fourth floor feminism | sociable speculation

"The crucial difference between Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bi-Sexual, Intersex and Questioning people and other minorities is this: In every other minority group the family shares the minority status. In fact it is often something that unites them. But gay people are a minority group within the family. A minority of one ." Magda Szubanski Yesterday I went to see the exhibition A History of the World in 100 Objects , and I was thrilled to be able to see many objects from throughout history that I felt I knew so well - the podcast that inspired the exhibition being my favourite listening for relaxation and inspiration. I walked through the exhibition with four women who are part of the external safe space in my life - the writing group I run which welcomes all writers in all genres, as long as they do not identify as male. This group is full of humans of great intellect and passion, and on Sunday three of them were discussing each object so completely that a volun...

It's two weeks now to the reading of my first adaption of a short story to stage in Melbourne for wit Incorporated , and of course I've decided that blogging some link roundups of the final countdown towards that and the Federal Election is exactly the kind of procrastination I need to participate in :) 14 DAYS What I enjoyed about this gif was how succinctly it summed up the reasons 'A Scandal in the Weimar', as an adaptation of Conan Doyle, was conceived by Jen in the first place; much menz, wow science, very easy to change characters to women because science and logic are universal skills ... Credit here 22 DAYS My election campaign took a turn for the Nineties with Alex McKinnon's call for Australian Pop from the end of the 20th Century to guide us into the 21st century: Savage Garden’s ‘Affirmation’ Is The Best Policy Platform Of The 2016 Election Given I still own one of Daniel Jones' guitar picks from Savage Garden's first Perth concert, t...