GBA 209 Juliet Jacques

In GBA 209 we get better acquainted with Juliet Jacques. She talks about football, comment and opinion journalism, the differences and tensions between writing non fiction and writing fiction, marginal art and voices, the material reality of being a writer and so much more.

Juliet plugs:

Her memoir Trans will be out on 22nd September: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1975-trans

At Home She's A Tourist: http://julietjacques.blogspot.co.uk/

I plug:

Tragic Summer: www.facebook.com/events/1374545949536475/

And Tragic Spring on the Stand Up Tragedy podcast: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy

We mention:

Hattie Jacques: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Jacques
Steve Cross: https://twitter.com/steve_x
Dawn Foster: https://twitter.com/dawnhfoster
https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-206-dawn-foster
Alice Bell: https://twitter.com/alicebell
https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-115-alice-bell
David Peace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Peace
Belle and Sebastian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_and_Sebastian
The Smiths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths
The Guardian: A Transgender Journey http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/transgender-journey
Hillsborough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster
Luton / Millwall Riot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Kenilworth_Road_riot
Review of Anna Krien's Night Games : http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/01/journey-dark-heart-sport-anna-kriens-night-games
Hollis Frampton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollis_Frampton
Goodbye to the NHS: a personal story of a public service: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2014/09/goodbye-nhs-personal-story-public-service
On the “dispute” between radical feminism and trans people: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2014/08/dispute-between-radical-feminism-and-trans-people
Writers of Colour: http://mediadiversified.org/
Manifesto for Confessional Journalism: http://thenewinquiry.com/features/manifesto-for-confessional-journalism/
Brixton East Art Gallery: http://www.brixtoneast.co.uk/
White Review - Lars Iyer manfesto: http://www.thewhitereview.org/features/nude-in-your-hot-tub-facing-the-abyss-a-literary-manifesto-after-the-end-of-literature-and-manifestos/
200th Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba200
Huw Lemmey: https://twitter.com/spitzenprodukte
Reasons why your landlord is awesome: http://www.buzzfeed.com/dclg/is-your-landlord-actually-incredible-mu2w
My comment is free piece: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/tough-choice-cut-job-enfield-children-centres-austerity
Reflections on Villaplane: http://www.berfrois.com/2014/09/reflections-on-villaplane-juliet-jacques/
Skunk Anansie: Yes it's fucking political: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcaUer4fuU8
Liz Jones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Jones
A Week of Goodbyes: http://davepickeringblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-week-of-goodbyes.html
Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhEBCWMe44
"Masculinity": http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/26/transgender-juliet-jacques-masculinity-football
Travels of a transsexual football fan: http://www.newstatesman.com/juliet-jacques/2013/11/travels-transsexual-football-fan
Verso Books: http://www.versobooks.com/
Gang of Four: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four_%28band%29

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