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QC Video follow up
Jul. 3rd, 2012 05:49 pmLast year I was asked to talk about QC. The video below was the result:
...and this is my rely, one year on:
...and this is my rely, one year on:
Perth in July
Apr. 15th, 2011 12:02 amI'll be going to Perth in early July for QUEER COLLABORATIONS which is being held at Curtain Uni this year. It will be good to catch up with friends and family over there again. This is most likely the last QC I'll be attending. I was hoping to see Wicked with my mother at the Burswood Theatre, but matinee seats are $195 each!
Two Artworks and a Workshop
Apr. 13th, 2011 08:44 pmDecided to commit myself to doing a couple of works for the QC artshow, and to do a workshop as well. The artworks (neither created yet) will be:
ASSIMILATION-IDENTITY
A computer animation. This work created 2011 as an experimental exploration for my Masters in Fine Art.
THE MISSING TEE
Computer print. This work reflects the gap between ideals in community and the reality of life.
Now of course I have to create the works. It's all an exercise in learning FLASH and ILLUSTRATOR, but I know that now I've committed I'm make it happen. And the workshop will be:
QC: IS IT WORTH IT?
Each year queer students attend Queer Collaborations and in general the cost of attending is often subsidised by their local queer support groups. Is this expense justified? Would the money be better spent supporting queer students on local campuses, especially in this age of post VSU? A general discussion on this issue, and of how attendees of the current and future QCs can bring back value from the conference for those who couldn’t attend.
Should get a response to that!
Today - Counselling session
Apr. 15th, 2010 11:21 pm
Saw my counsellor today for a "reflective session". This is where I talk to her for a while in front of the other counsellors (eight in total). Then the counsellors talk about what they perceive and understood about our talk. Then we have a brief chat. The whole thing was video recorded and I will get a copy to keep of the video.
Sounds a bit odd but I found it to be of great assistance. I talked about my current issue with the research question, about being trans, being pagan, and how my masters was really a vehicle for my work practice - the two graphic novels - and what they really meant. I surprised myself, because real passion came out of this. And the feedback about things was really helpful. One of the things that came through is that my project is A BIG THING FOR me, whereas the research question and the research (which i won't do unless I believe in the question) is a smaller thing, trying to fit a bigger concept in a small box. And this has helped a lot.
There was much more as well, but I know now that I do need a leave of absence. Not to "run away" from the problem, but to "reconnect" with something very important in me, that's been driving my masters in the first place. I'll start sorting that out tomorrow.
I'm also going to Queer Collaborations this year. QC helps me connect to a community that I am a part of, and connection to community is important to me. Feeling isolated here in Barnsley, and lacking the means to maintaining a real social life (as opposed to a virtual one) has contributed a lot to my stress and confusion.
Genderqueer?
Jul. 30th, 2009 01:00 pmI encountered a new (for me) term at QC - Genderqueer - when I went to the Trans / Genderqueer caucus. A caucus is meeting in which issues common to the minority at QC (but which might be overlooked by the majority) are raised and later presented to the conference floor.
Initially I felt very confronted at the caucus. This was partly, that without a "reader" (a booklet that gives a brief overview of different terms and issues used and referred to at the conference) I had no idea what Genderqueer was, so how would I know if it was appropriate for me, as a trans woman, to be at the caucus? I never really heard a definition of the term at the conference and the only evidence I could see (or hear) was the use of different pronouns when referring to people (which I was corrected on later back at the hostel, but to be honest I was lucky to remember anyone's name let alone pronoun).
Mind you, there were other issues for me there as well. Being in a room in a circle of 40+ people I don't really know plays right into my anxiety problems (as did several other workshops and conference floors at the conference). so it was difficult for me to not make a bolt for the door or have a panic attack. In fact I left a later workshop on Polyamoury because I'd sat near the door, and the constant stream of people coming in (behind me) really disturbed me.
Looking at the Genderqueer page at wikipedia, I can now say that I don't feel this way, but I do understand why Trans was included with it. Almost as big a bit of information as understanding the word cisgender.
Initially I felt very confronted at the caucus. This was partly, that without a "reader" (a booklet that gives a brief overview of different terms and issues used and referred to at the conference) I had no idea what Genderqueer was, so how would I know if it was appropriate for me, as a trans woman, to be at the caucus? I never really heard a definition of the term at the conference and the only evidence I could see (or hear) was the use of different pronouns when referring to people (which I was corrected on later back at the hostel, but to be honest I was lucky to remember anyone's name let alone pronoun).
Mind you, there were other issues for me there as well. Being in a room in a circle of 40+ people I don't really know plays right into my anxiety problems (as did several other workshops and conference floors at the conference). so it was difficult for me to not make a bolt for the door or have a panic attack. In fact I left a later workshop on Polyamoury because I'd sat near the door, and the constant stream of people coming in (behind me) really disturbed me.
Looking at the Genderqueer page at wikipedia, I can now say that I don't feel this way, but I do understand why Trans was included with it. Almost as big a bit of information as understanding the word cisgender.
Tired on Friday
Jul. 17th, 2009 10:26 amFeel tired today, and a little down. Went to the ball on campus last night and that was fun, but afterwards wasn't as much. Most people went to a club called Cubed (or some such) but I sort of got lost on the way there. Sort of - met someone from QC and we walked to the venue, without really knowing where we were going. But after some group shots I lost the rest of my Newcastle group. I'm sure they had fun as most seemed to turn up asleep in beds this morning.
Some real bogan pubs and clubs on the way there. I was dressed in a black dress but feeling vulBut when I got there I found it was a venue I couldn't really go to. It was downstairs, packed solid, had loud music I really didn't like (I could hear it outside), obnoxious bouncer, and strobe lights. With an anxiety / panic attack / epilepsy condition, I wasn't going in. Felt a bit like I'd "let the side down", but went back to the Hostel with three other people and talked about comics for most of the way there. This morning I feel tired and a little down, though I think a lot of that is mild exhaustion from being on the go all week.
Before I left Kevin made a joke about taking some "dental dams" implying that I'd have a chance of casual sex this week, but I discounted that possibility from the start. I went to twenty SwanCons (SF conventions) with that idea at the back of my mind and it soured my experience of them and helped bring me down afterwards. I love seeing and hearing the stories how my friends and companions fare in that respect, but I gave up on that and going to clubs because I know what I get if I do (and that still hurts - I have that itch I can't scratch).
Walked into Civic and ate at the Pancake Parlour. The last time I ate there was 1996 when I was on my way back to Perth after a geographical in Sydney. It looks exactly the same, and so does the block of buildings it's in! Actually, so do the buses here, which is awkward because though the timetables advertise a gasp powered convenient to use fleet, all the buses I've seen (and travelled on) look like old rattlers with partitioned steps. If I were in a wheelchair I'd never be able to use the public transport system here.
I might walk over Lake Burly Griffen to have a look at the art gallery and the National Library - as an artist and trained library tech I'm interested in both. There's an action on at new Parliament house tomorrow and we might do the tourist thing inside first before joining the main group outside.
Time to go for a walk.
Some real bogan pubs and clubs on the way there. I was dressed in a black dress but feeling vulBut when I got there I found it was a venue I couldn't really go to. It was downstairs, packed solid, had loud music I really didn't like (I could hear it outside), obnoxious bouncer, and strobe lights. With an anxiety / panic attack / epilepsy condition, I wasn't going in. Felt a bit like I'd "let the side down", but went back to the Hostel with three other people and talked about comics for most of the way there. This morning I feel tired and a little down, though I think a lot of that is mild exhaustion from being on the go all week.
Before I left Kevin made a joke about taking some "dental dams" implying that I'd have a chance of casual sex this week, but I discounted that possibility from the start. I went to twenty SwanCons (SF conventions) with that idea at the back of my mind and it soured my experience of them and helped bring me down afterwards. I love seeing and hearing the stories how my friends and companions fare in that respect, but I gave up on that and going to clubs because I know what I get if I do (and that still hurts - I have that itch I can't scratch).
Walked into Civic and ate at the Pancake Parlour. The last time I ate there was 1996 when I was on my way back to Perth after a geographical in Sydney. It looks exactly the same, and so does the block of buildings it's in! Actually, so do the buses here, which is awkward because though the timetables advertise a gasp powered convenient to use fleet, all the buses I've seen (and travelled on) look like old rattlers with partitioned steps. If I were in a wheelchair I'd never be able to use the public transport system here.
I might walk over Lake Burly Griffen to have a look at the art gallery and the National Library - as an artist and trained library tech I'm interested in both. There's an action on at new Parliament house tomorrow and we might do the tourist thing inside first before joining the main group outside.
Time to go for a walk.
QC RESULTS
Jul. 16th, 2009 05:50 pmI just came from the bidding session at QC. The main contenders were Monash, Perth and Woollongong universitiesa for 2010. There were two roundsd of voting and Monash was eliminated in the first round. The second round was a tie (62 to 62), so there was a third round where people were were asked to go go to one side of the room or the other to indicate their support.
<Photo 1>This was a difficult position for me, as I have relatives and friends in Perth but that I'd never been to Woollongong and wanted to go. I ended up sitting in the middle (and a few people left). The final vote was Woollongong 62, and Perth 60, so Woollongong is hosting QC for next year.
I'm pleased with this - Woollongong has had trouble with the uni administration of late, and this will support them greatly. I also look forward to doing it all again next year.
Don't know yet who's going to do Querelle (I did it back in 2006). This year's magazine was really well done, and the bidding is at 6:15pm, but I'll be waiting here in the Queer Space to pick up my artwork.
<Photo 1>This was a difficult position for me, as I have relatives and friends in Perth but that I'd never been to Woollongong and wanted to go. I ended up sitting in the middle (and a few people left). The final vote was Woollongong 62, and Perth 60, so Woollongong is hosting QC for next year.
I'm pleased with this - Woollongong has had trouble with the uni administration of late, and this will support them greatly. I also look forward to doing it all again next year.
Don't know yet who's going to do Querelle (I did it back in 2006). This year's magazine was really well done, and the bidding is at 6:15pm, but I'll be waiting here in the Queer Space to pick up my artwork.
Am at QC in Canberra but access to computers is hard to come by. However, I am thouroughly enjoying myself and meeting people.
The hostel is a bit of a zoo but I seem to be able to sleep through it anyway. It's location is the best thing about it, at Dickson shops, right in between resturants and shops. I shared a Japanese meal the other night and had spicey eggplant and Sapporo beer. There've been epic drinking sessions in the kitchen area but that may or may not tone down after complaints.
was in the post office at ANU here (buying a postcard to send to mum) and saw a PhD for <i>Jean-Luc Picard</i> on the wall! ;)
The hostel is a bit of a zoo but I seem to be able to sleep through it anyway. It's location is the best thing about it, at Dickson shops, right in between resturants and shops. I shared a Japanese meal the other night and had spicey eggplant and Sapporo beer. There've been epic drinking sessions in the kitchen area but that may or may not tone down after complaints.
was in the post office at ANU here (buying a postcard to send to mum) and saw a PhD for <i>Jean-Luc Picard</i> on the wall! ;)
Queer Collaborations Bake Sale
May. 21st, 2009 10:45 pmGot my cake baked and most of it's already been sold and eaten!
Good event. The Queer Collective today was running the free NUSA lunch at uni, and also had a bake sale next to it. Something a little bitr different. Proceeds go towards sending us to Queer Collaborations in Canberra later this year. A good event and much fun (photos later).
Good event. The Queer Collective today was running the free NUSA lunch at uni, and also had a bake sale next to it. Something a little bitr different. Proceeds go towards sending us to Queer Collaborations in Canberra later this year. A good event and much fun (photos later).
