suniti namjoshi feminist fables analysis

We publish between four and ten books a year depending on the ups and downs of feminism as well as unpredictable things like energy and cash flow. And we want nothing less than that.įour books in our first year were followed by seven in our second including Somer Brodribb's searing critique of postmodernism, Nothing Mat(t)ers and Judy Horacek's first cartoon book Life On the Edge. We think optimism has to be part of being a feminist since it implies that changing the world is possible. Our mission statement was - and is - to publish innovative and controversial feminist books with an optimistic edge. We wanted to have a list that included the visionary thinking of feminists whether it be theory, fiction or poetry.

We had noticed that increasingly postmodern academics were being published and radical feminist scholars were not. The answer was ‘yes’ and a couple of months later Spinifex Press was born. In 1990, Renate Klein and I sat in a hotel room in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory and asked one another whether we should be daring and have a go. But as the recession came and minds closed, ‘risky’ books were no longer welcome. And by the time I left four years later, I had a pretty good record. It was good advice to myself and I set out to get into print as many lesbians, radical feminists, Indigenous writers, migrant and working class writers as I could. I remember telling myself to 'not be a daddy's girl' and 'to unwork the system' as Valerie Solanas said back in 1967. My first job in publishing was as an editor at Penguin Books Australia from 1987-1991.

Suniti namjoshi feminist fables analysis