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17 Nov 2018

Promo image for Clementine Ford on Boyhood: Food for Thought at Tucks

Clementine Ford on Boyhood: Food for Thought at Tucks / Sexism & feminism

With Clementine Ford and Jamila Rizvi

What is boyhood? What is masculinity? And how do we begin to dismantle old-fashioned ideas about what boys and men should be and do, in order to build a better future for everybody?

Get thinking in November, with riveting conversation over delicious food and wine at Tucks winery in Red Hill. At this special event, fearless feminist author Clementine Ford…

16 Nov 2018

Upcoming event

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Take It From Me: Queer Edition / Sex & relationships

With Jess McGuire, Amy Middleton, and Nayuka Gorrie

Take it From Me is back. You know the drill – simply submit your anonymous romantic conundrum in advance, then turn up at the Wheeler Centre on Friday 16 November. Our panel of unqualified strangers will puzzle over your problem before a live audience, then dish out some ill-informed and context-free advice.

This time, our panellists will specialise in queer romantic…

15 Nov 2018

Upcoming event

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Beyond Marriage Equality / Gender

With Anna Brown

Exactly one year on from the announcement of Australia’s marriage equality post survey result, we’ll take stock of the state and legal status of LGBTQ+ people across Australia.

The marriage equality vote brought a lot of romance and rejoicing – as well as a surprising number of heterosexual politicians lining up to claim credit – but the campaign period came…

14 Nov 2018

Upcoming event

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Going Postal: Reflections on the Marriage Equality Vote / Sexual & gender politics

With Quinn Eades, Fury, Dennis Altman and 1 other

‘We’re about to be given a number,’ Quinn Eades wrote, on the eve of the result for the marriage equality postal survey. ‘A number that will sew itself into our skins. A number that will not let us go.’

On the anniversary of that historic announcement, we’re bringing together a stellar line-up of LGBTQ+ talent to share writing inspired and…

12 Nov 2018

Upcoming event

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The F Word Address: Alison Whittaker / Gender

With Alison Whittaker

The F Word Address is our annual talk from an outstanding Australian woman on a pressing feminist issue. This year, our speaker is the phenomenal Alison Whittaker: poet, essayist, legal scholar and Gomeroi woman.

Whittaker’s address will focus on criminal justice and the links between incarceration and gendered violence. Prison numbers for both men and women are swelling dramatically across…

Podcast episode

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The Fifth Estate

Media, Police and Crimes Against Women / Law

How is journalism changing when it comes to reporting on crimes against women? Why do some crimes, and some victims, get more press than others? And how does media coverage affect police investigations and the pursuit of justice in specific criminal cases?

For this Fifth Estate conversation, Sally Warhaft is joined by former Victoria Police chief commissioner Christine Nixon and veteran crime journalist Andrew Rule to discuss prejudice and perception in media and police work.

How does public scrutiny help and hinder the police? How are media standards, and public standards, changing? What works, and what doesn’t, in solving and preventing, these kinds of crimes?

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