Hello to the girls, gays &&& theys, welcome to another morally and aesthetically random episode of Clitical Thought! Join us as we dissect the highs and lows of life through the modern female experience, by analysing the Australian texts ‘A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing’ and ‘New Animal’! 

We explore how young female writers employ sex as a vehicle for self expression and self destruction, we ask, as a society are we having more sex, but as an extension, more lonely? Why do we want to feel desired more than we want to desire someone else? And when will Anna and Bella STFU about Sally Rooney? Your guess is as good as ours (lol)! 

Things mentioned:

• Bill and Melinda Gates divorce! </3


• Marriage Story (2019)


• The Pattern

Comparison of the texts:

• A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu (2020)


• New Animal by Ella Baxter (2021)

Things mentioned in this discussion:

• The Wire (2002-2008)


• Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap (2008), Barracuda (2013), Damascus (2019)


• Fleabag (2016-2019)


• Normal People (2018)

Loneliness/Connections:

• Fangirls the Musical by Yve Blake


• Review: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/04/fangirls-review-delightful-musical-homage-to-fandoms-screaming-very-much-encouraged


• Red Scare


• Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2uux6PcmzX2FPxfGyeeFOc?si=H6nxqx6cTxamhUSN00kPqA

Clits of the week!

• First Cow (2021)


• ‘The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship’ - William Blake


• Minari (2021)


• Poog Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0aF9EB1e73SmmWIrvC4I61?si=AHVznQ67THaKJ3bNTfmTnA


• The Age of Innocence (1993)


• French Exit (2021)


• French Dispatch (Wes Anderson!) (2021)