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Broadside is the new feminist ideas festival from the Wheeler Centre. Over the weekend of 9 and 10 November at Melbourne Town Hall, Broadside will present two days of unapologetically feminist agenda.

Broadside is the new feminist ideas festival from the Wheeler Centre. Over the weekend of 9 and 10 November at Melbourne Town Hall, Broadside will present two days of unabashedly feminist programming, spotlighting a remarkable line-up of international and local speakers, and delivering a powerfully feminist agenda. It’s about smart, funny people sharing their expertise and their stories.

Past Events

Broadside

Teen Day

Past event

8 Nov

Broadside

Sunday Pass

Aminatou Sow, Caroline Martin, Fatima Bhutto, Gala Vanting, Jan Fran, Jax Jacki Brown, Jia Tolentino, Mona Eltahawy, Monica Lewinsky, Nicole Kalms, Santilla Chingaipe, Sisonke Msimang, Sophie Black, Tressie McMillan Cottom

Past event

10 Nov

Broadside

Saturday Pass

Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Aretha Brown, Ariel Levy, Bhenji Ra, Clare Wright, Courtney Barnett, Curtis Sittenfeld, Fatima Bhutto, Fran Kelly, Helen Garner, Intan Paramaditha, Jamila Rizvi, Maria Tumarkin, Mehreen Faruqi, Michelle Law, Nayuka Gorrie, Nicole Lee, Patricia Cornelius, Raquel Willis, Ruby Hamad, Sarah Krasnostein, Zadie Smith

Past event

9 Nov

Broadside

Weekend Pass

Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Aminatou Sow, Aretha Brown, Ariel Levy, Bhenji Ra, Caroline Martin, Clare Wright, Courtney Barnett, Curtis Sittenfeld, Fatima Bhutto, Fran Kelly, Gala Vanting, Helen Garner, Intan Paramaditha, Jamila Rizvi, Jax Jacki Brown, Jia Tolentino, Maria Tumarkin, Mehreen Faruqi, Michelle Law, Mona Eltahawy, Monica Lewinsky, Nayuka Gorrie, Nicole Kalms, Nicole Lee, Patricia Cornelius, Raquel Willis, Ruby Hamad, Santilla Chingaipe, Sarah Krasnostein, Sisonke Msimang, Sophie Black, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Zadie Smith

Past event

9 Nov ⸺ 10 Nov

Broadside

3-Plus Pass

Past event

9 Nov ⸺ 10 Nov

Broadside

Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky, Sophie Black

Past event

10 Nov

Broadside

Rage Against the Machine: Feminism and Capitalism

Jia Tolentino, Fatima Bhutto, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Aminatou Sow, Santilla Chingaipe

Past event

10 Nov

Broadside

Taking Up Space: Building the City That We Deserve

Gala Vanting, Jax Jacki Brown, Caroline Martin, Jan Fran, Nicole Kalms

Past event

10 Nov

Broadside

Necessary Truths: Fatima Bhutto and Mona Eltahawy

Fatima Bhutto, Mona Eltahawy, Sisonke Msimang

Past event

10 Nov

Broadside

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Tressie McMillan Cottom, Aminatou Sow

Past event

10 Nov

Broadside

Up Late

Aminatou Sow, Jia Tolentino, Jan Fran

Past event

9 Nov

Broadside

Things My Mother Never Told Me

Aretha Brown, Ariel Levy, Bhenji Ra, Courtney Barnett, Clare Wright, Curtis Sittenfeld, Fran Kelly, Nayuka Gorrie, Maria Tumarkin, Mehreen Faruqi, Nicole Lee, Patricia Cornelius, Raquel Willis

Past event

9 Nov

Broadside

Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith, Jia Tolentino

Past event

9 Nov

Broadside

A World of Difference: Decolonising Feminism

Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Fatima Bhutto, Intan Paramaditha, Ruby Hamad, Jamila Rizvi

Past event

9 Nov

Broadside

Who Gave You Permission?: Speaking Up and Speaking Out

Curtis Sittenfeld, Nayuka Gorrie, Ariel Levy, Raquel Willis, Michelle Law

Past event

9 Nov

Broadside

Helen Garner

Helen Garner, Sarah Krasnostein

Past event

9 Nov

Broadside

Creative Spaces

Aminatou Sow, Karen Pickering, Eloise Grills, Denise Chapman

Past event

8 Nov

Broadside

Friendship and Feminism

Aminatou Sow, Michelle Law

Past event

8 Nov

Broadside

Decolonise Your Playlist, Decolonise Your Life

Claire G. Coleman

Past event

8 Nov

Broadside

Eco Feminist Long Table

Evelyn Araluen

Past event

8 Nov

Broadside

Rethinking Dance and the Body

Amrita Hepi

Past event

8 Nov

Broadside

The Hidden Language

An Dang

Past event

8 Nov
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