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You Throw, I’ll Catch
Life’s lessons often come at you in ways you don’t expect, writes Glenn Scott. And when they do, you better have your mitts ready. Mentors are important. Sometimes you find them, sometimes they find...
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Pot for Peace: From Gaza To Nimbin For MardiGrass 2024
Every year, thousands flock to the ‘alternative capital of Australia’ in the foothills of the mountains behind Byron Bay, for the annual Nimbin Mardi Grass festival, where there’s almost as much weed...
View ArticleSilencing The Future: The Ethical Dilemma Of Banning Teens From Social Media
Remember that time that we locked teens out of social media, and made them all safer by silencing and disempowering them? Neither does Dr Kathryn Daley. This week we have seen the launch a campaign for...
View ArticleNew Matilda Statement Regarding Ongoing Use Of Social Media
Over time, New Matilda readers might have noticed a significant drop-off in our engagement on social media. And by ‘significant drop-off’, I mean ‘we’ve stopped posting shit on social media’. Or as the...
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Julian Assange And The Criminalization of Journalism: A Story Of Moral Injury...
‘The truth will out’, or so the saying goes. The question is, at least in a modern context, is how much injury – moral and otherwise – is suffered by the courageous men and women trying to expose it?...
View ArticleRebel Wilson Appears Not To Have Gotten The Hollywood Memo On ‘Thou Shalt...
In an industry where there’s definitely not a place for everyone, but where everyone absolutely must know their place, iconic Australian actress Rebel Wilson appears not to have ‘gotten the memo’. How...
View ArticleThe Rise Of Hot Takes In A Changing Media Landscape
Or ‘how the hot take contest poisons the information marketplace’. By Joshua Dabelstein. “And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he, Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see. And the turtles, of...
View ArticleI Before Thee, No Exceptions: The Politics Of A Pronoun
Forget GenX or GenY, or any of the other monikers associated with generational identity. We’re actually living in the ‘Me Generation’. Mark Furlong explains. A mechanic regularly inspects the old lift...
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My Journey Through The Social Media Swamp: Dr David Shearman
Recently, New Matilda announced it had suspended use of its Facebook and Twitter accounts, on the basis of the harm social media was causing in society. Dr David Shearman, a renowned physician and...
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ABC’s New Series ‘Eat The Invaders’ Gets 4.5 Stars… And I Haven’t Even...
It’s the ABC, the original home of the saying ‘All sizzle, no sausage’, so it’s always possible we’re all going to be spectacularly disappointed. But its new series Eat The Invaders looks to be the...
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