Short Story Ideas About Violence, after Doris Lessing
Written by Sam Wilson, this story was the joint-runner up of of Right Now’s Fiction Competition, judged by Anna Funder and Tony Birch.
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Anguish of the unknown – Detention as Torture
Is detention punishment? Is detention torture? Steph Murphy asks these questions and more in this article on the relationship between torture, violence, politics and detention.
Celissa – Short fiction by James Milsom
I heard myself confusing tenses – intentionally – saw that I was trying to simplify the message – to speak her language – failing miserably. I hadn’t even asked what her language was. Even if I did I knew I didn’t speak it.
HiRise & Human Rights in the Media – Mid-Week Reviews
This week Athena Rogers reviews the refugee Melbourne Fringe Festival performance HiRise, and Pia White takes a look at discussions of violence in the media in the monthly media review.
A Right to Violence?
Are liberty and violence morally irreconcilable? Isabella Royce asks us to ask again in this think piece on the relationship between the right to protest, violence as a political technique and violent government reactions.
Domestic Violence, Socially Mediated
Social media has a responsibility to victims of domestic violence because it shapes the dialogue that allows domestic violence to flourish, writes Leona Hameed.
Australia’s complicity in detention centre violence
A refugee’s journey is often filled with violence, even after they land on Australian shores. Asher Hirsch details some real examples of the violence that occurs in Australian-run detention centres.
Editorial – Violence
This month Right Now considers the relationship between violence and human rights. Click here to read our violence editorial.
Kick-Ass 2 – Mid-Week Review
Kick-Ass 2 is so much poorer than its predecessor that together they offer an informative case study on Hollywood’s obsession with violence, writes Sam Ryan.
Family violence is a homelessness issue
Jessica Szwarcbord highlights the link between family violence and homelessness in the aim of reducing both.