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Su

December 19, 2019 by 55Upitty

We tell stories from our lives because as women and as lesbians they’re not heard enough. Life is long, in a good way. The most important thing I’ve done recently is make a feature documentary about my father and the family he kept hidden from me.  I’ve always told stories.  It’s a creative thread that runs through my life, no matter what I’m doing. I’ve been a performer, a writer, a theatre producer, an artist, a worker in a feminist […]

Categories: Academics, Activists, Artists, Fashion, Feminist, Film makers, Lesbians, Teachers, Uncategorized • Tags: 78er, abortion clinic, activist, Bidjigal, carpenter, clothes, Esme Timbery, Harbour bridge, Holocaust, Jew, Jewish, King's Cross, Newtown, queer, Sleaze ball, sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras, The last goldfish, theatre, tomboy, Trinidad, University of New south wales, UNSW Creative Practice Lab, writer

Sal

October 24, 2016 by 55Upitty

Now I’m 58, proud to be a feminist and still feel the personal is political. When I was a child I’d had a floppy doll. I cut her hair off really short. And I took her dress off, so that she was wearing a singlet and pants. She was very tomboyish. I had her with me for years. I was 18 when I came out. I’d had a boyfriend, and I said to him – I think we should have […]

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Gabrielle (Gail)

June 2, 2012 by 55Upitty

… I don’t think much about age. Mind you, it’s very strange to feel more or less the same as you have always felt but catch sight of yourself in a mirror every now and then and wonder, who is that?  To have been beautiful, and to accept wrinkles and still feel beautiful. I like queer as a label – to me, it’s inclusive.  I don’t like phobia of any kind – and early on I had to stand up […]

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