This one weird old fat joke will make you disappear completely
By Eloise GrillsSex and the City, Shallow Hal and Kim Kardashian have more in common than you think. For one, they all tacitly profit off fat jokes.
Identity
Translucent
By Cindy Jiang‘Translucent’ by Cindy Jiang explores the assimilatory potential of growing up Asian in Australia.
Crime fiction, and human rights? An interview with Kate Jessica Raphael
Kate Jessica Raphael in conversation with Janelle KohJanelle Koh sits down with Kate Jessica Raphael, award-winning crime fiction author for a chat about her work, and the interrelations that exist between crime fiction and human rights.
Checkpoint at the Green Line (excerpt from Murder Under the Bridge)
By Kate Jessica RaphaelRead an excerpt of Kate Jessica Raphael’s crime fiction novel ‘Murder Under the Bridge’, which is drawn directly from the author’s experiences in Palestine.
The Good Ugly, The Bad Ugly, and the Ugly Ugly
By Eloise GrillsHow come no one wants to talk about how annoying depression is?
How to be Friends with a Homophobe
By Daryl YangDaryl Yang considers the increasingly common phenomenon of friendships breaking down over political differences, and muses over the question: should we be friends with homophobes?
Water, water, everywhere?
By Alison WhittakerWe are inseparable from water — more than relying on it, we are constituted by it. Alison Whittaker reflects on the water crisis and its colonial roots.
Visualising human rights in a digital world
By Maria GriffinWhat do human rights look like as a visual language? Jane Lyndon’s new book seeks to find out.
A Veteran’s New Home
By Joe PattersonJoe Patterson’s journey to Vietnam summons up a country still marked with the ravages of war, as told through the stories of Australian veterans who now call the place home.
Misogyny, patriarchy and toxic masculinity: A review of Boys Will Be Boys
By Carl BradleyBoys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship By Clementine Ford Allen & Unwin Clementine Ford has delivered a fantastic piece of work written with a delicious language that is a well-crafted blend of passion, anger and humour. Boys Will Be Boys takes the reader through the very concerning series of […]
HRAFF 2019: The Distant Barking of Dogs
By Liam FallonFollow a young Ukrainian boy, Oleg, as he survives in a setting of war and conflict.