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Program: Girl on Girl — How pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves with The Atlantic's Sophie Gilbert

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Dive into the world of heroin chic and Girl Power to make sense of the mixed messages Millennial women experienced as they came of age.

Before social media warped our sense of self, other aggressive forces were at work, hellbent on exploiting feminism for profit, and taking women down while they did.

Sophie Gilbert, a Pulitizer-nominated culture writer with The Atlantic, investigates the impacts in her eye-opening book Girl on Girl: How pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves.

This event was hosted and produced by The Wheeler Centre in Naarm/Melbourne. Check out its full event schedule.

Speakers

Sophie Gilbert
Staff writer, The Atlantic
Author, Girl on Girl: How pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves (2025)

Kate Jinx (host)
Writer, critic, film curator
Senior programmer, Melbourne International Film Festival

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Feminism, Children, Women, Popular Culture, Arts, Culture and Entertainment, Books, History, Mental Health, Psychology
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