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Girl on Girl: Modern Misogyny Gone Global
Fri
17
Fri 17 Oct 6:00 PM
Louie Louie | Verity Lane Markets
Wheelchair
General Admission
60 Mins
October
What have decades of reality TV, social media, porn and the beauty industry done to women and feminism around the world? Here from the UK, Pulitzer-nominated journalist and author Sophie Gilbert delves into the complex landscape of modern misogyny in her latest book Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves.
Women are saturated in a beauty culture based on male desire and all-pervasive pornography. Through media and advertising, they’re warned not to be too edgy, too assertive, or too angry. Women are being pitted against themselves and each other in service of the male gaze.
Sophie will be in conversation with much-loved Canberra journalist and author, Virginia Haussegger, who has just emerged from an extensive period of research with her explosive work Unfinished Revolution: The Feminist Fightback. Together they will take a birds-eye view of where women find themselves.
Sophie Gilbert is a staff writer at the Atlantic, where she writes about television, books, and popular culture. She was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism and has previously written for the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Republic, and the Brooklyn Rail. She lives in London.
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.
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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.
Women are saturated in a beauty culture based on male desire and all-pervasive pornography. Through media and advertising, they’re warned not to be too edgy, too assertive, or too angry. Women are being pitted against themselves and each other in service of the male gaze.
Sophie will be in conversation with much-loved Canberra journalist and author, Virginia Haussegger, who has just emerged from an extensive period of research with her explosive work Unfinished Revolution: The Feminist Fightback. Together they will take a birds-eye view of where women find themselves.
Sophie Gilbert is a staff writer at the Atlantic, where she writes about television, books, and popular culture. She was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism and has previously written for the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Republic, and the Brooklyn Rail. She lives in London.
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.
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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.
