Gender	Female
Occupation	Writer/Academic
Location	Upwey, Victoria, Australia
Links	Audio Clip, Wishlist
Introduction	Lecturer in economic-social geography, mum, writer, current affairs commentator, feminist, geek, reformed Marxist, environmentalist-ish...
Interests	Politics, opinion, art deco, Danish design, books, geography, babies, positive parenting, bushwalking, snapshot photos, facebooking, ebaying, cooking, fabrics, renovating, gardening, swimming, dogs, chooks, Yarra Ranges, Melbourne's laneways.
Favorite movies	Fight Club, Love Actually, Pulp Fiction, English patient, Matrix, The constant gardener, The Royales, Life, Lies, ...
Favorite music	Gillian Welch, The Cure, Fatboy Slim, Florence and the machine, Ray La Montagne, early Michael Jackson, Elliot Smith, Faithless, INX, these are probably just the songs I heard before writing this today off my iPod!
Favorite books	White teeth. Jane Eyre, The End of Capitalism (as we knew it), The Substance of Style, Justice and the Politics of Difference, Up the Duff, Sometimes Gladness, Beloved, The Famished Road, The Grapes of Wrath, Baby Love, The Bitch in the House, Enduring Love, The Complete Idiots Guide to writing a novel, The World Atlas, The life you can save, Probably best reflects the books I have on a bookcase near me as I type this!