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Dorothy

July 2, 2014 by 55Upitty

I have always been open about my age, but I am particularly comfortable, and proud, to say that I am eighty. When I was about three, I can remember having a sense of another presence around me, a comforting presence. I always felt there was something beyond me. I was brought up a Methodist, and then the Methodist church became part of the Uniting Church. I am so glad I had a father who was a radical thinker.   I never […]

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Mary Jane

April 30, 2014 by 55Upitty

I’d urge everyone to enjoy each period of life. Try not to get too consumed with what’s ahead and what’s behind. I don’t mind being this age, but I’d like the fitness and energy I had when I was 25. I’m 62 years of age, but I have to think about it to be sure. I am a family therapist and counsellor, and I also work with people who have drug and alcohol dependence. Both privately and in a psychiatric […]

Categories: Fashion, Feminist, Lesbians, Mothers, Professionals, Uncategorized • Tags: aboriginal, accident, addiction, addicts, brain damage, Catholic, Catholicism, children, Christian, Christianity, club foot, convent, counselling, counsellor, Death, discrimination, drug addiction, drug addicts, equal marriage, euthanasia, family therapy, feminism, feminist, Foster Care Association, fostering, head injury, Indigenous, lesbian, lesbian uniform, marriage, mother, motorbike, Northmead High, novitiate, nun, nurse, Palm Island, perpetrators, Point Piper, psychology, retirement, retiring, school, secrecy, sex, sexual abuse, sexuality, shame, talipes, therapist, travel, women's health

Beatriz

January 14, 2014 by 55Upitty

I’m old.  Not inside.  Inside I’m still very young.  But I’m proud to say that I am seventy one. I grew up in Rosario, in Argentina.  When I was eighteen I saw a documentary about Bondi Beach, and I really wanted to come and see it.  When my father died, I asked my sister if she’d come here with me. My mother was against it.  She asked; “Why do you want to go there?  There’s no women there.”  But it […]

Categories: Academics, Artists, Feminist, Grandparents, Lesbians, Mothers, Professionals • Tags: abortion, acting, Argentina, art, australia, Bondi, books, Buddhism, Catholicism, children, counselling, creative writing, discrimination, Doctorate, drag queen, education, feminism, feminist, gay, gym, Kerry Fluhr, lesbian, mother, psychologist, psychology, relationships, sex, shoes, Spanish, sydney, TAFE, theatre, yoga

Liz

November 13, 2012 by 55Upitty

…I don’t see being gay as a lifestyle, it’s not just that I prefer women, it’s more than that because I am in a world, and in a culture where that is not the norm.  You can only deal with it by having a political framework… I think sex is wonderful.  Always was, hopefully always will be.  And you really shouldn’t neglect it…For me, it hasn’t changed as I’ve got older. I talk about my age like a little kid. […]

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Jude

July 3, 2012 by 55Upitty

…the older I get the more serenity I find.  When I was a young feminist we called respected older women crones – that would suit me. As time passes I grow more comfortable with myself – age empowers me… I saw the film of Calamity Jane when I was ten, and it just stuck with me.  I always wanted a cowgirl suit, not one with a skirt, the boy’s one with pants.  When I see that film now the lesbian sub-text is such […]

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Teresa

April 18, 2012 by 55Upitty

 Being seen as an older woman is another new challenge.  I notice a general disdain for older people, and I’m becoming very attuned to ageism – it’s everywhere.  Older women are invisible, it seems.  Or “cute”.  Either way, we’re not perceived as having any power or status.  So, we’ll have to take it, grab it with both hands and shake it. It was a traumatic time for me – I didn’t know a single other lesbian, I didn’t know that […]

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