Melbourne's favourite feminist talk show is returning to Sydney! Cherchez La Femme was created by host Karen Pickering, Director of the Girls On Film Festival (GOFF) and co-founder of SlutWalk Melbourne. Since 2010 Melbourne audiences have flocked to see smart, funny feminists engaging on topics as diverse as sex, cabaret, sport, crime, digital culture, music, sluts, teaching, comedy, film, dating, fashion, public space, pop and fat. In a format that encourages frank insights, unexpected questions and rolling discussion between feminist…
Find out more »Cherchez la Femme is about creating a space for feminists to shoot the breeze over a few drinks and we've taken this show on the road, visiting Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Adelaide and Newcastle. Now we're heading to Albury-Wodonga! Or Wodonga- Albury! But we're coming! Karen Pickering will be welcoming a panel of brilliant feminist thinkers in the region to talk about Feminism and Community. The feminist movement is seeing some…
Find out more »Cherchez la Femme is about creating a space for feminists to shoot the breeze over a few drinks and we've taken this show on the road, visiting Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, and Newcastle. Now we're heading to Adelaide! Karen Pickering will be welcoming a panel of brilliant feminist thinkers in the region to talk about Feminism and Community.The feminist movement is seeing some big changes lately, with old debates being revisited, reignited and yes, being seen in new and challenging ways.…
Find out more »For as long as humans have existed they've been pretty into seeing depictions of other humans having sex. Whether you call this pornography, erotica, or adult entertainment, you might've noticed it's undergone huge changes recently in terms of availability, content and access. Rather than having a discussion about the validity of porn and whether it should exist, I thought we could talk about the fact that it's ubiquitous, homogenous and mostly monotonous. But as ever, feminists are working within its…
Find out more »The topic is Girls (no, not the TV show, though it might crop up) and I’ve assembled a kick-arse panel to talk us through some of the big issues swirling around being a girl, raising girl feminists, how we view girlhood, girls and pop culture, and how girls all over the world are at the centre of solutions to the biggest problems of our time. Whew! That’s a lot to cover but we’ll be guided by these incredible feminist thinkers:…
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