One day, French philosophers will write books about this

A great loss - for now. Looking forward to seeing Rachel’s work wherever it next appears.

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This just in: Plato spent his dying hours complaining about a girl's terrible flute performance. theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

In judging Morrison's leadership, the suffering he caused is more important than his own troubles. But it should be possible to recognise both, and to see that it's helpful and brave to speak about his mental health.

Latest column

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Cool new lit mag PARAPHASE. Issue One featuring work from Jen Craig, Murnane, Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Max Lawton, Carole Maso, garielle lutz.

When my mum left my dad- 'I knew if I stayed he'd kill me'- she moved to a small place with nominal rent. We've talked about how impossible this would be now, and what that might have meant. Housing justice can't be left out of discussions about DV - women need somewhere to go.

David and Demi’s chaos is infectious! Listen to me barely being able to keep this thing on the tracks.

“The first trailer…summoned a storm of online conversation based, in part, on the mathematically dubious tag line, ‘This isn’t your mother’s Mean Girls.’”

Loved this piece from Brodie Lancaster on Angourie Rice

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'If you don't know those things, just shut up and read. Stop talking.'

Please read this, from one of the best columnists in the country, on stopping women being killed by their partners and ex-partners.

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'Perhaps there needs to be a rethink on what prevention actually looks like. Because if it isn’t stopping this from happening, it isn’t prevention at all.'

Karen Middleton on Indigenous children and suicide

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Always fun to remember that when Hawthorne writes about how his office job totally killed his creativity and will to live he was talking about a 3.5 hour work day.

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Language can help us see things as if for the first time. When it fails, though, the problem does not really lie with language but with us.

This week's column - on language, violence and voices not heard.

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.Kate Jinx on Wim Wender’s latest: “A steady, meditative film, #PerfectDays offers a soft lens with which to view one’s lot, or, depending how you choose to look at it, a supportive framework to keep on keeping on.”
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Language can help us see things as if for the first time. When it fails, though, the problem does not really lie with language but with us.

This week's column - on language, violence and voices not heard.

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Big news. Archie Moore has won Australia’s first Golden Lion for best national participation at the Venice Biennale, with his work kith and kin, spanning 65,000 years of genealogy.

“We are all one and share a responsibility of care to all living things now and into the future.”

'A former judge who The Australian reported was of the opinion the federal corruption watchdog “should” investigate the government’s compensation payment to Brittany Higgins says his words have been “misunderstood”.'

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'the judgment from Michael Lee should end the pursuit of Brittany Higgins'

superb column from David Crowe

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The owners of Franco Cozzo’s old shop missed a trick. Instead of turning it into some “Wild West” themed beer hall. They could have stacked the place full of Franco’s furniture as a homage and simply called the place Cozzo’s. The people of Footscray and surrounds would love it.