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Democracies Are Not Monasteries
Research suggests less speech means more violence. So why do those in power still want us to shut up?
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A Gaye Excursion
Marvin Gaye meets The Beatles and teaches us of the courage screenwriters require when adapting works.
Apr 9
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Weak-Sauce Satanists
Race with the Devil (1975) and why ambiguous films need to find a sweet spot.
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Gene Clark on a sweltering Auckland afternoon
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The Messianism of Jewish Anti-Zionism
An essay against the moralisation of Jewish defeat
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Policing the Air Around the Knife
Following the antisemitic massacre at Bondi Beach that left fifteen people dead, the Australian government has decided the problem is not the knife, or…
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The Face You Can’t Paint Over
Retracing my attachment to Anthony Newley
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Groundhog Day on Bondi Beach
Slogans, silence, rinse, repeat.
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