Memories of Entanglement: conflicts around sexuality at the Sydney Women's Commission 1973

Goodall, H; Torzillo, E

Memories of Entanglement: conflicts around sexuality at the Sydney Women's Commission 1973

Goodall, H

Torzillo, E

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Publisher:: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Feminist Studies, 2022, 37, (111), pp. 86-105
Issue Date:: 2022

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dc.contributor.author	Goodall, H https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8643-5624
dc.contributor.author	Torzillo, E
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dc.identifier.citation	Australian Feminist Studies, 2022, 37, (111), pp. 86-105
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dc.description.abstract	The Women’s Commission held in Sydney in March 1973, was organised by Women’s Liberation as a ‘speak out’, allowing the theories and practices of the new wave women’s movement to be shared and contested. This paper investigates tensions around lesbianism and feminism by considering both archival evidence from 1973 of the Commission’s ‘Women as Sex Objects’ session and oral histories undertaken in 2003 with five participants, each at some stage identifying as lesbian. Both archives and the later reflective interviews have been revisited recently in the light of feminist and queer theory. The paper identifies three themes in Commission tensions: emotions, including entangled relationships, as motivations; changing views on gender fluidity; and marginalisation. Both archive and oral history are needed to allow a deeper understanding of each theme, all three of which continue to shape the women’s movement.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Feminist Studies
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dc.rights	“This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Emma Torzillo & Heather Goodall (2022) Memories of Entanglement: Conflicts Around Sexuality at the Sydney Women’s Commission 1973, Australian Feminist Studies, 37:111, 86-105, DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2022.2092836
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dc.subject	16 Studies in Human Society, 20 Language, Communication and Culture, 21 History and Archaeology
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dc.title	Memories of Entanglement: conflicts around sexuality at the Sydney Women's Commission 1973
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Abstract:

The Women’s Commission held in Sydney in March 1973, was organised by Women’s Liberation as a ‘speak out’, allowing the theories and practices of the new wave women’s movement to be shared and contested. This paper investigates tensions around lesbianism and feminism by considering both archival evidence from 1973 of the Commission’s ‘Women as Sex Objects’ session and oral histories undertaken in 2003 with five participants, each at some stage identifying as lesbian. Both archives and the later reflective interviews have been revisited recently in the light of feminist and queer theory. The paper identifies three themes in Commission tensions: emotions, including entangled relationships, as motivations; changing views on gender fluidity; and marginalisation. Both archive and oral history are needed to allow a deeper understanding of each theme, all three of which continue to shape the women’s movement.

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