UQWC’s Reply to ‘Fabulous Feminism’ in Semper Floreat. Over at my university’s student magazine, it seems that people think feminism is about swinging those Chanel totes and denigrating women who don’t dress to be attractive to men. In the Women’s Collective, we beg to differ. Check out the wonderful reply the Collective put together!
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Women of Antiquity: How much can we really know?
Greetings to all my readers! I’m back from my study trip to Italy, and will be resuming regular posting shortly. To start off, I thought I’d post a slightly condensed version of a presentation I gave at the archaeological site of Ostia. The question I was answering had to do with what we can tell … Continue reading »
I’m heading off!
Just a quick note to say that I’m heading off to Italy on a Uni trip for three weeks, so I won’t be updating the blog for that time! I’ll be back mid-February with all new rants and raves. Have a lovely break, dear readers!
Bluestocking Week: Glass Ceilings and Gender Inequality in the University
I’m hoping to be back to regular posting in a short time. Until then, here’s a speech I wrote for Bluestocking Week at the University of Queensland. Enjoy! University has been my dream ever since I decided, as a twelve year old, that there must be something more to education than year seven. Bored … Continue reading »
On History, Culture and Change
It’s a few weeks into the new Uni semester, and I’m loving it. In particular I’ve found some very interesting issues being raised in my Roman Art and Australasian Archaeology lectures, about ideas of complex cultures and culture change. In particular, the way that these ideas are shaped by discourses of invasion and colonisation. As … Continue reading »
Looking to the Past
This past week UQ has been celebrating 40 years of Women’s Studies as a field of study. There was a lovely seminar on Thursday featuring women who had set up, taught and studies women’s studies there, from the very beginning as well as very recently. It was lovely to see so many people together who … Continue reading »
International Women’s Day Linkspamming
Happy International Women’s Day to all my lovely readers out there! I hope you all had a wonderful, empowering day. Personally, I’m also celebrating having hit 5,000 views of this blog a few days ago. It makes me feel very happy and privileged that people out there find this blog worth their time. In honour … Continue reading »
Three Steps Backwards
Before I started university, I had this idea that it was going to be this amazing, progressive place. Sadly, now that I’m getting more involved with things at uni, I’m realising just how hostile UQ’s student union can be to anyone who doesn’t fit it’s conservative ideals. Every orientation week UQ has what’s called a … Continue reading »
