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Subversions and the Formidable
Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory - S
It is thought that I was subverting existing stories by making people go after a culprit with a baseball bat in The Lovers or else by making Yasmeen the head of the revolution in Politica.
Perhaps Yasmeen is considered a gender flip in the style of Ocean’s 8.
The truth is there is a long history of women fighters and rulers, women as the formidable, women as the fierce.
It is these women – their presence – that I draw upon.
Some of their names are not known in the history books. There are modern versions in our midst, going about their lives without a fuss.