Anne Summers — 50 Years of Damned Whores and God’s Police
In 1975, aged just 29, she wrote a bestselling book that changed Australia. Since then, she's courted controversy and acclaim, but Anne Summers has never given up the fight for gender equality.
This conversation was recorded live at the 2025 Sydney Writers' Festival.
Speakers
Dr Anne SummersAuthor, Damned Whores and God's Police, Ducks on the Pond: An Autobiography 1945-1976, The Misogyny Factor, and many moreProfessor of domestic and family violence, University of Technology SydneyJournalist, editor, political advisor, advocate
Dr Alecia Simmonds (host)Associate Professor in Law, University…
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