On this episode of Women on the Line we chat with scholar Carolyn D’Cruz and librarian and archivist Clare O’Hanlon, who are speaking at the Researching Our Culture talk as part of Q-Lit, Victoria's premier LGBTQIA+ literature festival. We chat about gender in academia and the archives as well as transphobia and the manosphere.  

The Researching our Culture talk will bring together leading researchers exploring queer culture, history, and literature and will be held on Tuesday 24 June 6.30pm at Library at the Dock in Narrm. Tickets can be found here. 

Bios

Carol is a recovering academic, from gender, sexuality, and diversity studies. She gained expertise in identity politics, after having to explain where she's from, and who she is, for most of her life. She writes on making sense of oneself through others to contribute to making the colony fall. 

Clare is a genderqueer academic librarian and Australian Queer Archives volunteer. They are passionate about making diverse knowledge and histories accessible across Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums and higher education sectors. Their work is grounded in collective reflection and guided by social justice, compassion, courage, and creativity. 

Show References: 

The colonial project of gender (and everything else) by Sandy O'Sullivan 

Archie Barry's essay on trans history in Archer magazine 

A brief history of homophobia in the dewey decimal classification 

Democracy in Difference book by Carolyn D'Cruz

Clare O'Hanlon's playlist response to Carolyn's book Democracy in Difference

Queerness in Stem