My first exposure to what I now call “griftivism,” a hybrid of grifting and Critical Social Justice activism, occurred in the arts. It was 2020 when—in my role as managing …
The False Dissension Over ‘Islamophobia’: an Iranian outlook (Ali Beikzadeh)
‘Cultural relativism commands us to see what we call our values as simple prejudices; the beliefs of a particular tribe called the West. The religion of the prophet is thus …
As Satellites Replace Stars (Joshua Dabelstein)
The commodification of the cosmos is having a profound impact on humanity itself On Monday March 3, 2024, at 2:05pm Pacific Time, a satellite built by small Sydney start-up Space …
The Work of Atonement: Bogimbah Creek Mission (Fiona Foley)
Queensland has so far alienated about 10,000,000 acres of freehold land, and leased about 300,000,000 acres for pastoral occupation. For the first we have received about six and a quarter …
Home for the Rodeo (Robbie Coburn)
1 As I drive down Selkirk road for the first time in months, the thing that strikes me most is the number of cattle I see; on both sides of …
Hustling the Hustlers (Jenny Hedley)
In July 2015, on a normal night’s work, a girl sat down next to me and urinated on her chair. I shoved the dancewear I was selling into suitcases to …
Riding the Bus in Denver (Sheila Black)
I rode the bus in Denver. I rode it early in the morning and late at night, and sometimes I waited a long time in the cold wind of December …
Village Intellectual (Ewa Mazierska)
Whenever I would think about village intellectuals, I used to be reminded of my father. He had a relatively modest amount of formal education, consisting of attending secondary school in …
Filled with Memories (Brooke Madison)
Gita had a particularly vivid dream one night, cocooned within the walls of the hospital room. Maybe it was because of all the medication she was on. She woke, her …
Loud (Georgia Rose Phillips)
At an age where I am too young to be cognisant of time’s passing my mother announces the word audiologist to the kitchen sink. She is unconsciously circling around the …