1.18 Straight Up Rebellion in A Room of One's Own with Maija
Welcome back to The Community Library! This week I sat down with Maija (who you might remember from episode 3) to chat about one of our favourite pieces of feminist literature, A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf. We asked ourselves what is required to create art, what would happen if Shakespeare had a sister, and we came to the conclusion that Virginia Woolf is a bad b*tch. I hope you enjoy!
The next discussion pick is Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
Listen to the episode here
Download the full transcription here
Things and people mentioned in the podcast:
My and Maija’s episode on Pulp by Robin Talley
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker
Our dear friend Billy Shakes
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes (1610)
Italian painter Caravaggio
Super woman and role model Jameela Jamil, who founded the I Weigh campaign to spread body positivity
Hannah Gadsby and her Netflix comedy special, Nanette
Vincent Van Gogh and his sunflowers
Daniel Clowes’ Ghost World
Medea by Euripides
Maija’s ceramics Instagram account @maija.kotona
Further resources:
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Theatre Production at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
Violence and Virtue: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes by Eve Straussman-Pflanzer