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Why has the message of romantic love successfully saturated our culture? Nowhere has this discourse been more visible in contemporary political debate in Australia than in the same-sex marriage debate where love is the constant cry against the ban on same-sex marriage. But is love the radical and progressive idea it claims to be? The progressive nature of love is contested by some feminist and queer critiques, which claim that love replicates traditional and oppressive relationships based on sex, gender and sexuality. This two day interdisciplinary conference will interrogate the idea of romantic love as a radical political, social and cultural ideal.