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I am a writer and educator in Drama and Theatre Studies. My specialist areas are Shakespeare, particularly with regard to the female characters, dramaturgy and theatre history. Raising a little boy also gives me plenty of cause to reflect on parenting and social justice issues. While my active site is orlandocreature.wordpress.com you can find lots more of my writing archived at Hoyden About Town, under both Anna and my earlier handle, Orlando. Twitter: @orlandocreature

• Friday Hoyden: Gillian Triggs

  By Anna on 2015-02-27 • ( 2 )

  

  Gillian Triggs has proved herself so far above the pitiful scrabblings of the shrivelled souls who want her to stop saying that we shouldn’t subject children to institutional abuse that she has forced them to reveal themselves for what they are.

• Friday Hoyden: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

  By Anna on 2015-02-06 • ( 3 )

  

  “Queen of the gospel and the mother of rock and roll” The person who brought the electric guitar to the popular masses wasn’t Chuck Berry, and it sure wasn’t Bill Haley. It was a woman from Arkansas who saw her… Read More ›

• Leeanne Enoch to be First Indigenous Woman in Queensland Parliament

  By Anna on 2015-02-02 • ( 5 )

  

  Some of the best news to come out of the Queensland election is that Leeanne Enoch has just secured victory in her Brisbane seat. The new MP for Algester won for Labor, making her the first female Indigenous MP in Queensland…. Read More ›

• Calling London-based Geekgirls and Bluestockings

  By Anna on 2015-01-28 • ( 1 )

  

  How I wish I could be in London on Saturday for this! And what a gorgeous poster.

• We need a new Christmas Carol story

  By Anna on 2014-12-24 • ( 2 )

  

  Scrooge’s failing is in being disconnected from the people around him. The failure of today’s Scrooges is the belief that connecting with the people around them is enough.

• What Does Miss Julie have in Common with Gone Girl?

  By Anna on 2014-12-11 • ( 1 )

  

  What is the lure of the awful female lead role to an excellent actress? Why, that it is a female lead role.

• Friday Hoyden: Kathy Sierra

  By Anna on 2014-10-10 • ( 3 )

  

  There is a new and important article by Kathy Sierra available, that we should all read.

• Quick Link: the 2014 Ernies are in

  By Anna on 2014-09-25 • ( 1 )

  

  The riotous annual event recognising the most sexist statements by Australian public figures over the past year has just happened this week.

• All those people giving Lego the benefit of the doubt?

  By Anna on 2014-08-27 • ( 5 )

  

  The news has come in that the “female scientists” Lego set, produced after a huge grassroots campaign and petition from parents who wanted more variety in female minifigs, will only exist as a limited edition set. Despite selling out almost immediately, it will not be released as a standard line.

• Friday Hoyden: Emma Goldman

  By Anna on 2014-08-15 • ( 5 )

  

  Emma Goldman was a Russian Jewish immigrant to the USA, who spent her life being persecuted for her work campaigning for the rights of workers and marginalised groups of all kinds.