What Counts as Expertise? The Marginalisation of Race and Gender Scholarship
The attacks on members of the teaching staff at the University of Sydney by the right-wing tabloid, The Daily Telegraph on 8 August 2018,…
Between Boredom and Terror
When I first heard about the Daily Telegraph’s attack on subjects offered by the University of Sydney and UTS, my first reaction was boredom.…
The Invisible Burden of Asian Women’s Experiences of Racism
The recent attack by The Daily Telegraph on female academics at the University of Sydney highlights a misogynistic culture in which women’s academic work…
The Ivory Tower of Male Chauvinism
In the wake of the Daily Telegraph’s attack against three members of its academic staff, the University of Sydney released a statement defending the…
‘Imagine There’s no Countries:’ Children across National Borders of Compassion
The last few months have been rather emotionally charged. The catalysts for such a global uproar of compassion were two geo-political disjointed groups of…
Taking the Children: a Commentary
Living in California during the roll-out of the zero tolerance to border crossing migrants policy has been a very interesting experience as an Aboriginal…
Why do we talk about child refugees?
We’re currently seeing large discussions in Australia and internationally about refugee, asylum-seeking, and migrant children. With focus being placed on the removal of children…
Child Refugees vs Thai Cave Rescue: Why Responsibility doesn’t Require a Display of Suffering
During the Thai cave rescue, The Conversation published a piece by morality and social psychology researcher Dan Crimston with the following title: ‘How imagery…
The Hidden and Excess of Anzac Day
When living in a multiracial settler colony, any celebration of war is, to say the least, problematic. Yet, each and every year, every member…