What COVID-19 tells us about capitalism Type Polemic Category CapitalismCoronavirus By Stephen Wright 30.Apr.20 8 Comments
Housing is a right, homelessness is a weapon Type Polemic Category Housing By Joshua Badge 28.Apr.20 5 Comments
Coronavirus and the police state Type Polemic Category CoronavirusPolicing By Lizzie O'Shea 27.Apr.20 3 Comments
Stay at home! The politics of COVID-19 Type Polemic Category CoronavirusPolitics By Scott Robinson 19.Mar.20 4 Comments
Today we give ourselves permission Type Polemic Category Feminism By Priyanka Bromhead 5.Mar.20 2 Comments
Communiqué from the Department of Homo Affairs - #resist250 Type Polemic Category ActivismColonial fictions By The Department of Homo Affairs 4.Mar.20 1 Comment
Karens I have known: a reply to Julia Baird Type Polemic Category Class By Tim Calabria 25.Feb.20 8 Comments
What happened to Richard Dawkins? Type Polemic Category alt-right By Jeff Sparrow 18.Feb.20 12 Comments
Living with HIV: the conflict of interest between AIDS organisations and the pharmaceutical industry Type Polemic Category Health By James May 1.Dec.19 3 Comments
It's neoliberalism that lit the fires Type Polemic Category Climate changeThe university By Suzie Gibson 21.Nov.19 5 Comments
1999: The greatest year in phalluloid Type Polemic Category CinemaSexism By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 15.Nov.19 0 Comments
The myth of ‘the most successful multicultural country in the world’ Type Polemic Category Immigration By Daniel Henri 7.Nov.19 3 Comments
Why the phrase ‘toxic masculinity’ is an obstacle to change Type Polemic Category Feminism By Josephine Browne 6.Nov.19 0 Comments
Can we stop the rape jokes now? Type Polemic Category ComedyMisogyny By Sharon Andrews 11.Oct.19 0 Comments
Ramsay, Marx and the ghosts of the Western canon Type Polemic Category MarxRamsay Centre By Matthew Halton 7.Oct.19 1 Comment
On the side of justice: Indigenous communities versus Adani Type Polemic Category Land rightsThe future By Ruchira Talukdar 9.Sep.19 2 Comments
Speaking from the dumpster fire of our times Type Polemic Category Freedom of speech By Robert Wood 6.Sep.19 3 Comments
How we fight the border industrial complex Type Polemic Category Borders By Lizzie O'Shea 3.Sep.19 0 Comments
What the fate of ‘Jihadi brides’ tells us about being Muslim in Australia Type Polemic By Rasheeda Wilson 27.Aug.19 0 Comments
An inherently stupid prize of our own? Type Polemic Category literary cultureWriting By Kirsten Tranter 21.Aug.19 6 Comments
Labor's refugee abyss Type Polemic Category PoliticsRefugee rights By Con Karavias 6.Aug.19 1 Comment
My very dishonourable dishonour fee Type Polemic Category Capitalism By Sue Stevenson 5.Aug.19 0 Comments
And the winner isn’t: on the inherent stupidity of literary prizes Type Polemic Category literary cultureReading By Emmett Stinson 2.Aug.19 14 Comments
Where are all the disabled academics? Type Polemic Category DisabilityThe university By Amber Karanikolas 15.Jul.19 1 Comment
The criminal silence of the Australian media on Sudan Type Polemic Category imperialismRacism By Con Karavias 11.Jul.19 2 Comments
Suicide is more than just a tragedy Type Polemic Category Mental health By Benjamin Riley 10.Jul.19 1 Comment
A forgotten history of terrorism Type Polemic Category HistoryPolitics By George Ganitis 5.Jul.19 0 Comments
On free speech on campus, and why the French code will be no help Type Polemic Category Freedom of speechThe university By Nick Riemer 1.Jul.19 1 Comment
Squeezed by Lime: e-scooters and the tragedy of the commons Type Polemic Category public transportUrbanism By James Dann 18.Jun.19 2 Comments
Against liberal tolerance Type Polemic Category PhilosophyPolitics By Scott Robinson 14.Jun.19 1 Comment
New Zealand’s own stolen generations Type Polemic Category Indigenous rights By Morgan Godfery 13.Jun.19 5 Comments
Our self-harm, your free speech: an open letter Type Polemic Category PoliticsRefugee rights By Shamindan Kanapathi 27.May.19 7 Comments
We live in anti-political times Type Polemic Category Federal Election 2019 By Elizabeth Humphrys 20.May.19 13 Comments
Federal election 2019: What the hell just happened? Five arguments Type Polemic Category Federal Election 2019the left By Amy Thomas 19.May.19 22 Comments
Where to now for the left? Type Polemic Category Federal Election 2019The future By Jeff Sparrow 19.May.19 26 Comments
The other side of climate grief is climate fury Type Polemic Category Climate catastropheFederal Election 2019 By Jennifer Mills 17.May.19 11 Comments
Stop scapegoating international students: an open letter from NTEU members Type Polemic Category Racism By Editorial team 10.May.19 23 Comments
Let’s abolish the Border Force and Home Affairs Type Polemic Category Borders By Joshua Badge 7.May.19 2 Comments
The casualties of academia: a response to The Conversation Type Polemic Category The universityWork By Kelly Palmer and Kate Cantrell 6.May.19 31 Comments
Intimacy. Extinction. 2000 dead bats. Type Polemic Category EnvironmentLong read By Shannon Woodcock 3.May.19 9 Comments
Rebuilding the ANZAC cathedral: more ludicrous spending for national validation Type Polemic Category NationalismWar By Ben Brooker 23.Apr.19 8 Comments
My art doesn’t exist to educate white people: the meaning and purpose of Where are you from? Type Polemic Category ArtRace By Shelley Cheng 18.Apr.19 2 Comments
Before we ossify: on forgetting, radical histories and the Anthropocene Type Polemic Category Climate griefHistory By Claire Collie 12.Apr.19 4 Comments
Cardinal rules: Keith Windschuttle's extraordinary defence of George Pell Type Polemic Category RacismThe Right By Dan Dixon 9.Apr.19 26 Comments
Playing God with our lives and stories: the stubborn power of the Pacific muse Type Polemic Category Representation By Winnie Siulolovao Dunn 2.Apr.19 1 Comment
The Ramsay Centre and the reality of ideology Type Polemic Category ChristchurchRamsay CentreThe university By Nick Riemer 28.Mar.19 8 Comments
‘We feed you.’ The real cost of undocumented labour in Australia Type Polemic Category LabourMigration By Sanmati Verma 22.Mar.19 1 Comment
57 hours of Donkey Kong! (or Why the left should care more about gaming) Type Polemic Category CultureTechnology By Maddison Stoff 27.Feb.19 3 Comments
Sticky floors and Sticky Fingers Type Polemic Category MusicSexism By Gracie Wilson-Cooper 7.Feb.19 0 Comments
For the love of the music Type Polemic Category Musicsexual harassment By Steph Meegan Davies 7.Feb.19 0 Comments
Pride and Liberal Party prejudices Type Polemic Category ActivismLGBTIQ By Tony Pitman 1.Feb.19 2 Comments
Mapping deaths in custody to dismantle carceral logic Type Polemic Category Activism By Jordy Silverstein 30.Jan.19 2 Comments
The right to be cool, even during a heatwave Type Polemic Category Climate changeHealth By Margareta Windisch 25.Jan.19 1 Comment
KonMari and minimalism: fads for the affluent and aspirational Type Polemic Category CapitalismCulture By Erin Stewart 23.Jan.19 11 Comments
From boomer to millennial bust Type Polemic Category ClassThe future By Rebecca Freeman 14.Dec.18 1 Comment
A left case against borders: a response to, among others, Angela Nagle Type Polemic Category Borders By Joshua Mostafa 14.Dec.18 6 Comments
Subjects of the imagination: on dropping the settler pen Type Polemic Category Long readWriting By Jeanine Leane 5.Dec.18 2 Comments
Abolish ASIO: a person of littler interest Type Polemic Category Surveillancethe left By Tom Orsag 30.Nov.18 1 Comment
Why the Greens will continue to fail Type Polemic Category ElectioneeringSocialism By Annie Toller 26.Nov.18 17 Comments
Back to where they came from: against conditional belonging Type Polemic Category NationalismRefugees By Tinonee Pym 19.Nov.18 0 Comments
How to organise a call centre Type Polemic Category Labour rights By Michael Roberts and Workers' Art Collective 15.Nov.18 0 Comments
When fascist despair leads to fascist terror Type Polemic Category Far rightLong read By Jeff Sparrow 2.Nov.18 0 Comments
It’s a bad time to be an early career researcher Type Polemic Category The university By Brendan Keogh 31.Oct.18 5 Comments
Un-mappable Fascism: What maps can (and can’t) explain about the Brazilian election Type Polemic Category Far rightLong read By Freg J Stokes 29.Oct.18 9 Comments
False dichotomies: against the ‘Lifetime Ban’ Bill Type Polemic Category Refugees By Sanmati Verma 24.Oct.18 4 Comments
The ‘soft’ violence of onshore immigration detention Type Polemic Category incarcerationRefugees By Michelle Peterie 22.Oct.18 2 Comments
Long live the gender whisperers Type Polemic Category EducationHomophobia By Amy Thomas, Hannah McCann and Geraldine Fela 15.Oct.18 0 Comments
‘Think in the national language’ and other assimilationist proverbs Type Polemic Category EducationRacism By Amy Thomas 12.Oct.18 0 Comments
The aspirationals vs the burdens: reading migrants and refugees through No Friend but the Mountains Type Polemic Category ActivismRefugee rights By Sukhmani Khorana 10.Oct.18 1 Comment
There’s no such thing as a free speech Type Polemic Category ActivismThe Right By Chris di Pasquale 8.Oct.18 1 Comment
The reality of endometriosis Type Polemic Category HealthInequality By Jemma Nott 3.Oct.18 3 Comments
Sleepwalking into a digital dystopia Type Polemic Category Civil libertiesSurveillance By Tim Singleton Norton 27.Sep.18 0 Comments
The under-represented many: on gender prejudice in music Type Polemic Category CultureSexism By Max Larkin 26.Sep.18 3 Comments
Breaking the consensus: where to for the left Type Polemic Category PoliticsThe future By Max Chandler-Mather 24.Sep.18 4 Comments
Not just a culture war: the Ramsay Centre and Sydney University Type Polemic Category Ramsay CentreThe Right By David Brophy and Nick Riemer 19.Sep.18 3 Comments
Against brilliance Type Polemic Category sexual harassmentThe academy By Ann Deslandes 17.Sep.18 0 Comments
No, I’m not OK: the isolation of R U OK? Day Type Polemic Category Mental health By Elizabeth Saunders 13.Sep.18 18 Comments
Climate change was so last year: writers’ festivals and the great derangement Type Polemic Category Climate changeReading By Ben Brooker 3.Sep.18 2 Comments
Invisible, until … On harassment and power in literary culture Type Polemic Category SexismWriting By Marlee Jane Ward 3.Sep.18 7 Comments
Reclaiming ‘provincialism’ – and the regional university Type Polemic Category ClassEducation By Valentina Gosetti 31.Aug.18 21 Comments
The limits of ‘sisterhood’: on gendered and racial violence Type Polemic Category ActivismRacism By Sumaiya Muyeen 22.Aug.18 0 Comments
The final solution Type Polemic Category ActivismFar right By Roqayah Chamseddine 15.Aug.18 2 Comments
Racists on speaking tour: rethinking our response Type Polemic Category ActivismFar right By Simon Copland 13.Aug.18 7 Comments
A new red scare? On the campaign against Chinese influence Type Polemic Category Racismthe state By Colin Robinson 10.Aug.18 0 Comments
On the fear of a ‘foreign invasion’ Type Polemic Category Far rightThe media By Jeff Sparrow 8.Aug.18 5 Comments
Why I won’t come to your gig Type Polemic Category Sexismsexual harassment By Chloë Cooper 25.Jul.18 2 Comments
Death of the Facebook author: rethinking ‘intent’ Type Polemic Category Far rightThe media By Dan Dixon 25.Jul.18 0 Comments
Why the alt-right want to call Australia home Type Polemic Category Far rightRacism By Chris di Pasquale 18.Jul.18 0 Comments
POC reading groups as an act of resistance Type Polemic Category DecolonialismReading By Devana Senanayake 16.Jul.18 1 Comment
Contrapower: on sexual harassment by students Type Polemic Category sexual harassmentThe university By Kate Cantrell 13.Jul.18 13 Comments
Diamonds bite back: a response to Robert Wood Type Polemic Category CriticismPoetry By Jonathan Dunk 12.Jul.18 31 Comments
Unfunded excellence: on the mid-career crisis for Australian artists Type Polemic Category the arts By Emilie Collyer 11.Jul.18 17 Comments
First walk with me: on our assumptions about refugees Type Polemic Category DignityRefugee rights By Mohammad Asif Rahimi 11.Jul.18 5 Comments
Gamers and managers vs workers: the impossible (and gendered) standards imposed on game developers Type Polemic Category GamingWork By Brendan Keogh 10.Jul.18 2 Comments
Bad reception: socialising and dating without a voice Type Polemic Category DisabilityTechnology By Emma Jenkins 4.Jul.18 1 Comment
The inhospitable university (or the machine of knowledge and ignorance) Type Polemic Category EducationLong read By Scott Robinson 27.Jun.18 1 Comment
A brief (fascist) history of ‘I don’t care’ Type Polemic Category FascismHistory By Giovanni Tiso 22.Jun.18 39 Comments
The bureaucratic absurdities of teaching in New South Wales Type Polemic Category EducationLabour rights By Dan Hogan 22.Jun.18 3 Comments
Writing politics in a burning world Type Polemic Category PoliticsWriting By Nick Riemer 15.Jun.18 1 Comment
Muslim women and the neoliberal logic of ‘empowerment’ Type Polemic Category CapitalismPolitics By Sumaiya Muyeen 13.Jun.18 2 Comments
Politicising the playground Type Polemic Category Politicsyouth By Fernanda Dahlstrom 8.Jun.18 0 Comments
Disgusting entities: on the moralising meat-eaters Type Polemic Category The environmentVegetarianism By Ben Brooker 6.Jun.18 14 Comments
Is there a future for the left in the Greens? Type Polemic Category The Greensthe left By Tom Raue 29.May.18 9 Comments
Racism and the China debate: a response to Chris Zappone Type Polemic Category ChinaNationalism By David Brophy 24.May.18 3 Comments
The haunting of Law & Order: SVU Type Polemic Category TelevisionViolence By Kate Prendergast 21.May.18 4 Comments
Unthinking modernity: on the Great Derangement Type Polemic Category Long readThe future By Louis Klee 18.May.18 5 Comments
Shopping for love on the meat market Type Polemic Category AlienationTechnology By Tim Robertson 9.May.18 8 Comments
Passing without distinction: on taste, class and quizzes Type Polemic Category ClassCulture By Duncan Stuart 2.May.18 5 Comments
What I learnt from my PhD (in creative writing) Type Polemic Category Higher educationWriting By Rose Michael 30.Apr.18 2 Comments
From misery to misogyny: incels and the far right Type Polemic Category Far rightMisogyny By Jeff Sparrow 27.Apr.18 3 Comments
100 years of Anzac: ludicrous spending for nationalist validation Type Polemic Category NationalismWar By Ben Brooker 24.Apr.18 14 Comments
Mass incarceration is a feature not a bug Type Polemic Category RacismTechnology By Lizzie O'Shea 20.Apr.18 1 Comment
Against ‘neo-peasantry’ and the desire for self-sufficiency Type Polemic Category Classfarming By Rachel Goldlust 16.Apr.18 14 Comments
On solidarity with Gazans Type Polemic Category dispossessionPalestine By Jordy Silverstein 9.Apr.18 3 Comments
The wolves of the sandstones Type Polemic Category neoliberalismThe university By Joseph Moore 6.Apr.18 1 Comment
Mourning glory: the narcissism of the Australian ideal Type Polemic Category NationalismSport By Dan Dixon and Ryan Cropp 29.Mar.18 2 Comments
Failure is always an option: on Unkle Adams’ YouTube series Type Polemic Category Late capitalismThe internet By Laurence Barratt-Manning 28.Mar.18 2 Comments
South Africa: where ‘Australia’ is code for racist Type Polemic Category ActivismDecolonialism By John Marnell 23.Mar.18 13 Comments
I, Algorithm: on AI imitating art Type Polemic Category CultureTechnology By Cat McLeod 19.Mar.18 1 Comment
Narcissism isn’t what it used to be Type Polemic Category Culturesocial media By Siobhan Lyons 16.Mar.18 0 Comments
Appearance and reputation over education: on Monash University’s arts cuts Type Polemic Category Higher educationLabour rights By Chris di Pasquale 14.Mar.18 1 Comment
Communiqué from the Department of Homo Affairs Type Polemic Category ActivismRefugees By The Department of Homo Affairs 5.Mar.18 12 Comments
Safe swimming spaces, free of the cis-male gaze Type Polemic Category Sexism By Samantha Trayhurn 2.Mar.18
The mad and the bad: against pathologising mental illness Type Polemic Category Mental healthTrump By Sahanika Ratnayake 26.Feb.18 1 Comment
Will the Victorian Socialists shake up Victoria’s election year? Type Polemic Category ElectioneeringPolitics By Liam Byrne 21.Feb.18 2 Comments
Beyond fees: a case for a waged education Type Polemic Category Education By Jemimah Tarasov 21.Feb.18 2 Comments
‘Words are cheap’: ten years on, Mparntwe fears another Stolen Generation Type Polemic Category Indigenous rights By Amy Thomas 19.Feb.18 1 Comment
Beyond startups: supporting Australian videogame culture Type Polemic Category the arts By Brendan Keogh and John Banks 12.Feb.18 0 Comments
When you ban a song against Nazis on Holocaust Remembrance Day Type Polemic Category Fascism By Giovanni Tiso 6.Feb.18 0 Comments
The battle is far from over Type Polemic Category ActivismLGBTIQ By Candy Royalle 5.Feb.18 0 Comments
How Labor can win back Victoria’s love (part three) Type Polemic Category Politics By Godfrey Moase 2.Feb.18 0 Comments
Victoria’s lost love for Labor: firefighters and unions (part two) Type Polemic Category Politics By Godfrey Moase 1.Feb.18 0 Comments
Victoria’s lost love for Labor (part one) Type Polemic Category Politics By Godfrey Moase 31.Jan.18 2 Comments
Should we stop using Ubers then? Type Polemic Category ActivismLabour By Angus Reoch 29.Jan.18 3 Comments
‘Low Confidence’: there's no DNA test for culture Type Polemic Category RacismScience By Danielle Moreau 22.Jan.18 2 Comments
On fetishising busyness and tiredness Type Polemic Category Disability By Evan Young 20.Dec.17 0 Comments
‘Do we not laugh?’ On the continuing obsession with Merchant of Venice Type Polemic Category ArtRacism By Gabriella Edelstein 18.Dec.17 0 Comments
After liberalism: a response to ‘Safe White Spaces’ Type Polemic Category Politics By Robert Wood 15.Dec.17 2 Comments
The Other people: CALD and the ‘Cat person’ Type Polemic Category ReadingWriting By Evelyn Araluen 12.Dec.17 9 Comments
Analogies and excuses: racism and the marriage equality debate Type Polemic Category Queer politicsRacism By Max P Castle 4.Dec.17 0 Comments
Everybody’s heading for the exit Type Polemic Category MusicNationalism By Ben Brooker 30.Nov.17 4 Comments
Criminal bosses belong in criminal courts Type Polemic Category Labour rights By Robert Corr 29.Nov.17 0 Comments
Won’t someone think of the boys Type Polemic Category ReadingWriting By Lili Wilkinson 28.Nov.17 14 Comments
‘I don’t know why they do shit like ice. Fucking Junkies.’ Type Polemic Category AddictionQueer politics By Brandon Cook 27.Nov.17 0 Comments
How rock gods think: the politics of Nick Cave and Thom Yorke Type Polemic Category MusicPalestine By Stephen Wright 22.Nov.17
Marriage Equality: the victory and the aftermath Type Polemic Category ActivismLGBTIQ By Chris di Pasquale 17.Nov.17 0 Comments
A sex worker’s consent: solidarity, not sanctimony Type Polemic Category Labour rightsSexual assault By Sadie Slyfox 10.Nov.17 2 Comments
Manus Island: building on the outrage Type Polemic Category Refugee rights By Liam Ward 6.Nov.17 0 Comments
The very real economic roots of #MeToo Type Polemic Category FeminismInequality By Caitlin Doyle-Markwick 1.Nov.17 3 Comments
Bodies in Trouble: on sexual violence and the problem with hashtags Type Polemic Category Sexual assaultViolence By Melody Paloma 25.Oct.17 0 Comments
No room for children: the absurd theory of population control Type Polemic Category Capitalism in declineClimate politics By Peter Thrupp 9.Oct.17 3 Comments
I, a Yolngu man from Arnhem Land Type Polemic Category IdentityLGBTIQ By Mangatjay McGregor 5.Oct.17 3 Comments
Seeing through perspective: a blind tourist’s guide to art Type Polemic Category accessibilityArt By Ria Andriani 28.Sep.17 0 Comments
Rainbows, not media storms Type Polemic Category ActivismEqual marriage By Jeff Sparrow 26.Sep.17 3 Comments
Your disco needs you Type Polemic Category Equal marriageLGBTIQMusic By Samuel Townsend 13.Sep.17 4 Comments
Teenagers believe in marriage equality and we deserve a vote Type Polemic Category Equal marriageLGBTIQ By Ruby Craven 22.Aug.17 0 Comments
On Australian poetry now: a response to David Campbell Type Polemic Category Poetry By Robert Wood 17.Aug.17 47 Comments
‘Kids are gross’: on feminists and agency Type Polemic Category Gender By Caitlin McGregor 7.Aug.17 60 Comments
The restoration of George W Bush Type Polemic Category United StatesWar By Alana Schetzer 4.Aug.17 2 Comments
‘Stitched up’: on what she was wearing Type Polemic Category The mediaViolence By Samantha Trayhurn 17.Jul.17 2 Comments
‘Dr Goebbels’ mastheads’: on antisemitism and News Corp Type Polemic Category Far rightRacism By Jeff Sparrow 13.Jul.17 5 Comments
Otto Warmbier was a victim of capitalism Type Polemic Category Capitalism in declinePolitics By Simon Copland 10.Jul.17 0 Comments
Australia has a long history of feeding the disabled through a meat grinder Type Polemic Category InequalityPolitics By Bee Spencer 7.Jul.17 2 Comments
The battle for the Greens Type Polemic Category PoliticsThe future By Michael Brull 30.Jun.17 31 Comments
On politicising tragedy Type Polemic Category InequalityThe media By Ben Brooker 21.Jun.17 0 Comments
Fit for habitation: Grenfell Tower, class and solidarity Type Polemic Category ActivismHousing By Charlotte Bence 20.Jun.17 4 Comments
Literary production versus institutional whiteness Type Polemic Category RacismWriting By Bobuq Sayed 19.Jun.17 7 Comments
‘Just a person’: race and the Australian literati Type Polemic Category ReadingWriting By Dan Dixon 31.May.17 11 Comments
Blak Critics: flipping the power play in the arts Type Polemic Category ArtCriticism By Timmah Ball 10.May.17 0 Comments
A modest budget proposal Type Polemic Category ActivismEducation By Chris di Pasquale 10.May.17 0 Comments
In New Zealand, where abortion is still a crime Type Polemic Category ActivismReproductive rights By Stephanie Rodgers 19.Apr.17 0 Comments
You can be a successful writer, but only if you live in Melbourne or Sydney Type Polemic Category ReadingWriting By Ben Walter 12.Apr.17 18 Comments
When the aim is to dismantle all walls: on liberal Zionism and the Women’s Strike Type Polemic Category ActivismFeminism By Jordy Silverstein 29.Mar.17 0 Comments
The principal preoccupation of writers the world over Type Polemic Category Climate politicsReading By Evan Fleischer 6.Mar.17 0 Comments
The only way is up (via anxiety and endless self-promotion) Type Polemic Category CultureTechnology By Kath Kenny 3.Mar.17 3 Comments
Frenemies: severing the ties between LGBTQI and the far right Type Polemic Category Far rightLGBTIQ By Chris di Pasquale 2.Mar.17 3 Comments
Seeking welcome while Australian Type Polemic Category NationalismRacism By Cher Tan 1.Mar.17 0 Comments
Maintain the wage rage Type Polemic Category ActivismLabour rights By Godfrey Moase and Carina Garland 27.Feb.17 4 Comments
The Democratic Party is already great! Type Polemic Category TrumpismUnited States By Olivier Jutel 27.Feb.17 3 Comments
Still failing trans people Type Polemic Category The mediaTransgender rights By Allison Gallagher 20.Feb.17 0 Comments
Shakespeare in Rwanda: the white-saviour industrial complex Type Polemic Category imperialismRacism By Tim Robertson 17.Feb.17 0 Comments
Not just born to make meat: resisting the sexism of reviewing culture Type Polemic Category ReadingSexism By Alex Gerrans 15.Feb.17 0 Comments
Stupid cultures: on our obsession with Literature Type Polemic Category ReadingWriting By Tristan Foster 10.Feb.17 14 Comments
Chicken feet with a side of racism Type Polemic Category FoodRacism By Diana Tung 1.Feb.17 11 Comments
Celebrating the conquistadors Type Polemic Category Land rightsPolitics By Ann Deslandes 25.Jan.17 1 Comment
Dole-bludgers, leaners and other neoliberal fantasies Type Polemic Category InequalityPrecarity By Maddison Stoff 19.Jan.17 12 Comments
Embedded misogyny: the academic erasure of women Type Polemic Category ArtSexismWriting By Natalie Kon-yu and Enza Gandolfo 12.Dec.16 24 Comments
Deveny’s ‘financial abortion’ is a form of coercive control Type Polemic Category Feminism By Cristy Clark 7.Dec.16 21 Comments
Yet more cuts to the guts: on the recent ABC funding cuts Type Polemic Category PublishingThe media By Mitchell Welch 6.Dec.16 6 Comments
Truth: executed by political consensus Type Polemic Category The mediaTrump By Giovanni Tiso 22.Nov.16 3 Comments
A plague on the Whitehouse Type Polemic Category FeminismPolitics By Lizzie O'Shea 10.Nov.16 3 Comments
The 400ppm tipping point Type Polemic Category ActivismThe environment By Jennifer Mills 8.Nov.16 0 Comments
On nationalising Facebook, or perhaps just its architecture Type Polemic Category TechnologyThe future By Giovanni Tiso 7.Nov.16 3 Comments
Degrees of debt: the failure of creative writing courses Type Polemic Category The universityWriting By Gabrielle Innes 18.Oct.16 10 Comments
Dylan’s Nobel: the true birthright of the male artist Type Polemic Category CultureMisogynyPolitics By Stephen Wright 14.Oct.16 28 Comments
The artlessness of politics Type Polemic Category ArtCapitalism in decline By Dan Dixon 13.Oct.16 2 Comments
Revisionist History in need of some revisions Type Polemic Category CultureTechnology By Lizzie O'Shea 12.Oct.16 1 Comment
A short history of the dangers of travel writing Type Polemic Category RacismReadingWriting By Stephanie Lai 11.Oct.16 13 Comments
‘Go back to China!’: on imposed identities Type Polemic Category IdentityRacism By Chloe Wong 7.Oct.16 2 Comments
Her real name: on the unmasking of Elena Ferrante Type Polemic Category ReadingSexismWriting By Giovanni Tiso 3.Oct.16 17 Comments
A chop to multiculturalism Type Polemic Category NationalismTelevision By Ben Brooker 14.Sep.16 3 Comments
The spectre of union donations Type Polemic Category Labour rightsPolitics By Chris ORegan 14.Sep.16 0 Comments
Pseudo-secularism and the French Left Type Polemic Category NationalismPoliticsRacism By Chris di Pasquale 2.Sep.16 1 Comment
Can I still call Australia home? Type Polemic Category LGBTIQ By Mikaella Clements 17.Aug.16 1 Comment
Trump, fascism, Putin and Wikileaks: the anatomy of a liberal nervous breakdown Type Polemic Category PoliticsUnited States By Olivier Jutel 8.Aug.16 36 Comments
On opposition to Helen Clark’s UN bid Type Polemic Category Land rightsRacism By Morgan Godfery 3.Aug.16 14 Comments
The violence of forgiveness Type Polemic Category Racism By Mohamad Tabbaa and Claudia Sirdah 21.Jul.16 25 Comments
Labour camps: the election lines on the left Type Polemic Category DemocracyRefugees By Giacomo Bianchino 8.Jul.16 2 Comments
Poor writing: on bogan hunting in the bookshop Type Polemic Category ClassWriting By Rebecca Douglas 24.Jun.16 4 Comments
A short turn to the death of democracy Type Polemic Category Politics By Mira Adler-Gillies 21.Jun.16 0 Comments
Ghosts at the borders Type Polemic Category ElectioneeringRacism By Jeff Sparrow 18.May.16 2 Comments
You can have submarines instead Type Polemic Category ArtEconomics By Ben Brooker 13.May.16 3 Comments
We, a nation of torturers Type Polemic Category Refugee rightsViolence By Jacinda Woodhead 6.May.16 6 Comments
When will Jesus show up? Type Polemic Category CultureTelevision By Malcolm Harris 4.May.16 9 Comments
Enter Stella: on why we still need women-only literary prizes Type Polemic Category PublishingReading By Natalie Kon-yu 3.May.16 0 Comments
Space racism: on Hollywood actors & their whitewashing Type Polemic Category CinemaCulture By Stephanie Lai 29.Apr.16 6 Comments
Australia, exceptional in its brutality Type Polemic Category Refugee rights By Behrouz Boochani 25.Apr.16 8 Comments
The anti-trans backlash is here Type Polemic Category PoliticsTransgender rights By Eliora Avraham 13.Apr.16 0 Comments
Fortress Mardi Gras Type Polemic Category ActivismCivil liberties By Fiona McGregor 30.Mar.16 35 Comments
The lockout laws’ casino clause Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Giacomo Bianchino 17.Feb.16 2 Comments
We need a better refugee rights campaign Type Polemic Category ActivismRefugee rights By Lizzie O'Shea 4.Feb.16 10 Comments
The folly of appealing to Fortress Dutton Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Osman Faruqi 20.Jan.16 5 Comments
Science fiction saves the world – again! Type Polemic Category ReadingWriting By Stephanie Lai 14.Oct.15 1 Comment
Putting your money where your alma mater is Type Polemic Category Economics By Melissa Howard 17.Sep.15 1 Comment
No pussies in peril Type Polemic Category SexismTransgender rights By Lisbeth Latham 7.Sep.15 22 Comments
Who’s afraid of the plebiscite? Type Polemic Category PoliticsThe plebiscite By Jeff Sparrow 27.Aug.15 2 Comments
Bully for you, Piers Akerman Type Polemic Category LGBTIQ By Elizabeth Sutherland 27.Aug.15 5 Comments
Storm in a Vegemite jar Type Polemic Category PoliticsRacism By Stephanie Convery 11.Aug.15 3 Comments
Man up manifesto: support your fellow writers! Type Polemic Category ReadingSexismWriting By Lefa Singleton Norton 11.Jun.15 5 Comments
A tale of two trans women Type Polemic Category PoliticsTransgender rights By Eliora Avraham 4.Jun.15 3 Comments
A child is not a child if she is a refugee Type Polemic Category Politics By Dean Biron 29.May.15 7 Comments
The last time they turned back the boats Type Polemic Category Racism By Jeff Sparrow 16.May.15 25 Comments
We need a new Brand for the UK Type Polemic Category EconomicsPolitics By Andrew Self 8.May.15 4 Comments
Another day, another SBS journalist sacked Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 8.May.15 0 Comments
‘Are there Black people in Australia?’ Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Natasha Guantai 10.Mar.15 30 Comments
‘A diversity of views leads to more dynamic public discourse!’: Julie Bishop and Mamamia Type Polemic Category Politics By Chad Parkhill 25.Feb.15 4 Comments
We are unapologetic spoilsports Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Australian Open for Refugees 16.Feb.15 11 Comments
The obstruction of German racism Type Polemic Category Politics By Nathan Gardner 12.Feb.15 1 Comment
Supanova: uninvite Gamergate’s Adam Baldwin! Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jane Doe 28.Jan.15 2 Comments
Where exactly are we riding? Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Mohamad Tabbaa 18.Dec.14 25 Comments
For a four-day working week Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Godfrey Moase 12.Dec.14 15 Comments
Racism and the journeys of heroes Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Matthew Sini 3.Dec.14 0 Comments
Beyond cute children: the new transgender conversation Type Polemic Category PoliticsTransgender rights By Emily McAvan 28.Nov.14 5 Comments
Islam and monolithic stereotypes: a response to John Morrissey Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Alex Lewis 25.Nov.14 5 Comments
Making revolution: a reply to Davidson Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Guy Rundle 24.Nov.14 8 Comments
A man has been tortured – all is going to plan Type Polemic Category Politics By Philip Johnson 14.Oct.14 2 Comments
This is the way the world ends Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Lauren Carroll Harris 26.Sep.14 1 Comment
Pyneing for the Right student politics Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Jeff Sparrow 10.Sep.14 9 Comments
Game of moans: the death throes of the male ‘gamer’ Type Polemic Category Culture By Brendan Keogh 5.Sep.14 54 Comments
Lest we forget that history repeats Type Polemic Category Politics By Ben Brooker 4.Sep.14 2 Comments
Team Australia versus Jihadi dole bludgers Type Polemic Category Politics By Faisal Al-Asaad 2.Sep.14 1 Comment
Palestine and the Saturday Paper Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Tim Robertson 1.Aug.14 14 Comments
Busy earnin’: Iggy Azalea, Jungle and appropriation Type Polemic Category Culture By Rebecca Sheehan 25.Jul.14 6 Comments
Surveillance of activists is about to get much, much worse Type Polemic Category Politics By Wil Wallace 24.Jul.14 6 Comments
After the carbon tax: crisis mongering does not help Type Polemic Category Activism By Peter Burdon 18.Jul.14 9 Comments
Trading insults: Australia and the TPPA Type Polemic Category Politics By Tom Doig 10.Jul.14 0 Comments
Still life: a response to Liam Byrne Type Polemic Category Politics By Trishna Malhi 8.Jul.14 2 Comments
The anti-Abbott movement: time to rethink Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Simon Copland 3.Jul.14 4 Comments
What the West has wrought in the Middle East Type Polemic Category Politics By Michael Brull 20.Jun.14 1 Comment
An art of gold: against ‘smart thinking’ Type Polemic Category Culture By Sandra Hayda 17.Jun.14 8 Comments
On the exceptionalism of ‘the good refugee’ Type Polemic Category Politics By Cher Tan 12.Jun.14 0 Comments
Sinking like a stone: the new generationalism in Australia Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 5.Jun.14 1 Comment
Erasing transgender women doesn’t erase gender Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Qian Jinghua 28.May.14 100 Comments
Why we shouldn’t #BringBackOurGirls Type Polemic Category Politics By Justin Pen 14.May.14 3 Comments
Tony Abbott and the white man’s burden Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Morgan Godfery 8.May.14 3 Comments
Talkin loud but sayin nothin Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Stephanie Convery 7.May.14 17 Comments
Andrew Bolt: exposed by his own freedom Type Polemic Category Politics By Michael Brull 5.May.14 8 Comments
Fracking and drilling and fuels! Oh my! Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 29.Apr.14 10 Comments
A pound of flesh: the penalty for seeking refuge Type Polemic Category Politics By Faisal Al-Asaad 23.Apr.14 0 Comments
A short history of treason in the media Type Polemic Category Politics By Alex Mitchell 31.Mar.14 1 Comment
Russian aggression, western hypocrisy Type Polemic Category Politics By Sam Oldham 24.Mar.14 1 Comment
Racism and liberal culture: a love story Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Faisal Al-Asaad 19.Mar.14 13 Comments
Pyne’s shrines: reinventing history Type Polemic Category Culture By Fotis Kapetopoulos 17.Mar.14 2 Comments
Beyond belief: the hell of ‘atheist church’ Type Polemic Category Culture By Eleanor Robertson 6.Mar.14 7 Comments
Labor in vain: a new direction for refugee rights? Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By El Gibbs 25.Feb.14 8 Comments
Punitive refugee detention: how much worse can it get? Type Polemic Category Politics By Lizzie O'Shea 18.Feb.14 20 Comments
The attacks on the East West tunnel picket Type Polemic Category Activism By Mel Gregson 11.Feb.14 11 Comments
A rose by any other name: making stuff up about anarchists Type Polemic Category Politics By Andy Fleming 10.Feb.14 25 Comments
Lost at sea: why Abbott's winning against the ABC Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 5.Feb.14 33 Comments
Woody Allen and the history of False Memory Syndrome Type Polemic Category Culture By Giovanni Tiso 4.Feb.14 35 Comments
No, Bob Hawke didn’t free Nelson Mandela Type Polemic Category Politics By Alex Mitchell 30.Jan.14 12 Comments
Fashion, hipsters and the appropriation of culture Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Andrew Self 29.Jan.14 6 Comments
Travelling circuits: on ‘emerging’ writers & festivals Type Polemic Category CultureWriting By Adam Ouston 16.Jan.14 8 Comments
Politics dressed up in a clown suit Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Andrew Self 19.Dec.13 3 Comments
All this talk of abortion makes me want to say something Type Polemic Category Politics By MA Blake 12.Dec.13 2 Comments
The problem with studying journalism Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Aicha Marhfour 4.Dec.13 20 Comments
Really, what’s so great about the New Yorker? Type Polemic Category CultureReading By Rjurik Davidson 2.Dec.13 16 Comments
Reclaiming the bush: pubic hair and pornography Type Polemic Category Culture By Helen Addison-Smith 22.Nov.13 10 Comments
Blame the politicians, not the voters Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 19.Nov.13 39 Comments
Reclaiming women-only spaces Type Polemic Category ActivismCulture By Maiy Azize 15.Nov.13 2 Comments
Vigilance and the slippery slope to vigilantism Type Polemic Category Culture By Dave McDonald 14.Nov.13 1 Comment
Joss Whedon and The Progressive Nerd Bro Playbook Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Eleanor Robertson 12.Nov.13 20 Comments
Warren Mundine and the case for self-determination Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Lizzie O'Shea 12.Nov.13 9 Comments
This is what rape culture looks like Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Giovanni Tiso 8.Nov.13 57 Comments
Why literary magazines: a response to Robyn Annear Type Polemic Category CultureReading By Jeff Sparrow 6.Nov.13 7 Comments
Russell’s brand of revolution Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Andrew Self and Carlo Dellora 29.Oct.13 12 Comments
The media and the Intervention Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Michael Brull 23.Oct.13 4 Comments
The boat has not left: a reply to Gregor Gall Type Polemic Category Politics By Andrew Self 18.Oct.13 7 Comments
Growing like weeds: literary magazines today Type Polemic Category CultureReading By Alec Patric 17.Oct.13 9 Comments
Missing the boat? The Left and the GFC Type Polemic Category Politics By Gregor Gall 16.Oct.13 7 Comments
Why has naloxone been kept from those who need it? Type Polemic Category Culture By SJ Finn 15.Oct.13 4 Comments
Leaderless Kool Aid and the case for despair Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Ramon Glazov 4.Oct.13 2 Comments
The ACTU and ‘wage restraint’: a reply to Matt Cowgill Type Polemic Category Politics By Marc Newman 3.Oct.13 9 Comments
How to lose a culture war: a response to Ben Eltham Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 25.Sep.13 19 Comments
Speaking for the Other Type Polemic Category Writing By Stephanie Convery and Peter Polites 212 Spring 2013
Syria and selective historical memory Type Polemic Category Politics By Sam Oldham 2.Sep.13 1 Comment
This election day, very little is actually up for vote Type Polemic Category Politics By Michael Brull 28.Aug.13 0 Comments
Scenes from a mall that doesn't exist Type Polemic Category Politics By Giovanni Tiso 19.Aug.13 0 Comments
The good news behind that Telegraph headline Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 8.Aug.13 5 Comments
‘Yes, you lied to me all these years’ Type Polemic Category Racism By Jacinda Woodhead 16.Jul.13 10 Comments
Vice and the sincerity emergency Type Polemic Category Culture By Abject Meatballs 9.Jul.13 11 Comments
Gillard pushed Labor to the Right Type Polemic Category Politics By Luke Williams 1.Jul.13 3 Comments
Labor's leadership issue: it's not the media's fault Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 24.Jun.13 10 Comments
Not a crisis of misogyny: a crisis of political authority Type Polemic Category Politics By Tad Tietze 21.Jun.13 40 Comments
For a universal minimum income Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Godfrey Moase 19.Jun.13 33 Comments
The most oppressed people since oppression began Type Polemic Category Culture By Jeff Sparrow 14.Jun.13 15 Comments
A case study in obsession Type Polemic Category ActivismWriting By Kim Bullimore 11.Jun.13 15 Comments
Chickens for Colonel Sanders: a response to Van Badham Type Polemic By Lizzie O'Shea 7.Jun.13 11 Comments
On the 'we're all racist' deepity Type Polemic Category Activism By Jeff Sparrow 31.May.13 38 Comments
'Disguising Islamophobia' revisited: a response to Yassir Morsi Type Polemic By Adis Duderija 27.May.13 6 Comments
Reply to O'Shea and Razer on cultural politics and the Left Type Polemic By Guy Rundle 9.May.13 18 Comments
Saving the Muslim woman, yet again Type Polemic Category Politics By Sahar Ghumkhor and Yassir Morsi 7.May.13 4 Comments
Helen Razer, symbolism and the Left Type Polemic Category Activism By Lizzie O'Shea 6.May.13 19 Comments
Reasons to hate football and Manchester United Type Polemic Category Culture By Stephen Wright 17.Apr.13 38 Comments
The Church’s new flavour Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jacinda Woodhead 11.Sep.12 15 Comments
Neoliberals on bikes Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Elizabeth Humphrys 17.Jul.12 5 Comments
When you crack open your Easter eggs, think of wombs Type Polemic Category Culture By Jane Gleeson-White 10.Apr.12 4 Comments
From Freethought to New Atheism Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 10.Apr.12 3 Comments
Something rotten at the heart of Sydney University Type Polemic By Joshua Mostafa 12.Dec.11 3 Comments
A reply to CIS on the Intervention Type Polemic Category Activism By Michael Brull 2.Dec.11 2 Comments
Occupy Melbourne: eviction Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Jacinda Woodhead 22.Oct.11 69 Comments
Andrew Bolt, racial vilification and 'freedom of speech' Type Polemic Category ActivismCulturePolitics By Mark Bahnisch 29.Sep.11 9 Comments
For non-legals: a guide to the High Court’s ruling Type Polemic Category ActivismCulturePolitics By Michael Brull 7.Sep.11 3 Comments
Maliciousness in memes Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Elizabeth Humphrys 19.Aug.11 12 Comments
Racist #1 – The ute driver Type Polemic Category Politics By Maxine Beneba Clarke 8.Jul.11 16 Comments
Gods of the state: atheism and barbarity Type Polemic Category Culture By Peter Slezak 1.Jul.11 0 Comments
Speaking rights, hoaxes and straight white men Type Polemic Category Culture By Stephanie Convery 15.Jun.11 11 Comments
The Left, the Right and the New Atheism: a response to PZ Myers Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 14.Jun.11
Michael Brull versus Tad Tietze, ′That political Islam is not a friend of the Left′ Type Polemic By Tad Tietze 203 Winter 2011
Michael Brull versus Tad Tietze, ′That political Islam is not a friend of the Left′ Type Polemic By Michael Brull 203 Winter 2011
The great carbon hypocrisy Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 30.May.11 9 Comments
Supporting Assange ≠ condoning rape. Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jacinda Woodhead 22.Dec.10 69 Comments
Permanent residency not sold separately, education not included Type Polemic Category Politics By Liz Thompson and Ben Rosenzweig Print Issue 197 Summer 2009
