Four women from different background discuss what people often get wrong about feminism or gender politics in their home country or the country they write about. Aretha Brown is an artist and activist who says the almost total lack of representation of Indigenous Australian women in contemporary culture means she settles for any representation rather than critiquing misrepresentations. Sohaila Abdulali, an Indian novelist living in New York, says she gets annoyed at white women telling her how oppressed Indian women are while Leta Hong Fincher describes how many are completely unaware of the modern feminist movement in China. Philosopher and war correspondent Carolin Emcke addresses the dangers of feminism in Germany being coopted by Islamaphobic movements. All four women were in Sydney for the All About Women conference held at the Sydney Opera House on the weekend
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