The Briefing

·S5 E165

How the end of MONA's Ladies Lounge could still be part of the art

Apr 10, 2024
8 mins

Episode Description

Tasmania’s MONA has been forced to allow men into its women’s only Ladies Lounge.  

A NSW man who was upset when he was denied entry into the lounge, has taken the museum to the Tasmanian Civil Administrative Tribunal and won. This means MONA now has 28 days to stop refusing entry to men – or people who don’t identify as ladies. 

In this episode, one of our producers, Helen Smith, speaks with Jahan Kalantar, a Sydney-based solicitor, university lecturer and entrepreneur who calls himself the “little guy lawyer”, to ask if the decision could lead to women being allowed into men's clubs that have been off limits to women for decades. 

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