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Category: Sociopolitical

RmX Vs. The Notorious L.I.T.

culture is not a crime
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You may have

read about the 17-year-old German author who recently admitted to pulling large chunks of unedited text from another author’s book. Helenne Hegemann’s book, entitled Axolotl Roadkill, in addition to being a bestseller, …

Australian Friendship

Colour in Perspective
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If there’s one

thing that I’ve been fortunate enough to have throughout my entire life, it’s amazing friends. My high school buddies, my uni mates, my post-grad colleagues; all of them have been supportive, loving, giving folk …

The single story of the Aboriginal

Bernice, Jawoyn Girl
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I have just

finished watching the beautiful, eloquent novelist Chimamanda Adichie give a speech on ‘the danger of the single story’ (thank you to Aditi for tweeting about it, else I might have missed it in …

Equations of war

iraq
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This is why

I loved physics during my undergrad. A video popped up in my TED Talks feed today entitled, ‘The Mathematics of War’. You can watch the video here, and I recommend you do. It’s …

Thank you, Amanda F. Palmer.

Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer
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This weekend just passed

was an incredible journey, both musically and introspectively. Two nights ago Louise, myself, Zak, and Dino attended the first of Amanda Palmer’s two Perth shows at the Fly-by-night musicians …