Apologies for the sound quality today: Kathleen’s laptop had a serious wine-based incident, and we had to use a different, inferior platform to make it work.
I don't agree that there's no place for specific prizes/ awards but they have to have clear criteria and a reason - so when books by women were not getting published, or promoted, or bought, or read at anything like the rates that books by men were, the Women's Prize was one way to highlight that. And drive some sort of redress in the industry as well as bring good women writers to the public's attention.
But of course, if anyone is allowed (even encouraged ) to identify into the category it becomes meaningless. Get your own category!
I submit for your interest the following suggestion for a Lesbian Project version of Oil Wrestling: two days before New Year's Eve, remove all but one bottle of Barbera Sicilia Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the condiments aisle in Waitrose; hand out free tinned Negronis to the restless crowd of Lesbians gathered outside; unlock the doors, run for cover behind the garden plant display, and let battle commence... A very uplifting episode, cheers both!
Liked Beast in Me, could have done with a bit more lesbo-rumpy rather than lesbo-angst, but hey that’s lesbian drama! Watching it and thinking ‘when will the lesbian develop some terminal illness and die whilst looking out at the sea or a lake’. Whilst both leads gave it their somewhat hammy best the true star of the show is Steve (schnoodle, real name Lemon) who’s fate kept me on the edge of my seat (authors and billionaires be damned, but please god not the dog). Is one of the rare shows that probably could have done with a couple of more episodes to build it up a bit.
I don't agree that there's no place for specific prizes/ awards but they have to have clear criteria and a reason - so when books by women were not getting published, or promoted, or bought, or read at anything like the rates that books by men were, the Women's Prize was one way to highlight that. And drive some sort of redress in the industry as well as bring good women writers to the public's attention.
But of course, if anyone is allowed (even encouraged ) to identify into the category it becomes meaningless. Get your own category!
Btw I loved Fatima Daas' book The Last One
I submit for your interest the following suggestion for a Lesbian Project version of Oil Wrestling: two days before New Year's Eve, remove all but one bottle of Barbera Sicilia Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the condiments aisle in Waitrose; hand out free tinned Negronis to the restless crowd of Lesbians gathered outside; unlock the doors, run for cover behind the garden plant display, and let battle commence... A very uplifting episode, cheers both!
The Beast in Me was great, watched it all in one very hungover day.
Liked Beast in Me, could have done with a bit more lesbo-rumpy rather than lesbo-angst, but hey that’s lesbian drama! Watching it and thinking ‘when will the lesbian develop some terminal illness and die whilst looking out at the sea or a lake’. Whilst both leads gave it their somewhat hammy best the true star of the show is Steve (schnoodle, real name Lemon) who’s fate kept me on the edge of my seat (authors and billionaires be damned, but please god not the dog). Is one of the rare shows that probably could have done with a couple of more episodes to build it up a bit.
0:41 good mornings; wine on the laptop
3:17 The Beast in Me; the Prix Gouincourt
17:30 lesbian drama in space (allegedly)
24:20 oil wrestling gets queered