Writing
At the moment, I am writing a book called The Hite Report: The Book that Taught the World to Orgasm and then Disappeared. This will be published in 2026 by Melville House.
This book will examine the worldwide impact, blind spots and furore over the now all-but-forgotten 1976 bestseller by Shere Hite. The Hite Report first asked American women about their sex lives and published the results in their own words. I hope to offer a fresh history of the culture war of the 1980s, and the making of contemporary feminism.
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My work is represented by Kate Johnson of Wolf Literary, New York.
I write often, below are some of my favourite pieces:
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Feminism, violence and trans women, The Sydney Review of Books, forthcoming 2024.
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Playing the Game, Overland Literary Journal, November 2023 (also published at History Workshop).
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Sporty Lesbians and Fit Feminists, Digital Map for Pride Revolution Exhibition, State Library of New South Wales, February 2023.
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"They Say it is Love, We say It is Unwaged Work" — Fifty Years of Fighting for Wages for Housework, Impact/Les Glorieuses, January 2023.
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What an Archive of Testimonials Tells Us About Abortion Before Roe, Literary Hub, June 2022.
Let them Know By Signs, The White Review, June 2022 [with Taushif Kara]
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Global Feminisms: Series Introduction, History Workshop , March 2022
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'Feminist & Radical Histories at Newnham: A Digital Map, Newnham College Cambridge, March 2022 [with Paula Keller]
Technology will Save Us?: Feminist Uses of Technology, University of Cambridge Faculty of History, November 2021
‘I looked at my vagina and it was beautiful' Feminists Reclaim the Speculum, The Victoria & Albert Museum, October 2021
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A Web, a Glitch, A Trap: On Glitch Feminism, The White Review, November 2020
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When the Revolution Left Kate Millett Behind, Public Books, September 2020 [with Taushif Kara]
Dreams of something better: Exploring childcare alternatives neighbourhood cooperative nurseries to ‘My Mum is on Strike', Doing History in Public, August 2020
Covid 19, Mutual Aid and the Small Rhythms of Life, Meanjin, June 2020
internationalwomensday.com is a Corporate Highjack, Novara Media, March 2020
Selling ‘books that change lives’: Talking to Gail Hewison of The Feminist Book, Sydney, The Business of Women’s Words Project, University of Sussex, March 2020​
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'Jeremy Corbyn! I really, queerly love you!' Queerstories, December 2019.
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This is how a strike sparked International Women’s Day and why we’re planning to do it all over again, The Independent, March 2019 [with Claire English]
‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’, Overland, December 2018