Big Little Lies is a bestselling 2014 novel by Australian author Liane Moriarty. It’s also a 2017 HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, which has sparked some interesting conversations about the value of women’s stories.
Commercial fiction isn’t a genre I usually read, but I was intrigued by the buzz around the TV show, so I bought the book, inhaled it and adored it, and then watched the TV series, about which I had/am having very mixed feelings.
As you know, I’m reading a bunch of travelogues by non-white travelers because travel is for brown people too. Today’s book review is of Around India in 80 Trains, by Monisha Rajesh. It’s exactly what it sounds like, by a member of the Indian diaspora.
Some media we want to put into our brains.
Continue reading “Media We’re Excited To Consume A/W Edition”
Hello, Quokkas! Liz and I have identified a deficiency in our site that we’d like to rectify.
We are looking for an occasional modern and/or romance fiction correspondent. Please apply within.
Continue reading “EOI: Occasional Modern Fiction Correspondent”
Look, if Stephanie keeps leaving the choice of linkspam song in my hands, I’m just gonna keep on raiding the Dance Academy soundtrack.
You know what’s amazing? Own voices cyberpunk and also own voices criticising cultural theft. Come with us, friends, as we eat more vegan schaedenfraude pie and talk about awesome things.
Continue reading “cyberpunk, cultural appropriation, and the incomplete understanding of context”
Today, No Award would like to introduce you to Judy Small, a queer, Australian protest song folk singer, who sings about social justice issues, who happens to be a Federal Circuit Court Judge.
Continue reading “Are Queer Folk Singers Infiltrating Our Courts? (Yes, and it’s great)”
In which Liz attempts to write a dispassionate, spoiler-lite review of the Dance Academy film adaptation without excessive capslock or reaction gifs.
Continue reading “No Award goes to the movies: Dance Academy”
Iiiiit’s Friday! Did we forget all about linkspam last week? STOP JUDGING US.
Way back in 2013, one of my earliest posts on No Award was a look at the boys of Dance Academy. (Part 1 – Part 2.) I promised at the time that I would come back and write about the female characters as well … and now it’s 2017, the movie is released next week, I have a ticket to an advance screening tonight, and last night I finished my rewatch.
And let me tell you, quokkas, I have all the feelings. The female regulars of Dance Academy cover a whole lot of arcs and archetypes, from Tara’s need to be a fairy tale heroine, to Abigail’s evolution from ambitious and jealous queen bee to ambitious and highly professional queen. I love every single one of them, even Grace, who I also detest and loathe.
(This post is a lot shorter than the two I did about the boys. That’s not because they’re less interesting, or because I care about them less — I’m just much busier now than I was in 2013. Stupid real life.)
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