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Honi Soit Week 3, Semester 2, 2020 / First printed 1929 Campus and the police state / p. 8 How my housemate Rock & roll and the In conversation with joined a cult / p. 10 Refectory / p. 13 Miro Bilbrough / p. 15 LETTERS Acknowledgement of Country Letters Honi Soit is published on the stolen land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. For over 230 years, First Nations people in this country have suffered from the destructive effects of invasion. The editors of this paper recognise that, as a team of settlers occupying the lands of the Bidjigal, Darug, Gadigal, Wangal and Ok nerd Yes, your majesty Second wave demons! Wallumedegal people, we are beneficiaries of these reverberations that followed European settlement. As we strive throughout the year to offer a platform to the voices mainstream media ignores, we cannot meet this goal without providing a space for First Nations people to share their experiences and perspectives. A student paper which Dear editors Hey, could you please tell me where is Victoria was once the garden state ! does not acknowledge historical and ongoing colonisation and the white supremacy embedded within Australian society can never adequately represent the students the answer of Sudoku of week 1’s news- Melbourne was once the sports capital of Australia,The Australian I commend Nina Dillon Britton for her of the institution in which it operates. We seek to resist colonial violence and the racist power structures that serve to oppress those who are Indigenous to this land. paper? Rules Football Capital of Australia piece in last week’s edition in respect of the Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land. and the first political capital of Australia. link between defendant-friendly tort law Thank you, Melbourne was once the most livable city in the world for most of the in Japan and wild Japanese game shows. Frustrated Puzzler last decade. Honi could well do with more delictual Now Victoria and Melbourne have got sick of livability, gardens, delights, contractual conundrums and Australian Rules Football, politics and sports. Contents Editorial equitable essays. I would like to take issue, Now Victoria has got sick of Melbourne As Melbourne is the Covid 19 however, with the claim that “the action for Corona Virus Capital of Australia. Honi editorials are usually a space scenes glimpse into Honi’s position wilful infliction of nervous shock” is “the Is Victoria the Worst Australian State Of our Modern Covid 19 Corona Editor in Chief: for the editor-in-chief to thank con- on campus, and Honi is not unique. only available action for emotional harm in Virus Times? Who? Weekly / 3 Robbie Mason tributors and praise their favourite Toxic work cultures plague student Australia”. As a majority of judges in the pieces in the edition. But, in the true media across Australia. More High Court explained this year in Moore Yours faithfully, spirit of democracy, I simply want honest self-reflection is needed. News / 4 Editors: Nina Dillon Britton, v Scenic Tours Pty Ltd, a person who has Jane Wallace to thank all who helped create this Social capital is the fuel which been promised “enjoyment, relaxation Matthew Forbes, Zhiquan Gan, edition - from artists to reporters drives this thirsty engine of student or freedom from molestation” under a Multilingual / 6 Robbie Mason, Angad Roy, Lara to fellow editors and to the copper journalism. So when I make a contract may sue for the “disappointment Sonnenschein, Ranuka Tandan, dogs who inspired the front cover. decision to not thank reporters and distress” occasioned by breach of those Re: Content Warnings Chuyi Wang, Madeline Ward, For a newspaper with a radical personally, it is not because I am promises, and may do so without proof of I don’t really see content warnings as a way for people to avoid reading Analysis / 7 Lei Yao reputation, it often saddens me that ungrateful. It is because I want to psychiatric injury. I should add, however, or engaging with things that might ‘trigger’ them. They have been Honi reinforces so many hierarchies. pop the Honi bubble with a nail that such a claim is one for breach of useful for me to mentally prepare myself for something I’m about to As far as I’m aware, no previous gun. I want to see people writing Opinion / 9 Contributors: Genevieve contract, where the gist of the action is the read/watch that could impact on my mental health during recovery. Couvret, Imogen Grant, Baopu editor has reflected publicly on for Honi who have never written breach, not the consequent distress. Insofar The position taken up by op seems to suggest that content warnings issues of accessibility and poor for any publication before. I want as “only available action for emotional suck because they would turn people off from wanting to be good allies He, Llewellyn Horgan, Sarah working conditions, despite the to see more editors who have no Perspective / 10 Jasem, Rhian Mourdant, Shania harm” means “the only available action for or engaging with your struggles. Do you know people who refuse to rich history of Honi editors fighting background in student politics. emotional harm without proof of breach O’Brien, Claire Ollivain, Daany Do it yourself. I believe in you. acknowledge pieces of information purely based on a content warning for workers’ rights and dismantling Writing for Honi is an honour. of contract”, then the learned author of a traumatic situation they haven’t experienced? It’s oddly specific. Feature / 12 Saeed, Akanksha Singh, Chloe power structures in other areas Writing for Honi radicalised my own was right to make her general statement. Jade Singleton, Zara Zadro Saying that content warnings are useless because the title of an article of society. Toiling away for what politics - not in the sense of exposing I would also direct readers to a recent has those words in it is also a fairly niche point. equates to maybe 3 dollars per hour me to new ideas necessarily, but in article on equity’s jurisdiction in respect of I would rather see a cw/tw: fatphobia, or cw/tw: police violence Culture /14 Artists: Shrawani Bhattari, entrenches a culture of privilege terms of pushing me to take to the emotional distress, published in the Sydney in the lead up to an article, and then have the choice of whether I’d Jocelin Chan, Lauren Lancaster, (like unpaid internships) whereby streets with my comrades. Honi Law Review and written by William want to read the article, or find another article reporting on the same editing the newspaper is generally rescued me from being a theory Creative / 18 Pratha Nagpal, Shania O’Brien, Khun, an alumnus of this institution: subject without some of the violent content that would be emotionally Claire Ollivain, Janina Osinsao only accessible to those able to rely bro. It has the capacity to do so for “Equity’s Wergeld: Monetary Remedies and mentally damaging. on families for financial support or others. for Emotional Distress by way of the to those in no rush to finish their I implore you - if you are reading SRC / 20 Cover artist: Aman Kapoor Equitable Obligation of Confidence”. Grace S. degree. This near unpaid, year- this newspaper and you have never Puzzles / 22 long internship often means losing considered writing for Honi - reach Kind regards the benefits of studying full-time out to us at [email protected] Declan (Centrelink, concession Opal cards or contact me personally on social A note of apology Comedy / 23 and more). I myself am a university media. We need to build a more We want to acknowledge that in last week’s Who? Weekly we mispelled student born into financial and inclusive student newspaper. Daany Saeed’s name as “Danny”. We apologise for our error. racial privilege. But I do not Last but not least: film cops, Nudes, declarations of consider myself lucky to be holding betray your boss, stay staunch and affection and hate mail a position which locks out those less love your parents. Never let the fire Write, create and produce for Honi Soit fortunate than myself from future die. may be sent to: Here’s another one for extra practice. career prospects. 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The Council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of the opinions or information contained within this newspaper, nor does it endorse any of the advertisements and insertions. Please direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Weekly Double agent! and stressing that we must publish this information, As a way to increase recruitment, Grassroots has which leads us to believe… maybe not CIA, but decided to take over the Greens club on campus, I’ll preface this article with an and women have it a lot better. Fam- children and do less domestic labour.

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