“What A Girl Wants” with Roxy Bourdillon

from Queer Lit · host Lena Mattheis

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:DIVAOut and WildZoe BerrymanCaitlin MoranDolly AldertonAnn Bannon’s I Am A Woman (1959)The Beebo Brinker ChroniclesCarolCate BlanchettPatricia 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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