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4-5: NEWS 6-7: ANALYSIS USyd amends sexual assault policy Talking about Venezuela the right way An amendment has been made to the between the ages of 16 and 18 has sexual No matter where you stand on the politi- volatile, littered with power conflicts. Presi- University of Sydney’s Student Sexual Assault relations with someone who is exercising cal circumstances developing in Venezuela, dent Nicolas Maduro struggles to maintain and Sexual Harassment Policy 2018, in order to special care over them such as a member the situation is nothing short of a human- power as he stares down challenges of lead- properly reflect existing NSW law regarding of University staff. This loophole may have itarian crisis. However, in this political ership from self-proclaimed ‘President’ Juan consent. According to a University resulted in a situation where, for example, a maelstrom, the international community Guido – who leads with the shadowy hand of spokesperson, the revised policy was signed 23-year-old tutor having sexual intercourse has focussed on the insurgencies vying for the US on his shoulder. While this discord is and effective from 20 February, and placed with a 17-year-old student would deem their power, allowing concerns for the day-to-day at the crux of contemporary media concerns, online on 22 February. The original version own conduct legal if they relied only on lives of Venezuelans to fall to the wayside. the painful scars of external intervention of the policy stated that a person under University policy, where in fact, they would The selective empathy exhibited by actors have long been etched into Venezuela’s core. 16 years of age cannot consent to a sexual be committing a statutory offence under within the Venezuelan plight is sympto- act. Though accurate, this definition did section 73 of the Crimes Act. matic of the larger trend of callous igno- not account for the fact that, under NSW rance which saturates US-related conflicts. law, consent is negated where a person Full story on page 5 >>> At a glance, Venezuela’s political landscape is Read more on page 6 >>>> LETTERS

Do you have a door? You might have a gym. Let us Acknowledgement of Country know how your endeavours fare at [email protected] For the significant majority of my life, I occupied Darug land without giving any consideration whatsoever to what my occupation meant. I would go to school every day, and LETTERS monotonously recite a rehearsed recognition of the “traditional custodians” of our land, the significance of which was never explained to me. Colonialism explicitly continues in this country through government actions like forced adoptions and murders in custody. But the nationwide subjugation of First Nations people is compounded by the collective ignorance that flourishes in systems of education, media and national identity. It manifests in the whitewashing of our history, the construction of abstract and drink and drink, and then stumble ideals of mateship and “a fair go,” pushing us to the belief that enough has been done to make things right. Election The Sydney Man-Baby onto you as their words slur heavily. In this context, acknowledgements of country are critical. They give us the opportunity, not only to recognise whose land we occupy, but to reflect on the ways in which we have benefited unjustly from the settler colony that is Australia. I acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, on whose land this university is built and this paper is distributed. In promises Tory is Associaton They would never place their hands acknowledging them, I also take ownership for both my community and my own role in the subordination of First Nations people, and commit to listening to, respecting and platforming where they should not ever go, not Dear Sir/Madam, Dear Honi, (MBA) without consent. Consent. What was their voices and assisting their cause of emancipation in any way I can. that again? No. Those noble few among us who take I found Josie Jakovac’s free speech article I have this friend, let’s call her, Battine. it upon ourselves to guard the student (edited amusingly) very comedic, given Battine prides herself on outdoing They would never do those sorts of Contents Editorial body against the perils of campus her penchant for removing (censoring?) other women by acting as a door mat things because they are good and vigilantism were most dismayed to historic stickers in the SRC OB room. for the MBA’s (Man Baby Association, respectable and they have a life ahead discover in your most recent edition Apparently fairly innocuous pro-equal respectfully). of them you know? Editors When Pritilata Waddedar was my for a cause in which they believed. the complete and total absence of marriage and pro-ATSI stickers are just 3 LETTERS She screams from the shadows at Baopu He, Pranay Jha, Karishma age, twenty-one, she led a team of 15 Secondly, they remind me of a pictorial reference to that most Masked too much for Josie’s robust appetite for Fight back. Don’t listen. Reject the idea passer-by’s claiming ridiculous notions Luthria, Jessica Syed, Liam Thorne, Nell revolutionaries in an attack against a powerful and often forgotten notion; of Menaces, the Spider-Man. Despite discourse. The perennially definitely- that you are not enough. Reject the idea 4 NEWS of fake rape culture and corruption in O’Grady, Carrie Wen, Joe Verity, Annie European clubhouse that displayed cultural inheritance. When thinking about the inevitable failure of the well- not-offended right wing strikes again!!! that it doesn’t count. If you think it university administration regarding Zhang & Alan Zheng a sign saying “no dogs or Indians Singh and Waddedar, I am reminded not intentioned but misguided ‘Pictures of Although now I realise I should’ve counts, it does. 6 ANALYSIS financing. Hiss, hiss. These are the allowed”. Upon being caught by British only of the abstract notion of freedom, Spider-Man for Honi’ ticket in last year’s written this letter to the real campus noises Battine makes. That part is Writers police, she swallowed potassium but of all the beautiful things that have Honi Soit election in the face of an overt newspaper, ‘The Sydney Tory’, given its Stephanie Leinasars 8 PERSPECTIVE important. They are just noises, nothing Sophie Alais, Emma Cao, Genevieve cyanide, preferring death to being held come with it - literature, music, film, free pro-vigilante conspiracy on campus, I readership is vastly bigger than that of more. They have no substance. She has Couvret, Liam Donohoe, Wilson in the custody of imperialists. Just over thought and the formation of my very rested assured that your editorial team the trifling newspaper Honi Soit (that’d 9 OPINION no substance. Huang, Jess Zlotnik, Kedar Maddali, a year before her death, three members identity. Somewhere, buried deep within would retain the integrity to overcome explain why Usyd Conservative Club’s Andrea Masselos, Patrick McKenzie, of the Hindustan Socialist Republic that reflection, is also a sense of profound these vested interests and help fight the facebook likes are 1/10TH of Honi’s?) Have you 11 FEATURE Battine and the MBA’s love to scare you, Layla Mkh, Daanyal Saeed, Swapnik Alliance, Shivaram Rajguru, Bhagat loss over the writers, poets, thinkers and scourge of the Masked Menace. threaten your hard earned grades and Sanagavarapu, Himath Sirinawasa, Singh and Sukhdev Thapar, were hung leaders whose lives were cut short in the Stop the witch hunt against decorative, checked 14 MULTILINGUAL career with whispers of deceit from the Ellie Stephenson, Zoe Stojanovic-Hill, to death, none of them older than cause for freedom. Your apparent failure at the first hurdle adhesive paper, left. Lies! They will tell you. There is no USSC2601? 16 CREATIVE Rhea Thomas, Tournesol & Victor Ye twenty-three. Faced with execution Understandably, for many, it is is especially concerning given both the conditions of your alleged ‘preference Yours truly, rape crisis! by hanging, Bhagat Singh made one difficult to experience a connection with Fellow students, 17 CULTURE Artists last petition, “we claim to be shot dead figures like Singh and Waddedar. They deal’, as reported in the edition of Week Battine sits on the floor and cries for Matilda Alex-Sanders, Shrawani instead of to be hanged. It rests with may think that the revolutionaries of 4 Semester 2 (2018), and the repeated Scratch N. Sniff, Bachelor of Western what seems like days as a student calls I’ve been trying to find course code 20 SRC REPORTS Bhattarai, Emma Cao, Garnett Chan, you to prove that you really meant the past emerged from a simpler time, statements of your editors in support of Civilisation II her out on her behaviour. A joke more for Ramsay Western Civilisation; I’ve Matthew Fisher, Momoko Metham, what your court has said and prove it untroubled by the personal tribulations publishing images of the Spider-Man (I than a celebrity. What is important looked for WASP101 but not there. 22 PUZZLES Ludmilla Nunell, Elaine Wang through action.” It was his belief that, if that we face today. Perhaps they believe refer the curious to minutes 19:07 and to note about Battine and the MBA’s he was convicted as war prisoners, he that circumstances have changed — 22:37 of the Honi Soit Debate 2018). is that they are not a threat.They are Norris Smith 23 COMEDY Cover Artist: Amelia Mertha should be treated as such. His request claiming that the system of colonialism If, in fact, these assertions were made Adrian did not nothing. was never met. has been functionally dismantled. It is in bad faith, your editorial election read the article 11 // Feature I raise the examples of Pritilata my hope that this edition dispels those would by nature be found both invalid They are scared because we know the Liam Donohoe and Swapnik Sanagavrapu argue Waddedar and Bhagat Singh for two myths. The feature this week discusses and unconstitutional under SRC Hello, truth and that truth has been hiding there is more to authoritarianism than meets the eye. intimately related reasons. Firstly, I am the vices of neo-imperialism and the Regulations Part 8 sec.27 a, b(i) and b(ii), under their beds for decades. It has <3<3<3 of the strong belief that the freedom resistance to it. We also have articles and your short-lived and Spidey-less I’m the SA Senate candidate for dusted and rooted itself in the shadows, my people and I enjoy today is because on political situations developing in tenure at the helm of this once noble Disclaimer: Honi Soit is published by the Students’ Representative Council, University of Sydney, Level 1 United Australia Party. I read the where we have shone light onto. Once of people like them. Their decisions Venezuela and on Haiti. In light of those rag would by necessity, come to an end Wentworth Building, City Road, University of Sydney NSW 2006. The SRC’s operation costs, space and article The Humble Meme Merchant: exposed, what do they have? Guilt? Dear Iced Mocha, may not have been popular with their pieces, I hope that readers are made aware forthwith. administrative support are financed by the University of Sydney. Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of The Adventures of Clive Palmer and A sense of responsibility? Utterly the SRC’s directors of student publications: Laura Glase, Brandon Hale, Jinwei Luan, Kedar Maddali, Jiaqui families and broader society. Nor would of the fact that student revolutionaries do Goo goo goo ga ga I expect nothing less than a fully I wonder if it is possible to speak to outrageous. The MBA’s would never do Shu and Jingrui Xu . All expressions are published on the basis that they are not to be regarded as the opinions they be venerated to the same degree as have a place in modern society. Students After Humptied off the wall corrected editorial stance, if not an Reagan Scott Ward for an interview? you any harm would they? of the SRC unless specifically stated. The Council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of the the Indian figures who chose the path have power, whether we choose to seize Oh sunny side up of non-violence, sipping cups of tea as it is up to us. apology, in the editions to follow. opinions or information contained within this newspaper, nor does it endorse any of the advertisements and Adrian David Cheok They certainly wouldn’t hold a party they “negotiated” with their oppressors. Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil men insertions. Please direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. [email protected] with alcohol, enormous amounts, with Hot Chocolate However, in the worst of conditions, they hai dekhna hai zor kitna bazu-e-qatil men hai. Your s, people lined out onto the street. Not on chose to take arms and fight meaningfully Pranay Jha Miss Muffett The editorial team does not have control over the ads that appear in this paper. campus surely. They would never drink

CEO of the USU) that the person sitting not. The Burn Book found out that outrage-hungry Conservative Club The Goings On Week II to his right at the board meeting will the SRC funded pizzas for a first year who were, quite literally, white be the person he has handpicked to be crash course run by SULS. Maybe with anger. However, their seething his Vice President. And guess who the the SRC misinterpreted law students response, replete with phrases lucky person was. Lachlan Finch (Lib). complaining about their readings as an like “you are an absolute disgrace” do not support real action on climate there’s probably free wine. Ableton Live Presentation I guess Wherrett meant “sitting to his actual cry for help as opposed to a way mysteriously disappeared last week, Call on the Usyd SRC to support change.” right” in more ways than one. to flex on everyone that they do law. as has Bechara’s article about now the School Strike 4 Climate 6 Mar / 6 pm / SCA Galleries Casual fans of electronic music. confirmed paedophile George Pell.

6 Mar / 5:30 pm / The Quadrangle obnoxious audiophiles, and Omg law students have it so hard Special place in hell Hmmm, I wonder why? Not just that, The SRC’s Environment Collective Blue the Film: screening Northern Beaches teen birthday 1 like = 1 pizza the Conservative Club was caught have been über busy organising a SCA: Pillar to Post party DJs: the best day of your life Breaking! BNOC picks other Keen followers of Honi will recall a deleting comments left by Aidan range of actions relating to the School USYD Sustainable Ocean Alliance has finally arrived. The Con are BNOC for popularity contest! With the announcement of the USU particularly nasty election in 2017. Molins referring to their less-than- Climate Strike, and this novel idea is One of the Sydney College of the are hosting a screening of ‘Blue The hosting The Ableton University funding cuts last month, it’s a tough The editors at the time published an honourable defence of the Cardinal. another of their feats. The Collective Arts’ first exhibitions of the year is Film’, a movie that sheds light on the Tour, where you can get hands-on The Burn Book has learnt that time for most clubs & societies… article saying Georgette Bechara (who Molins, of course, was part of the will move a motion at the March bringing together previous alumni worsening health of the ocean and experience with the Ableton Push perennial B(List)NOC Connor except the Sydney Law Society, which was running for Honi) had written editorial team which published the SRC meeting, calling on the council who are “keen to interrogate and its many majestic creatures. It’s their program while indulging in yet to Wherrett has his eyes on the USU reportedly started 2019 with a surplus an impassioned defence of “alleged” original article calling out Bechara. to formally endorse the strike, and exploit the myriad possibilities of first event of the year, and there may be named refreshments. Often an presidency this year. While that’s of over 70k. You’d expect nothing less paedophile Cardinal George Pell in The So now we’ve come full circle. Seeing want you to come along and show these exhibition spaces unique within or may not be margaritas and tacos. expensive workshop, but this time, unsurprising, we were intrigued from a society rolling in corporate Sydney Tory, a publication well-known this saga, the Burn Book can’t help but your support. In their words, “the Sydney’s contemporary cultural it’s free. to hear whispers of his potential cash. And you’d expect that such a rich for hiding their deep infatuation for think of the old conservative mantra, USYD SRC is currently dominated by terrain.” You can’t say no to a myriad of 5 Mar / 5 pm / Old Geology Lecture running mate. Apparently Wherrett society would have no problems buying us under a veneer of intense hatred. “Do unto others as you would not a right wing majority, many of who possibilities, and if that’s not enough, Theatre 6 Mar / 5 pm / The Conservatorium had told Andrew Woodward (the pizzas for an event. Well, apparently The article, of course, inflamed the have them do unto you.”

2 3 NEWS NEWS Bettina Arndt flyers dropped USU collab USyd amends sexual assault Ramsay Centre at St Paul's College unpopular policy to fix consent loophole opposition gears up Zoe Stojanovic-Hill Alan Zheng Jessica Syed Alan Zheng Political flyers in support of In a video posted to her own 40 demonstrators opposing An informal merchandise Several Australian universities The Wollongong University conservative sex and gender YouTube channel, Arndt herself the event. USyd’s SRC and the collaboration between the Content warning: sexual assault have seen recent campaigns Student Association (WUSA) commentator Bettina Arndt can be seen handing out the National Union of Students University of Sydney Union organised to oppose the also led an anti-Ramsay protest were distributed at St Paul’s flyers to students on Eastern (NUS) are committed to (USU) and athleisure brand An amendment has been made would deem their own conduct paedophiles and rapists are introduction of a Bachelor of last Friday with National College on Wednesday Avenue. The video also appears opposing Arndt and her Under Armour has “not to the University of Sydney’s legal if they relied only on employed as academic staff Western Civilisation, a degree Union of Students (NUS) afternoon. The flyers claim that to show footage of individuals message. resonated with the student Student Sexual Assault and University policy, where in fact, with responsibilities over financially sponsored by the President Desiree Cai (NLS) in the SRC has manufactured a slipping the flyers under college NUS passed a motion at their community,” according to Sexual Harassment Policy 2018, they would be committing a students including minors." Ramsay Centre and in some attendance and NTEU activist non-existent “rape crisis” on dormitory doors. annual national conference USU Chief Executive Officer in order to properly reflect statutory offence under section Working With Children cases, overseen by externally- Nick Brophy speaking to the campus. Arndt has been on a (NatCon) in December to Andrew Woodward. existing NSW law regarding 73 of the Crimes Act. Currently, Checks are not performed appointed individuals. Critics need for solidarity between The flyers, addressed university tour since last “provide campus women’s The range, which features consent. there is no specific University consistently, and many argue that the degree endangers campuses. The Ramsay Centre’s to “male college students”, August, travelling from campus collectives and activists with the Under Armour logo According to a University policy governing relationships universities have policy gaps institutional autonomy and discussions with the University characterised the movement to to campus and speaking on support to counter-protest alongside “USYD,” has been spokesperson, the revised of this nature between staff and around staff having sex with academic freedom. of Queensland (UQ) sparked end sexual assault on campus as what she refers to as the “so- against Bettina Arndt, to ensure marketed and sold at the USyd policy was signed and effective students. students who are minors." In December 2018, Honi backlash at last week’s UQ an attack on men’s rights. called rape crisis.” that these destructive theories cancer,’” she said. Store since April 2018 and is from 20 February, and placed The problem was raised with Issues with the University’s reported that academic staff at Senate meeting followng a short “It’s all about establishing Arndt's central contention are not continued without clear Arndt’s latest propaganda projected to run out of stock online on 22 February. the University by journalist policy may further reflect the the University of Wollongong period of staff consultation over a campus ‘believe-the-victim’ is that anti-sexual assault opposition.” blitz has targeted a college later this year. The original version of the Nina Funnell of advocacy haste with which it was first (UoW) had been kept in the dark the summer break in which justice system where women’s activists have exaggerated The flyers directly respond attempting to move on from a Australia’s small market size policy stated that a person group End Rape On Campus created. over the establishment of the Faculty of Humanities staff [sic] word is gospel and men are sexual harassment and to this motion, arguing that this history of sexism and sexual is behind the USU’s fraught under 16 years of age cannot (EROC) after the group became Its release in August last Ramsay Centre’s new degree highlighted concerns that an rarely believed,” the flyers read. assault statistics, effectively amounts to “paying activists to assault. A spokesperson for the attempts at wooing other consent to a sexual act. aware of several instances year was timed to coincide offering. National Tertiary uncontested concept of Western They were placed under manufacturing a scare try to shut down discussion.” College said that Don Markwell, athleisure brands. American Though accurate, this of sexual abuse of minors at with the first anniversary of Education Union (NTEU) Civilisation would undermine the dormitory door of each St campaign, to the point where “Bettina’s scare campaign to the Warden of St Paul's, affirmed University stores stock popular definition did not account for universities across Australia. the release of the Australian members, staff, alumni and UQ’s commitments to equity Paul’s student. A spokesperson male students have been raise supporters can be seen as the college’s commitment to brands, deriving significant the fact that, under NSW law, EROC is currently in the Human Rights Commission’s students recently presented the and diversity. from the College noted that demonised and are at risk of the PR stunt it is: Bettina relies addressing sexual assault on revenue for student unions. consent is negated where a process of compiling a report 2017 report into sexual assault UoW Council with a petition “The fact is that the Ramsay “the flyers were distributed by being unfairly punished. on controversy and media campus. “The Australian market person between the ages of 16 investigating such incidents, at Australian universities. containing 3000 signatures in Centre is simply incompatible intruders who were trespassing The flyers are Arndt’s to stay alive as the ‘E-grade’ “The College has, on very is considered too small for and 18 has sexual relations with titled Underage and Overlooked: Several student advocacy opposition to the new degree. with UQ’s Reconciliation on college land without official promotional material, political celebrity she is,” said many occasions, said that it is most of the major brands to someone who is exercising Sexual assault of minors in groups decried the nascent “UoW is a public institution Action Plan,” said Associate permission.” displayed on her website, and Jazz Breen, co-convenor of utterly determined to be leaders collaborate with our brand,” special care over them — such university communities. policy, arguing that it accountable to governments, Professor Andrew Bonnell and “We were shocked and were allegedly distributed by the Wom*n’s Collective. “[She] in preventing and responding Woodward told Honi. Local as a member of University staff. Funnell told Honi, "It's good was underdeveloped and regulators, staff, students. It NTEU Branch President at UQ. pretty unhappy to see that,” one her team. relies on a base of supporters strongly to sexism, sexual universites rarely advertise co- This loophole may have that USyd has acted swiftly prematurely implemented by should not be accountable to These actions come ahead student told Honi. He said that The Wom*n’s Collective who identify as ‘Men’s Rights harassment, and sexual assault,” branded merchandise although resulted in a situation where, to address this policy gap, but the University, at the expense an external, ideologically driven of a USyd Senate Meeting in the flyers had not been well- (WoCo) organised a protest Activists’ — a term used to a University spokesperson told UNSW's merchandise shop sells for example, a 23-year-old other universities are still yet to of survivors of sexual assault, private organisation,” said March widely expected to received by Paul’s students, and when she spoke at USyd in describe those who will happily Honi. “One rape is one rape too a UNSW-Seiko timepiece for tutor having sexual intercourse follow suit … we have learned and in order to advance the NTEU National President Dr consider the Ramsay degree have since been disposed of. September, with approximately proclaim that ‘feminism is many.” $599. with a 17-year-old student of cases where convicted University’s public image. Alison Barnes. proposal. Surprise fees imposed upon Veterinary Uni cops 500-year-old Renaissance sketch found Medicine international students complaint in USyd's Rare Book Collection Liam Thorne Joe Verity Nell O'Grady 31 international students study- son stressed to Honi that the about the increase in fees applied with [the original] tui- Dr Tim Anderson has lodged an An historic sketch by Italian Many academics including Last year, Honi reported on ing Veterinary Medicine have students will not be asked to — I just happened to check tion fee estimation. However, application with the Fair Work Renaissance artist Giorgione Emeritus Professor Nerida a 2010 anonymous donation of been asked to pay $15 000 more make up the outstanding differ- the Sydney Student web- I'm broke, [and I] definitely can- Commission contesting his has been found inside one of Newbigin from the USyd Picasso’s 1935 work ‘Jeune Fille than their 2018 tuition fees after ence in their 2018 tuition fees. site right before uni started not pay the [new] fee…I know dismissal as a senior lecturer The University of Sydney's Department of Italian Endormie.’ The endowment an “administrative error,” was However, the University again, and I noticed the price most… international students at the University of Sydney (USyd) rare books. studies — who translated the was bestowed along with a discovered and corrected in Jan- has decided to enforce the full increase,” one student said. are from rich families…but I'm in early February. Anderson Kim Wilson, the University’s inscription from 16th Century request that it be sold to fund uary 2019. The error meant that amount for the students’ re- Many of the students not. I don't have any backup.” alleges that the University made academic liaison, found the Venetian dialect — have been further scientific research at the students were undercharged maining years. The students’ Honi spoke to suggested that The University toldHoni that multiple breaches of the Fair piece tucked in the back pages involved in its verification. University. for their tuition fees in 2018, original offer letters suppos- the fee adjustment and the they had created a payment plan Work Act as well as their own of a copy of Dante’s Divine Experts understand that the The University also obtained which had to be corrected be- edly listed the full and prop- lack of guidance provided to help amend for their error. Enterprise Agreement. Comedy (1497). inscription was made at the a one of a kind first edition fore 2019 studies commenced. er amount. USyd cited this by the University have been “We have offered an In a statement on his The intricate, red chalk time of Giorgione’s death in of Charles Darwin’s Origin of In 2018, the students were fact to justify the enforce- sources of anxiety for them. extension until 1 January 2020 website, Anderson explains that sketch is believed to depict the 1510, making it a remarkable Species in its rare book library, asked to pay approximately ment of the extra costs to the “Since it was my first year to make the outstanding pay- the purpose of his application Madonna and Child. It bears historical artifact that sheds reportedly almost a decade ago. $47 000 for their final year of sum of the full fee amount. of postgrad[uate studies], ment as a lump sum or in install- is to seek reinstatement at many similarities to the artist’s new light on Giorgione’s age and Only 1250 copies of this edition a Bachelor of Veterinary Biol- Although USyd claims with the majority of students ments, and with the option of a the University, as well as more intricate works and is time of death, facts previously were printed, valued at almost ogy, and $49 500 for the first to have apologised to the af- being new to the universi- further extension, if required,” penalty orders. Anderson goes thought by experts to precede unknown before this finding. A$200 000. year of a Doctor of Veteri- fected students via email, as ty itself, we were not aware if the spokesperson explained. on to reassert his position the works 'Holy Family' and The significance of the Such developments within nary Medicine (DVM) – both alluded to in an anonymous the fees regularly changed,” However, it is unclear with reference to the lecture 'Castelfranco Madonna'. sketch is far reaching. Students the University's walls, offer necessary components in tip-off made to Honi, none of another student told Honi. whether all the affect- materials involved in his The sketch and inscription at the University are hoping for Art History, Archeology and the students’ six-year degree. the students Honi interviewed “I was really shocked ed students have been in- dismissal, which featured a are particularly rare, being reference of this discovery in Curatorial students a current In December 2018, after said they had received any [when I found out that it was formed of these plans. swastika superimposed over an one of only three pieces in the their classes. case through which they can those entering and continu- correspondence from their wrong], and I had to ask my None of the students Israeli flag. world confirmed to be in the A Masters of Museum analyse their university’s role ing the DVM program were faculty explaining the error. mum to send me more mon- Honi spoke to were aware This development at the artist’s hand. Giorgione’s other and Heritage student at the in the distribution of important initially asked to continue to Several students ex- ey to pay for my uni fees.” of these arrangements. Fair Work Commission is the artworks are located in New University said “The fact that artifacts — a concept that pay $49 500 for their 2019 plained that the only proof A third student noted that The University provided no most recent event in what York and Rotterdam but this this particular sketch was done it appears many students studies, students found a re- they had of the changes were although assumptions exist further clarification as to the has become a long running recent artifact is the only piece by such an illusive renaissance appreciate. vised expected payment of $64 screenshots of their Sydney as to the wealth of interna- nature of the “administrative er- saga between the University accompanied by a relevant figure propels a sense of Amy Thomson De Zylva, an 000 in their Sydney Student Student account indicating tional students at USyd, the ror” responsible for the incident. and Anderson concerning the inscription. mystery and opens up new Art History Honours student portals on 15 January 2019. an increase in payable fees. financial realities of many The spokesperson claimed academic’s employment. The discovery was made in avenues for study.” at the University said of the This meant that students Screenshots confirmed students meant that the addi- that the University has Anderson originally had September 2017 but has only Such a find takes an Giorgione work, "It’s wonderful expecting to pay a semester fee that the fee change was made, tional fees would detrimen- “amended [their] processes to his employment suspended recently been announced. The important place in the to be a student at the time of of $24 750 by the census date, provided by a student who tally encroach upon their abil- introduce checks to re- pending review in December process of investigating the art University’s history of this discovery and to experience now owe $32 000 by 1 March. asked to be kept anonymous. ity to provide for themselves. duce the risk of this oc- last year and was then formally and its links to its creator have collecting and distributing rare the fresh energy it brings to art A university spokesper- “I wasn't contacted at all “[I pay using] my savings. I curring in the future." dismissed in February. been extensive. and revelatory artifacts. history studies." A scan of Giorgione's sketch: University of Sydney

4 5 ANALYSIS ANALYSIS Parallels in protest and struggle Where the Wild Things Aren’t

Himath Siriniwasa interrogates the influence of the US in the contemporary political landscape of Haiti and Venezuela Ellie Stephenson considers the balance inherent in ecosystem management As the Gilets Jaunes movement continues right to legitimately choose. Thousands Businesses, schools and workplaces selling at $100 dollars a barrel. However, to threaten the neoliberal status quo in protested the sham elections, alongside were closed, flights cancelled, and the fund –— initially intended for the France, a political revolution has lived the poor social conditions exacerbated security alerts to tourists and aid workers building of public schools, hospitals A conservationist’s conundrum: lantana If nature is constructed, it complicates existed: some pre-civilisation, perfectly as a benchmark for the pristine Eden and died in its former colony: Haiti. by the earthquake. Following this, became constant. and roads was ultimately misspent by and fairy wrens. Lantana, once an conservation efforts and makes us ask, stable vision of nature, untouched. It to which we should return; rather, we The spark of this electrifying new former singer, the charismatic Michel Nonetheless, rallying was Martelly and Moise. Likewise, chants ornamental flowering shrub, is a noxious, what are we actually trying to conserve? misconstrues history, framing pre-1788 should hope to create new abundance political movement has invigorated Martelly, rose to power as a US-backed disorganised, with no particular party of “Kot kòb PetroCaribe a?” echoed invasive weed, which competes with It might be tempting to conclude that Australia as untarnished by human like that prior to the ecological tensions among both Haitian elites and stooge in a weak attempt to hold popular or area acting as the locus of anti- throughout Port au Prince last month: native understory plants. Inconveniently human impacts on the environment are machinations. But in reality, the imperialist actors like the United States. support. government activity. The death toll is “where is the PetroCaribe money?” for efforts to remove the weed, it also inevitable and irreversible, so there’s no Australian landscape which European However, unlike other acts of American Ever since, social unrest has been still unclear. 78 prisoners have been let The calls for Moise’s resignation provides valuable shelter to small native point in dedicating time and resources invaders surveyed when they arrived meddling, the recent Haitian uprising commonplace in Haiti, with increased free amidst the chaos, with the local are rooted in his submission to United birds like fairy wrens, and its removal to conservation. We could take the on the continent was the product was linked to another illegal assault on corruption, economic uncertainty and media and American media using the States policy demands. 2017 sanctions leaves them vulnerable to threats from a sovereign state: Venezuela. disease — Martelly’s protégé, current chaos and the violence to spin the riot as against the Maduro government made predators. This problem means the “Sacrificing the complexity and functionality, Haiti has both defied and been President Jovenel Moise later rose to an outburst of gang violence. it impossible to pay the PetroCaribe oil process of protecting and preserving as well as the more intangible value, of our dominated by the United States. power, bringing with him connections Haiti was granted $4.3 billion dollars bill, costing the Venezuelan government native flora and fauna populations is no Recently, after the ousting of prominent to Haiti’s elite echelons. Last July saw (in oil and favourable credit terms) by billions in assets, and Haitians a simple enterprise. ‘Pristine’ ecosystems ecosystems for humanity’s material interests Haitian national-liberation figures such a disastrous government shut down in Venezuela to further the development of social safety net. In a remarkable and inevitably require a significant amount of is unjust.” as Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a comprador the wake of an announced the Haitian economy. These spontaneous uprising that lacked human involvement. This is something bourgeoisie class has risen again. As fuel hike. Upheaval by funds became known as structure, a sense of solidarity against of a paradox: the most pristine natural classic Western conservationist route of extensive management. Aboriginal revealed by the Clinton email leaks, Haitians saw the swift the Petro-Caribe fund. the victims of United States expansionist areas today may be the results of vastly of struggling to keep ecosystems static science had developed effective land then head of Interim Haiti Recovery resignation of the This camaraderie makes policy, anger against internal elites more human interference than environs and pristine, management mechanisms which Commission Bill Clinton, supported Prime Minister, yet sense: both social- working against national interest, and a choked with weeds and facing erosion. despite delivered what early colonists like by the former Secretary of State Hillary no justice for an democrat Hugo Chávez call for adequate social reform united the What is ‘natural’, ‘pristine’ and ‘wild’ is Elizabeth Macarthur described as “an Clinton and the Haitian elite, used the autocratic reign of in Venezuela, and working people of two suffering nations. constructed and up for debate. English park… commonly attached to impoverishment caused by capitalism. devastation of the January 2010 Haitian mismanagement Aristide in Haiti This disarray may have been for Social, cultural, and political the habitations of peopleof fortune”. Not Rejecting corporate bodies and earthquake to their advantage. and economic were victims of the worst. Indeed, whilst a testament processes shape what we see as overwhelming such an untamed wilderness after all. prioritising Indigenous knowledge of One such intervention in Haiti’s 2010 hardship to be multiple coup to cross-cultural community against ‘pristine’. Western imagery of natural and human- Land management as stewardship, the land will allow us to manage natural democratic elections was the excluding found. attempts. In2008 , the forces of capital and military power, the ‘noble savage’ frames induced forces of change. then, is a necessity. Some systems both actively and responsibly. of the most popular political party from In the the Petro-Caribe Moise has refused to step down. Police Indigenous people as Alternatively, we might conservationists engage with this need It is important to defend the autonomy the ballot, the social-democratic Fanmi first week fund became a crackdowns have followed the riots as nomadic wanderers who conclude that biodiversity does by pointing to market-based solutions of original peoples and counteract Lavalas. As a result, the following of February, key factor in early as the last week, and the death toll lived without impacting matter, at least in some respect, as the way to save biodiversity, believing the colonial erasure of their scientific election had the lowest voter turnout two weeks keeping Haiti ultimately remains unknown. the land, suggesting that because humans can extract that putting a price tag on the natural processes. in decades, with over three-quarters of protests economically Business has started again in Haiti, nature pre-colonisation value from it: diverse ecosystems world might incentivise preserving it to In the end, our attitudes towards not attending, perhaps out of protest: shut down afloat, at a time but, it remains to be seen if it is business was untamed and have a huge range of benefits, from the capitalism-addled humans. This is still nature and biodiversity need to change. citizens would not vote without a the country. where oil was as usual. untouched; this is very pharmacological to the environmental or Art by Matilda Alex-Sanders clearly a construction agricultural. Perhaps putting a price tag “Our ways of valuing ecosystems generally when we understand how on nature might finally compel humans significantly Aboriginal people altered to protect it. None of these options seem prioritise the immediate desires of humans; Talking about Venezuela the right way the landscape upon which they lived, ideal. it is easy to see neoliberal corporations controlling forest ecosystems to their Writing off the project of protecting choosing to value short-term profits over Kedar Madali questions student apathy about the political situation arising in Venezuela advantage, sustainable through fire and biodiversity altogether is clearly cultivating productive plant species. inappropriate. The desire to conserve the long-term environmental conditions.” Wealthy white conservationists living ecosystems of the past as we remember not quite right. It is correct to point to The idea of the ‘rambunctious garden’ No matter where you stand on the case study in the Venezuelan crisis. Like little concern to Venezuela’s citizenry. and the anguish of its people. The in cities see environmental damage them might be futile, but losing the undeniable human detriments of is a pleasing one, which permits us to political circumstances developing in many threats to the state’s stability, these The trickle down effects of this Right have weaponised the pain of the as a tarnishing of a nature previously diversity in species is very tragic. Quite environmental destruction (we need actively manage nature (like a garden) Venezuela, the situation is nothing short insurgencies are masked as peaceful callous strain of political indifference Venezuelan people to further their own unscathed: this ignores both the history apart from the many benefits that the only look to the way water shortages to safeguard endangered species and of a humanitarian crisis. However, in this protests which have harmful ripple are echoed in the quiet apathy of political crusade against the left. of land management present in that environment offers to humans, species in the Murray Darling Basin have create broader social and environmental political maelstrom, the international effects in reality, blocking off key supply the USyd microcosm, which mirrors This is not to say that the left are environment, and that ecosystems are have a moral right to exist. We should simultaneously threatened both natural benefits. However, the rambunctiousness community has focussed on the and food routes, and choking out the the selective empathy of the global immaculate in their engagement with constantly changing. Conservation, want to safeguard endemic species and and human inhabitants), and true that of nature as a garden means we are insurgencies vying for power, allowing population. These instabilities have community through Right and Left the crisis. The left, although critically in this construction, is the practice of mitigate the damage humans cause land management should not sacrifice allowed to accept flux in nature and concerns for the day-to-day lives of persisted on a backdrop defined by an student discourses. Naturally, the Right supporting Maduro’s regime and creating stasis in nature, of freezing it to their ecosystems purely because human interests entirely (especially the let natural systems adapt to change. As Venezuelans to fall to the wayside. promoting the anti-imperialist and anti- at a set point in time. Secondly, natural extinctions represent a loss to the needs of marginalised groups). However, constructed as ‘nature’ is, its occupants The selective empathy exhibited by colonial positions, remain blinded to the places themselves are constructed, set world that goes beyond human needs. putting a price tag on the natural world is deserve considered, passionate actors within the Venezuelan plight struggle of the people by providing only aside and protected through the creation For the same reason we might protect reductive of systems which are colourful, conservation from the human world. is symptomatic of the larger trend of a nominal ‘pat on the back’ to the Maduro of national parks, trails, regulations artefacts of ancient human civilisations, multifaceted, and not just there to serve callous ignorance which saturates US- administration, for the large part leaving of their use, entry fees, and so on. The it’s important to ensure relics of the human interests. Our ways of valuing related conflicts. the people of Venezuela as bystanders to ‘nature’ that we see has been shaped by natural world live on. Flora and fauna ecosystems generally prioritise the At a glance, Venezuela’s political their own struggle. efforts to preserve it. add profoundly to Earth’s beauty and immediate desires of humans: it is easy landscape is volatile, littered with power Amidst these political struggles diversity, making their loss decidedly to see neoliberal corporations choosing conflicts. President Nicolas Maduro and uneven media coverage, the global something to mourn. Sacrificing the to value short-term profits over long- struggles to maintain power as he stares audience has overlooked the true victims complexity and functionality, as well term environmental conditions. Imperial down challenges of leadership from self- of this political turmoil. The victims are as the more intangible value, of capitalism doesn’t have a great track proclaimed ‘President’ Juan Guido, who not the figureheads of the movement, nor our ecosystems for humanity’s record with promoting biodiversity: leads with the shadowy hand of the US on the Western imperialists who ultimately material interests is unjust. looking at early colonial records suggests his shoulder. While this discord is at the risk nothing in their meddling. The So we have to do our planet has about 10% of the natural crux of contemporary media concerns, victims are the people of Venezuela who something — but what’s abundance and diversity it had before the painful scars of external intervention have the most to lose: and have for the something? The desire to the dominance of capitalism. have long been etched into Venezuela’s most part already lost. They are the tragic capture nature at one point So it’s unprincipled to neglect core. The Obama administration played a collateral damage of a war that they in time and defend it ecosystems altogether, it’s unviable significant role in such interventionism, did not ask for or want and have been (probably futilely) to revert to a non-existent past, and declaring Venezuela a national security Art by Ludmilla Nunell reduced to no more than statistics. We against change is it’s unrealistic to expect neoliberal threat and imposing on it an illegal, overlook not only their agony but their based in unrealistic capitalism to deliver radically different non-United Nations backed sanction. overwhelming lack of empathy. The echoes Western sentiments, only really fundamental humanity and rights. If we and colonialist environmental results than it usually Venezuela has adapted to fighting a West, instrumentalising the suffering of expounding the topic as a case study are to call ourselves humanitarians, we understandings of does. What now? The answer is war on two fronts: one against external Venezuelans, paints the nation as a poster to undermine the factions of the left must remain vigilant and sympathetic to nature. This ideal decolonisation. Ultimately, capitalising malice masquerading as smiling suits of boy for the failings of socialism. The rest in debate. This ignores fundamental the people of Venezuela, who have been of pristine wilderness on nature puts a price tag on something diplomacy, and one against itself. of the international order, albeit more systemic injustices which contribute torn and broken by the political friction is a mirage, fetishising which isn’t ours to value. We don’t have Art by Momoko Metham The Guarimbas Protests are a key sympathetic to Maduro’s cause, has given to the instability of Venezuelan politics of their home. something which has never to look back to the pre-colonial world 6 7 PERSPECTIVE OPINION The Area: a west side story Layla Mkh talks about home. It’s just before 7:30 am. There is a line us to suffocate on our journey towards this country is against it. According to Asians, each bringing with them an in front of the Vietnamese bakery making something of ourselves. the news, Bankstown has been home apparently ‘new’ social problem in their The Summer Vacation for Life and everyone is patiently waiting for Often hailed the murder capital of to a lot of violence. Headlines relating failure to assimilate. It’s as if no matter the morning’s fresh hot bread, which, Australia, Bankstown is the place I was to Bankstown always showcase drug where you’re from, if you don’t mould Baopu He considers classroom difference in the East and West. partnered with cool, sweet iced coffee, born and raised. Between crowded busts, links to terrorism, and murder. your existence to become this country’s is the most perfect breakfast. Close communal weekly barbeques, and Being a suburb that is populated version of palatable, you will be rejected. CONTENT WARNING: ARTICLE MENTIONS SUICIDE AND MENTAL HEALTH by, a similar aroma wafts in the wind. the car park at Bankstown Square on by immigrants, much of the finger- Perhaps Bankstown in itself is rejected I am standing outside the coffee shop because it is home to this country’s watching as the Arab uncles down their version of rejects. “I have no memories from that year,” my textbooks and paper, studying in a and causes behind youth suicide, and effort (or lack of it). We might look at this second or third short black with their Despite this, there is no other place Japanese friend tells me as we drink in harshly lit classroom after the rest of boiling it down to one issue would be in Australia and revile in how unfair it is fifth or sixth cigarette, praying that you will find this awake at 7:30 am. It an izakaya at Takadanobaba — Tokyo’s the world has gone to sleep. However, grossly oversimplifying the problem. to determine someone’s life by a couple I don’t miss the train waiting for my is all warm smiles, hands full with fresh liveliest student neighbourhood, and this academic intensity must be However, we do not afford the same of exams they sat while they were 18, coffee. baked goods and, above all, love. the only place in Japan where you can contextualised with reference to the complexity to the East, both in regards but doesn’t something similar already Bankstown, or as some people In Bankstown, loyalty and respect litter and piss in public and no one tertiary sector’s lack of intensity in order to mental health and other oft-said happen in Australia, albeit delayed know it, “The Area,” is both chaotic are the law. Everyone is a cuz, a bro, gives a damn. He’s talking about his to gain a complete understanding of East stereotypes such as the idea that East by a few more years? One look at any and serene in the early hours of the a sis, an aunty, an uncle. These laws year as a ronin. Centuries ago, that Asian education. Asian students have no creativity and university rants page on Facebook will morning. At 8 am, most older folks transcend race and ethnicity. This idea word would have evoked images of a For example, bold phrases such as can only rote-learn. It is because of show that extreme anxiety regarding have been awake for about two to three was brought up in a casual chat I was wandering samurai, condemned to live “the damaging path to success” abound this that discussions of comparative studying is pervasive amongst Australian hours and are enjoying the start of a having with my friend the other day. a life of shame for choosing to live after when discussion about East Asian education devolve into a game of university students, who often have new day. However, 8 am also means He had recently been in contact with his master’s death instead of dying with to battle financial worries on top of the rush to work and school. The hustle a friend from primary school who he him. Nowadays, it refers to high school academic concerns. Obviously academic and bustle of this morning commute is hadn’t spoken to in a while. They ended graduates who fail to make it to their stress is linked to a belief that bad marks often disturbed by the rickety old trains their conversation with, “Any trouble desired university, and subsequently will put you at disadvantage in the being at least five minutes late, each one [redacted name], you have Lebo friends spend an extra year of study in the hopes increasingly competitive job market. groaning in a complaint as they make a mate, don’t be shy to use em if you need Everyone says “high school marks don’t Art by Elaine Wang of getting in — a gap year minus the fun. sudden stop to accept hundreds of city- anything let me know.” If you’re from “Every day was the same. Waking matter”, but how many would extend bound passengers. I can’t remember Thursday late nights, I have watched pointing is always directed at a specific The Area, you become family, and once up at 6:30 to study, then going to cram that to university? In East Asia, “Ps get the last time I saw a new train going the culture of The Area resist and grow wave of migrants. At first, it was the those bonds are made, they’re made for school for 6 hours, then studying by degrees” is a veritable truth. In Australia, to the city at 8 am. It’s like they want despite feeling like almost everyone in Greeks, then the Arabs and finally the life. myself at night until 1. What memories it is a meaningless consolation. were there to make?” he continues, before It is inevitable in any capitalist finishing his beer in one go. His story society that a selection must be made at is a common one. In 2018, one in five one point in our lives about what labour My Big Fat Greek Life Japanese university entrants were ronin. we are entitled to perform in the future, Some had been ronin for over a year. and by extension, what type of lives we Andrea Masselos tells on her family’s narrative of migration, culture and identity. “It was tough, but it was worth it. I will live. The problem, then, isn’t that As I glared at the television late one mother in case the authorities “took Having never spoken a word of English rarely suffered discrimination in the got where I wanted to be, and now it’s high school is too stressful for students, Friday night watching My Big Fat her away.” This motherly protection did in her life, my grandmother was sent country, my grandfather had a rather the summer vacation for life. Anyways, but rather, should the stress of social Greek Wedding for the 26th time — that indeed pass through the generations, straight to an English-speaking school. different experience at his selective let’s get some more. Is sake fine by you?” selection be delayed until later in life? shameless tribute to ridiculously chaotic but unfortunately for me (a mere fourth One thing we Greeks are known for school in Sydney, most accurately Judging from the amount he is In East Asia, the selection is made at yet lovable Greeks — I didn’t want to generation Greek), the digital age is our larger than life community, but summed up by an encounter with his drinking, I wonder if he will have no the cusp of adulthood. Who you are at believe it. But as my focus shifted to the brought a whole new level to the “strict considering there was only one other Year 9 Math teacher. memories of tonight either. 18 is viewed as representative of who TV’s reflection, my mother yapping on Greek parenting” thing, which nowadays Greek family in town, learning the After questioning a test result of you will be for the rest of your life. the phone to her mother while waving a manifests in the form of location language and making friends was no easy 0/10, the teacher called him to the front, * * * The name of the university you attend wooden spoon at my brothers bickering services. task. “They all knew we were different,” grabbed and stared at his test paper speaks louder than the marks you get in the corner of the room, I had to After a month-long journey to my grandmother recalls, but that didn’t for a while, and proceeded to cross out Do you know what they call university in there, because the abilities and effort wonder… could this really be us? Australia, they found themselves in a stop her from topping class by third grade. every letter of my grandfather’s surname Japan? They call it the summer vacation you demonstrated by getting in shows But what this colourful film fails to small country town in the central west. Thankfully her academic success except those that left the word “ass” for life. Sandwiched between high school others, that if the need ever arises, you acknowledge is how we came to be the grew alongside her social life. One embedded in the middle. After bravely and work, university functions as a four- can work hard. That is why East Asian loud, food-crazed community we are Art by Andrea Masselos of her school friends gifted her a contesting the result a second time, the year respite where you recharge yourself students stay up late studying during today. Three days and three coffees lamb, which roamed around their teacher saw that the calculation was after working so hard in high school, high school, and drinking during with my grandparents later, the truth backyard until it got too big correct despite using a different method, so that you’re fully energised to work university. slowly revealed itself. and had to be sent back to the and settled for 8/10. hard after you graduate. Most courses Art by Garnet Chan In Australia, however, we love stories It began with the Second World farm. I guess this sentimental This taught my grandfather from are comprised entirely of lectures where of the student who languished in high War. The War sabotaged my pregnant companionship is what a young age that his 10/10 wouldn’t attendance isn’t taken, the standard of school but then picked up in university, great-grandmother’s plan to migrate encouraged my grandmother always equate to 100% in the eyes of work expected is laughably low, and education flares up in the West, often in “at least we’re not”, where we can and is now living a successful life of to Australia in 1942. Robbed of food, to let my mum care for their others. But that never stopped his — more importantly, university marks comparison with our own system. But conveniently ignore the alarming wealth. These stories are often contrasted medicine, and innocent lives, the Greek neighbour’s goat in Greece or my grandmother’s — fight for equal have no bearing on future employment. what does “damage” and “success” even realities plaguing our own system, like with the cautionary tale of the brilliant people were collateral damage during every time they visited. treatment in a foreign (and at times, In place of study, university students mean in this context? how the mental health of Australian high school student who never adjusted the brutal German occupation and the That is until one year, intolerant) country, paving the way busy themselves with part-time work, On damage, our instinctual reaction students has deteriorated dramatically to university, and lived their whole life famine it caused. Some historians say when mum waited (as per for generations to come. It’s difficult to extracurricular activities and drinking. to the idea of adopting elements of East in recent years. According to a 2018 in perpetual disappointment. But is not more than ten percent of the population instruction) until the last accept the fact that I’ve benefitted from Haruki Murakami, one of Japan’s most Asian education in Australia is often to study by Headspace, 80% of Australian social selection implicit in both of these perished. day of their trip to visit the my ancestors’ suffering, but I will never celebrated writers, took seven years go to the extremes, and point out the students in tertiary education stories? Why is it then that we detest Amidst the chaos, my great- neighbours, only to be told take their sacrifices for granted. to graduate from a four-year course high rates of youth suicide in those experience anxiety. 35% have had it when it happens at age 18, but not grandmother had no choice but to by my grandparents that the So yes, we celebrate two Easters on because he hardly ever bothered to countries as proof that their “hyper- thoughts of suicide or self harm. when it occurs a few years later? Instead give birth in Greece, launching my locals had eaten poor Lefkoula. separate occasions, and yes, we dye eggs turn up to class, preferring instead to competitive” nature is fundamentally Whilst the start of university marks of praising the dropout who became a grandmother into uncharted territory. Evidently, my ancestors red and crack them against one another spend his time at jazz cafes and record damaging. Using youth suicide rates as a the end of academic-related stress for lawyer, and disparaging the dux who Once the war had ended and the didn’t think like us. They until the last uncracked egg stands, stores. China and South Korea, two metric to gauge the value of an education our East Asian counterparts, does it not became a cleaner, would it not be more soldiers swarmed into ships sailing back couldn’t think like us, growing and yes, we dance around in circles to other countries also infamous for their system is both perverse and devoid of signal its continuation for us? In East useful to question why the two jobs are to Australia, she spent 6 months living up having to benefit from every accelerating music in five-inch heels that gruelling high school education system, meaning, but even if it was used as a Asia, the “success” of working so hard in viewed so differently in the first place? in Egypt with her mother and big sister, good that they possessed in leave us with blisters and aches for the operate under a similar, unofficial metric, it would show a very different high school can be felt immediately upon We need to ask these questions before waiting for their boat to arrive. But, at order to survive, which meant next three days. But at the end of the tertiary system of “hard to enter, easy to story from what most of us in the West entering university, where students are we use East Asian education as an the ripe old age of five, she realised she no emotional connections day, it’s more than crazy gatherings and graduate”. believe to be true. According to a 2015 gifted with four years to do whatever example to aspire to or avoid. wasn’t the only thing being hosted (and to their livestock. This is seemingly futile traditions that underpin Of course, this fact is little-known study conducted by the OECD, Japan they want. Regardless of whether they One thing, however, is clear. While unwanted) in a foreign place. probably why the closest I got our culture. about in the West. Instead, we are and South Korea actually have lower are attending a good university or not, East Asian university students are Measles had declared a new war, so to owning a lamb was in the A lot of history and hardship has fascinated by the East Asian education rates of teenage suicide than Australia. the social ladder has already largely enjoying their summer vacation for in true Greek fashion she was banned form of a stuffed toy. brought us to what we are today; we are system as symbolised by the faceless Of course, we in Australia know been set in stone and nothing much will life, it seems we in Australia are going from leaving her room by her own But whilst my grandmother loud because we are proud. student, buried beneath a stack of that there are many complex factors change it, barring an exceptional case of through a winter of discontent.

8 9 OPINION FEATURE Newlands’ unquestioned masculinity problem

Daanyal Saeed analyses the toxic masculinity embedded in Australia’s cricketing culture

Although the bans on the three David Warner, the then-Australian of toxic masculinity — whether it be forward wherein they’re considered Australian cricketers involved in the vice-captain is widely considered to be Michael Clarke telling James Anderson the perfect intersection of professional ball-tampering scandal last March an antagonistic and polarising character, to “get ready for a broken fucking arm,” conduct and sporting achievement, our are soon to be lifted, fiery discussions occasionally known for his unbridled or the modern ubiquity of ‘champ’ standards for our cricketers must be around their place in the team rage aggression on and off the field. Given culture. When a cricketer is raised in higher than lavishing praise upon them on. At the core of this is the question that, it was expected that South Africa’s this environment and his desires to for simply not being homophobic. It of whether the trio, regardless of their notoriously hostile crowds would target perpetuate these problematic ideas starts with David Warner not being re- formal ban, should be allowed back into him. What was not expected however, of masculinity go unchecked, it is selected for the national team. the Australian Test side to defend the was the explicit and wilful sexist abuse foreseeable that he reaches a breaking He’s representative of the rotten Ashes in August, if at all. directed at Warner’s partner (endorsed point. Surely it’s inevitable where there’s core of Australian cricket, and we can In an attempt to resolve this by members of the South African a focus on ‘winning without counting and should be better than that. If we question, the Longstaff cultural board). This came to a head in Durban the cost’ — where personnel and don’t win a sixth World Cup this year, review was commissioned by Cricket during the first Test, where Warner had strategic decisions are systematically so be it. If we don’t defend the Ashes, Discursive dictations from the democracy of bread Australia to investigate the events to be physically restrained from South reckless and are excused by winning. so be it. If it means we’re making steps that transpired in South Africa and African wicketkeeper Quinton De Kock When Steve Smith and David Warner towards our cricketers being genuine Liam Donohoe and Swapnik Sanagavarapu shed some light on their cause. The over another wife-related sledge. return, we’ll be a more successful representatives of the gentleman’s game, preamble of the review concludes with This abuse was obviously national side. But if we’re to build a then it’s a sacrifice worth making. a damning indictment; that within problematic on its face; the attacks on sustainable model for our national teams Australian cricket, “there [are] a web Warner’s partner, Candice Falzon, were going of influences that made ball-tampering sexist in the extreme. Former Australian Art by more likely than not.” Newlands was not netball captain Liz Ellis noted, “The Pranay Jha simply the consequence of corporate controversy is that 40 years after the mismanagement, but also a reflection sexual revolution...a player’s wife is of the toxic masculinity that runs deep being dragged through the mud because within the veins of Australian cricket. they’re attempting to shame her for her The tour of South Africa itself had past.” What has been largely ignored been high-stakes: a newly resurgent are the arguably underlying sexist Australia had been coming off the back assumption in Warner’s reaction— that of a 4-0 home Ashes victory, and was Falzon is his property to defend. relishing the opportunity to become Opposing teams have often number one in the world rankings once criticised Australia for building their again. entire brand of cricket on expressions

The Paradox of Privilege: Physical Features of Race predictable fog rolled over we proceed from, the way we frame media have a strong material and cultural or speech, powerful actors influence the warring planes of discourse after our opinions, and the political acts we foothold in liberal democracies. Because way citizens view their reality, increasing ATrump recognised Juan Guaidó, prioritise or omit affect the success of of this, they remain the most common the chance citizens serve the status quo Genevieve Couvret interrogates the motivations behind correcting for racial misidentification. a Venezuelan opposition leader presiding each belligerent. In the battlefield of way citizens of liberal democracy access when exercising their democratic rights. over their Asamblea Nacional, as their ideas, it pays to fire from the right trench. information. While competition ensures Efforts are made to limit the role foreign When I was first told, “being white culture. Ethnicity, in this case, is a sort of to non-white-passing people of colour. exposes racial structures at work within Presidente. Like other narcissistic leftist some ideological differentiation among interventions play in decision-making, passing is the same as being white,” I structure imposed on you rather than Being different doesn’t make a person society. ‘netbros’, we quickly found ourselves them, foreign policy positions appear often by painting targets of them in immediately rejected the idea. For me, one freely internalised during one’s feel special when their differences are Privilege is the power to define encircled by this tempest of states, Uncle Rupert Wants You! to converge in a way otherwise unseen ways that balance the moral cost of regardless of how I look, I don’t feel upbringing. disadvantageous. I fear that my attitude your own reality: to not be subject to or standpoints, and structures, becoming in the industry, their analysis bound the intervention. Thus, unfavoured white and I’ve always been eager to Because of this, it has been difficult towards my racial identity is itself a inhibited by people’s perceptions based as much the gust as the trees swayed by by similar incentives, agendas and “dictatorial” regimes are subject to correct people when they assume I am. for me to reconcile a personal sense of product of white privilege I can share on how you look, what you believe or it. information channels. exaggerated mischaracterisation, marked Upon further reflection, I’ve started otherness with the experience of being in the fun aspects of culture without where you come from. People of colour Amidst gathering storms we These foes were mere raindrops in the As these media sources command by connotative descriptors and the to wonder whether this eagerness is a ostensibly white. I acknowledge that for actually engaging with the realities they have to exist in a world that they did not dug our trench. We were opposed to stormcloud of liberal moralism and large cultural capital and attention, neglect of successful programs, while product of pride or privilege. stem from. define, a world that has defined them. My #AmericanImperialism, considered conservative red-baiting that thundered especially among the generations where pro-regime voices are framed as fringe Racial identity is not entirely rooted “Privilege is the Physical features are used to define ethnic ambiguity means the majority of opposition supporters the minority, and above the front, the complexity and power rests, their editorial decisions or otherwise excluded. Inconvenient in the physical. For example, where our identity because they help us my experience being biracial and thereby believed our opponents perpetrated not variety of the mass recalling the hot and content determines which topics facts and events don’t cross paths with you are from informs your identity in power to define contextualise the spaces we are in (or part of an ethnic minority has been only intellectual mistakes, but moral air blown outward by the Syrian Civil are discussed in mainstream discourse, even the most astute news follower. different and more complex ways than your own reality: to not in): they are part of our reflections positive, insofar as our experiences are ones too. Although not bearing the War since 2011. While instructive to while also mediating the information Dr Alan MacLeod applies Chomskian how you look. A key aspect of racial not be subject to or in the media, constructed from a specific defined by how others perceive us. This uniform of any overarching ideology, other discussion, our analysis therefore available for citizen decision-making. methodology to media coverage of identity is our personal interaction with worldview. Physical aspects of racial means that ethnic-identifying people our foes in turn wielded the weapons primarily reacts to these stormfronts, But because citizens notionally shape Venezuela in his book, Bad News From our heritage, cultural exposure and inhibited by people’s identity are the lines across which people aren’t necessarily immune to white of centrist liberalism. They claimed drawing from and contributing to the the direction of liberal democracies, the Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and family. Culture is not a varnish painted perceptions...” draw their assumptions, their fears and privilege. In a society where our physical Maduro is a #cronyistauthoritarian, discourse surrounding those states. on top of who we are but embedded their hatred. Yes, there are religious and differences are recast as threats, I get to believed he ought to resign, and hinted In both cases, no discursive in us via our memories, superstitions me, feeling different has usually been cultural practices that divide us, but they be proud of being an ethnic minority that #AmericanImperialism might be participant, bar maybe the clandestine “Amidst gathering storms we dug our trench” and taste buds. So, regardless of my positive. Whenever I’ve been forced are also often signified by some sort of because I share in another culture but the best of bad options. lizards embedded in the ruling class, appearance, I have been exposed to a to do ice-breakers in the first tutorial physical trait whether it be inalterable don’t actually have to deal with being a And yet, despite the appearance of has come to support dubious actors like culture which I have internalised as a of a semester, one of my fun facts was like race, or an active choice, like a hijab. perceived threat. The physical features intractability, our views were not so Guaido or the Free Syrian Army out of media doesn’t just host discourse but Misreporting. He found that America’s positive part of who I am. always that I’m half-Japanese. It’s ‘fun’ by Physical features are the most accessible of whiteness which engender my white different. moral insensitivity. In fact, many well- effectuates outcomes too. When engaged State Department directly paid Being a person of colour is also virtue of the fact that people are often element of identity that can be used to privilege mean that, until none of us are We agree more democracy is always intentioned people have responded to with uncritically, the information they journalists (or “disinformation agents”) to relational, and the disadvantages faced surprised. It always bothered me that simplify and categorise who we are. perceivably, inherently, threatening, I better, despise wanton violence, and particular presentations of facts with convey can lead astray instead of ahead. report propaganda as news in both Latin by being othered are an important members of my family didn’t want me to Appearance connotes difference and ought to do that same thing we should support initiatives undertaken in the appropriate outrage. And yet, by being Media can do this by “manufacturing America and the US. In Venezuela itself feature of this identity. Our identity, advertise this fact, because I’ve always is the easiest way to recognise and, in all do: register it and realise that it’s on name of ending oppression. We regret lead to positions that undermine the consent” for political outcomes citizens there is just one full-time correspondent although in part a product of our own been proud of it. I’m only now beginning turn, vilify it. a spectrum. instances where Maduro, or any other least evil option, they ultimately bring would not otherwise support. from the mainstream English-language agency, is to some extent influenced by to realise that those who are not white, Interracial people sit on an ethnic Ultimately, just because it’s not your ‘least evil’ leader, falls short of ideal more harm to those for whom their This concept, first coined by Noam press, and local media are frequently our relationship with others on both or not white passing, do not really fault line. We are an example of how fault that you have privilege, or you don’t standards, and we criticise incumbents hearts bleed. Chomsky, captures how the interests propaganda outlets for opposition an individual and systemic level. How see their ethnicity as a fun fact. This internal identity may differ from the feel particularly advantaged, doesn’t where they do. As such, we are only The corporate media accounts for a of media corporations align with the groups, themselves funded by American a person is perceived is an important enjoyment of personal difference, and identity society more broadly imposes mean that it’s not your responsibility to prepared to support select states on a great deal of this irony. As historically imperial ambitions of states to shape organisations such as USAID, the State determinant in the kind of experience desire to inform people of how cultured on an individual. The gap between how recognise it. And that doesn’t mean you case-by-case basis. But in the foggy war profitable and well-endowed institutions, the content presented to audiences. Department or the National Endowment they will have as a member of a minority I am is not a benefit nor option available you identify and how you are identified can’t be proud of who you are. of late capitalist geopolitics, the facts corporate and independent government Rather than limiting rights to franchise for Democracy. Journalists in these

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organisations see themselves as leading In this particular case, the pro- what they are experiencing is the same these same people rationally consent their bets on this model. appropriately value democracy. They signal their disgust. Critiques of incumbents should the resistance against the government, opposition stance is not even close structurally oppressive reality. to comparatively absolute leadership The economic exclusion inherent assume that these people are, at best, clearly commit to their preservation, and therefore have no qualms about to the majority — one poll suggested When combined with the media’s as an imperfect improvement on the to this deviation makes it harder for experiencing false consciousness, and, at eliminating the risk that crucial marginal publishing fake news to serve that goal, 80 per cent of the population had reach, the deification of lived experience alternatives: barbarism and/or invasion. these states to reach the threshold of worst, are rationally deficient. actors, like undecided observers, get for instance when they erroneously never even heard of Guaido — and can lead well-meaning people to These structural dynamics, long- material development, stability and Do not be mistaken: those against All strategic on the dissuaded from investing in projects like claimed that “condoms now cost US$750 the Chavista stance is more popular bad ending positions. Thus, we see understood by the Global South, explain peace ordinarily needed before extended the opposition or Western involvement ending sanctions. Belief in revolutionary in Venezuela.” than the alternatives, particularly in Venezuela, as in Syria, that the why incumbents are often preferred democratic rights are even thought in these countries understand liberal discursive front socialism or liberal democracy should However, one need not believe there among oppressed groups. For every minority anti-government protesters to other options when citizens take about. New South Wales, as one example, democracy just as well as people in the motivate organising practices and is a conspiracy afoot to see how this unprofitable small business owner there disproportionately drawn from advantage of whatever democratic didn’t establish an elected parliament West. They no doubt have the same activism that doesn’t undermine the process could play out. In a capitalist are 20 children who would have starved empowered groups are erroneously rights the state grants. While there until 1843. The French bourgeoisie, for emotional responses to repression, However, bullets of sympathy and good features of least evil incumbents. machine each cog seeks to maximise had it not been for free meals in school; seen as a manifestation of the people’s are no doubt improprieties in the way another, didn’t foist democracy onto the injustice and wanton violence as people conciliation ultimately injure the very By accepting the preservation of profit. Thus, it is rational for corporate for every exiled gusano plutocrat, there will. Their tales of hardship, at worst the these elections are conducted, they are aristocracy until their proto-capitalist in the developed world, and, equally, people and standpoints they were incumbents as a first premise and media firms to support initiatives likely are a hundred campesinos able to own result of mechanisms of redistribution nonetheless often deemed legitimate by system generated enough surplus for appreciate what democracy offers as meant to protect, especially when fired avoiding activity that indirectly leads to do that — like America trying to bring the land they farm for the first time; and most likely the consequence of international monitors, and independent them to become an empowered, critical well as any anarcho-syndicalist or Daily from the wrong trench. In the first to more evil options, defenders reach new states into their trade hegemony for every 30 per economic warfare surveys regularly corroborate election mass. Sanctions and economic warfare Telegraph columnist. To think otherwise instance, ignoring citizens’ preferences the same normative territory as others — even if they don’t explicitly collude cent who voted waged by the results. And even where incumbents actively hurts ambitions to expand is baseless arrogance. is inherently disrespectful, and should while enjoying the unique benefit of with initiators. And this is to say little for opposition West, do not enjoy overwhelming support, democratic instruments, while also That these people reason to support be avoided in principle unless we better having started their offensive from the of the further role that nationalism and parties in the anti-regime protesters — the kind that obscuring the way nationalisation can incumbents, even despite their full understand the structures that shape right trench. conformity play in determining how support the Free Syrian Army, Guaido’s give citizens more ownership over their and rich connection with the ideals of their oppression and bind their decision- That trench is the one we attempted each cog behaves, whether that be the Voluntad Popular, or any intervention lives. democracy, goes to show just how evil making. to dig on Twitter: the trench of intern converting Reuters wires into to establish liberal democracy — are an the alternatives are. Their decision- Beyond principled costs, these standpoint-sensitive anti-imperialism. articles or the executive deciding the overwhelming minority. making no doubt weighs democracy as bullets can also cause issues in the realm It is one that commits to the battalion careful framing of each fact. The reason for this is simple. They much as anyone here might, but that of consequences. Though one person’s even while debate and critique rages in But while material factors explain seem interested in a different social particular input is overridden by other opinion makes no difference on its own, the dugout. It is one that is reluctant how the media presents the news to contract to people in the developed West, You don't need a strongman inputs we in the West do not have to bad thought processes can aggregate, to embolden oppositional sentiment, people, ideological factors explain why supporting the authority they judge as to know which way the contend with. affecting the possibility and nature of prioritising critiques of the external people choose to believe it. Recent the least evil. Without the luxury of being A similar thought process ought collective action. In a context where forces responsible for poor conditions condemnation of Venezuela, especially able to wait around for a revolutionary bomb blows to play out amongst defenders of one bloc enjoys a default hegemony, over narratives that already dominate. in liberal circles, owes a lot to the groundswell, or even to fantasise about incumbents, if it doesn’t already. These and that hegemony accounts for the And it is one that assesses which realistic preponderance of identity politics and a benevolent liberal saviour, citizens of defenders should empathise with the bulk of suffering people face, weakening option is the least evil regardless of the its corollary “standpoint theory” in these states ordinarily have no choice plight of those affected by the evil countervailing forces necessarily creates standpoints emphasised, accepting that contemporary progressive discourse. So but to hedge bets on the options at hand. Contrary to assumptions of a inherent to lesser evilism, supporting space for hegemons to grow. When option as the one worth fighting for successfully have they advanced through And, in many cases, even those who brainwashed and repressed citizenry those attempting to further reduce that taken together these two facts suggest until circumstances change. the planes of discourse that these days recognise the value of democracy favour whose thoughts are bound by evil. They ought to be troubled by the not only that observers ought take a After all, when the battlefields their central insight — that an opinion comparatively authoritarian options, propaganda, citizens of Venezuela and suffering these regimes subject people side even when no options meets their grow heavy with fog the only way for derived from “lived experience” cannot especially when the “authoritarian” Syria are comparatively free from many to, regretting avoidable instances and ideal standards, but also that they should belligerents to ensure they don’t hit the be challenged — is a starting, and, uniquely guarantees their most pressing of the issues that plague the Global hoping for a future where ideal options manage their political activity to ensure people they set out to protect is to fire frequently, final point of analysis. needs: protection from violence and South: they have protected the rights exist and are realistic. And they ought to it doesn’t indirectly lead to outcomes from the right trench. the stability necessary for material of Indigenous peoples and minorities, bite the bullet, reluctantly, in the interests they don’t want. Thus, condemnations prosperity. their governments are secular, and they of the greater good, even where they of Western interventions should avoid In regions of the world where want have committed themselves at least have the very same phenomenological deference to exaggerated despotism, and deprivation are a daily part of life, nominally to women’s liberation. While reaction to victims of imperfect on pain of encouraging the most evil liberal democracy is a luxury rarely propaganda and fear play into their incumbents as those who outwardly belligerents to repeat that imperialist From standpoint to desired. Tunisian intellectual Larbi citizen’s decision-making to some extent, mechanism. Art by Matthew Fisher standstill Sadiki calls this the “democracy of their consciousness is no more false than bread,” where citizens of the Global Westerners. South accept a level of authoritarianism In fact, the extensive social and incompatible with liberal democratic economic progress directly encountered norms as a compromise to guard against by citizens is not something governments Standpoint theory contends that invasion from without and barbarism or media could lie about, and has those who are most excluded from from within. Like Syrians who saw mobilised pro-government protests far power are best placed to understand what happened to Iraq or Afghanistan, larger than anti-government ones. That oppression, having lived experienced Venezuelans know how external an impressive number of citizens credit of marginalisation which is invisible involvement has undermined quality of incumbents with improvements in to others. By amplifying the voices life, especially in neighbouring countries their own lives contrasts with Western of the most downtrodden, beginning like Guatemala, Chile and Nicaragua, voters, who don’t so much as vote new with African American women in the internationally monitored but imperfect motivate the reluctant war cry of the and have therefore put their democratic parties in as vote the current one out, 1980s, standpoints’ insights command 2018 Presidential elections, there were guilty hawk. Consent is manufactured. ambitions aside in order to better fend only feeling their lives have improved reverence in progressive and even 68 per cent who voted for Maduro. off that possibility. when the spin machine positions them mainstream circles. This should be None of this suggests that one This position not only reacts to to. This explains why a sizable portion of expected: once we concede that lived standpoint is more important than external military fears, but external citizens maintain zealous support even experience is an immutable source another. It also doesn’t suggest that we economic suspicions too. Believing the when they know of regime atrocities, of knowledge it seems insensitive to should abandon its insights altogether. The ballot or the bread Western economic sphere replicates be that Bashar al-Assad’s violent challenge conclusions drawn from such In fact, the opposite is true: simply humiliating colonial dynamics, many in suppression of protests in 2011, his experiences. possessing or referring to a particular the Global South interact in a distinct father’s murderous campaign against the With this norm entrenched, it is standpoint cannot be grounds for network of economies neither socialist Muslim Brotherhood in Hama in 1982, unsurprising that people react with resolving a debate in favour of that But a hawk that put its hunger for justice nor neoliberal. This has, at the very least, or Maduro’s imprisonment of high- outrage when one particular person in particular standpoint, not least when ahead of its hunger for contrition would altered the way they behave as global profile opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez Venezuela, or a family member, details there are conflicting standpoints that spot, from afar, the cues that separate economic actors. Many of these states, in 2015. their plight. After all, who are we deserve our deference just as much. predator from prey. In particular, they for instance, refuse trade that requires What gives Westerners the right to detached theory bros to question an A norm of uncritical deference to would observe that America has used its conversion to US currency, entering patronisingly question their judgement anti-Maduro opinion forged in the fires standpoints creates a related problem: time as a global superpower to maintain alternative trade alliances when Western while accepting our own system as of experience? empowered actors can use convenient and impose a global economic system ones exclude them for pursuing a model legitimate? Who are we to demand To meet the question head-on, lived experiences to dismiss or obfuscate that forces countries, firms, and people that empowers the state more than they facilitate greater evils to preserve we are theory bros who have forged inconvenient ones. This is especially to accumulate or else face death. They corporations. A model of this kind at least ideological purity? On what basis can we opinions by taking stock of many lived problematic when our deference cannot would see that people long-victimised by nominally strives to achieve material possibly conclude that the standpoints experiences. And herein lies two big distinguish between standpoints America and its global economic system improvements for its people, and has of those in the minority trump the problems with uncritical deference to undergirded by well-reasoned structural invest significant support in leaders who done so for many in impressive ways, standpoints of the majority? standpoints: firstly, that standpoints explanations and standpoints motivated claim to defy this world order, especially that Western media neglects to mention. In many cases these reactions to about experience are conflated with by self-interest. This costly theoretical when they demonstrate that defiance Many citizens, particularly those who citizens' preferences stem from hubristic questions of fact, and secondly that insensitivity ignores an important fact: by giving to the poor that which would know how Western economies treat the assumptions, rather than intellectual some standpoints are simply more that though each person might have otherwise have been accumulated by the powerless in their own backyards, recall considerations, where observers assume common and well-justified than others. their own unique experience of reality, rich. They would, finally, recognise that the sting of colonialism as they hedge citizens in favour of incumbents don’t

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अंग्रेजी, उपनिवेशवाद और वर्ग Karishma Luthria explores the colonial legacy of language in India. 人生的暑假

भारत एक ऐसा देश है जिस में २२ भाषाए, १३ लिपियाँ और ७२० बोलियाँ हैं। भाषा नहीं मिला है, उन्हें अक्सर नकारात्मक तरीके से आंका जाता है। अंग्रेजी भाषा तरह बोली जाने वाली मैथिलि या तमिल का स्तर उच्चनीय था । का हमारे इतिहास में बहुत ही जटिल स्थान रहा है । आज भी उन लोगों को शक्ति प्रदान कर रही जो उस भाषा का धाराप्रवाह प्रयोग सवाल यह उठता है कि क्या वास्तव में भाषाएँ ब्रिटिश शासन के प्रतिरोध का 原作者: 何抱朴 Baopu He आज की अधिकांश युवा पीढ़ी या तो अंग्रेजी या हिंगलिश (अंग्रेजी और हिंदी का करना जानते हैं। यह भाषा आज भी आपके लिए कई महत्त्वपूर्ण अवसर प्रदान एक रूप हैं? इसका उत्तर यह है भाषा का उपयोग प्रतिरोध के लिए किया जा सकता 翻译自: 温滢滢 Carrie Wen मिश्रण) का प्रयोग करती है। भारत की इस भाषाई जटिलता के पीछे अंग्रेजों का कर सकती है। हैं, लेकिन हमें कुछ अन्य तरीकों पर भी विचार करना चाहिए जिनमें भाषा का उपयोग बहुत बड़ा हाथ रहा है। अंग्रेज़ों ने भारत की भाषाओ को अनिश्चित परिस्थिति में जहां मेरी बात आती है, तो मेरा यह मानना है की मुझे अंग्रेजी के प्रभाव के किया जाता है। हम भारत के लिए जिन भाषाओं को भी चुनते हैं, अगर भाषा वर्ग Art by Joe Verity छोड़ा था जिसके प्रभावों को हम अब तक महसूस कर सकते हैं। कुछ फायदे 焼रूर हुए हैं। जहाँ मैं अपनी जातीयता के कारण अपने आप को अलग और जातिगत भेदभाव का आधार बन जाती है, तो हम बस शासकों के एक समूह की अपनी मातृभूमि भारत को छो蔼ने और ऑस्ट्रेलिया आने के उपरांत मेरे अंदर महसूस करती हूँ वहीँ धाराप्रवाह अंग्रेजी भाषा बोल पाने के कारण अपने आप को भाषा को दूसरे के साथ बदल रहें हैं। इसलिए, इस सवाल का जवाब देने से पहले कि दबी भारतीयता और अपनी जड़ो के प्रति प्रेम भावना और भी प्रबल हो गयी है । ऑस्ट्रेलियन समूह में साम्मलित पाती हूँ। हालाँकि, मैं अपने आप को पूर्ण रूप से किस भाषा को अपनाया जाना चाहिए, भारत को इस बात का समाधान खोजना चाहिए हलाकि बचपन में मैंने अपने परिवार के साथ शायद ही कभी हिंदी में वार्तालाप की तभी समझ पायी जब मैने अपना परिचय अपनी खुद की मूल भाषाओं से करवाया और की वह वर्ग, संस्कृति और जाति के आधार पर भेदभाव और वर्चस्व को सुधारने होगी। मैंने हमेशा अंग्रेजी ना की हिंदी को अपनी पहली भाषा माना है। मुंबई में मैं पूरी तरह से उन मूल भाषाओं के महत्व को पहचाना। के लिए क्या कदम उठाएगा। 内容警告：本文章提到自杀和心里健康 एक अंग्रेजी माधयम विद्यालय में प褼तीथी जहाँ अंग्रेजी पर ज़्यादा ज़ोर दिया जाता व्यक्तिगत स्तर पर, जहाँकि हिंदी सीखना ब्रिटिश शासन की विरासत का एक था और वहां अंग्रेजी में बात करना अनिवार्य था। मेरे लालन पालन में भी विदेशी महत्वपूर्ण प्रतिरोध हो सकता है, यह याद रखना महत्वपूर्ण है कि हिंदी का उदय संस्कृति का ज़्यदा प्रभाव था। मुझे भारतीय नृत्य और आलू परांठा की जगह विदेशी क्षेत्रीय भाषाओं की कीमत पर होता है। स्कूलों में हिंदी के अनिवार्य उपयोग और संगीत और बर्गर ज़्यादा पसंद था। संस्कृति में इसके उपयोग (जैसे बॉलीवुड) ने भारत में युवा पीढ़ी के लिए अपनी मूल “我那一年没有任何回忆，”我的日本朋友告诉我， 的陈规定型观念中，我们常常无法理解东方教育的 现出的能力和努力向其他人表明，如果需要，你可 भारत में अंग्रेजी भाषा उच्चनिये शिक्षा तथा उच्च वर्ग का प्रतिक माना क्षेत्रीय भाषा पर हिंदी को चुनना आसान बना दिया है। हमें हिंदी के प्रभुत्व के पीछे 我们在高田马场的一个居酒屋喝酒­。这是东京最热 复杂性, 例如我们会刻板印象东亚学生没有创造力 以努力工作。这就是为什么东亚学生在高中时熬夜 जाता है। मैं सोचती थी की इस वर्ग से सम्बंधित होने में एक खास बात थी। मैं उन के ऐतिहासिक कारणों पर भी विचार करना चाहिए। 闹的学生社区，也是日本唯一一个可以在公共场所 而且只能死记硬背的观念。正因为如此，对比较教 学习，在大学期间喝酒的原因。 लोगो में से थी जिनकी हिंदी भी अंग्रेजी की तरह सुनाई प蔼ती थी। मेरे मित्र जिन की स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों से निपटने के लिए, ब्रिटिश अक्सर उत्तर भारत के लोगों 随意言语，倾诉自己的地方。他提起了作为“浪人” 育的讨论转变为“至少我们不是”的游戏，这样我们 然而，在澳洲，我们喜欢那些在高中时萎靡不正 हिंदी मुझ से कही ज़्यदा म焼बूत थी अक्सर मेरी विचित्र हिंदी पे हंस प蔼ते थे और के पक्षधर थे, जिनके लिए हिंदी उनकी मुख्य भाषा थी। इसके अतिरिक्त, ब्रिटिश 的那一年。在几个世纪前，这个词会唤起人们对流 就可以心安理得地忽视困扰我们自己教育系统的现 但后来通过在大学里的努力学习现在过着成功人生 मेरा मज़ाक बनाते हुए ना थकते थे। मुझे ऑस्ट्रेलिया आने के उपरान्त अपनी जड़ो और ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी ने हिंदी भाषा को भी सीखने की कोशिश की, उस समय की 浪的武士的联想。“浪人”通常被指责为在主人死后 实，例如最近几年澳洲学生的心理健康状况急剧恶 的故事。这些故事通常与那些从未适应大学的优秀 की महत्त्व का ज्ञान हुआ। मुझे यह भी लगा की अगर मैं अपनी जड़ो को स्वीकार भारत के शासक वर्ग के साथ काम करने के लिए। इसका मतलब यह था कि अंग्रेजों 没有选择共死而选择了一个人羞耻的生活。如今， 化。根据Headspace的2018年研究，80％的澳洲高等 高中生，终其一生在失望中度过余生的故事形成鲜 नहीं करती हूँ तो मेरी प्रगति पूर्ण रूप से कभी न हो पायेगी और कहीं न कहीं एक के चले जाने के बाद, जो लोग शक्तिशाली थे (ब्रिटिश शासकों के साथ उनकी 它指的是高中毕业生未能考进他们想要的大学，并 教育学生经历了焦虑。 35％的人有过自杀或自残的 明对比。但这两个故事中都隐含着他们的社会选择 अधूरापन मुझ में हमेशा रहेगा। अनुकूल स्थिति के कारण), उनमें हिंदी के पक्ष में एक स्वाभाविक पूर्वाग्रह था। 且随后花了一年多的学习时间重新准备考试。 念头。 不是吗？如果最终都会做出选择, 那么为什么我们会 हालांकि, हिंदी को अपनाना किसी चुनौती से कम नहीं था। क्षेत्रीय भाषाओं की “每一天都是一样的重复。在6:30起床学习，接着 虽然大学的开始标志着东亚同行学业压力的结 反感在18岁时被选择的人生，而不是在以后选择的 “तमिल और मैथिल ब्राह्मणों का तर्क यह था की उनकी तरह बोली जाने वाली स्वीकार्यता के लिए ल蔼ने के लिए विभिन्न राज्यों में विभिन्न सम्मेलन आयोजित 去补习班学习6个小时，然后一个人在晚上学习到凌 束，但大学是否表明对我们压力的延续？在东亚， 人生呢。在赞扬成为律师的辍学者，以及贬低成为 किए गए। कई लोगों के लिए, क्षेत्रीय भाषाएँ सांस्कृतिक प्रभुत्व और भारत की 晨一点。还有什么回忆可言呢？”他继续说，然后一 进入大学后可以立即感受到在高中如此努力学习的 清洁工的优质生时，我们更应该问一问为什么这两 मैथिलि या तमिल का स्तर उच्चनीय था ।” विविधता का एक महत्वपूर्ण प्रतिबिंब थी, विशेष रूप से जहाँ तमिलनाडु के हिंदी 口气喝完啤酒。 他的故事并不罕见。 在2018年，五 成果，学生有四年的时间去做他们想做的事情。无 个职位一开始就被视为如此不同。 在我们以东亚教 विरोधी संघर्षों की बात आती थी। 分之一的日本大学入学者都是“浪人”。有些人已经 论他们是否进入重点大学，社会阶梯已经基本上定 育为例进行鼓励或者回避之前，我们需要先回答这 हिंदी के प्रति अपने स्वयं के दृष्टिकोण की खोज करने में, मुझे अंग्रेजी, (जो सरकारी भाषा के रूप में हिंदी की स्थिति धर्म के संदर्भ में भी समस्याग्रस्त 做“浪人“超过了一年的时间。 型，除了特殊的努力（或缺乏努力）之外，几乎没 些问题。 की भारत में ब्रिटिश शासन की विरासत है) को दिए जा रहे महत्व के पीछे मूल कारण थी। उदाहरण के तौर पर ब्रिटिश अक्सर हिंदू और मुसलमानों के बीच विभाजन के “过程是很艰难， 但值得。我进了我想进的大 有什么可以能改变的。我们可能会在澳洲谴责他们 尽管如此，有一件事是清楚的。东亚大学生在享 का पता चला। स्वतंत्रता प्राप्त करने के बावजूद, अंग्रेजी आज भी, ना केवल हिंदी उद्देश्य से हिंदी या उर्दू को भारत की सरकारी भाषा निर्धारित कर देती थी। इस 学，现在又是人生的暑假。啊别谈了，我们先喝一 18岁时参加的几项考试来确定某人的生活是多么不 受人生中的暑假，但澳洲学生似乎正在度过一个难 बल्की भारत में अन्य क्षेत्रीय भाषाओं पर भी श्रेष्ठता रखती आ रही है। जो लोग तरह के संघर्ष काफी अनावश्यक थे। उस समय अधिकांश भारतीय या तो हिंदी या 杯吧，清酒行吗？”。照他喝酒的状态看来，我想他 公平，在澳洲，我们可能会谴责他们18岁就因为参 熬的冬天。 अंग्रेजी ठीक से नहीं बोल पाते हैं, कही न कही आज भी हींन दृष्टि से देखे जाते हैं उर्दू के बजाय हिंदुस्तानी (विभिन्न भाषाओं का मिश्रण) बोल रहे थे। दोनों भाषाओँ 今晚也会断片 。 加的几项考试而几乎确 और निम्न वर्ग से जो蔼 दिए जाते हैं - एक ऐसी छवि जिसे कुछ लोग सख्ती से मिटा मे वैसे भी बहुत समानता थीं। 定以后人生的方向，而 देने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं। * * * 在澳洲却不会发生。其 अंग्रेजी भाषा को दिया गया महत्व भारत में सामाजिक शक्ति और स्थान के 实在澳洲这只不过是延 साथ निकटता से जुड़ा हुआ है और इसकी जड़े ब्रिटिश राज मे हैं। मेयो कॉलेज जैसे संस्कृति और जाति के आधार पर भेदभाव और वर्चस्व को सुधारने के लिए क्या 你们知道在日本“大学”被称为什么吗？他们称为人 迟了几年。 USU LANGUAGE स्कूलों ने ऐतिहासिक रूप से ब्रिटिश अंग्रेजी की नकल करने के लिए अपने छात्रों को कदम उठाएगा। 生的暑假，亦指在高中和正式工作之间唯一可以喘 Facebook上很多关 प्रशिक्षित किया। तथ्य यह है कि प्रचार और क्रांति के डर से ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी ने 息的，为期四年的休息时间。在高中毕业之后为自 于大学的页面，都会 EXCHANGE एक विस्तारित अवधि के लिए वर्नाक्यूलर प्रेस को समाप्त कर दिया था। अंग्रेजी, 己充电，这样毕业后就能更加充满活力的努力工 表明澳洲大学生普遍存 प्रेस को जीवित रखने का एकमात्र स्रोत बन गया था। क्षेत्रीय भाषाएँ भी काफी समस्याग्रस्त थी। उन क्षेत्रीय भाषाओं के लिए, कुछ 作。日本大学大多数课程完全由讲座组成，没有参 在对学习的极度焦虑， अंग्रेजी का महत्व आज भी बर唼रार है और जो भारतीय धाराप्रवाह अंग्रेजी समूहों ने अपनी तरह बोले जाने वाली भाषा के आधार पर उनकी प्रभुत्व का दावा 与率考核，对学业的要求标准非常低，更重要的 他们会焦虑在学术之上 Art by Pranay Jha नहीं बोल सकते हैं, या जिन्हे अंग्रेजी माध्यम के स्कूलों में पढ़ाई करने का सौभाग्य किया। उदाहरण के तौर पर, तमिल और मैथिल ब्राह्मणों का तर्क यह था की उनकी 是，大学的成绩对未来就业没有任何影响。日本大 的问题，财务问题。显 学生们大多忙于兼职，课外活动和饮酒而非忙于学 然，他们学术压力都与

业。村上春树（Haruki Murakami），日本最着名 一种信念有关：即在竞 / FLEXIBLEFUN / FREE 的作家之一，他花了七年时间从大学四年制课程毕 争日益激烈的就业市场 业，因为他几乎没有费心去上课，宁愿花时间去爵 中，不良分数会使你处 士咖啡馆和唱片店。中国和韩国这两个国家也因其 于劣势。每个人都说“ Der Mond • • La Lune • চাঁদ • Moon • つき 艰苦的高中教育体系而臭名昭着，在一个类似非官 高中成绩并不重要”， HOLA 月亮 方的， “严进宽出”的高等教育体制下运作。 但有多少人会将其扩展 Original in German by Jessica Syed 当然，这个事实在西方鲜为人知。我们被东亚教 到大学？在东亚，“获 Translations by Baopu He (Japanese), Jessica Syed (Bangla, English, French), Victor Ye (Chinese) & Annie Zhang (French) 育系统所吸引，在西方人想象中，这个系统象征着 得学位”是一个名副其 从未露面的东亚学生把自己埋葬在一堆教科书里， 实的真理。在澳洲，这 Ich suche dich আমি ত�োমাকে খুজঁ ি 在世界其他地方的人入睡后在一个光线充足的教室 是一种毫无意义的安 In der Stadt শহরে 里学习。然而，为了更好地了解东亚教育，我们需 慰。 Abends রাতের বেলা 要理解这一学术强度必须与高等教育缺乏力度有 任何资本主义社 / FREEFUN / FLEXIBLE Der Mond scheint চাঁদের আল�ো আমাদের উপরে 关。 会，在人生的某个节 Und die Licht ist über uns কিন্তু ত�োমাকে 例如，当东亚教育方式在西方变成热门话题时， 点，我们都不可避免会 Aber ich sehe dich দেখি না 通常我们会与自己的系统相比，并说出一些大胆的 被社会选择：选择你能 Nicht I search for you 短语，例如“一条伤痕累累的成功之路”比比皆是。 从事什么样的职业，享 In the city 但在这种情况下，“伤痕”和“成功”意味着什么呢？ 受什么样的生活。那 城上升明月 Evening 关于损害，我们对在澳洲采用东亚教育的想法 么，问题不在于高中对 眼前明月光 The moon shines 本能反应常常走向极端，并指出这些国家的青少年 学生来说压力太大，而안녕 And the light is over us 自杀率高，证明他们的“竞争力强”的本质是根本的 在于推迟到以后的生活 月光覆全城 But you are not 可你不在旁 There 破坏性。但是，将青少年自杀率作为衡量教育系统 中都会承受社会选择的 价值的标准既有悖常理又缺乏意义。但即使将其作 压力？在东亚，很多人 SWAP AND LEARN LANGUAGES Je te cherche 君を探す 为衡量标准，它也会显示出与西方大多数人相信的 需要在刚成年的时候作 ONE-ON-ONE Dans la ville 市街で 相反的真相。根据OECD组织2015年进行的一项研 出决定。你18岁的选择 Le soir 夜に 究，日本和韩国的青少年自杀率实际上低于澳洲。 将大致决定你未来的人 La lune brille 月が輝き 当然，作为澳洲人，我们都知道青少年自杀背后有 生。你所在大学的名字 Et la lumière nous entoure 光は私たちを照らす 许多复杂的因素和原因，将其归结为一个问题将过 远远超过你分数的影响 APPLY NOW Or je te vois でも、君が見え 分简化问题。然而，在心理健康方面以及其他常见 力。因为你通过入学表 USU.EDU.AU/LANGUAGEEXCHANGE Pas ない Art by Joe Verity

14 15 CREATIVE CULTURE The Nang Room: NamelessPranay Jha the modern island of lotus-eaters Panting heavily, the boy hops over piles of burning a woven mat, gripping her back with her right hand as who hurriedly places a glass of milk in his face. rubbish to chase his patched-up football. With each she slowly sits down. The boy quickly settles himself Jess Zlotnick step he takes, his feet shift uncomfortably in his slightly onto her lap, as she gently places one arm around him “Drink every last drop!” she yells as he scrunches his worn sandals. He scans his surroundings, ensuring and kisses him on the head. He leans back, nestling face, pushing it away. It’s the middle of the night. You’re at a The nang room is our modern day island, There is a sense of community in the balloon pops that sometimes seals their that none of the older kids are lurking in the forest of into her as she starts making him write each letter half-decent party in the Inner West. nangs our lotus. nang room: it’s much more fun to do a fate; no one waits, no one stops, no one debris formed by collapsing hospitals and government individually. His tiny fingers wrap around her hand She takes the glass from him and hands him a plastic You’ve had a couple drinks, are wearing nang as a group than on your own, and sacrifices their balloon or nang for them. buildings. He’s more cautious this time, the memories of as she guides him to write his name onto the sheet. bag in which she has packed a pen, an exercise book a costume that you threw together at the Nangs are the sober man’s drug. A nang so the group waits patiently as balloons Moments after finishing a nang, still his last stolen ball etched in the picked scabs covering They practise it five times and the boy counts out loud, and a biscuit. last minute, and you’ve just realised that has an intense high of about 15 seconds, are inflated for everyone present. One descending from the astral plane, a friend his knees and elbows. In a makeshift cave, partially ensuring that his mother doesn’t fool him into doing a number of your friends are missing. followed by a few minutes of lasting person will be handling the ‘nanginator’ could ask if you have a balloon to spare. obfuscated by a screen of rising dust, the boy can hear more than necessary. Then she asks him to practise on “You’re going to be late!” reverberation, before it’s all over and or cracker, braving frozen fingers as they They may know you have a balloon, the slurring sounds of a conversation between his older his own, sounding out each syllable as he clumsily grips They’re not out in the garden smoking a you’re returned to mostly lucid brain push out nang after nang over the course having just finished a nang, but you will brother, Qasim, and a friend. They stumble out gripping the pen. Just as she begins to correct his mistakes, the The boy rushes through the door. As he journeys to dart, not having a dance in the lounge: function. In that 15-second intense high, of the night. Their reward is the final not want to relinquish your balloon for a plastic bag tightly in their hand, both with rashes boy’s eyes begin to wander, focusing on the single ray school, he entertains himself by trying to walk in a they have vanished and cannot be you see god. Your mind resounds like balloon to be inflated, those balloons fear you will never see it again and oh forming around the edges of their mouth. of light beaming through the window beside him. perfectly straight line, placing each foot immediately reached, no matter how many times you a brass bell struck by Quasimodo in inflated first in the round having slowly god, without a balloon you may never after the other. With his attention placed solely on his Facebook-call them. the tower of Notre Dame. Any sound deflated as they wait. nang again. And so, still disoriented, “What are you doing?” the boy asks. “I’m tired,” he whines. “Enough for today, Mama!” feet, he accidentally crashes into a well-built middle- or stimulus bounces around back and still dumb and happy and floating down aged man. The man screams at him, missiles of spit You venture through the sharehouse, forth, shaking you from a cosmic plane For this reason there’s a subtle politics to earth, you will mime having lost “Fuck off,” his brother replies. His friend chuckles “Just three more times before your class tomorrow and landing on the boy’s cheeks. Startled, he paces ahead, past rooms lit with fairy lights, past the far away back down to your tiny human surrounding the capacity of the nang your balloon, holding it securely in the slightly. then we will be done.” until the man’s booming voice fades into the car horns line for the bathroom, until you pass a existence. If you’re happy to breathe room, too few and the room takes on a palm of your hand. You will think you and bargaining street vendors. Passing through an closed door. No light comes through the in something that isn’t oxygen for a sad, almost desperate feeling, too many are a master of deception, but you are “I need to get my ball.” It’s no use; the boy quickly jumps out of her lap, grabs unusually quiet strip, the boy notices an empty white bottom of the door, and when you turn minute, you’re rewarded with the most and physics is working against you. You not. You may consider yourself to be a the ball and runs outside. Aliye gently nurses a cut on van parked hastily on the footpath. He pauses to inspect the handle, it isn’t locked. From behind transcendental high you can get without can, of course, go in rounds: get half the good person, but on the isle of nangs all “Fuck off from here. Go. Now.” her hand from a few days ago. The dying skin around it further before running away as quickly as possible. the door a crashing hiss echoes every ingesting or injecting anything into your room set up and going as you prepare morals are discarded in favour of sheer the cut is beginning to blacken, sticking to the dust- thirty seconds or so. body. for the other half, but the timing doesn’t selfish hedonism: all in pursuit of the The boy looks up at his brother, eyes fierce, tightly covered rag she had hurriedly wrapped around it. When he approaches the school, the boy starts quite work out. The thing is, when you’re next nang. scrunching up his fists. But the moment Qasim moves She lets out a sigh and lies down, her eyelids finally visualises the process of writing his name, mentally This is the nang room. Your friends are The nang room is a notorious party doing a nang, time feels infinite. 30 forward, he scrams. fluttering shut. tracing each element. He finally gets to the classroom, here. They have been here for years. location. At some point during the night seconds of a song feels like a symphony, taking his an expectant smile refusing to leave his face. They have forgotten who they are, how someone will start it up, picking a select and so it’s only when you’re watching, As he finally approaches the street from which he came, The boy eventually returns, his shirt covered in brown Their teacher instructs the children to write their name they came to be here, what life was few people to join them. Generally not doing a nang yourself, that you he notices that the vendor, Abbas, has returned. Two strokes of dirt. His skinny arms shake gently as he down five times, claiming that the student with the best like outside of the nang room. All they speaking the people who kick off the realise how fleeting the experience truly large patches of sweat have emerged under his armpits. struggles to lift a jug of lukewarm water off a table handwriting will receive a sticker. As he looks around want is to chase the next nang, and so nang room are those who have come is. So sure, you can give half the group The collar of his shirt, discoloured in a brownish yellow that comes up to his chest. The rustling sounds coming the classroom, all the students rush to grab their pens, you plant yourself beside them, accept prepared, who have bought their nangs nangs and set them loose, but they will Odysseus drags his men from the island. tinge, presses uncomfortably against his neck. Placed from his mother’s section of the house, as she twists wanting to complete the task as quickly as possible. a balloon handed to you from frozen in bulk and are ready to settle in. Once be done and ready for the next round Weeping bitterly, they board the ship to on top of his cart is a chilled bottle of Coke, drops of and turns in the heat, catches his attention. He makes He makes a slow start, tightly gripping his pen to fingers, and follow them into the ether. drawn in, it’s near impossible to leave. before you’ve had a chance to crack even continue their quest. But in the nang water racing down it like beads of sweat. The boy licks his way over to her, pulling away a sheet that separates control each movement. However, his attention drifts Nangs are just so easy to keep doing. As a single other nang. room, there is no quest outside the his lips and practices a charming expression, reciting the mat she sleeps on from the rest of the house. As he to a whistling sound that is gradually getting louder. long as someone there is happy to keep door. No family or friends awaiting your the words quickly in his head. squats down next to her, she gently places her hand on The boy looks up at his teacher, who is now looking at inflating balloons and passing them The nang beast is especially single- return, no gods to appease or kingdoms his cheek and smiles in her sleep. The boy briefly lies the roof, his eyebrows knitting together as he starts to around, you can spend hours there. minded in its pursuit of nangs: one to save. Your quest is self-contained in “Abi,” he chirps, looking up at the vendor with a down next to her, but can’t seem to fall asleep. frown. nang is never enough, because as soon the nang room, your family and friends sheepish grin then feigning a shy glance down at the There is something truly intoxicating as you’re done, you want another. And are the people around you, holding up floor. The boy gets up and picks up the pen and exercise After ten days of rough seas, Odysseus about the nang room, much like the another. And another. It’s not just the their balloons before inhaling in unison book on which his mother had made him write his * * * and his crew land on the isle of the Lotus intoxication of the lotus flowers. It’s hard nangs: in this environment balloons to climb the wave of euphoria together. “Oh don’t Abi me, take it and get out of here, you little name a few hours ago. He spends hours tracing her Eaters. They take shelter, eat and drink, to describe the experience to someone become a priceless commodity. If there rascal!” Abbas replies, chuckling to himself as he tosses writing, obsessing over each minor error. His focus is Two workers cautiously make their way through a pile and Odysseus sends some of his men who has never done a nang, and it’s aren’t enough balloons for everyone then Other boats may sail past, parties will the bottle to the boy, who barely catches it, struggling to unflinching, broken only in brief moments where he of rubble. Both of them clumsily cover their noses with further inland to see what the island’s harder still to justify the hours spent the choice is made for you: there can come and go, but the nang room will wrap his little fingers around its width. He runs away fantasises over his teacher giving him a sticker for his their hands in a futile attempt to shield themselves from inhabitants are like. He doesn’t hear downing nang after nang, laying inert only ever be as many nangs as balloons, always be there, waiting for you to taste as Abbas’ voice echoes in the distance: “make sure you perfect handwriting. In the fantasy, the other children the rising clouds of dust. They make their way through from his men: having eaten the lotus on the ground, listening to Tame Impala rounds become mandatory. that first nang, and be enticed to linger bring me 40 rials tomorrow!” in the class stare at him in awe at the perfection of his the site, walking around piles of shattered glass. One flower they have forgotten about home, or Gang of Youths. The experience there forever. writing, admiring his intricate attention to each curve of them kneels down and notices a scrap of metal that forgotten their quest, and desire nothing comes hauntingly close to capturing the It isn’t uncommon to see gentle, blissful As he tiptoes towards his house, the boy accidentally and perfectly rounded dot. They even start chanting his reads “Lockheed Martin”. He picks it up and places it more than to remain there, eating lotus mystique of the strange, mythological nang beasts, turned paranoid and selfish: steps on a chipped grey brick, twisting his ankle and name, but he has no time for his fans. He races home and in a plastic bag. Next to him, concealed poorly under flowers. island of Lotus Eaters. there is no nobility here. If someone’s Art by Annie Zhang letting out a small yelp. Emerging through the front shows his mother, who smiles down at him, kneeling two concrete slabs is an outstretched hand, gripping a door, his mother, Aliye, shakes her head, telling him to down and resting her forehead against his. Eventually, scrunched sheet of paper. It belongs to a boy — the rest wipe his feet at the door before entering. the fantasy draws to a close and he continues practising of his body lies a few metres away, covered in swatches until he is satisfied. Exhausted he lies down, and finally of black and red. On the sheet of paper is a half-written “Don’t bounce the ball in the house,” she cries out. falls asleep. name.

She hobbles over to a corner with an exercise book and The boy is shaken awake the next day by his mother, The workers cannot decipher it.

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Realised that you don’t Arrived at your The Champagne Socialist The Three Generations Re-downloaded Lost On Severed your shoulder by even need the textbook Got stuck too deep in the tutorial when tutorials (Outside Merewether) (ABS/Codrington) Campus using a tote bag you got on StudentVIP line at Taste to leave don’t start until week 2 Annie: This pole has been instrumental Alan: This is our first triplet and they in student activist movements and in aren’t ordinary poles. The more I look at supporting campus culture. This pole them, the more they cry out a sad story 6 7 8 9 10 protested Adani, urged people to join of intergenerational assimilation and the FMAA, and is now promoting an eBook on severance of cultural memory. Amazon. What can’t this pole do? Annie: They are my children. Alan: There’s a bit of an epistemological Joe: I’m not sure I’d call them poles. dilemma here, right? Like, poles inherently They’re like electricity pillars. When does your support structures but all this pole supports is a rare colour mix of hot pink and mouldy sticky tape. student visa run out? It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with all your student visa Tried to befriend someone conditions, especially the length of stay allowed under your visa entitlement. You can find out about all the applicable visa conditions and your visa expiry date using the and thought it was Left your lecture early Arrived late to your Completed leg day by Wore a fashionable, online service (Visa Entitlement Verification Online – “VEVO”) on the Department of Immigration successful only for it to fail first 9 AM class walking from ABS to Foot- non-functional outfit and and Border Protection website. Use this URL: https://online.immi.gov.au/evo/firstParty the following week bridge got chafing When accessing this online service, you will need your passport number and other identification details which can be found on the visa grant email sent by the Department. If you are not sure how to use VEVO or have trouble with this online service, you 11 12 13 14 15 can get FREE help from the SRC registered migration agent by contacting 9660 5222. Make sure you put the visa expiry date in your calendar and remember to NOT overstay your visa! Michael Spence (Outside F23) Overstaying leads to serious legal consequences which in some situations may require you to Mr Thick (On City Rd) Alan: If the F23 Admin Building is the leave Australia immediately and you will not be able to come back again for 3 years. Alan: I’m not a big fan of this one. University’s beige cargo pants, this pole is Something about it screams ‘pole its phallic core. Level 1, Wentworth Bldg, University of Sydney p: 02 9660 5222 | w: src.usyd.edu.au performativity’ to me. Annie: Quite white. e: [email protected] Free Annie: That’s not very nice. Girth matters *The poles did not provide comment in time for ACN 146 653 143 | MARN 1276171 more than length. publication. Pretended to be interested Missed your stop at Red- Shoulder pain from carry- Fell on the bus on the way about someone else in an fern and made the walk ing a 2L Hydro-flask space to University icebreaker activity When the Academy lies from Central Patrick McKenzie and Rhea Thomas spotlight Hollywood’s poor handling of the truth.

16 17 18 19 20 ‘Based on a true story,’ ‘Discover the some measure of praise. Spike Lee watered down by its adherence to a country boy to political powerhouse, truth behind the legend,’ ‘What you won the Cannes film festival’s ‘Grand filmmaking model which demands a the Hollywood ‘truth movie’ model are about to see actually happened.’ Of Prix’ award, its second highest honour, traditional hero; co-opted by familiar where Dick Cheney is a hero leaves last week’s eight Academy Award ‘Best for BlacKkKlansman. Nonetheless, white institutions that ignore the truth the impression of a story haphazardly Picture’ nominees, six of them were it received targeted criticism for its of contemporary race struggles in told. When it seems as though a film ‘inspired by true events.’ characterisation of a police officer as a America. can’t decide to be driven by its political Whilst some films such as Roma hero in post-civil rights era America. Similar to BlacKkKlansman in con- contentions or a narrativisation of the and The Favourite simply interpreted a Hip-hop artist and director Boots structing an intended movie ‘hero’, characters embroiled in them, the fin- true story, others like BlacKkKlansman Riley spoke out on Twitter shortly Adam McKay’s Vice forgoes detailing er details are treated with kid gloves or and Vice aimed to galvanise social out- after the release of the film last August, much of the Gulf War, during which it’s not at all. Lied about yourself in an Got blisters from Ate something crunchy in a Got catfished on Asked or had someone ask rage and political mobilisation. These critiquing the films’ conferral of hero subject Dick Cheney was accountable What guides filmmakers to find icebreaker activity wearing the wrong shoes lecture room StudentVIP whether access still works striking and successful films carefully status on its protagonist and real- as Secretary of Defence. Nor is the in- truth in ‘true story’ films will always be for food discounts deployed a ‘true story’ moniker to be life inspiration Ron Stallworth. Riley vasion of Iraq and the fear-mongering a contentious discussion. Undoubtedly, poignant and profitable at great ex- identified that systemic inequality leading to consolidation of executive it remains a dangerous manipulation pense to the actual truth. True story in “payscale, housing, healthcare and power in the United States depicted in to recount something inherently prob- 21 22 23 24 25 cinema cannot intend to inform the other material quality of life issues” are little more than a few short montages. lematic and polarising. Whether less- truth if it privileges entertainment the predominant experiences which These scenes do little more than have er commercial and financial pressures through scandalisation or reverence. African-Americans confront today, the audience perceive Vice President like in Australia’s publicly-funded film Authorial intent ought to balance the areas not touched on by Lee. Cheney as the worlds’ Bond villain of industry can give way to a more faith- precise research with Hollywood spec- Additionally, the films’ moral the early 2000s. Vice narrates the ‘truth’ ful level of truth in films such as Rabbit tacle that big screen audiences in the absolution of the police institution from of America’s thinly-veiled imperialist Proof Fence or Balibo, depends on Hol- ‘fake news’ era demand. their contribution to escalated racial and exceptionalist foreign policy in the lywood’s priorities. True story cinema It is unfortunate then that tensions, disproportionately targeting aftermath of September 11, as Cheney’s and its uncomfortable connection to BlacKkKlansman and Vice, the two films African-American people, remains a personal desire for power, and nothing an ultimately santisied entertainment Used social media in class, Convinced yourself you’ll marketed on their confrontation of factor despite these tensions enduring more. Christian Bale makes an utterly product seems as though it will con- Got swamped in the Decided to never step foot but looked do your readings after Sweating polarising political tensions ultimately in the present as exemplified in the convincing Dick Cheney — pitch-per- tinue to populate Hollywood for many Co-op bookshop in the Co-op again intently at the tutor in Week 1 render an oversimplified ‘truth lite’ of well-documented killings of Trayvon fect speaking mannerisms and all years to come. their subjects. Yet don’t let it be said that Martin and Philando Castile. — but when the audience is made to Hopefully time will beget the real- order to hide it these were bad films. By all aesthetic Ultimately, the punch of the films’ not only revere him, but also empa- isation of the whole truth and nothing accounts they had good reason to attain message of social mobilisation is thise with his journey from wayward but.

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