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Look at me, all returned from my hiatus! Well, so to speak – I still have a mountain of paperwork, exhaustion and relocating to contend with, but at least I will be around a bit more! Also, so to speak in terms of it not having been a break from the feminist blogosphere in some ways: I’ve been fortunate enough to meet with some readers in person over the past week (hello!) and just this morning hear this here blog being quoted in a gender studies lecture at a real live university, which put an enormous smile on my face, let me tell you. And, also, I can’t exactly switch off my feminist brain, so that need to engage doesn’t just go away. Half an hour after the end of my hiatus I was scribbling thoughts for a post on this very topic, so you may see that soon, essays/moving/disability permitting.
Until then! During my absence, Bitch Magazine’s latest podcast, The Old Episode, went up. I was interviewed for it by the exceedingly nice Kjerstin Johnson. There’s a portion of our conversation in the podcast proper, but if you wish you can listen to/read my interview in full. You know you want to hear all about what I think around feminist icons, teen issues, the role of the feminist blogosphere, and more! Or you can just listen to my charming Australian accent! Either way, it’s exciting stuff!
Chally! :D :D :D
lauredhel! :D :D :D
Yes, that was a rather content-free comment, wasn’t it? I was just pleased to see you.
Would love to hear more about this lecture mention…
And I was pleased to see you, too! :)
Oh, well I got an email from one Ann Deslandes of the University of Sydney last week saying she was giving a lecture on intersectionality and quoting me in it – specifically my speech from the F conference and Without and within, part two – and that I’d be welcome to come along. And I had a bit of time this morning, so I did! It was a rather excellent lecture – any lecture that quotes Larissa Behrendt is a good lecture – and there was a Peggy McIntosh video at the end, a most excellent morning all in all. And I’ve been fond of the gender and cultural studies department at USyd for some years, so it was great to meet a few more of them, and Ann was just lovely.
That’s awesome! Squee! I was so heartbroken to hear from you of the shit that went down at the conference, and really happy that something further and good is coming from it, for you.
Aww :D. Well a lot of good things are coming from the conference, and the good really outweighed all the other stuff – and in case I haven’t emphasised that, they did a really good job of putting it together – and I hope that it achieves its aim of revitalising Aussie feminism! But personally, yes, lots of goodness, thank you! :)
Hello there yourself! Good to hear from you.
Right back at you, Deborah!
Dearest, you are charming no matter what accent I might hear! If the sound worked on my computer :) Glad to have you back around!
:D
Hi Chally, welcome back from hiatus. I know the lovely Ann D.! I love this weird social connection thing. Good luck with everything demanding your time and energy right now.
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Cheers Frankie! I know you know her, we were discussing you! :)
Hi Chally!
I was the one sitting next to you at Ann’s lecture! What a small world it is. My blog stats directed me here because I received a few hits from your blog, because Deborah mentioned my ‘throwing like a girl’ post. And then I remembered that I’d meant to come here anyway, because Ann put up your blog URL in the lecture and I’d written it down! But I didn’t know at the time that it was you sitting next to me! Fun! :D
anyway, hi, it was lovely to meet you!
Pen
Hi Pen! It is a small world, especially in the blogosphere! I was sorry we didn’t get a chance to say goodbye and am glad you found the blog. It was nice to meet you, too :).
Welcome back! I have to figure out how to listen to podcasts. Tech in our house has gotten so complex and fiddly that I have been relying on spouse. I don’t know where Itunes is on my computer, and I don’t know where all the wire doodads are. Anyway, good to hear from you.
Let me know which Doctor Who episode you’re up to! I have been having many discussions on a livejournal community.
You don’t have to download it or anything, you can stream it on the Bitch site itself :). The Time of Angels just aired last night, very exciting!