Author of Damned Whores and God’s Police celebrates changes,but says Australian women are still defined and constrained by stereotypesAnne Summers finished writing what would become a feminist classic, Damned Whores and God’s Police, and in a Sydney house known as “cockroach castle” in 1974. She was 29. She’s now 70,seemingly tireless and as entitled as anyone to be recognised as one of our elders.
Summers has organised an eclectic conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her book’s publication, to consider its legacy and to tussle with a modern feminist agenda, and as contested as that will inevitably be – welcome Lavender,from the Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com