Kelly The details are horrifying, but her courage is game changing if we make it. Honor her bravery.

I would be happy to. Here are some well-dressed Indians. 🧵

🧵I saw an Aboriginal aunty busking in Newtown last night. She plays the saxophone & it was special. I listened for 20mins, dropped $50 into her case & said "You remind me of Marlene Cummings, the great blues & Jazz artist from way back." She looked up, crying: "I am Marlene."

Look, the one thing I've learned in my life is that you cannot trust systems to protect you. You should be able to but you can't. You always have to have a backup plan for when systems fail - governments, corporations, whatever. You cannot rely on competence or even good intent.

If you love your neighbors, protect them and defend them. Hide them if need be. If you love your children, fight for a future they might actually have rather than the future you thought they'd have. Stop buying into this broken system because you think you should. Be smarter.

No one is afraid of commentators. They're afraid of community organizers, people handing out free lunches to schoolkids and teaching them history. That's far more of a real threat than guns and cheap talk from unscary people who don't intimidate anyone.

As promised, here is my acceptance speech for the Black & Write Fellowship that I wasn't able to give today, because the event was postponed and my award rescinded (possibly under direction of QLD Arts Minister) - 1/

PSA: it's Sorry Day today, not Apology Day. Learn the difference. And please be respectful.

to the person working at The Age/Sydney Morning Herald that is passing on my email address without consent (I have no idea who they are or how they got it) - stop being so unethical. Ask me first

Thread: update on the State Library of Queensland & QLD government's unethical rescindment of my Black&Write Fellowship, with references to their letter (received today); and a call for action:

to all the nice people who asked me what help I needed after that ridiculous QLD politician stole a $15,000 literary award from me, I need an income. Freelance work/writing gigs. I need people to mention me around tables discussing opportunities for writers. Work such as >

Opinion pieces, literature reviews/essays, judging awards, grant assessments, design & deliver workshops, mentoring, guest speaker, arts project management. Also have lots of professional experience in non arts sectors. Prefer working from home, but will travel for events. 2/2

Nobody is going to subject themselves to the trials and tedium of applying for and maintaining eligibility for NDIS unless they genuinely need the support. It’s not a program being rorted by disabled people. I’ll die on this hill.

30 years in Brizvegas! #Brisbane #30years

She ate yall right on up!

it took a boycott for Jimmy Kimmel less than a week to break Disney imagine what you could accomplish for Palestine