Kalila Welch
Out, Loud, Unvaccinated and Proud
Of all my conversations with anti-vaxxers, all had one thing in common: fear. Fear of the unknown.
Kristin Perissinotto
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Religious discrimination bill protects the already-protected
CW: christianity, mention of child sex abuse (no details) I attended a religious high school. And for that reason, any children I choose...
Kristin Perissinotto
- 6 days ago
- 3 min
What's so radical about equality and fairness?
I have a shaved head, two pairs of Doc Martens (!!), I don't shave my armpits, and I'm a ~known feminist,~ so by 1980's standards, I'm as...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Jan 6
- 3 min
Rules are rules! Unless you're above them
Scott Morrison has outdone himself today, with a Tweet so dripping with irony that you have to check three times that it wasn't posted...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Dec 24, 2021
- 3 min
I'm not "putting aside political differences" this Christmas
I've had multiple conversations with people who have said the same thing: politics is particularly divisive at the moment. It's getting...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Dec 21, 2021
- 3 min
Survivor offered zoo pass after disclosing abuse
A Tasmanian single mum of two children reported an alleged sexual abuse on her daughter "Rose" to the public school Rose attends, and...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
Let's talk about the Young Liberals
The Young Liberals, or Young LNP in Queensland, have a reputation. Depending on which side of politics you sit on, they either have the...
B. Hennessy
- Dec 12, 2021
- 4 min
Both of my parents are teachers, here’s why this week's strike matters
Within the system it is a well known and heavily policed fact that teachers, as employees of the Department of Education are not able to...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
What Lidia Thorpe said is deeply misogynistic
If you've spent even an ounce of what's left of your almost-totally-depleted-for-the-year energy keeping up with the news this fortnight,...
Cheek
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
We don't need to guess the Liberals' values. They show us.
What they've shown us about treatment of women Liberal Senator David Van, who nobody had ever fucking heard of until yesterday...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
Scott Morrison is not the victim
The words victim, underdog, and oppressed have two things in common. 1. They are three things Scott Morrison is not. 2. They are three...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Nov 22, 2021
- 3 min
I'm over intergenerational wars
"I wish more young people were like you," I've been told at least once at every Christmas gathering, networking event, and awkward coffee...
Emily Coogan
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Nothing is inherently feminist
Introducing ‘choice feminism’, a brand of feminism-lite that gives women a get out of jail free card to enjoy traditionally anti-feminist...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Scott Morrison might win the next election
Watching Scott Morrison fuck up in front of the media and public again and again is simultaneously horrifying and comforting. Horrifying...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
On the right to protest
Every Australian has the right to protest. But is it right to breach public health orders to do so? Every Australian has the right to...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Scott Morrison: the king of spin
Political spin. We hate it, most of us see through it, and, for the most part, it's on the decline. The rise of Trump put another nail in...
Kristin Perissinotto
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Barnaby Joyce needs to shut the fuck up, but Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd should keep talking
What's a Monday in Australia without someone in the Cabinet saying something absolutely fucking ridiculous? Today, it was none other than...
Cheek
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Something bad has gone down in the NT
Northern Territory Chief Minister (equivalent to a state premier) Michael Gunner has threatened mass job cuts for public servants. This...
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