TWO THOUSAND WORDS ABOUT GENDER
History is a narrative. He who weaves the threads of its story wields considerable power. And virtually without exception, it's been men...
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History is a narrative. He who weaves the threads of its story wields considerable power. And virtually without exception, it's been men...
I've not enjoyed the last couple of weeks. They've left me feeling pretty flat, pretty resentful. I've found it hard to muster the degree...
English cricket fans - specifically those who are crying foul at the fair and legitimate dismissal of Johnny Bairstow - are being held to...
The complexities surrounding #wokeness, #cancelculture and the myriad other hashtags that are currently knotted through society right now...
Nothing about QAnon or Anti-Vaxxing or Climate Denialism is new. Society's just 'evolved' itself into new variants self-reinforcing,...
The ping comes clear through the murky inter-babble; The great division! 19 into 45. I begin to knit like a polluted saint; threading...
It’s reassuring, I think, to encounter representations and perspectives that allow us to feel good about who and where we are. And if...
Been a lot of discussion about racism in Australia of late, what with the return of Pauline Hanson and the horrendous global terror...
(Reflections on memory) It was pretty crisp when I went for a walk this morning. It's a feeling I like. Part of the newness of the day, I...
On Saturday, I went to Belmont Forum with Rosie after taking her to her swimming lesson. (Which was great, by the way; the girl is a...
I don't spend a lot of time in the dustier corners of the inter-web, so I've just discovered a bloke by the name of Ben Shapiro. What an...
One of the cool things about literary readings is that they can be applied to anything. All they do is filter a text's content through a...
HOW TO EXPLAIN THE SERENA WILLIAMS CARTOON CONTROVERSY - WHY THE CARTOON IS RACIST. I can understand why some - even many - people might...
I hate it when things aren't properly described. I mean, the other day, I heard that a light plane had crashed somewhere. Terrible, of...
Christmas thoughts on Climate Change Even you're a climate change sceptic (ie. anti-science numpty), you'd think you'd want more out of a...
The world has long known that despite its endless boasting, America is not - and likely has never been - the greatest country on earth....
It's probably axiomatic to say that television commercials do not have our best interests at heart. That I find many, many commercials...
There seems to have been a debate raging recently between those who declare an affiliation to a particular religion, and those who...
I woke this morning to hear that British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is in a spot of bother over an off-the-cuff comment that the...
I'm proudly Australian. I'm not a flag-waving Australian, but that's more to do with a personal disdain for vexillology, rather than any...
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