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Prequel to Paper Giants: The Magazine Wars.
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Mini-series.
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Good to Be Bad
2016
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column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 June 2016; (p. 10) -
A Clelbratory Feminist Aesthetics in Postfeminist Times : Screening Australian Women's Liberation in Paper Giants – The Birth of Cleo
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , vol. 28 no. 77 2013; (p. 250-262) 'In 2011, something surprising happened in terms of Australian feminist cultural memory: a celebratory feminism arrived in the shape of the hugely popular ABC television mini-series, Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo. Eschewing dour social realism for a stylish and ludic narrative, Paper Giants uses the story of the women's magazine Cleo to tell the story of Australian women's liberation. This essay analyses the components of the mini-series' celebratory feminist aesthetics, examining the ways in which it mobilises feminist tropes to speak an intelligible feminist language in postfeminist times. Further, I detail how women's liberation becomes central to the national historical narrative underpinning the programme.' (Publication abstract) -
Woman's Way Rates
2012
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 September 2012; (p. 24) -
Nostalgic Fixes for Contemporary Ills
2012
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 September 2012; (p. 10) -
Spin Fails to Take off Edge
2012
single work
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— Appears in: The Age , 30 August 2012; (p. 6)
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Untitled
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 April 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 April 2011; (p. 16)
— Review of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
TV Previews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 April 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Publishing Sensation
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16 -17 April 2011; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Ita, Kerry and Cleo
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 8 no. 2 2011;
— Review of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Girl Talk
2011
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— Appears in: Sunday Life , 10 April 2011; (p. 12-14) -
Living in the Seventies
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April 2011; (p. 4) -
A Girl's Best Friend
2011
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 April 2011; (p. 14) -
When Women Came of Age
2011
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— Appears in: The Age , 14 April 2011; (p. 12-13) -
Romance? Ita's Lisps Are Sealed
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 April 2011; (p. 24)
Awards
- 2012 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- 2011 shortlisted AWGIE Awards — Television Award — Mini-series - Original
- 2011 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Telefeature or Mini Series
- 2011 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Television Script Shortlisted for both Part 1 and Part 2; winner for Part 2.
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