Overland is proud to be a co-sponsor of this symposium on histories of sexism and racism in Australian Literature. Follow the links to register and view the full program.

hey that's me! Wrote this about #NopeMovie , and weird fiction, and, yes, a certain critical shortsightedness.

'Many critics—and, as a result, many audiences—still conceive of the fantastic as little more than a series of parables, rather than a series of encounters.'

A brilliant examination by James Macaronas of NOPE as a work of weird fiction.
overland.org.au/2022/10/nobody…

I wrote about the dangers of this kind of liberal assertion, that is of a racist's peace, here:

overland.org.au/2020/07/fighti…

This is accurate. Australia went from failing to recognise Palestinian sovereignty to following Trump in recognising West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel - the most extremely right position that exists in western politics

Now we r back to a still complicit liberal consensus.

I’ve got a piece up at Overland Journal on THAT Just Stop Oil protest and related matters

'The proper response to the soup protesters isn’t to deride their actions, but to decry the system that brought them about.'

Ben Brooker 🍄 on Soupgate and the forms of climate change activism.
overland.org.au/2022/10/on-sou…

'Without consent, no matter the quality of the art, there is no justification for playing the audio recording of somebody’s rape: not for audience experience, nor for sympathy, nor for entertainment.'

Louisa Buchanan on the ethics of Netflix's KEEP SWEET overland.org.au/2022/10/keep-s…

My piece on working in perinatal mental health during the pandemic

drawing for Overland Journal based on some recent research from the Climate Council overland.org.au/2022/10/enough…

'By mid-2020 the service was experiencing more than a 50 per cent increase in demand, which my colleagues and I struggled to meet.'

Madeline Hamilton on perinatal care during the last pandemic - and what should be done before the next one.
overland.org.au/2022/10/anxiou…

We’re very excited to share this new poem from the great Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn for your Friday night enjoyment ✨

overland.org.au/2022/10/poetry…

We're so excited to announce the extraordinary shortlist for this year's Nakata Brophy Prize, congratulations to our amazing writers!

overland.org.au/2022/10/announ…

how on earth did one of the most persecuted, militant, internationalist, communist unions in australia make it to 150 years old!!!!!! happy bday to the beautiful mighty project that is the MUA ❤️❤️❤️

'Yet, when 2020 came along, Agamben took a dark turn, and he emerged as one of the most insistent, most incendiary of the modern critics of the pandemic response.'
William Farnsworth on what to do with Giorgio Agamben. overland.org.au/2022/10/what-a…

Thank you very much Overland Journal for publishing my rant on the continued shitty treatment and exclusion of #ActuallyAutistic people. Big thanks also to editor Giovanni Tiso for helping me out 🥰

'Unfortunately, it is difficult to self-determine as an Autistic person when the people around you think they know your own brain better than you do.'

Phoebe Lupton on Autistic erasure
overland.org.au/2022/10/invisi…

lord almighty me and many like actual literary scholars (love this article so much think about it every day) have been talking about Taylor’s work and persona through a lens of queer interpretation for literally years please hop off our dicks thanks overland.org.au/2020/08/our-lo…