News & Views Refugees: let’s also celebrate them when they are not winning. We celebrate diversity in sport, but migrants and refugees still face inequality and exclusion in everyday life.
Screen Lisa Jane Spencer’s skit was never “edgy comedy”. It’s the most basic, boring, blah racism Despite what Lisa Jane Spencer’s defenders will inevitably argue, this isn’t a debate about whether comedy should be allowed to offend. It’s about whether what Spencer’s doing actually constitutes comedy.
News & Views Australian Muslims face a rising tide of fear and exclusion Muslim Australians are facing racism and Islamophobia in Australia, and many say belonging feels uncertain in everyday life.
News & Views Hollywood is still writing the same Asian woman and The Devil Wears Prada 2 proves it Prada sequel faces backlash for stereotypical Asian character, reigniting debate over Hollywood’s stagnant representation of East Asian women
News & Views Social media accounts banned for using AI without disclosure Social media accounts have been banned by BBC after it was exposed as having used AI to create sexually explicit content without disclosure.
Soapbox It’s ‘Just Trump’ is the new ‘Boys will be boys’ and it’s just as dangerous Excusing Trump’s racist behaviour normalises harm, erodes accountability, and tells people of colour their lived reality doesn’t matter.
Soapbox Trump’s Press Secretary provides a masterclass in racial gaslighting Racial gaslighting makes people doubt real racism, protecting those in power while silencing people of colour and their anger.
News & Views Hate crime laws won’t protect women if they expand the same systems that already fail us Hate crime laws won’t protect women if they expand a criminal system that already fails, silences and endangers us.
News & Views Adelaide Writers’ Week: When ‘cultural sensitivity’ becomes censorship If we cannot have free thought and exchange of ideas at a writers’ festival, where exactly can we have them?
News & Views Bondi tragedy reminds us that we need to stand against those who seek to divide us We must stand against those who seek to divide us and exploit tragedy for their cause. Because most of us just want to live in peace.
Soapbox Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ ad gets MAGA approval. Does that make it even worse? As Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ ad campaign remains under fire for its racist undertones, Donald Trump and JD Vance have given support.
News & Views Journalist Antoinette Lattouf wins court case over racist, online abuse from 61yo man High-profile journalist Antoinette Lattouf has won her court case against a 61-year-old man who sent her a racist email.
