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Nike After Dark was built to celebrate women running — so why did the conversation end up revolving around men?

This week on Rage on the Rocks, we unpack the controversy over men participating in Nike’s women-focused event. We ask what women were promised, why men might enter, and whether being technically welcome settles the question of showing up thoughtfully.

Then we turn the spotlight on Nike: is this meaningful empowerment, unclear messaging, or a reluctance to make a decision that might upset customers?

Plus, what does genuine allyship look like when it does not come with a race bib? Sometimes supporting women means helping make their experience possible — without making yourself essential to it.

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On Monday 19 October, independent federal MP Helen Haines was outside her Wangaratta electorate office when she was allegedly rammed by a vehicle. She has lost both legs. She’s alive, and her family says her heart and mind are strong.

In this episode Sarah and Lauren unpack the attack on the Member for Indi, and what it has brought to the surface about the cost of public life - particularly for women.

The accused has been charged and the matter is before the courts. Everything discussed reflects public reporting at the time of recording.

Content note: This episode discusses violence, serious injury, threats and abuse against women, and mental health.

If you need support:

• Emergency: 000
• Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7 crisis support)
• Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 (anxiety, depression and mental health)
• 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 (sexual, domestic and gendered violence, abuse and threats)
• 13YARN: 13 92 76 (crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
• eSafety Commissioner: esafety.gov.au (report online abuse and threats)
• Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 (report information anonymously)

You don’t have to be in crisis to reach out.

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Same brand, same blades, same job. One razor costs more because it's marketed "for her". This week we're unpacking the pink tax: the gendered price gap, the pinkified and shrunken products, and the lifetime bill for being a woman.

Sarah went hunting on one of the big two supermarkets' websites and the 'women's' was $6.80 more. But hey, at least it comes with a soap bar.

We get into:

• Pinkification, pinkflation and "pink it and shrink it"
• Gendered marketing from the clothes aisle to Lego
• Period products: GST gone in 2019, but affordability is still a real problem
• The Share the Dignity numbers: 64% of respondents have struggled to afford period products, and 21.75% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander respondents couldn't afford them in the last year, compared with 6.9% of non-Indigenous respondents
• A 2025 Australian report estimating the pink tax on everyday products at around $4,300 a year per woman, or about $360,000 over a lifetime (and that's before period products, the pay gap and the rest)
• Why the pink tax is compound interest on patriarchy
• A teaser for a future episode on women pricing their own work (no, you can't pay for tampons with exposure)

What to do: buy as gender neutral as you can, ask "do I actually need the 'for her' version?", and pop an extra pack of pads in the Share the Dignity box at your local supermarket. Partners, this is your episode too.

Glimmers: a new species of wild cat found in Bolivia, and a very large orange cat mistaken for a mountain lion.

Links:
Pink Tax: A Study of Gendered Price Discrimination in Australia 2025 (Karen Bijkersma).
Share the Dignity Bloody Big Survey 2024