There are real consequences for indigenous women calling the police for DV, says Whittaker. High # of incarcerated women have trauma related to DV. 2 forces (patriarchy + colonisation) that are closely related & colluding to create maximum suffering for indigenous women #fwf18

Women are constantly having to validate what they're writing about as worth writing about, says Anita Heiss #fwf18

Who are the gatekeepers of fiction? The higher up you go in publishing the fewer women there are, says Anna Funder. She says there are a lot of women in publishing though #fwf18

“People in America living in the era of “truth-i-ness”,” says Schama. “Science is under siege. Climate science is a case in point.” #SydneyWritersFestival

“The sense in which belief - gut feeling - counts more than rational analysis” in our current political state. “The overthrow of the enlightenment,” says Schama. #SydneyWritersFestival

On the romance of defeat, eg Dunkirk, etc. “When history becomes the scapegoating of some notional demons, it’s absolutely a simplification. The role of the historian is to complicate matters. The challenge is to not lose your readers,” says Schama #SydneyWritersFestival

“Creators of colour have better access to platforms now. They can get their creative content out to wider audiences,” says @zoyajpatel. Things are starting to change (slowly!) #sydneywritersfestival

My housemate just bought a kettle he can control via his phone, from the couch

Reality TV's Biggest Scam Had 30 People Drop Everything for a Prize That Didn't Exist dlvr.it/SB0xsn

Jesse Barron The single-mindedness of Rad’s hunt had the unrelenting quality of a revenge quest. And while most commercial court proceedings are unbearable to watch, Rad v. IAC was different. Because weird things happened. Jesse Barron reports nym.ag/34GBmzq

After her father was murdered, Katie Kitchen grappled with her own privilege, and the fate of the man convicted for the crime—whom she became determined to see released from prison. nyer.cm/pawQSob

via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/02/19/opi…

Inside the Hip-Hop Record Store Run by Undercover Cops trib.al/HhjOtZ6

new VICE UK story from Camilla Patini and me on the met’s contentious 2008 record shop sting, operation peyzac vice.com/en/article/dy7…

"before you came into my life i missed you so bad" -carly rae jepsen "the finding of an object is in fact a refinding of it" -freud "the object [of desire] is by nature a refound object. that it was lost is a consequence of that—but after the fact." -lacan

Nitty Scott You can read the original investigative article here: vice.com/en/article/fak…