Fiona Crawford: The Matilda Effect
Fiona Crawford + Maureen Engel
Queensland Terrace, slq
Regular Program
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#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
With their extraordinary tilt at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Matildas demolished every preconception about women’s sports, breaking viewership records and winning the hearts of Aussies. Fiona Crawford examines The Matilda Effect – the long, often infuriating journey of women’s football from the margins to the mainstream, and how Sam Kerr and the girls have changed the game.
Venue change: please note this event will now be held in Queensland Terrace.
#Artists
Fiona Crawford
Fiona (Fred) Crawford is a writer, editor, and researcher whose work spans social and environmental issues, the arts, and football. Fiona is the co-author of Never Say Die: The Hundred-Year Overnight Success of Australian Women’s Football and the author of The Matilda Effect. She has written for such publications and organisations as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Big Issue, Peppermint, Kill Your Darlings, the Matildas and the W-League, FourFourTwo, The Conversation, Vogue and the Homeless World Cup. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology’s Centre for Justice.
Maureen Engel
Maureen Engel is a Lecturer in Digital Culture at the University of Queensland. She played high school soccer against Charmaine Hooper, which only extreme soccer nerds will understand. She was overjoyed to be among the 49,000+ fans who got to witness the Matildas' shootout victory over France.
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