We've found our winners, Anne Rouse correctly pointed out that Alison
Croggan had been the woman in question. I suppose there's lots of ways to
look at this. The perception of invisibility despite facts to the contrary,
noted by Alison, is certainly worth pondering. Though perhaps it's a
testament to the quality and value of women's contributions to the list
that although it was a mere two days since their last post it had seemed
like ages to most people. Anne and Alison will shortly receive their prizes
at a gala presentation hosted by their mail carrier.
Randolph Healy
Visit the Sound Eye website at:
http://indigo.ie/~tjac/sound_eye_hme.htm
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> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: British poets <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Women on the List
> Date: 09 May 1999 02:03
>
> >Sally Crawford, Alison from Australia and
> >I--a long-time Londoner raised in Virginia--have
> >all posted in the
> >last fortnight.
>
> Yes, indeed.
>
> The invisibility of women might not be so much actual as perceived. How
> many have had the experience of saying something in a conversation with
> men, only to find that the response is exactly as if one hadn't spoken at
> all? It's certainly happened to me - fortunately, not among my friends!
> - and it's disconcerting, to say the least. Enough of that, and your
> very existence becomes a theoretical contingency.
>
> Best
>
> Alison
>
> Home Page: http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/bronte/338
> Masthead online: http://www.geocities.com/soho/studios/5662
>
> Alison Croggon
> PO Box 186
> Newport VIC 3015
> Australia
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