The newly established Black Rainbow is a foundation to support Indigenous LGBTI Australians.
Category: #austracism
Goori Advent Calendar
Isn’t she deadly? Our Goori Advent Calendar is for sale on the Critical Classroom website. When you buy it you get a download that has two versions. One is a colourable one – it’s blank – for the kids to colour in a circle per day. The second is a high quality reproduction of the original painting. It can be printed onto a thickish paper (the one above is on 210 gsm), and then framed. Continue reading Goori Advent Calendar
Things (quotes) that make you go hmmm .. a Brisbane G20 quote that will make your eye twitch.
One thing you notice consistently about Australians is they will not tolerate injustice and there’s nothing more unifying than when somebody gets the rough end of the stick.
Miss Dhu and the fight to end Black Deaths in Custody
I’m on the bus on the way home from the National Day of Action for Miss Dhu, a young women who died while in police custody a few months ago, and my mind is a haze.
Continue reading Miss Dhu and the fight to end Black Deaths in Custody
An Aboriginal perspective on protest violence
Today (25th September 2014) Aboriginal artist Richard Bell posted this: Continue reading An Aboriginal perspective on protest violence
We saved the RDA
{Am posting this using my phone, so can’t hyperlink. Will update later}
So, the PM announced today amongst a whole bunch of national security/anti-terror stuff, that the proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, in particular Section 18C, will no longer proceed.We are all very happy about this news. Many institutions, led by the wonderful National Congress, fought hard. Continue reading We saved the RDA
#FollowFriday
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, that is, document those deadly folks who are my #ff recommendations.
I first started this list back in September 2013 … a never ending list…
- @LukeLPearson – an energetic, passionate Koori educator who initiated and drove the rotation curation account @IndigenousX
- @IndigenousX – a rotation curation (shifts change each Thursday) of Indigenous Australian voices
- @AnitaHeiss – author and activist who tirelessly works for a range of grassroots community causes online and in real life
- @TheKooriWoman – her no holds barred political, cultural and social opinion. She games, she writes, swears, she’s deadly
- @NomadiqueMC – He’s sweary, he’s #metal and Green. One of the first people I followed on Twitter and one of the smartest brothas I know
- @Utopiana – not on the Twitterverse as much as the Facebookz, but if you need to keep up with her blogging, you must follow
- @SivParker – since joining the Twitterz she has owned it – storyteller, political observer, grassroots, activitist
- @Ren_1 – I can only describe in hashtags #realz #hiphop #critical #grassroots #truth
- @NareenYoung – a deadly sistah who never fails to stand up. Insightful, critical and essential
- @Liz_Loveslife – she doesn’t blog (much to my disappointment) but her mix of politics-edu-black tweets rocks
- @MsLou – black, feminist, lawyerly, unafraid
- @DrSRP – academic, intellectual, perceptive, fun. Asks questions, links meaningfully
- @DB_1974 Dameyon Bonson is a LGBQTI and Suicide Prevention Advocate. Makes you think and act
Don’t know what a #FF is? Don’t worry, it’s a little bit 2010, but here is a quick history: http://technorati.com/social-media/article/do-you-followfriday-on-twitter-what/
You’re not the problem
My #blogJUNE post for today is just going to be a link to an article following last night’s Q&A: Continue reading You’re not the problem
Idiots Abroad
Did I tell you I’m going to Hawai’i? Less that two weeks to go. I’ve been thinking about the conference and how in a way, people will get an understanding of our country based on their interactions with us. I’m nervous but excited. Continue reading Idiots Abroad
On “Lunch with the obsessive Andrew Bolt”
“It feels like a piano being dropped on my head every day…”