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indigenous literacy day and getting caught reading
Today is Indigenous Literacy Day! This is great because it means we are talking about Indigenous Literacy! This is bad because Australia, it means we still need to talk about Indigenous Literacy. There...
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serangoon road s1e09
In the ninth and penultimate episode of S1 Serangoon Road, I kind of don’t understand the point? An Indigenous Australian wakes up next to the body of a girl he’d been on a date with, there’s lots of...
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book review: the songlines, by bruce chatwin
Here is 1800 words about a book that Stephanie hated! The only thing that saved it being thrown across the train in disgust was that it was a library book, and she has her lines. (Plus Liz would...
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miss universe australia and asking permission
Australia, I have some news. Miss Universe Australia’s National Costume this year was inspired by an “Aboriginal Dreaming sunset”: Aboriginal Dreaming Sunset. I was stunned to discover this costume,...
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invasion day needs a linkspam
You may know it as Survival Day, or a public holiday for celebrating a genocide. Nakkiah Lui writes at the Guardian: Australia Day is a time for mourning, not celebration. Eugenia Flynn at Crikey:...
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intersectional is more than a three-letter country
As Australians, as non-white people who aren’t from the USA, as activists, we have got to talk about the USA dominance of the internet, and our social justice conversations. Over at North Coast...
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a selfish rabble
It makes Steph really happy that the selfish rabble of Australians and people around the rest of the world exists. We’re condemning the forced closure of remote communities. May 1 was an international...
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hashtag invisiblespeargate
Hey quokkas. How’s Tuesday going? Yeah, me too. Anyway so it’s been four days since Adam Goodes, Indigenous Australian AFL player, celebrated a goal he kicked during the Indigenous Round by doing a bit...
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Indigenous stuff: Stop the forced closures and some links
This next rally has SNUCK UP UPON US but here we are! Melbourne: Friday June 26, 3pm, steps of Flinders Street Station. Why are we still protesting, still marching? New facilities sit empty, go to...
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Racism: win a prize for best dressed
It’s Naidoc Week! No Award promises to talk about things other than Naidoc Week this week, but first: In the Northern Territory, Senior indigenous affairs bureaucrat wears confederate flag to Beef...
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linkspam: extra special steph loves her football team edition
Adam Goodes’ Indigenous Allies Are Mad As Hell About The Way He Has Been Treated Two West Coast supporters were evicted for racist behaviour and Goodes was continually booed throughout the match,...
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hello and welcome to spring (not spring)
Here we are, solidly a “week” into “Spring.” In Melbourne, this means there’s nothing different to last month; it’s max 13C, there’s winds and rain, and this afternoon the possibility of hail. So now...
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racism and sportsball: on the excellent adam goodes
HELLO FRIENDS. Tomorrow Victoria gets a public holiday for AFL Grand Final Eve, in a move that I cannot even. As if it’s not bad enough that we get a public holiday for a horse race, we now have to...
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No Award watches stuff: Ready for This
We love an Aussie YA TV series here at No Award, and we also love Indigenous media. So bring on Ready for This, an ABC3 series about five Indigenous teens from around Australia, who all excel in...
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the unbearable lightness of the racism in our country
The daily reality of living in Australia is the institutional racism that imbues every level of our government provided services. This impacts many of us, but those who are most impacted are Indigenous...
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No Award watches stuff: Cleverman
Last week saw the premiere of Cleverman, an Indigenous SF/superhero series airing on the ABC. We at No Award have been very excited for this show; here are some links and feelpinions! #Cleverman...
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No Award watches stuff: Cleverman 1×02
We’ve received feedback saying that it’s sometimes hard to tell whether or not we actually like some of the media we talk about. (In fairness, you can usually tell when we hate something.) So we’re...
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No Award watches: Cleverman 1.04
This week on Cleverman, Stephanie yells ‘Nobody needs this’ half a dozen times, Latani and Alinta are our faves, and there is no Deborah Mailman. Liz: Three Renowned Indigenous Stage Actors out of Five...
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No Award watches Cleverman 1.05 and 1.06
This week on Cleverman, Liz realises that the time difference whilst Steph was travelling meant she couldn’t frantically text her thoughts to Stephanie; Nerida and Linda continue to be smarter and more...
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Elijah Doughty, run over for being black
Under the cut: links, racism, some gross business Background: a week ago Elijah Doughty, 14-year-old Indigenous kid in Kalgoorlie, was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by a ute and died. The...
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