Booking
Prices from $65
Date & Time
Tuesday, 11 March - Tuesday, 11 March 2025
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm AEDT
Location
State Library Victoria (Theatrette, Entrance 3), 328 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC , 3000, VIC
Join us in Melbourne on March 11 for a discussion on the future of feminism with British journalist Louise Perry and Quillette founding editor Claire Lehmann. Perry will also talk about her new book, A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century. The event will be moderated by CIS Executive Director Tom Switzer.
Feminism in the second half of the 20th century was strongly associated with the left, since it grew out of the American civil rights movements of the 1960s. But it has not always been so.
There have been plenty of periods during which feminism of a much more conservative flavour has dominated. We are entering another one of those periods now. How to account for this rightward shift?
Louise Perry is a British journalist, author, and broadcaster. Her 2022 book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, critiques modern feminism and hypersexualised culture, earning praise from outlets like The Times and The Spectator. She hosts the podcast Maiden Mother Matriarch and contributes to The New Statesman, The Spectator, and The Daily Mail.
Claire Lehmann is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Quillette, a site dedicated to promoting free thought and open inquiry, and a is a regular columnist with The Australian.
Tom Switzer is executive director of CIS. He is former presenter at ABC’s Radio National and held editorial roles at The Spectator Australia and The Australian.