About
Join us for a captivating conversation on women’s experiences with the judicial system, unreported missing women and the ongoing battle for equality with Elizabeth Flock and Sarah Weinman. In The Furies, Flock dives into the stories of three remarkable women who fought against oppressive systems, sparking vital discussions on women’s self-defence and the failures of protection systems. Meanwhile, the New York Times crime columnist, Weinman’s Evidence of Things Seen offers a riveting anthology uncovering overlooked true crime cases, highlighting the struggles of minority women seeking justice. Shedding light on the complexities women face in a system built against them, this discussion is one you won’t want to miss.
Moderator: Heidi Reitmaier
Renowned journalist and author of The Heart is a Shifting Sea Elizabeth Flock investigates what few dare to confront, or even imagine: the role and necessity of female-led violence in response to systems built against women.
In
The Furies, Elizabeth Flock examines how three real-life women have used violence to fight back, and how views of women who defend their lives are often distorted by their depictions in media and pop culture. These three immersive narratives follow Brittany Smith, a young woman from Stevenson, Alabama, who killed a man she said raped her but was denied the protection of the Stand-Your-Ground law; Angoori Dahariya, leader of a gang in Uttar Pradesh, India, dedicated to avenging victims of domestic abuse; and Cicek Mustafa Zibo, a fighter in a thousands-strong all-female militia that battled ISIS in Syria.
From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology showcasing the future of the true crime genre
True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered. But what stories have been ignored?
Elizabeth Flock is an Emmy Award–winning journalist and the author of
The Furies: Women, Vengeance and Justice, about women who fight back. Her work has been featured in
the New Yorker,
the New York Times,
the Atlantic, on the
PBS NewsHour and Netflix.
Sarah Weinman is the author of
Scoundrel and
The Real Lolita and the editor, most recently, of
Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit & Obsession. She was a 2020 National Magazine Award finalist for reporting and a Calderwood Journalism Fellow at MacDowell, and her work has appeared in
New York magazine,
the Wall Street Journal,
Vanity Fair and
the Washington Post.
Dates & Times
Sat, June 8
A book signing will follow this event
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Venue
Brigantine Room
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON
