bigger pattern: politicians whose abuse is treated as “colour”, shock jocks rewarded for vulgar misogyny, presidents and power brokers whose sexual misconduct and friendships with men like Jeffrey Epstein don’t stop the comeback train.  If this episode brings things up for you, you don’t have to sit with it alone. In Australia you can call 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), the national 24/7 counselling service for anyone impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence, or supporting someone who is. You can also call 1800 FULL STOP (1800 3 85 578), run by Full Stop Australia, for free, confidential trauma counselling nationwide. If you’re in immediate danger, call 000.  Notes https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-23/conor-mcgregor-sexual-assault-2018-dublin-hotel/104638650 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6n04xjj1qo https://culturacolectiva.com/en/history/jimmy-fallon-conor-mcgregor-tonight-show-nikita-hand-backlash/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-10/four-corners-investigation-christian-porter-sexism-inappropriate/12862910 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-56560666 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-26/troy-buswell-ex-wife-feared-going-public-with-abuse-claims/100165914 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-28/decade-of-wa-sex-scandals-exposed-strip-clubs-troy-buswell/11827540 https://theconversation.com/for-27-years-the-kyle-and-jackie-o-show-indulged-australias-most-vulgar-sexist-impulses-277510 https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/impeachment/clinton-impeachment-and-its-fallout https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/monica-lewinsky-calls-out-bill-clintons-handling-of-their-scandal-says-i-was-thrown-under-the-bus-lost-my-future/articleshow/118600069.cms https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/what-we-know-about-donald-trump-relationship-with-epstein/106004310

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Two women. Zero chill. Rage on the Rocks is because we love the world enough to be angry about it... and of course always leave with a reason to keep going. Pour something strong (tea definitely counts). We'll wait.

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