Chanel Contos in Conversation
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Newcastle Writers Festival is hosting a special event on 16 September with consent activist Chanel Contos at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music. She will speak to journalist Maddison Connaughton about her new book Consent Laid Bare: Sex, entitlement and the distortion of desire.In February 2021, Chanel asked on Instagram if anyone had been sexually assaulted while at school. Within 24 hours, more than 200 people had replied ‘yes’. She then launched an online petition to make consent education mandatory in Australian schools. It attracted 45,000 signatures. One year later, education ministers from around the country unanimously agreed.
Chanel’s actions spurred a movement to end rape culture in Australia.
There will be books for sale on the night thanks to MacLean's Booksellers.
This event is supported by the University of Newcastle's Schools of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, Pan Macmillan, and MacLean's Booksellers.
Location
Newcastle Conservatorium Concert Hall - (Updated 26/6/23)
Cnr Laman Street, Auckland St, Newcastle NSW 2300
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