word count: pathetic

Well, at least I’m work­ing on it. Some kind soul poin­ted out that Secret Life of Us has a new char­ac­ter who appears to be an Asian Les­bian. I have no idea of her name or a more spe­cific eth­ni­city. I don’t watch the show reg­u­larly, but...

you guys missed out

She’s blonde and petite, and if it weren’t for those spiky dreads pulled back into play­ful pony­tails, you’d think she was the girl next door in her sheer bur­gundy top and casual jeans. Her voice sounds like a muted trum­pet through the micro­phone. This isn’t...

marginalia update

Chal­lenge of the day: text selec­tion. So, I’m look­ing through the Bent Lens first edi­tion for Aus­tralian queer films with a focus on eth­ni­city or racism… not much there. Lots of documentaries… Where are the fea­ture films like The Wed­ding Ban­quet? Where...

What the hell

I’ve posted this every­where else, may as well post it here. Thanks to frou_frou for find­ing the Web version. It’s not about oil or Iraq. It’s about the US and Europe going head-to-head on world eco­nomic dominance. Apo­lo­gies to those who’ve already read it....

too fucking close for comfort

ABC cam­era­man killed and reporter injured in Iraq. I knew Eric Camp­bell. He’s the one who was injured not the one who died. It’s a fluke. Moran walked 50 metres in front of him to get a shot. Eric was 30 when I was 16. i had a crush on...

mushroom dreams

Aged fif­teen I dream of mush­room clouds and blind­ing light tra­cing bone skeletons in ash on footpaths. Every night I burn like a shak­ing monk like a 9‑year-old napalm-backed like a woman like a wife. Every night my...