EPISODE · May 20, 2015 · 1H 7M
GBA 209 Juliet Jacques
from Getting Better Acquainted · host Dave Pickering
In GBA 209 we get better acquainted with Juliet Jacques. She talks about football, comment and opinion journalism, the differences and tensions between writing non fiction and writing fiction, marginal art and voices, the material reality of being a writer and so much more. Juliet plugs: Her memoir Trans will be out on 22nd September: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1975-trans At Home She's A Tourist: http://julietjacques.blogspot.co.uk/ I plug: Tragic Summer: www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ And Tragic Spring on the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy We mention: Hattie Jacques: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Jacques Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x Dawn Foster: https://twitter.com/dawnhfoster https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-206-dawn-foster Alice Bell: https://twitter.com/alicebell https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-115-alice-bell David Peace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Peace Belle and Sebastian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_and_Sebastian The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths The Guardian: A Transgender Journey http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/transgender-journey Hillsborough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster Luton / Millwall Riot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Kenilworth_Road_riot Review of Anna Krien's Night Games : http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/01/journey-dark-heart-sport-anna-kriens-night-games Hollis Frampton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollis_Frampton Goodbye to the NHS: a personal story of a public service: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2014/09/goodbye-nhs-personal-story-public-service On the “dispute” between radical feminism and trans people: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2014/08/dispute-between-radical-feminism-and-trans-people Writers of Colour: http://mediadiversified.org/ Manifesto for Confessional Journalism: http://thenewinquiry.com/features/manifesto-for-confessional-journalism/ Brixton East Art Gallery: http://www.brixtoneast.co.uk/ White Review - Lars Iyer manfesto: http://www.thewhitereview.org/features/nude-in-your-hot-tub-facing-the-abyss-a-literary-manifesto-after-the-end-of-literature-and-manifestos/ 200th Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba200 Huw Lemmey: https://twitter.com/spitzenprodukte Reasons why your landlord is awesome: http://www.buzzfeed.com/dclg/is-your-landlord-actually-incredible-mu2w My comment is free piece: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/tough-choice-cut-job-enfield-children-centres-austerity Reflections on Villaplane: http://www.berfrois.com/2014/09/reflections-on-villaplane-juliet-jacques/ Skunk Anansie: Yes it's fucking political: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcaUer4fuU8 Liz Jones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Jones A Week of Goodbyes: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-week-of-goodbyes.html Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhEBCWMe44 "Masculinity": http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/26/transgender-juliet-jacques-masculinity-football Travels of a transsexual football fan: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2013/11/travels-transsexual-football-fan Verso Books: http://www.versobooks.com/ Gang of Four: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four_%28band%29 Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!
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In GBA 209 we get better acquainted with Juliet Jacques. She talks about football, comment and opinion journalism, the differences and tensions between writing non fiction and writing fiction, marginal art and voices, the material reality of being a writer and so much more. Juliet plugs: Her memoir Trans will be out on 22nd September: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1975-trans At Home She's A Tourist: http://julietjacques.blogspot.co.uk/ I plug: Tragic Summer: www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/ And Tragic Spring on the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy We mention: Hattie Jacques: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Jacques Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x Dawn Foster: https://twitter.com/dawnhfoster https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-206-dawn-foster Alice Bell: https://twitter.com/alicebell https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-115-alice-bell David Peace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Peace Belle and Sebastian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_and_Sebastian The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths The Guardian: A Transgender Journey http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/transgender-journey Hillsborough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster Luton / Millwall Riot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Kenilworth_Road_riot Review of Anna Krien's Night Games : http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/01/journey-dark-heart-sport-anna-kriens-night-games Hollis Frampton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollis_Frampton Goodbye to the NHS: a personal story of a public service: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2014/09/goodbye-nhs-personal-story-public-service On the “dispute” between radical feminism and trans people: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2014/08/dispute-between-radical-feminism-and-trans-people Writers of Colour: http://mediadiversified.org/ Manifesto for Confessional Journalism: http://thenewinquiry.com/features/manifesto-for-confessional-journalism/ Brixton East Art Gallery: http://www.brixtoneast.co.uk/ White Review - Lars Iyer manfesto: http://www.thewhitereview.org/features/nude-in-your-hot-tub-facing-the-abyss-a-literary-manifesto-after-the-end-of-literature-and-manifestos/ 200th Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba200 Huw Lemmey: https://twitter.com/spitzenprodukte Reasons why your landlord is awesome: http://www.buzzfeed.com/dclg/is-your-landlord-actually-incredible-mu2w My comment is free piece: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/tough-choice-cut-job-enfield-children-centres-austerity Reflections on Villaplane: http://www.berfrois.com/2014/09/reflections-on-villaplane-juliet-jacques/ Skunk Anansie: Yes it's fucking political: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcaUer4fuU8 Liz Jones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Jones A Week of Goodbyes: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-week-of-goodbyes.html Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhEBCWMe44 "Masculinity": http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/26/transgender-juliet-jacques-masculinity-football Travels of a transsexual football fan: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2013/11/travels-transsexual-football-fan Verso Books: http://www.versobooks.com/ Gang of Four: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four_%28band%29 Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!
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