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Feminist Fightback!
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Sat 25 Oct 3:30 PM
Louie Louie | Verity Lane Market
Wheelchair
General Admission
90 Mins
October
Women everywhere are noticing signs of backlash after all the feminist progress forged in the 1960s-70s. Misogyny, rising rates of domestic violence, winding back of abortion rights… Women are in an unfinished revolution and the stakes could not be higher. This is the intimate but LOUD conversation we need to have that sets out the radical history of women’s liberation in Australia, tells hard truths about family violence, and issues a war cry for all women and girls. Above all, it will be a celebration of womanhood.
Join journalist and author Virginia Haussegger, gender violence expert and journalist Jess Hill and award-winning author and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke for an honest chat that will also give YOU a chance to ask questions and be a part of the discussion. Moderated by Canberra author, artist and performance poet, Jacqui Malins.
Maxine Beneba Clarke is one of Australia’s most celebrated poets. She is the author of over fourteen books, including the bestselling memoir The Hate Race, the ABIA and Indie award-winning short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the Victorian Premier’s Award-winning poetry collection Carrying the World, the ABIA award-winning poetry collection It’s the Sound of the Thing, the Kate Greenaway Medal longlisted illustrated poem When We Say Black Lives Matter and the CBCA honour book The Patchwork Bike, which also won the Boston Globe Horn Prize for Best Picture Book. She was the inaugural Peter Steele Poet in Residence at The University of Melbourne.
Virginia Haussegger AM is a passionate women’s advocate, and communication specialist with unique expertise in leading powerful conversations. She is also an award-winning television journalist, writer and commentator, whose extensive media career spans 30 years. Virginia has reported from around the globe, including Washington, New York and the Middle East, for leading current affair programs on Channel 9, the Seven Network and the ABC. She has anchored primetime national news programs and presented as state host in five capital cities, including 15 years as nightly anchor of the ABC’s flagship TV News in Canberra.
Jess Hill is an Industry Professor researching gender-based violence at the University of Technology, Sydney. Named marie claire’s 2023 Changemaker of the Year, she is a journalist, author, and educator who has achieved global renown for her ground-breaking work on gendered violence. Her journalism has won many awards, including three Walkley awards. Her first book, See What You Made Me Do, became a bestseller and was awarded the 2020 Stella Prize. Since then, she has written a Quarterly Essay on how #MeToo is changing Australia, made a podcast series on coercive control titled The Trap, and another three-part series on consent, titled Asking For It. Her most recent Quarterly Essay, ‘Losing It' critically analyses Australia's efforts to reduce gender-based violence, and last year, she was appointed to the Australian Government's Rapid Review into Prevention. Jess was a 2024 finalist for Australian of the Year, and has spoken at more than 400 events across the country.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.
Join journalist and author Virginia Haussegger, gender violence expert and journalist Jess Hill and award-winning author and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke for an honest chat that will also give YOU a chance to ask questions and be a part of the discussion. Moderated by Canberra author, artist and performance poet, Jacqui Malins.
Maxine Beneba Clarke is one of Australia’s most celebrated poets. She is the author of over fourteen books, including the bestselling memoir The Hate Race, the ABIA and Indie award-winning short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the Victorian Premier’s Award-winning poetry collection Carrying the World, the ABIA award-winning poetry collection It’s the Sound of the Thing, the Kate Greenaway Medal longlisted illustrated poem When We Say Black Lives Matter and the CBCA honour book The Patchwork Bike, which also won the Boston Globe Horn Prize for Best Picture Book. She was the inaugural Peter Steele Poet in Residence at The University of Melbourne.
Virginia Haussegger AM is a passionate women’s advocate, and communication specialist with unique expertise in leading powerful conversations. She is also an award-winning television journalist, writer and commentator, whose extensive media career spans 30 years. Virginia has reported from around the globe, including Washington, New York and the Middle East, for leading current affair programs on Channel 9, the Seven Network and the ABC. She has anchored primetime national news programs and presented as state host in five capital cities, including 15 years as nightly anchor of the ABC’s flagship TV News in Canberra.
Jess Hill is an Industry Professor researching gender-based violence at the University of Technology, Sydney. Named marie claire’s 2023 Changemaker of the Year, she is a journalist, author, and educator who has achieved global renown for her ground-breaking work on gendered violence. Her journalism has won many awards, including three Walkley awards. Her first book, See What You Made Me Do, became a bestseller and was awarded the 2020 Stella Prize. Since then, she has written a Quarterly Essay on how #MeToo is changing Australia, made a podcast series on coercive control titled The Trap, and another three-part series on consent, titled Asking For It. Her most recent Quarterly Essay, ‘Losing It' critically analyses Australia's efforts to reduce gender-based violence, and last year, she was appointed to the Australian Government's Rapid Review into Prevention. Jess was a 2024 finalist for Australian of the Year, and has spoken at more than 400 events across the country.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.
