Friday essay: morning thalassa - the calm, salt therapy of Sydney's women's pool

Jane Messer

Friday essay: morning thalassa - the calm, salt therapy of Sydney's women's pool

Jane Messer

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Abstract

Memoir essay that explores the therapeutic effect - the Greek term is 'thalassa' - upon the writer's grief and sadness at her mother's Alzheimer's, through immersion in the sea waters of the Coogee NSW ocean pool, McIver's Ladies Baths. The essay explores both the culturally diverse women who frequent the pool, and the underwater sea life within the pool itself. The writing aims to recreate the solace of immersion and to acknowledge the importance of Australia's only women's pool for women over the course of the past 100 years.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation Media Group
Publication status	Published - 17 Dec 2021

Bibliographical note

This is an extract from 'The Women's Pool' edited by Lynne Spender (Spinifex Press).

Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

Keywords

creative writing
Australian literature
memoir
feminism
women's history

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https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-morning-thalassa-the-calm-salt-therapy-of-sydneys-womens-pool-171386

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Morning thalassa
Messer, J., 2021, The women's pool. Spender, L. (ed.). North Geelong, Victoria: Spinifex Press, p. 11-16 6 p.
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Friday essay: morning thalassa - the calm, salt therapy of Sydney's women's pool

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