There are so many highlights it would be easier to tell you who not to see. The answer would be no one.
To be held at the Sydney Opera House, All About Women traverses topics from gender in gaming culture to working at National Geographic. International speakers will include Anita Sarkeesian who spoke out against misogyny in gaming and was later attacked as a result the #Gamergate phenomenon, author of Eat. Pray. Love.Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Bad FeministRoxanne Gay who is writing a book spawned by groundbreaking Atlantic article ‘All The Single Ladies’ and National Geographic explorer-in-residence Sylva Earle, and more.
Australian legends will include Annabel Crab of Kitchen Cabinet, writer Clementine Ford, Helen Garner, John Bell and Germaine Greer. They’ll be joined by Jane Caro, Judith Lucy,Elizabeth Farrelly, Susan Carland, Randa Abdel-Fattah, Katherine Fox and Kaz Cook.
All About Women is happening at various venues including the Sydney Opera House on Sunday March 8, tickets online. For the full program, head over to the AAW website.