Five incredible LGBTQI+ writers share a personal tale about their relationship to womanhood, intimate, considered and, as always, rooted in community.
Presented at All About Women 2022
This talk is recommended for age 15+
Captioned and Auslan

Queerstories invites storytellers to share the tale t...

Exploring the reality for women in Afghanistan now.
Hosted by Diana Sayed
Presented at All About Women 2022
Captioned

At the end of August 2021, Australian and American military forces withdrew from Afghanistan. With the Taliban now in control after the 20-year "war on terror", many are fearful ...

The kind of frank talk that we need to hear.
Roxane Gay and Nakkiah Lui
Presented at All About Women 2022
This talk is recommended for age 15+
Captioned and Auslan

Nothing is off-limits in this conversation between these two incredible writers whose work challenges us with the hard questions abo...

How do we support those who speak out?
Rosie Batty and Grace Tame hosted by Jamila Rizvi
Presented at All About Women 2022
This talk is recommended for age 15+
Captioned and Auslan

Rosie Batty and Grace Tame have built their lives around fighting for justice. Together for the first time, they sh...

Wendy McCarthy
Hosted by Larissa Behrendt

Wendy McCarthy is one of Australian feminism's heroes. She shares her remarkable life and achievements, and the lessons she has learned - and taught us all.

From country schoolgirl to relentless national campaigner for women and children; from passiona...

Debra Keenahan, Elly-May Barnes & Eliza Hull
Moderated by Lisa Cox

How do two parents who are blind take their children to the park? How is a mother with dwarfism treated when she walks her child down the street? How do Deaf parents know when their baby cries in the night? These are the challen...

Yeena Kirkbright, Aveesha Ash, Winnie Dunn and Randa Abdel-Fatta

All About Women has partnered with Western Sydney-based literacy movement Sweatshop on an emerging writers mentorship program for women and non-binary First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse writers. For the first time...

When will we outgrow the mother country?
With Afua Hirsch moderated by Daniel Browning
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 5:15pm AEST
Tickets $15

It's been more than 200 years since the British laid claim to our country and called it Australia, but the legacy of colonialism lives on. Who g...

Voice, Treaty, Truth: Indigenous rights and structural change
Pat Anderson AO, Megan Davis & Thomas Mayor
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 1.00pm AEST
Free

On the fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 referendum, the Uluru Statement from the Heart called for Australians to stand for real chan...

Deafness is a culture, not a liability
With Fiona Murphy, Jackie Leach Scully & Alex Jones
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 3.30pm AEST
Tickets $15

One in six Australians have some hearing loss, and our Auslan-speaking community numbers at more than 30,000. Deaf culture is thriving. Yet ...

It doesn't have to be this way - it's time to imagine something new.
With Yanis Varoufakis moderated by Scott Ludlam.
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 4.00pm AEST
Tickets $15

From the GFC to global warming to the global pandemic, the world economy and environment has suffered some major ...

Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Randa Abdel-Fattah & Ghassan Hage moderated by Sara Saleh
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 6pm AEST
Tickets $15

The 2001 September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City gave rise to bigotry, hate speech, and violence against Arab and Muslim communities around the ...

The good, the bad, and the halls of power
With Jacqueline Maley, Julia Baird & Osman Faruqi moderated by Edwina Throsby
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 2:45pm AEST
Tickets $15

Morally bankrupt, moral challenges, a moral vacuum - commentary on politics often circles around right and wron...

What does it mean to be a believer?
Amal Awad & Sarah Krasnostein moderated by Fenella Kernebone
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 12.15pm AEST
Tickets $15

In times of uncertainty, we humans look for answers, and today's seekers have a well-stocked spiritual marketplace at their disposal....

Privilege and disadvantage: confronting systemic injustice
With Bri Lee, Sheila Ngoc Pham & Rick Morton, moderated by Laura Murphy-Oates
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 1.30pm AEST
Tickets $15

Racism, family trauma, poverty - social disadvantage comes in many different and often interse...

Finding environmental solutions at the brink of extinction.
With Elizabeth Kolbert moderated by Paddy Manning
Presented at Antidote, 5 September 2021, 11am AEST
Tickets $15

Acclaimed environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert's latest book investigates science's cutting-edge fight against the effec...

The hidden problems of Artificial Intelligence.
With Kate Crawford.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 4:45pm AEST
Tickets $15

Artificial Intelligence systems are trained to represent, interpret and codify human beings. But does the process of classification itself carry implicit bias? ...

How does consumerist liberal feminism leave women behind?
With Koa Beck.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 1pm AEST
Tickets $15

White feminism is an ideology that seeks individual power over community wellbeing. Join author Koa Beck for a look at the racism embedded in much of the mov...

A personal journey with one of our greatest writers.
With Isabel Allende.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 3:30pm AEST
Tickets $15

Join Isabel Allende, prolific writer and lifelong feminist, as she maps the movement across continents, cultures, and centuries. What incredible things h...

A feminist handbook for middle age.
With Caitlin Moran.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 6pm AEST
Tickets $15

Ten years since Caitlin Moran's blockbuster memoir How To Be A Woman, she's juggling ageing parents, teenage daughters, and a bigger bum. How is one of our best-loved feminis...

Beyond the binary of exploited or empowered.
With Tilly Lawless, Jules Kim and Chantell Martin.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 2:15pm AEST
Tickets $15

Sex workers are tired of being spoken for. You're invited to listen to these voices from the sex worker community and consider why ...

Incels. Pick-up-artists. MRAs. The misogynists are joining forces.
With Laura Bates.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 10:30am AEST
Tickets $15

Online trolls aren't just playing around. When the Everyday Sexism founder, Laura Bates, became their target, she went deep into investigatin...

Radical tips for finding peace among global upheaval
With Mary Hoang & Christine Jackman.
Presented at All About Women, 7 March 2021, 11:45am AEST
Tickets $15

Life is messy - especially during a pandemic. How do we survive? Our expert panellists are here to help us build a toolbox for mental wel...

How can we nurture innovation and creativity to rise to the challenges of the 21st century, and allow space for creative thinking? Hear from visionary artists, authors and filmmakers on how they use creative problem solving to meet challenges in their life and work. Presented by the UNSW Centre f...