Where is the nation's spine?
Lattouf delivers a eulogy for the spine - an increasingly endangered structure that's meant to hold us upright when powerful interests want us bent. It's also a love letter to the vertebrae that refuse to change shape.
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ETTE-ITORIAL: At 22, I’m on board the Gaza flotilla — what I've witnessed on social media has driven me to act
Ethan Floyd, a 22-year-old Australian student and artist, is one of 17 Australians who have set sail with the Global Sumud Flotilla in the latest attempt to break Israel’s illegal blockade in Gaza.
Who gets to be a victim?
When an 'unexpected' victim is killed — a white person, for example — what usually follows is an outpouring of grief and media coverage. Otten the two go hand in hand. When a black and/or brown people is killed, the reaction often differs.
Ette-Itorial: Dear PM: social media helped me survive small-town isolation. Your ban traps others there
Social media gave me language I didn’t have. It gave me peers who shared similar paths. It also gave me a place to say, “This is who I am and what I need,” at a time when saying that offline felt loaded with risk.
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Bonus episode: An interview with Jayson Gillham
Jayson Gillham chats to Antoinette Lattouf about how his performance at Melbourne Symphony orchestra being cancelled changed his relationship with music.
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Ettention Please: stories that didn’t get enough (or any!) coverage this week
Australia is manufacturing explosives used by Israel, BHP's case against a coal miner takes a turn, the US wants Australians' biodata, and Penny Wong sanctions Israeli settlers.
ONLY FRAN: Living Beautifully in a Collapsing World with Sarah Wilson
In this special episode of Only Fran Jan chats to author Sarah Wilson about the rising sense of dis-ease she has about the world. With so much upheaval and uncertainty - how is one to navigate a world that feels like it's, well, collapsing? In this conversion they