Monthly Archives: February 2015

depicting gay

Posted on February 26, 2015 by anton veenstra

There’s an episode of Lewis, a police drama set in Oxford, where a phoenix cult seems to exist. “On the way from Gethsemane to Calvary I lost my way”; and “Life is born of fire”. Straight off (pun intended) a … Continue reading →

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Two ways of not being gay

Posted on February 23, 2015 by anton veenstra

The eleventh novel by crime fiction writer Richard Stevenson is Cockeyed. It is described on the back cover as a screwball comedy but entirely serious in its exploration of the multiple ways of being gay in America. Stevenson, or Richard Lipez … Continue reading →

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our gay wedding the musical

Posted on February 21, 2015 by anton veenstra

It’s that time of year again when we re-affirm our LGBTIQ culture and determine the path we intend to take in the future. In this wonderful musical, I shed tears over every scene, our Prophet & patriarch Stephen Fry, a … Continue reading →

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death be not proud

Posted on February 17, 2015 by anton veenstra

Today, by some internet trawling I found that a pedophile catholic priest, who had molested me at age 12 and most of my classmates, had died last December. What intrigued me was that the newspaper notice of his funeral stressed … Continue reading →

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talking to themselves

Posted on February 14, 2015 by anton veenstra

This weekend SMH was all about the Australian political system where the insiders talk a language for themselves alone. Stuff like “the party elects its leader”. Our pollies want only to talk to themselves. Abbott loves early morning radio, but … Continue reading →

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the rule of law

Posted on February 13, 2015 by anton veenstra

Today a group of students attempted to force entry into a building where eccentric federal minister for education SA Chris Pyne (who recently admitted he admired his leader’s “good antenna”) was delivering a speech on his govt’s policy of decreased … Continue reading →

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bloody no fun zone

Posted on February 12, 2015 by anton veenstra

The new President of Indonesia intends to execute two Australians. Just today, their Foreign Affairs minister insisted (limply) that the action was not directed at any particular country. I am also struck at the sheer hypocrisy that heroine is readily … Continue reading →

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Edible Eddie

Posted on February 6, 2015 by anton veenstra

On the ABC’s One Plus One show, the presenter interviewed Eddie Izzard, the UK born transvestite comedian. Where does one start? He has so many opinions that I can admire. Let’s dispense with the lightweight: he thinks drama the main … Continue reading →

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animism totems and intellectuals

Posted on February 2, 2015 by anton veenstra

I was in steamy hot Bangkok in Feb 2013; my hotel was the renovated version of an R&R hotel filled with US troops during the Vietnam war, against which I had been a conscientious objector in the early 1970’s. In … Continue reading →

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Exciting times in the locker room

Posted on February 1, 2015 by anton veenstra

We have team Australia. “I have a good team around me; I’m a good captain”, was the strategy statement. In the locker room, not distracted by the odour of jock straps & damp towels, the ball boy wanders about listlessly. … Continue reading →

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