The Show Must Go On

This week saw jubilant scenes at the SCG as Buddy kicked his 1000th goal, chaotic scenes at the MCG as a fire alarm triggered an evacuation, and joyful scenes at the GABBA as Brisbane sailed into the AFLW prelim. Off field, we turned to the Oscars, and while women’s sport was being celebrated, an ableist "joke" and a violent response threatened to overshadow it all.Read what our Rana wrote about footy milestones this week in the GuardianWe mentioned:https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2022/03/28/1384564/academy-awards-drama-chris-rock-and-will-smith-expose-all-thats-wrong-with-masculinity-today?fbclid=IwAR3HUmbAYU56NrErQaPjZvHxaTzPTncLSYBPGbcr9OjqC9suRNfkdiRgpichttps://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2022/03/28/1384564/academy-awards-drama-chris-rock-and-will-smith-expose-all-thats-wrong-with-masculinity-today?fbclid=IwAR3HUmbAYU56NrErQaPjZvHxaTzPTncLSYBPGbcr9OjqC9suRNfkdiRgpichttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-20/aflw-acl-injuries-women-men-gender-inequality-hormones-hips/100859924You can follow The Outer Sanctum on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Email us at [email protected] The Outer Sanctum is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work, live, learn and play, and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past and present. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded – that this always was and always will be Aboriginal land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.