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Something slightly less expected?

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Its been a dream for me.

A dream, perhaps, but one that became reality through a lot of hard work.

After drawing up a longlist, she visited Prada several times to discuss their options.

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And so the idea of womens education really came out of those discussions with her.

So she was very much ahead of her time.

Its a sentiment that Mrs. Prada herself echoes.

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Bluem.

How do we teach young girls concepts such as self-determination?

How do we teach them to become the independent women of the future?

Panel host Lou Stoppard with Lauren Elkin, Veronica Raimo, and Geetanjali Shree.

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Jess Cole.

At least in an American context, as thats where Im from… Millie Brady reading an extract from Simone De BeauvoirsThe Inseparables.

Lauren Elkin and Veronica Raimo.

Panel host Kai-Isaiah Jamal, with panelists Nicola Dinan, Naoise Dolan, and Sarah Manguso.

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Olga Campofreda.

For Campofreda, the conversations felt especially timely given the regressive conversations around sex education in Italy.

Its a subject that is still very much challenged in the public discourse and politics, said Campofreda.

We know that boys and men are introduced to sex via pornography, for example.

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How do girls and women understand sex?

How do they understand their own bodies?

How do they ask themselves about pleasure and desire?

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Panel host Lou Stoppard with Lauren Elkin, Veronica Raimo, and Geetanjali Shree.

And I think literature written by women for women really helps answer those questions.

Panel host Kai-Isaiah Jamal.

Nicola Dinan, Naoise Dolan, and Sarah Manguso.

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Millie Brady reading an extract from Simone De Beauvoir’sThe Inseparables.

Challenging, cerebral, but without taking itself too seriously?

It couldnt be more Miu Miu if it tried.

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Lauren Elkin and Veronica Raimo.

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Panel host Kai-Isaiah Jamal, with panelists Nicola Dinan, Naoise Dolan, and Sarah Manguso.

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Panel host Kai-Isaiah Jamal.

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Nicola Dinan, Naoise Dolan, and Sarah Manguso.