Unlikeable Women? ASSEMBLE!
Join the next Unlikeable Woman™️ Summit on 11th February 2026 to start the year with zero f*cks. We have some of the UK’s most powerful female voices on stage, talking about how they’ve successfully navigated a world designed to keep women quiet.
The Unlikeable Woman™️ initiative is a love letter to women the world’s afraid of, because they refuse to edit and shrink themselves. It’s a safe space for excellent individuals who simply want to exist in their brilliance without society slagging them off. Whether you’ve been called too direct, too ambitious, too cold, too loud, too confident or simply too much, we guarantee nothing but celebration, and zero judgement.
They called our first Summit “life-changing” and “an experience that’ll last forever.” Now it’s time for round 2. The theme for this year is Thou Shalt Not, because we’re committed to sinning in every way society deems possible: breaking all the rules of niceness and loveliness to show up as our direct and noisy selves.
Our lineup of female legends will give you a masterclass in loud resilience, each of them rewriting the rules of their industry and getting louder
Dr Kate Lister, historian, author and TV presenter
Marina Purkiss, political commentator and podcaster
Oloni, sex and relationships expert
Charlie Craggs, trans activist and author
Dr Pragya Agarwal, behavioural scientist and author of Hysterical
Megha Mohan, international journalist and author of Herlands
Plus more legendary women to be announced!
Agenda
9.3am: arrive and mingle
10am: intro from Amy Kean
10.30am: Dr Kate Lister on mistresses and the relationship between women, sex and power
11am: Charlie Craggs on owning your identity in a society that wants to define you
11.30am. Panel - SHE LOVES HERSELF.
12pm: short break
12.15pm: Marina Purkiss on calling the establishment out on its bullshit
12.45pm: SPEAKERS CORNER. New for this year! An opportunity for anyone in the audience to take the stage and share some unlikeable words!
1.45pm: Dr Pragya Agarwal on why more women should be angry
2.15pm: lunch
3pm: Oloni on owning your voice and breaking society’s taboos around sex
3.30pm: Panel - THE MENOPANEL: unlikeablity in mid-life
4pm: short break
4.30pm: SPEAKERS CORNER. Another opportunity for any unlikeable women in the audience to take the stage!
5pm: Megha Mohan on what the world would look like if women were in charge:
5.30pm: Final thoughts and closing
Book your ticket for another incredible Unlikeable event in London. Expect formidable speakers, standing ovations, tempting bites and delicious drinks.
Date: Wednesday 11th February 2026
Time: 10am to 6pm
Location: Central London
Ticket prices:
In-person ticket - £150 + VAT (includes drinks and food):
Virtual ticket - £50 + VAT
Redundancy ticket (for women who’ve been made redundant in the last 6 months) - £50+ VAT. Get in touch directly to purchase
Latest News: Report from Good Shout finds that 50% of women don’t share their opinions in order to be liked.
New research reveals the extent of female 'shapeshifting’ in life and at work to be liked by others, including frequent apologies, downplaying achievements and softened speech.
The study investigated the concept of likeability and authenticity, revealing the pressure that women feel to be liked, and the lengths they’ll go to in order to make themselves more palatable.
"Likeability labour"
The report findings highlight what Good Shout calls "likeability labour" - the mental and emotional load of worrying about being liked - with 56% of women feeling pressure to be likeable (either all of the time or sometimes) versus only 36% of men. Additionally, the consequences of being disliked are significant for women, with 37% fearing that unless they’re liked people will talk behind their backs, and 18% expressing concerns about being overlooked at work. It’s a constant concern: over a third of women were worried about being seen as too confident or bossy, and 20% of women reported having been called bossy compared to only 12% of men. In addition, almost half of all women (43%) said that they downplayed their achievements as not to alienate others.
Download the press release here.
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Shapeshifters: what we do to be liked in life and at work
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