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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kia ora folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please do join us for Tessa Maxwell’s talk on
<b>“Forum fever”: The struggle for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Aotearoa New Zealand </b>(abstract below) on
<b>Tuesday 28<sup>th</sup> </b>at <b>10am</b> in <b>Burns 4 </b>and on <b>Zoom </b>
(please email me for the link)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">National mythology constructs Aotearoa New Zealand as an inherently progressive country, and a global leader in feminism. These narratives
obscure the constant political struggle for social justice by covering over both progressive struggle and conservative resistance. This paper aims to offer critical insight into contemporary political struggle in Aotearoa New Zealand by examining the recently
digitised archives of the feminist magazine <i>Broadsheet</i> (1972-1997). I follow Kate Eichhorn’s (2013) argument that the current archival turn within feminism is motivated by the erosion of political agency in the contemporary context of neoliberalism,
and utilises the past in order to critically intervene in the present. </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This paper focuses on <i>Broadsheet</i>’s coverage of the establishment of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in 1986. The Ministry initially
aimed to act as a bridge between the government and the feminist movement, incorporating feminist values such as participatory decision-making into its structure. During its formation, the Ministry held forums throughout the country which were attended by
approximately 24,000 women. However, <i>Broadsheet</i>’s archives show that these forums were dominated by conservative women, who attended to protest both the establishment of the Ministry and advancement of women’s rights in general. These protesters were
well-organised and disruptive, for example using renditions of the English national anthem to interrupt Mâori participation. </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">By exploring these historical clashes between feminist
and conservative politics, this paper aims to demonstrate how an archival analysis of <i>Broadsheet</i> can offer critical insight into the contemporary resurgence of conservative politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tessa
</span></b><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">is a current PhD student in the
<b>Media, Film & Communication Programme</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Rosie.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.otago.ac.nz/mfco/staff/rosemaryoverell.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Rosemary Overell</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Senior Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Media, Film & Communication Programme<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The University of Otago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dunedin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">9054<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Latest publications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Millar, I., Nicholls, B., Overell, R., & Tutt, D. (2023). Power and politics in Adam Curtis'
<i>Can't get you out of my head</i>: An emotional history of the modern world. In C. Owens & S. Meehan O'Callaghan (Eds.),
</span><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Psychoanalysis-and-the-Small-Screen-The-Year-the-Cinemas-Closed/Owens-OCallaghan/p/book/9781032223223"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Psychoanalysis and the small screen: The
year the cinemas closed</span></a><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">. (pp. 163-189). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Overell, R. (2021).
</span><a href="https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/c92d3d05-24b9-47af-b1cf-378523bacfba/content"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Voicing the real in extreme metal</span></a><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.
<i>Continental Thought & Theory</i>, <i>3</i>(3), 136-163.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Overell, R. (2022).
</span><a href="https://lackorg.com/2022/08/26/methodological-masturbation/"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Methodological Masturbation</span></a><span style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.
<i>LACK: punctual musings</i>. 26<sup>th</sup> August.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?user=ZW7oyEAAAAAJ&hl=en"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Google Scholar</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemary-overell-047786222"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">LinkedIn</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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