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The Responsibilities of Women

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When

Saturday

April 6
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Where

University of Newcastle NUspace X207
Level 2
Cnr Hunter & Auckland St
Newcastle NSW 2300

Tickets

$25
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The Responsibilities of Women

In Emily Perkins’ book Lioness, protagonist Therese Thorne asks, ‘Who are you if you’re not looking after someone?’ But what happens when women’s ambitions clash with responsibilities? Can we love other people’s children as if they were our own? Will the mental load ever be shared equally between the sexes? Kate Mildenhall, Kylie Needham and Emily Perkins explore these questions and more in their recent fiction. They interrogate womanhood, motherhood, and ‘otherhood’ with Anna Downes.

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Kate Mildenhall

In Emily Perkins’ book Lioness, protagonist Therese Thorne asks, ‘Who are you if you’re not looking after someone?’ But what happens when women’s ambitions clash with responsibilities? Can we love…

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Anna Downes

In Emily Perkins’ book Lioness, protagonist Therese Thorne asks, ‘Who are you if you’re not looking after someone?’ But what happens when women’s ambitions clash with responsibilities? Can we love…

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Kylie Needham

In Emily Perkins’ book Lioness, protagonist Therese Thorne asks, ‘Who are you if you’re not looking after someone?’ But what happens when women’s ambitions clash with responsibilities? Can we love…

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Emily Perkins

In Emily Perkins’ book Lioness, protagonist Therese Thorne asks, ‘Who are you if you’re not looking after someone?’ But what happens when women’s ambitions clash with responsibilities? Can we love…

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