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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

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 […]

Categories: Fashion, Lesbians, Librarians, Mothers, Vegetarians • Tags: ageing, ageism, art, australia, australian politics, books, children, cufflinks, discrimination, dyke, england, fashion, feminism, feminist, gay, gay parenting, hair, history, homosexual, homosexuality, invisibility, jewellery, lesbian, lesbian mother, lesbian parent, librarian, library, literature, mother, motherhood, older people, patricia chingwile, pearl, pearls, photography, politics, portraits, queer, quiff, relationships, retirement, rockabilly, sexuality, shoes, suits, sydney, vegetarian, viv mcgregor, viv mcgregor photography, woman, women

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