Monthly Archives: June 2018

The Innocent Victim

During the Aids epidemic, the Australian mass media showed a Grim Reaper ad, based on the line “this disease used to affect homosexuals and drug addicts, now we are all in danger”. At the same time, an eminent surgeon (people … Continue reading

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Confessional Seal

The recent Royal Commission of child sexual abuse has recommended that cases of abuse confessed within the confines of the sacrament be revealed to the police. This action has been vigorously resisted by the Catholic status quo within Australia. One … Continue reading

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POLITICS of GENDER and DRESS

At the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney currently, is an exhibition of men’s clothes called, wouldn’t you know, Reigning Men. It is comprised mostly of a US collection, added to by garments from the local vaults. I have yet to see … Continue reading

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