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“I have no time for this”: Betts on racial ridicule
Adelaide have blown the whistle on a vile comment made towards the Indigenous star
Carla Deale
Apr 25, 20201 min read
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Joy Hester is "The Woman in Black"
In 1947, Joy Hester, a prominent 27-year-old Australian artist at the time, was told she had three months to live.
Carla Deale
Apr 25, 20202 min read
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An Eye for an Eye: On Home Soil
Carla Deale spoke to members of Melbourne’s Hong Kong community who are doing all they can to help their loved ones back home.
Carla Deale
Apr 25, 20201 min read
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“Bill Henson”: a review of the controversial
Bill Henson’s Untitled (2001/02), as part of a series of works also left nameless, is adolescence on the cusp of adulthood.
Carla Deale
Apr 25, 20202 min read
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‘Joker’: Joaquin Pheonix’s cackling antihero is mired in controversy
Todd Phillips’s dark origin tale depicts a struggling Joker’s deeply troubling descent into madness – and certainly, nobody is laughing
Carla Deale
Apr 25, 20203 min read
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I Still Don't Know Why I Ran with The Bulls
There is nothing noble, nor brave, about running with the bulls.
Carla Deale
Apr 25, 20204 min read
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Here is Good
A short fiction piece.
Carla Deale
Apr 25, 20206 min read
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The Conversation’s Anthea Batsakis
Anthea Batsakis, The Conversation’s deputy editor of politics and society, speaks to Carla Deale.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20203 min read
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The Microcosm of Abu Ghraib
On the mediatisation of warfare, viral content culture and the Abu Ghraib scandal
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20206 min read
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The Cochlear Implant and its Cultural Impact
An analysis of the longstanding debate between the Deaf and hearing communities.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20205 min read
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Digital Citizenship, “Shitposting” and the Memeification of Tragedy
A look to viral Internet content and the Christchurch mosque attack.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20206 min read
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Team-mates & time-capsules
A creative non-fiction piece.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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When your illness isn’t “official”
Having a chronic illness is difficult enough. But what happens when your ailment isn’t even recognised? Carla Deale reports.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20205 min read
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Sugar babies: “like having a girlfriend for a night”
Australian uni students are turning to “sugaring” as another way to make money. But is it all glitz and glamour? Carla Deale reports.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20206 min read
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Transgender men “invisible”
Melbourne transgender men are calling out for more media representation. Carla Deale reports.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20203 min read
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Muscle dysmorphia: the conversation we’re not having
Melbourne’s most elite gyms are where you’ll find them.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20205 min read
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Reconciliation, reform and reshaping history
Indigenous advocates call for constitutional change following Uluru convention
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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A lifelong struggle: "I'd probably be selling drugs without the dole"
John McLeish, 24, is “absolutely grateful for the dole”.
Carla Deale
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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Australian adult entertainers and students fight back against sex-work stigma
Adult entertainers and sex workers do it for the money, some to get through uni, not for drugs and certainly not as ‘objects’.
Carla Deale
Apr 23, 20203 min read
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