by frlclab | Jun 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Is auto-fiction closer to the truth than non-fiction? Crookhey Hall, Leonora Carrington, 1987 “I was studying the matter closely, hanging bat-wise from the bars with my feet, my back turned to the room, and I was examining the bars on all sides, from all angles, when...
by frlclab | Sep 10, 2021 | She Speaks Volumes
Season 2 of the She Speaks Volumes podcast begins with an excerpt of The Second Sex by philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. The Second Sex is a harbinger of what we have come to call Second Wave Feminism. The book examines the question ‘What is woman?’ from an...
by frlclab | Sep 10, 2021 | She Speaks Volumes
Unless you had the inclination and resources to take a women’s studies course in university, you probably missed out on engaging with the work of most women’s writers, philosophers, scientists and artists. Does it matter? Yes, it does. The Oxford English Dictionary...
by frlclab | Sep 10, 2021 | Amuseum
I am creating The Amuseum, a podcast about meaning, I am not a semiologist, or anyone who has ever studied meaning in an academic capacity; but I love making films, and I am a witch. Both of these have caused me to think deeply about symbols, metaphors, and motifs and...
by frlclab | Sep 10, 2021 | She Speaks Volumes
(Although we may be moving towards a genderless future, it is not the case now. One’s gender is a primary influence on one’s experience of the world, as is race, class level, income, sexual orientation, attractiveness, and probably more things than I have named. This...
