Middle-class Indigenous Australia exists
By Anika BasetStan Grant argues for a broader definition of Indigenous identity in his Quarterly Essay, The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming.
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Right Now’s Sydney Film Festival 2017 picks
By Samaya Borom, Rachael Imam and Vanessa McQuarrieWith the Sydney Film Festival underway, Right Now’s reviewers reflect on a selection of insightful films from the 2017 program.
Preserving and Sharing Indigenous Stories for Future Generations
By Heath ChamerskiElders from the Koorie community discuss their lives, families and experiences in the Koorie Heritage Trust exhibition, Listen to Your Elders.
Rohingya refugee crisis, viewed through the eyes of a punk activist
Vanessa McQuarrie in conversation with Ali MCA photo exhibition by Ali MC explores the challenges facing Rohingya refugees.
Celebrating the strength of South East Australia’s First Nations peoples and cultures
By Anika BasetSovereignty, the exhibition, explores self-determination, colonisation, identity and resistance of Aboriginal Australia.
Right Now’s 2017 Melbourne Queer Film Festival picks
By Rachael Imam, Christie-Anna Ozorio and Pia WhiteWe’ve reviewed three documentaries from the upcoming Melbourne Queer Film Festival that highlight important human rights issues.
Right Now’s 2017 Mardi Gras Film Festival picks
By Alyssia Tennant, Rob Gilchrist, Jessica Pearce, Christie-Anna Ozorio and Samaya BoromWe’ve reviewed a handful of must-see films from the Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival that provide insight into issues faced by the LGBTIQ community.
Confessions of a privileged minority
By Adolfo AranjuezAdolfo Aranjuez dissects the complex ways in which privilege and disadvantage express themselves in our society.
Turning the page on depression and anxiety
By Samantha JonesMelissa Broder, the poet behind Twitter account So Sad Today, delves into her most personal memories, fetishes, addictions and mental illness in the hilariously frank memoir So Sad Today.
Straight talk about toxic homonormativity
By Adolfo AranjuezColumnist Adolfo Aranjuez explains how cultural appropriation and rampant discrimination within gay communities have emerged from the phenomenon of homonormativity.
The Lioness
By Sukhjit Kaur KhalsaSpoken word artist Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa tells the story behind her name.