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My thesis, distilled
From zarabee:I have to stop buying into the frame of the racist elements. So when someone says “The muslims are out-breeding us” My first temptation is to say “So what? I fail to see a problem.” When really, I should be saying “Who the fuck is this “us” you’re talking…
Shifting sands
Tom Stoppard says the concept of freedom of speech as an inalienable human right makes no sense in a Darwinian world. Fascinating. Not sure what that means for hate speech and how we as a group then choose to move forward. I supported the NSW anti-vilification laws…
It’s all going to hell
Today, some of the indigenous leaders at Camp Sovereignty decided they didn’t want non-indigenous people in the camp after dark and some people expressed a desire that non-indigenous people stop helping out. As a result, the food not bombs people have packed up their…
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Conversations around a campfire
Tonight at Camp Sovereignty, I was welcomed by an Elder and placed gum leaves onto the sacred fire. For the first time, I feel like I have asked permission to be in this land and been welcomed by its people rather than being here by default, progeny of an immigration…
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How I love that tango
Last night, I ended up at the Kristina Olsen and Peter Grayling gig around the corner at the Clifton Hill Hotel. As I walked in, they started playing “How I love that tango” and a couple of tango dancers got up. It was beautiful, sensual. She played all my favourites:…
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If one of you gets this instead of me, I want commission
SBS INDEPENDENT DRAMA SERIES – CALL FOR SCRIPTS SBS Independent is calling for scripts for their ground breaking new drama series Marx And Venus, an innovative joint venture with ScreenWest. Marx And Venus will be a series of short television situation dramas based…
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Cultural moments of resonance
The last time French students occupied the Sorbonne, it was May 1968 and it started a cultural revolution… This time, they sent in the riot troops early and we only really found out after the violence… Does this mean they’ve averted the cultural foment? Or have…
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The sounds of the potting room in Pompeii
I was very excited to hear that French archaeologists have taken pottery from ancient Pompeii and played the grooves back like a record to get the sounds of the pottery workshop, including laughter. Click “Telecharger la video” to play the short video which contains a…
Phoenix Emberstone
passionate political poet
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