Charlotte Mertens
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“But it’s also that this land, this beautiful Aboriginal land, was not made to hold such grief. It can, and it does, but it shouldn’t have this burden thrust upon itself.” Jordy Silverstein on the logic of violence that permeates Australia. overland.org.au/2025/12/yes-th…
Disgraceful by the The West Australian to link the peaceful anti-genocide movement & the bridge march with the horrific antisemitic terror attack in Bondi. Yesterday a friend was abused in a shopping centre simply for wearing her keffiyeh. This misleading & hateful commentary
Reminder that over two years ago Isaac Chotiner and The New Yorker ran a piece with this headline without presenting any evidence of systematic sexual violence. Moreover the interviewee has since walked back much of what she claimed here. The piece is still up with the same headline