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A Room of Her Own: Discussing Virginia Woolf's Landmark Essay
A 60-minute session, held on 4 August 2024, on Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own (1929) and what it means for ordinary lives today. Woolf's claim was simple: to make anything of your own, you need money of your own and a door you can close. The cards take that into our homes: the open doors, the hidden cash tin, the aunt who could sing, the diary someone read, the hour nobody protects, and the quiet corners men keep too. Twelve independent cards; open three or four.
How we do this
Be respectfulDisagree with the point, never the person.
Raise your hand to speakSo nobody has to talk over anybody.
Keep it shortSay the thing, then let the next person in.
Discussion is encouragedReply to each other, not just to the question.
Tangents are allowedIf the room follows it, it is the discussion.
This is a safe spaceWhat is said here stays in the room.