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Ju Gosling Wikipedia Page

Summary: Ju Gosling, a.k.a. Ju 90, describes herself as ‘a 50-something webmaster and multimedia storyteller’. She is a multi-talented artist and academic, and one of her most notable achievements is her advancement of intersectionality (that is to say, the forging of links between marginalised groups and the dissemination of the idea that people can have more than one identity, e.g. being both disabled and a lesbian). To this end, she is the is the co-chair of Regard, the national organisation of LGBT disabled people, and has published a book about girls' school stories. She is a leading authority on the St Trinian's stories. Early/Personal Life: Ju grew up in rural Essex and originally trained as a dancer. She is highly-qualified, having a BA in English Studies and Film Studies from the University of East Anglia (1983), an MA in Cultural Studies from the University of East London (1992), and a PhD in Communications and Image Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury (2001). She was the first PhD student in the country to present her thesis as a website. Career: The range of Ju's work is impressive, but one constant theme is her identification of the wider themes and questions that her work throws up. For example, she had a very successful touring exhibition based on her residency at the National Institute for Medical Research in 2006-2007. One of these took the form of a workshop at the 2010 Outburst Queer Arts Festival, at which participants were asked to consider the following questions: 'What does it mean to be abnormal?' 'Who decides?' 'Do any of us actually feel abnormal?'. Participants were also encouraged to 'Celebrate their abnormality!' Visual arts – including any major exhibitions Film – if needs to be separate from Visual Arts Writing – Her books and other writing; setting up Bettany Press Campaigning – including Together 2012

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