How is this song seven years old? It still gives me chills like I’m hearing it for the first time.
Month: March 2017
No Award listens to podcasts
“Uh, Liz?” said Stephanie at 3:30 this afternoon, “did we forget to do a post today?”
We totally did. But that just means it’s time for a post I’ve been planning for a while: podcast recs! Here’s what we listen to…
aflw round 5
Hello and welcome to round 5. Stephanie certainly did not get mocked for referring to a match as a bout on Friday evening and Liz is resigning herself to crowds.
[book] The Sea is Ours: Tales From Steampunk Southeast Asia
Today we have a guest review from Friend of No Award Rivqa, who is reviewing The Sea is Ours: Tales From Steampunk Southeast Asia, eds Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng. Rosarium Publishing, 2015.
Stephanie was approached by Rosarium Publishing to review The Sea is Ours, then after she said yes palmed it off on Rivqa on the grounds that Steph is friends with both Jaymee and Joyce and it’s probably not super appropriate.
Some editorial comments from Steph remain, cos she’s Southeast Asian and Rivqa isn’t.
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those great whites, they have big links
For once, we had this week’s song chosen more than five minutes before the post went live … and then Lorde released her new song, and it’s about sharks.
(It mentions sharks once.)
(The shark is a metaphor.)
exorcising the ghosts (of colonies past)
Stephanie would like to talk to you about ghosts. Beneath the fold she uses words like ‘decolonise’, ‘ritual’, and ‘read the Koran to keep the ghosts away in a video game’.
Activism for Aussies: penalty rates
Last Thursday, the Fair Work Commission announced a cut to Sunday penalty rates for the retail, pharmacy and hospitality industries. Casual workers are unaffected, but full- and part-time employees in those areas will see their Sunday and public holiday pay drop.
News.com.au has an outline of who is affected and how.
Below the cut: more information, and action points.
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