Background
Fiona Giles was born on July 9, 1958, in Perth, Australia, to Keith Emanuel and Patricia Jessie Giles.
35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
Fiona graduated with honors from University Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1980.
Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
Fiona also received a Master of Arts from Melbourne University, Australia in 1985.
Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
In 1990 Giles got a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University, England in 1990.
(Not since Kafka's Gregor Samsa awoke to discover that he'...)
Not since Kafka's Gregor Samsa awoke to discover that he'd turned into a cockroach has literature addressed such a traumatic transformation. In order to compile Dick for a Day, scholar and feminist Fiona Giles approached hundreds of well-known writers, poets, artists, actresses, and academics and asked them to express what they might feel if they abruptly found themselves genitally altered. From Terry McMillan to Jennifer Blowdryer, from Patricia Cornwell to Linda Sexton Gray, we find unexpected answers: hygienic, erotic, metaphysical, and even spiritual. By turns playful and sociologically profound, Dick for a Day is a milestone in sophisticated humor and feminist literature.
https://www.amazon.com/Dick-Day-What-Would-You/dp/0679773533/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Fiona+Giles&qid=1597319636&sr=8-3
1997
(While countless breastfeeding guides crowd bookshelves, n...)
While countless breastfeeding guides crowd bookshelves, not one of them speaks to women with anything approaching bestselling author Fiona Giles's level of intimacy and vitality. In Fresh Milk, through a provocative collection of stories, memories, and personal accounts, Giles uncovers the myths and truths of the lactating breast. From the young mother grappling with the bewildering trappings of maternity wear to the woman who finds herself surprisingly aroused by new sensations, and the modern dad who learns the ins and outs of breastfeeding, the portraits in Giles's eye-opening book offer a funny, wise, and comforting resource for women - and even their friends and partners who have had, or expect, intimate experiences with the pleasures and pain of lactation. By turns poignant and informative, sexy and witty, empathic, and empowering, Fresh Milk delivers everything we wanted to know about breastfeeding that our mothers never told us.
https://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Milk-Secret-Life-Breasts-ebook/dp/B003L77UGQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Fiona+Giles&qid=1597319636&sr=8-1
2003
(In a time when to most people “pregnancy” automatically m...)
In a time when to most people “pregnancy” automatically means “motherhood,” what is it like to get pregnant, give birth, and breastfeed a child all while being an out transgender man? When Trevor MacDonald decided to start a family, he knew that the world was going to have questions for him. As a transgender man in a gay relationship, Trevor has gone through the journeys of pregnancy, childbirth, and nursing all while exploring (and sometimes defending) his role as a trans dad. Trevor and his partner tackle all the questions new parents are familiar with (Should we feed our baby breast milk or formula? Should we have a hospital or home birth?) and others perhaps unfamiliar
https://www.amazon.com/Wheres-Mother-Stories-Transgender-Dad/dp/0991964500/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Fiona+Giles&qid=1597319636&sr=8-5
2016
(The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augme...)
The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. Mediating Memory: Tracing the Limits of Memoir challenges and dismantles that assumption. Focusing on the history, theory and practice of memoir writing, editors Bunty Avieson, Fiona Giles and Sue Joseph provide a thorough and cutting-edge examination of memoir through the lenses of ethics, practice and innovation. By investigating memoir across cultural boundaries, in its various guises, and tracing its limits, the editors convincingly demonstrate the plurality of ways in which memoir is helping us make sense of who we are, who we were and the influences that shape us along the way.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076HS1ZBH/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Mediating+Memory%3A+Tracing+the+Limits+of+Memoir&qid=1597319973&sr=8-1
2017
(A collection of sometimes shocking stories, poems, and on...)
A collection of sometimes shocking stories, poems, and one-liners from well-known male writers captures their impressions of what it would be like for them to be a female for day.
https://www.amazon.com/CHICK-DAY-What-Would-Were/dp/0684855178/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=Fiona+Giles&qid=1597319636&sr=8-11
2000
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Fiona Giles was born on July 9, 1958, in Perth, Australia, to Keith Emanuel and Patricia Jessie Giles.
Fiona graduated with honors from University Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1980. She also received a Master of Arts from Melbourne University, Australia in 1985. In 1990 Giles got a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University, England in 1990.
Fiona Giles worked in publishing, editing, and journalism, as well as academia, publishing numerous books, articles, and chapters for scholarly collections.
Her books include the co-edited "Mediating Memory: Tracing the Limits of Memoir" (2017), and "Fresh Milk: The Secret Life of Breasts" (2003); and her most recent publication is 'Towards Social Maternity: Where's the Mother? Stories from a Transgender Dad As a Case Study of Human Milk Sharing,' in "Bioethics Beyond Altruism" (2017).
Fiona is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Sydney, where she has worked since 2005. She teaches graduate courses in feature writing and literary journalism and has research interests in breastfeeding, feminist theory, health communication, and social media.
She is also a freelance writer recently published in The Bulletin; Meanjin; Australian Way; Australian Author; and HQ. She has regular media appearances on 'Beauty and the Beast' for Foxtel and Channel 10.
Fiona is currently co-editing a special issue of the International Breastfeeding Journal on Breastfeeding in Public and writing a book on Literary Journalism in a Multimedia Age.
(In a time when to most people “pregnancy” automatically m...)
2016(While countless breastfeeding guides crowd bookshelves, n...)
2003(Not since Kafka's Gregor Samsa awoke to discover that he'...)
1997(The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augme...)
2017(A collection of sometimes shocking stories, poems, and on...)
2000Fiona Giles' research interests encompass journalism, genre and gender studies; the role of pleasure in health promotion; and representations of breastfeeding and maternal sexuality.
Quotations:
"It is vital not only for breastfeeding rates but for the mental health and wellbeing of families that motherhood is not the equivalent of a sentence in solitary confinement."
"Until women feel at home in the world and feel that their babies and children can also be at home in the world, and feel safe to not only conduct their mother work but to exist as full citizens without harassment or surveillance, it is impossible to say that we have achieved freedom and equality."
Fiona married Richard Andrews on November 12, 1994. They have two sons: Brodie Jack Giles Andrews and Hugo Jeremy Giles Andrews.