FWF TALKS

In this episode, Ecofeminism, Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe and novelist Alice Robinson chat with nature writer Inga Simpson about a feminism that centres itself around country.

In this episode, Feminism for All, disability and LGBTIQA+ rights activist Jax Jacki Brown, and creative producer Raelee Lancaster chat with writer Zoya Patel about breaking down the barriers to a more accessible feminism.

Reading Notes

The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf, Penguin 

Other recommended reading

Some other reading suggestions from our podcasters.

 

Feminist Writers Festival

feministwritersfestival.com

FB: @feministwritersfest

Insta/Twitter: @FemWritersFest

 

Speakers

Jax Jacki Brown: Tw/Insta @jaxjackibrown

Zoya Patel: Tw @zoyajpatel, FB @zoyajpatel, Insta @zoyajpatel, www.zoya-patel.com

Raelee Lancaster: Tw @raeleelancaster

 

Shout Outs

Kel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.

The Besen Family Foundation for vital funding support.

 

We acknowledge that this recording took place across Australia on First Nations lands - lands whose sovereignty has never been ceded.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to FWFtalks, created for FWF2020 with the support of the Besen Family Foundation.

In this episode, Where Is the Queer Writing?, writer/ director Corrie Chen, Archer's online editor Roz Bellamy and gender studies academic Gemma Killen discuss what's being written for and consumed by queer audiences.

Reading Notes

Watch

Little Fires Everywhere 

Feel Good

Work in Progress

The L Word 

Special

Disclosure

The Politician 

The Bold Type

Broad City

Vida

Euphoria 

Steven Universe

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

First Day, Julie Kalceff

Ellie and Abbie, Monica Zanetti

Read

Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng

Archer Magazine

Ask Me About the Future, Rebecca Jessen

We Are Speaking in Code, Tanya Vavilova

Throat, Ellen van Neervan

Listen

Queerstories, Maeve Marsden

Other recommended reading

Some other reading suggestions from our podcasters.

Feminist Writers Festival

feministwritersfestival.com

FB: @feministwritersfest

Insta/Twitter: @FemWritersFest

Speakers

Corrie Chen: Tw @corriechen, Insta @corriechen,  www.corriechen.com

Roz Bellamy: Tw@bellarozz, FB @BellamyRoz, Insta: @bellarozz, https://www.rozbellamy.com/

Gemma Killen: Twitter/Insta: @gemkillen

Shout Outs

Kel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.

The Besen Family Foundation for vital funding support.

 

We acknowledge that this recording took place across Australia on First Nations lands - lands whose sovereignty has never been ceded.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beverley Wang talks to Tarneen Onus Williams and Akane Kanai about how we discuss, argue and test our opinions in a world of pile ons and cancel culture.

In this minisode from FWF 2018 Sydney, Rebecca Shaw talks about the books that shaped their feminism and writing.

Bec's Picks:

The Cherry Tree Farm Story Collection, Enid Blyton

The Trixie Belden Series, Julie Cambell Tatham & Kathryn Kenny

My Point...And I Do Have One, Ellen Degeneres

Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters

Hunger, Roxane Gay

Feminist Writers Festival

Web: feministwritersfestival.com

Facebook: @feministwritersfest

Insta / Twitter: @FemWritersFest

Rebecca Shaw

Twitter: @Brocklesnitch

Shout Outs

Kel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.

Women Victoria for funding support, UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion for event hosting and partnering.

In this minisode from FWF 2018 Sydney, Ruby Hamad talks about the books that shaped her feminism and her writing.

Ruby's picks:

Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Kate Atkinson

Sister Outsider, Audre Lorde

Feminist Writers Festival

Web: feministwritersfestival.com

Facebook: @feministwritersfest

Insta / Twitter: @FemWritersFest

Ruby Hamad

Facebook: @RubyHamadWriter

Insta: @RubyHWriter

Shout Outs

Kel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.

Women Victoria for funding support, UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion for event hosting and partnering.

In this minisode from FWF 2018 Sydney, Foong Ling Kong talks about the books that shaped her feminism.

Foong Ling's Picks:

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys

Sister Outsider, Audre Lorde

Feminist Writers Festival

Web: feministwritersfestival.com

Facebook: @feministwritersfest

Insta / Twitter: @FemWritersFest

Foong Ling Kong

Twitter: @foonglingkong

Insta: @msflkong

Shout Outs

Kel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.

Women Victoria for funding support, UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion for event hosting and partnering.

In this minisode from FWF 2018 Sydney, Kerryn Goldsworthy talks about the books that shaped her feminism and her writing.

Kerryn's Picks:

The Cry and the Covenant, Morton Thompson

Come In Spinner, Dymphna Cusack & Florence James

The Group, Mary McCarthy

Feminist Writers Festival

Web: feministwritersfestival.com

Facebook: @feministwritersfest

Insta / Twitter: @FemWritersFest

Kerryn Goldsworthy

Twitter: @AdelaideBook

Facebook: Kerryn Goldsworthy Author Page

Shout Outs

Kel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.

Women Victoria for funding support, UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion for event hosting and partnering.

In this minisode from FWF 2018 Sydney, Erin Gough talks about the books that shaped her feminism and writing.

Erin's picks:

Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

Fingersmith, Sarah Waters

The Monkey's Mask, Dorothy Porter

Looking For Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta

Finding Nevo, Nevo Zisin

& Ellen van Neerven 'whose writing speaks to her female Indigenous experience, to deep-seated racism, to colonisation, and to queerness'.

Feminist Writers Festival

Web: feministwritersfestival.com

Facebook: @feministwritersfest

Insta / Twitter: @FemWritersFest

Erin Gough

Web: www.eringough.com

Twitter: @ErinOnFridays

Shout Outs

Kel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.

Women Victoria for funding support, UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion for event hosting and partnering.

In this minisode from FWF 2018 Melbourne, Alison Evans talks about the books that shaped their feminism and their writing.

Alison's picks:

Looking for Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta

Night Swimming, Steph Bowe

Clancy of the Undertow, Christopher Currie

In the Dark Spaces, Cally Black

Living on Hope Street, Demet Divaroran

Feminist Writers Festival

Web: feministwritersfestival.com

Facebook: @feministwritersfest

Insta / Twitter: @FemWritersFest

Alison Evans

Web: https://www.alisonwritesthings.com

Twitter: @_budgie

Shout Outs

Kel Butler from Listen Up Podcasting for editing and pod mentoring.

Women Victoria for funding support, LOOP Project Space and Bar for event hosting.