Month: November 2016
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Book Review: Cove
Originally posted on Tim Hannigan:
The first echo is there in the physical form of the book itself: a slender pinch of pages, little thicker than a floor tile; a thing to be handled carefully as if it might break, and to be read with a delicate dabbing, like eating some rare dessert. The next… -
On Hanson’s claims that women lie about sexual assault
Originally posted on No Place For Sheep:
Michaelia Cash, Minister for Women, hugs Senator Pauline Hanson ? My default attitude to Pauline Hanson is that my life is too short to spend much time contemplating her, however, an interview on Sunrise (no, I’m not linking) in which she gloated about the Trump victory and sputteringly… -
Dystopian Delights
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Nov. 9, 2016 THERE were no visibly ruffled kebayas at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival session featuring American author Lionel Shriver on Oct. 29. No one loudly rattled their worry beads or furiously flounced out. This was in stark contrast to the […]