The Mourners’ Dance
In the most recent round of protests in Iran that started on December 28, 2025, and was met with unprecedented brutality by the Islamic Republic, videos have emerged of mourners dancing at the funerals of slain protesters.
Tag Archives: Discrimination
social erosion
A poem by widely published poet and a competition winner, Margaret Owen Ruckert.
1769
A speculative narrative that flips the history of European colonisation by imagining a reversal: a seafaring people from a southern island travelling north to colonise a new frontier (a year before Cook got to Australia).
Women, Men & the Whole Damn Thing: a review
Based on his original article, David Leser investigates the origins, perpetuation and consequences of male violence in his insightful and powerful new book.
Depends On How Many Kittens
This story follows Luke, whose legal name is Leila, as he navigates what it means to be trans as a young person in the school yard and at the gender diverse clinic. We see the prejudice and pressures that can exist in both places.
At your own risk: The criminalisation of HIV non-disclosure in Singapore
Daryl Yang considers the criminalisation of non-disclosure of HIV in Singapore, and the implications of a recent legal development for LGBTQ+ Singaporeans.
Encountering modern slavery in Lebanon
Anika Baset writes about confronting evidence of racial violence, modern slavery, and domestic servitude in Lebanon.
Surviving: a review of Shout
Laurie Halse Anderson’s autobiographical collection of poetry is a story of survival more than it is a story about rape.
Going Postal: a review
Engage with the highs and lows of the marriage equality survey in this compilation which amplifies the voices of those both in and out of the campaigns
How to be Friends with a Homophobe
Daryl Yang considers the increasingly common phenomenon of friendships breaking down over political differences, and muses over the question: should we be friends with homophobes?