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Queer Lit · May 12 · 47 min

“What A Girl Wants” with Roxy Bourdillon

If you want to know what Roxy wants, this episode is a great place to start. Diva’s fabulous editor in chief joins us for a chat about her lovely memoir What A Girl Wants, which is just as heartwarming, insightful and fun as the author herself. Roxy and I speak about femme invisibility, queer timelines, body image and lesbian breakups. Not one to be missed. References: DIVA Out and Wild Zoe Berryman Caitlin Moran Dolly Alderton Ann Bannon’s I Am A Woman (1959) The Beebo Brinker Chronicles Carol Cate Blanchett Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: Roxy’s book regularly employs direct address of the reader. What does Roxy say about this? Why was this formal feature important for writing this book? Roxy and I speak about queered timelines. What do we suggest and what do you think about this topic? How does Roxy speak about approaching chronology and structure in memoir?

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If you want to know what Roxy wants, this episode is a great place to start. Diva’s fabulous editor in chief joins us for a chat about her lovely memoir What A Girl Wants, which is just as heartwarming, insightful and fun as the author herself. Roxy and I speak about femme invisibility, queer timelines, body image and lesbian breakups. Not one to be missed.  

References:
DIVA
Out and Wild
Zoe Berryman
Caitlin Moran
Dolly Alderton
Ann Bannon’s I Am A Woman (1959)
The Beebo Brinker Chronicles
Carol
Cate Blanchett
Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt  

Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
  1.      Roxy’s book regularly employs direct address of the reader. What does Roxy say about this? Why was this formal feature important for writing this book?
  2.      Roxy and I speak about queered timelines. What do we suggest and what do you think about this topic?
  3.      How does Roxy speak about approaching chronology and structure in memoir?  

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