I was cancelled from a feminist rally. I’ve got a strong hunch as to why |
I was cancelled from a feminist rally. I’ve got a strong hunch as to why
April 20, 2026 — 3:32pm
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Last Saturday, I got cancelled. I was on my way to give an invited speech at a feminist rally in Sydney’s Hyde Park on sexual assault prevention. But before I had a chance to speak, I was disinvited.
Evidently, my “values” did not “align” with those of the organisation, I learnt via text. As a feminist activist, researcher and educator of four decades’ standing, I was a little surprised to learn this. I’ve been left guessing why I was deplatformed.
I sat on the Board of Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia for many years, and I am aware that there are diverse views on how we prevent sexual assault, how we educate people about it and how we lobby for change.
So what was I going to say at the rally? Well, here’s a soundbite from my non-values aligned speech.
When I was a TV reporter in the early ’90s, I........