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You can't run with us: Indonesian locals rejected from a Dutch-owned run club
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (623+ words) When we travel to places like Bali and only eat western food, stay in westernised villas owned by off-shore millionaires, shop in foreign-owned businesses and avoid interacting with locals, we add to a complex layer of neocolonialism indirectly harming these…...
It doesn't always start with a fist, sometimes it starts with a condom
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (277+ words) Stealthing, hidden pills, “let’s not use anything tonight”, controlling a woman’s body is one of the earliest and most invisible forms of domestic violence. A GP on reproductive coercion, and why it belongs in the conversation about health and prevention,…...
The rise of paywalled friendships
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (661+ words) In the age of late stage capitalism, finding a true third space is near impossible, and social clubs are cashing in, writes Alyssa Forato. I already pay for memberships to a Pilates and dance studio, and have made a couple…...
Has anyone checked on Barnaby's dog?
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (37+ words) Hannah Ferguson | Substack Has anyone checked on Barnaby's dog? Cheek's recap on the week that was. Hannah is in charge of the newsletter for a month, so we’re experimenting...
The vulnerable humans that may pay the price for automated systems
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (202+ words) The Robodebt scandal was enormous and costly, but as similar automated decision-making systems are rolled out in the NDIS and aged care, it is unclear whether the government has learnt its lesson, writes Digital Rights Watch co-founder, Lizzie O’Shea. In…...
How do we raise “good” men? Abbie Chatfield’s new show offers some ideas
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (520+ words) I attended Abbie Chatfield’s new show while pregnant with my first child, a little boy. The tour dissects the concept of masculinity and many impacts of patriarchy. Ironically though, the most profound parts of ‘Abbie Chatfield Loves Men’ hit feminist…...
The community being turned into a data centre dumping ground
1+ week, 1+ day ago (618+ words) Across the United States, researchers and environmental justice advocates have documented how data centres have increasingly been concentrated in lower-income communities and communities of colour. Now, Melbourne’s west is at risk of becoming Victoria’s version of that same story, writes…...
You're not 'just hormonal': How PMDD hides in plain sight
1+ week, 2+ day ago (381+ words) Premenstrual dysphoric disorder affects hundreds of thousands of Australians, yet takes more than a decade to diagnose. The problem isn’t women’s hormones - it’s our expectation that women will absorb suffering quietly, writes GP Dr Rebekah Hoffman. It is not just…...
In less than a week, four women and girls in Australia have been killed by a male known to them - and the silence is deafening
1+ week, 4+ day ago (185+ words) Hannah Ferguson | Substack In less than a week, four women and girls in Australia have been killed by a male known to them - and the silence is deafening Cheek's recap on the week that was. Hello and happy Saturday! Bringing…...
20 years on, we are still fighting to protect Murujuga's ancient rock art
1+ week, 5+ day ago (742+ words) Friends of Australian Rock Art (FARA) will next week take on Woodside in a major Federal Court challenge to protect Murujuga from the toxic emissions of the North West Shelf project - which was last year granted an extension until 2070. Next…...