How are contemporary notions of feminism and gender impacting nonfiction writing around the world? In this presentation / provocation / conversation, four women, based in Australia, Chile and India, each engaged with feminist writing practice, bring their research and perspectives into dialogue. Where are the points of connection and tension between femi-journalism, online reading communities, creative writing practice, and global identity analysis, and how does a feminist approach manifest in the kinds of texts being produced and consumed? When talking and writing about feminisms, how do we make sense of terms like: liberal, mainstream, global, southern, eastern, western, white, intersectional? This panel aims to unfold the complexities of contemporary feminism as it is channelled and refracted in different writing genres and on different platforms, examining how social, cultural, digital and political contexts are key to the nuances of what constitutes feminist writing, and where points of learning can occur.

Conversation as part of NonfictioNOW 2021