Originally posted on Ærchies Archive – Digital Detritus:
I was once a proud Australian. Then I took part in an electoral process which led to tony abbott becoming Prime Minister. tony abbott, who began by lying about something his predecessor said and who, after his election, continued to lie about everything he said and ignore…
Originally posted on Ben Garrido's Author Page:
My mother, Kathy Garrido, holds the first ever physical copy of The Blackguard. Eleven years, thousands of hours and enough time grimacing at mutilated notebooks to scare off an entire congregation of nice old ladies. The Blackguard, my first novel, that monster collection of revisions and one-more-things…
Greeting fellow bloggers here in Australia and from across the pond. I thought that in the spirit of National Reconciliation Week here in the land of Oz I’d take us on a little history tour back to the reason why saying Sorry doesn’t really quite cover it. To understand how the situation here in Australia came to…
Originally posted on helen meikle's scribblefest:
However much designer rhetoric you may use to package it, elitism by any other name still smells like stinkweed to most Australians, and the smell after last week’s budget was overpowering. Perhaps this attitude is a legacy of our early DNA: the indigenous people that nobody respected or…
Originally posted on tyagi2ankur:
when i born i black when i grown up i black when i go in sun i black when i scared i black when i sick i black when i die i still black but you white fellows when u born u pink when u grown up u white when…
Originally posted on A Holistic Journey:
So I’m taking a breather, slowing my pace, taking stock. Behind the unassuming titles in the series has been a lot of work. I have combed through the submissions and tapped some contributors for as many as six drafts for the clearest chronology and descriptions. I would not be…
Unload and Unwind 