Emily Harris is a researcher and PhD candidate at The University of Queensland, studying how our attitudes might affect our sexual functioning. She co-authored the study, ‘Fifty Shades Flipped’, which was published in the Journal of Sex Research in February 2016. Her work highlights that what we read can influence how we view the world, and in particular, how we view gender.

Kirsty Eagar was raised on a farm near Rockhampton. After studying economics at the University of Queensland, she worked for central banks in Sydney and London before changing direction. Her Young Adult novels have won and been shortlisted for numerous literary awards and her latest, Summer Skin, is a modern romance set in the hook-up culture of campus life, described by Clementine Ford as ‘the feminist love story girls have been waiting for’. She lives on Sydney’s northern beaches with her family.

Karen Pickering is a feminist organiser and writer based in Melbourne. She’s the editor of Doing It, a sex-positive anthology from UQP. She’s the creator and host of Cherchez la Femme, a live feminist talkshow of current affairs and pop culture that has toured nationally, and she cofounded Girls On Film Festival and SlutWalk Melbourne.