It’s hard to remember a time when ‘consent’ wasn’t part of our everyday parlance. But it wasn’t until February 2021, when Chanel Contos posted an Instagram poll about the prevalence of sexual assault in Sydney schools, that it became the word on everyone’s lips. “One of our board members said we basically ran the PR campaign for consent,” says Contos, 28. “And I think that’s a good way to look at it.”
ELLE has interrupted Contos and her five team members…

