“A more palatable form of masculinity” indeed. My palate does not need to be spared. I will call this piece what it is: writing that spits on people’s wounds, that exploits their trauma, that has gorged itself on their pain.
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You benefit from this system every day you don’t fear for your life. Every day you don’t have to ‘be political’, every day you turn off the news and walk away because it doesn’t affect you. Your silence is unacceptable.
A team of First Nations and People of Colour (POC) writers have started statistical research into how many First Nations and POC writers were published in Australia in 2018.
Fresh hip hop, new wave R&B, Oceanic musicality, words, and movement and on Oceanic, LGBTQIA+ and diaspora experiences.
How much farther do we need to go as an industry?
Incels and MRAs are increasingly losing their grip on reality.
The narrative we’re expected to tell is one that affirms white liberal saviour sensibilities: How could we not keep this foreigner safe in our country?
I was offered a seemingly simple solution: Take off the hijab, and assimilate.
*Warning: Spoilers ahead*
Recently, we published a piece called ‘Passport pains’. Following publication, we received feedback on it from several sources, and we’d like to take this opportunity to…