wow Xi'an Famous Foods in NYC says they've shut six locations during the pandemic and started closing all stores earlier because there's been so much aggression towards their Asian-American employees, inc two workers getting punched heading to/from work
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上海宁 on Kulin land. Writer and whatnot. Opinions mine but you can have them too. (ey/eir/em 伊)
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I still can't believe people who make $199,000 a year are gonna be in the same tax bracket as people who make $46,000 and Labor is supporting it and there are people defending them. What a complete abandonment of the working class.
A Filipina trans woman was choked to death by a former corporal in the Australian air force. He's received no jail time. Remarkably little media coverage of this judgement in a week when murder of Asian women is in the headlines worldwide. #MhelodyBruno
I post on June 4 not to venerate or fetishise the 1989 protests, but just as evidence that within my lifetime, China was unimaginably different then than it is today.
So quarantine got upgraded from Christmas Island to luxury hotels, and jobseeker payments doubled. Isn't it incredible to see capitalism and racism undressed like this. Isn't it incredible to see what compassion is possible when the victims are people that power can relate to.
The irony: are trying to fly me over for a panel called Beyond the Binary.
Neither nor allow bookings with no title or nonbinary titles like 'Mx' or 'The'.
Both airlines have pride flags in their logos right now.
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I literally have a career right now because the dole *was* $80/day with no 'mutual obligations' when I needed it
It's so weird that unions don't offer reciprocal membership. They're all campaigning to fight casualisation but if you're a casual worker in 3 different industries, you're expected to pay 3 lots of union fees. Membership should be reciprocal, and also free for low-income workers
getting dumped after spending six mind-numbing lockdowns together is not really what i meant by 'i just want something to happen' but i guess it's one way to mark the passage of time
This is a very minor pet peeve but one that comes up often: Chinese is overtranslated! People will pick up what xiaolongbao and hargow are just like they picked up ravioli and tortellini without them being called dumplings.
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I think overall people tend to be too literal with Chinese translation. If you look at an English menu in an Italian, French or Indian restaurant, there's much less translation. A few decades ago, Anglos didn't know what vindaloo, bouillabaisse or arancini was, and now they do.
Disagree. Frustrating to see the Asian American Journalists' Association advise reporters to avoid discussing sex work when covering the Atlanta murders. Dehumanisation of sex workers is relevant here, esp as it intersects with racism and misogyny in the lives of Asian women.
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Our guidance to newsrooms in the wake of the Atlanta shootings:
1/ Take caution with language in coverage that could fuel hypersexualization of Asian women. In describing the businesses affected by the shootings, avoid terminology & connotations of prostitution or sexualization
Bob Hawke cried after Tiananmen. He's the reason 100,000 Chinese families like mine ended up in Australia. (I wrote about it here m.soundcloud.com/lia-incognita/ ) RIP
my first original design - a nod to queer history that feels a little too eerie in the midst of these bold fascist attacks
message from Māori leaders to Muslims in Aotearoa (via on FB) #Christchurchshooting
"We know this suffering, this extremism born of racial supremacy, this theft of identity ... Our deepest sympathy and love to your whanau and community."
It's kind of astounding how many low-income workers in arts/media/education have internalised the myth that they're broke because they're not good enough and not because their entire industry has been gradually devalued
soon they'll be claiming China has never had queer culture, scholarship, activism. that queerness there was always imported, never invented. and they'll get away with it because enough people will forget or surrender, and who will you cite or call for comment with no queer media
Happy Year of the Rat! The rat starts the 12-year zodiac because it hitched a ride on the ox, then jumped off to be first in line. So it's a good year for resourceful and downtrodden little creatures to rise up.
Whoa. Australia has just closed its border to everyone from mainland China except Australian citizens and permanent residents and their immediate families.
10% of university students in Australia are international students from China.
It just feels so utterly hopeless. I know that queers & feminists in China know how to work a loophole, a cat door, a hairline fracture, a whisper, a metaphor, but soon that's too subtle and quiet to reach the people who need it. A secret handshake can't replace a lighthouse.
I want to tell you about my grandma. She died last week in Shanghai. It’s devastating that none of her kids or grandkids could be with her at the end. Mum had just got an exemption to travel the day before but there were no flights + she would’ve been stuck in hotel quarantine.
There are still people talking about how RATs should be free for Australians, pensioners, or other subgroups. No. Everyone. Like PCR tests are free for everyone (no means test, no Medicare needed). E V E R Y O N E
I do speak Mandarin. But I know when white people say “ni hao” to me in Australia, it’s not intended as hello in Chinese – it’s intended as hello in chink.
I wrote this for in honour of Sarah Tiong's masterful move in that Triple M interview
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We're not officially in lockdown but I'm starting to get my 7th round of Covid cancellations and wow, if you are mentally, financially, emotionally depleted, I feel you
What a weird review. It's fine if you didn't like the film, and there's plenty in it that you could pick apart. But saying that there's nothing at stake & the film never lets you care about the characters ... maybe that's your own shortcomings as a viewer
How come Chinese as a second language textbooks never acknowledge diaspora? They almost always feature a Chinese woman and a white guy (called 大卫 or 马克) as the protagonists too.
Why is Sydney Festival, an organisation with $12.3m annual income according to ACNC, prioritising a $20k partnership with the Israeli embassy over human rights and its artists and audiences?
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It's unfathomable & unforgivable that Sydney Festival has put artists in this untenable position, & then doubled down—causing communities a lot of pain, at an already difficult time.
Reinforces the exclusionary, performative politics of such institutions. twitter.com/YourUncleAnton…
Hi you have a rainbow profile pic but you won't let us book flights with no title or a genderfluid title like "Mx"? Please add both options, thanks
This is such a bizarre, misogynistic reaction to a young Chinese woman photographed in her moment of glory. She's not there to smile daintily, she's there to lift more than twice her body weight and she smashed it. Show some respect.
White people, before you go inventing your own diversity project attached to your brand, look around at what First Nations-led and POC-led initiatives already exist and supporting them.
The Australian, 7News & Herald Sun are still trying to blame Covid-19 on BLM when health authorities have repeatedly said that there's no evidence of any transmission at the rally WHICH WAS 5 WEEKS AGO. If I get Covid-19 now, it's not because I went to Bendigo in March okay.
RU able to list bulk-billing therapists currently taking new patients, thanks
It's unbelievable that five Asian food delivery drivers can die at work in Sydney and Melbourne in just three months yet so many Australians are still convinced that all Asian migrants & international students are rich kids dripping in LV and Supreme
Is Kelvin exclusively an Asian name? I've never met a non-Asian Kelvin.
if every unfunny transphobe gets to self-identify as a comedian, surely i get to decide my own gender
We do this in Australia but with a goon bag (cask wine) on a Hills hoist (rotating clothes line) and it's called Goon of Fortune
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hoping the response to this is anti-racist action and solidarity, not more police power, ACAB forever
it's quite impressive how the diversity training industry has managed to sell corporations the very attractive idea that racism = cultural incompetence rather than injustice
psst Footscray, if you have bedding, warm jackets, heaters, etc to donate, rather than Savers/Vinnie's, give them to Reaching Out in the West who give out groceries and meals and other stuff in Nicholson Mall on Monday nights
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The median income for women is something like $52k. Federal parliamentarians get more than 4x that ($211k) and they can tie themselves in knots trying to persuade us that's not a high income but it's quite transparent and not that entertaining.
sorry to bang on about this but Guardian freelancers are still fighting for fair pay, superannuation and representation. and while we're talking about trans rep in the media, i'm fairly sure most if not -all- the trans writers you read in the are freelancers
I find this bizarre. Happy holidays is a nice shorthand for 'Have a nice time over the end of year break regardless of your religious/cultural affiliations which I don't really care to find out for every single person I might speak to in December'
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I don't like it when Happy Holidays replaces Merry Christmas. I don't think erasing/ignoring 13 million Aussie Christians celebrating Christmas is inclusive. Why don't we settle on Merry Christmas AND Happy Holidays? We don't (nor should) say Happy Holidays instead of Eid Mubarak
My parents are on a road trip around Australia and they're having the best time! Mum sent me a video of Dad sliding down a waterfall. Anyone with first-gen parents will appreciate what it means to see your parents actually relax and enjoy themselves 🥰❤️
it's always "we won't negotiate with terrorists" until it's "we must capitulate to Nazis"
if the local government can't protect an event from violent anti-queer extremists, what does that say to queer families in the area? so sad for my friends in Monash 🙁
what's really satisfying about british tv is the schadenfreude of when they go to the beach, and the beach is just the most miserable thing you've ever seen. a pile of drizzled-on pebbles under a cement-coloured sky. everyone's wearing a jumper or shivering
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These tax cuts for the rich are going to cost around $19 billion a year so Labor is going to ditch promises to fund cancer treatment and dental care for pensioners. Like an actual cartoon villain.
I’m a writer, editor, arts critic, and one of around 1.6 million Australians on the dole right now. Here's my story about navigating the confusing and punitive mutual obligation system
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Apparently Labor are worried about the press. If you can't convince people during a deadly pandemic that public health spending is worth high earners being taxed an extra $47/week (probably the cost of one brunch), you should quit.
HECS debts could go up 7% (which is higher than commercial loan interest even though we've all been told HECS is the 'best debt' you can have) yet Universities Australia won't support removing indexation or raising the income threshold #auspol
have been on the dole & written for the guardian & this whole thread is frustrating as hell on all sides. yes, all media outlets should hire, commission & publish lived experience of poverty and the welfare system. no, having some nice crockery doesn't make you rich
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oh my god. here in Vic, a stunt actor was seriously injured *while filming a WorkSafe ad* and WorkSafe rejected her claim saying she was a contractor not an employee
Just saw the news that a Chinese Australian woman was killed in Melbourne on the weekend. Her name was Chen Cheng, she was 35, and the person charged with her murder is her Deakin Uni media academic husband
advice columns are always 'Should I text my ex?' and never 'What do you do if your former colleague becomes a genocide denial propaganda vlogger?'. I'm lost for words
It's obscene how independent artists are being treated by salaried arts workers and government at all levels. I had a $3000 gig cancelled with no compensation or explanation. Residencies that are now digital and unpaid. Being expected to work first & get paid months later, maybe.
I think overall people tend to be too literal with Chinese translation. If you look at an English menu in an Italian, French or Indian restaurant, there's much less translation. A few decades ago, Anglos didn't know what vindaloo, bouillabaisse or arancini was, and now they do.
Haven't been allowed to see my parents for months (even though we're all in Melbourne) yet the dude who fucked this for all of us gets to fly home for the weekend then lie about it yup
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Scott Morrison granted ACT travel exemption for Father’s Day dash to Sydney on VIP jet @newscomauHQ news.com.au/travel/travel-
I MADE THE SHORTLIST!
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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT: The Australia Institute is pleased to announce the shortlist for its 2020 Writer in Residence Program, which offers a $5,000 stipend to undertake a two-week residency to significantly develop their next non-fiction book or major piece of work. #auspol
lol i think i just gave a presentation over zoom where i accidentally shared my whole screen instead of just the powerpoint window and this photo by pixy liao is my desktop background
I've avoided reading anything about the Heard/Depp case and it's still fucking everywhere, in my news alerts, social feeds, trending topic sidebars. This trial is going to have a silencing effect on abuse survivors for years.
My local supermarket has British food in the ethnic aisle and it never ceases to amuse me.
In a sea of bad news, it was nice to hear my friend in Beijing complain about how coronavirus means there's a lot of action on the apps but "no one's actually going out to fuck". This is the Real China™ that's getting buried by the media😂 #2019nCoV
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uggh NYPD has formed an anti-Asian hate crimes task force. come on, Asian Americans, you know policing kills. have you already forgotten Yang Song?
Feeling waves of rage at how the media makes it too easy for transphobes to spread baseless lies and hate
wow health authorities recommend eating refrigerated rice within 24 hours? I often keep cooked rice in the fridge for up to a week ... don't blame me if you die but I haven't got sick once!
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I'm in today, writing about "Chinese influence" and how both racism and Chinese govt authoritarianism threaten Chinese Australians' political participation
The Pope calling for release of all Covid vaccine patents, an end to extractive capitalism, universal wages and shorter workdays - reaffirming solidarity as a core social principle of Catholicism
Full text: vatican.va/content/france
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so Anne Ruston wants "older Australians, temporary visa holders and the unemployed" to undertake short-term work in high exposure settings without the benefits and protections of actually being employed?
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Industry leaders are calling on unemployed Aussies to step up and boost the workforce, as supply issues intensify. @rachbaxter9 #9News
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melbourne's arts scene was so special. it wasn't until i moved overseas that i realised how cool it was to be able to see a gig or a play every week, often for free or around the price of 1 hr minimum wage.
my first food story for ! you guys our discount cheese redistribution co-op is in the newspaper!
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Mutual obligations being suspended meant I could invest all my time into building my business - something JSPs not only don't help with, but actively hinder. They have no interest in you becoming financially independent if they don't get their cut.
omg i'm a finalist in the mid-year walkleys! what the hell, how exciting
My advice to emerging artists and writers will always be that the best thing you can do for your career is learn to set boundaries and to reserve your unpaid labour for things that really matter — for work that isn’t possible through capitalism.
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Unpopular opinion: the best thing young people can do early in their careers is to work on the weekends.
I don't understand what people want from Peng Shuai at this point? Seems like the 'China factor' is overriding or obfuscating feminist common sense re survivor agency
Until last month, the only thing I really knew about Wuhan was that it had a rocking live music scene (because we published like a dozen features on Wuhan punk, Wuhan black metal, Wuhan hip-hop etc). Now it'll be forever associated with #coronavirus. I know there's worse things
Melbourne under restrictions again. No date for when under 50s can get vaxxed. No date for when international borders will open. Holding onto a year's worth of unmourned grief
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It's expansive in a way surrender can never be.
And if authoritarianism can be unpredictable, why can't the people? Why does knowledge seem to mean never being surprised?
What do ~you~ think is your duty?
Interesting that Australia has banned travel from China, Iran and South Korea but not Italy, which at this point has had more #covid19 deaths (197) than Iran (124) and Sth K (42) combined.
I hate expressing lost lives as numbers, but idk how else to say this.
Organisations hiring someone in a management position should get references from people they managed, not just their superiors. And explicitly ask if there have been any staff complaints. Yes this is a subtweet.
This govt is hellbent on reducing access to tertiary education until it's just a hereditary privilege.
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The government is placing a 7-year limit on goernment funding for university students. This will mainly affect medical students who often take 7 years to finish afr.com/work-and-caree
'I will hazard a definition of love: to love a person is to struggle for their autonomy as well as for their immersion in care, insofar such abundance is possible in a world choked by capital.'
- Sophie Lewis, Abolish the Family
My first fashion story! I wrote about the Vietnamese outworkers behind Australian fashion, and a new graphic narrative exploring the hidden history of Working From Home
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People's Daily headlines urging the government to listen to the protestors. Students, workers, academics and journalists marching together.
ABC abolishing its arts team is such an astronomically disastrous decision, I don't know where to start. and &c have done such great work, producing a span of coverage that isn't replicated in any other media outlet. why would you do this
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This comment saying that Chinese Australians "need to make a choice" is precisely the kind of sinophobia I've been talking about. What kind of choice is this? I've never been loyal to any country and I'm not about to start.
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And during a pandemic! It's the best time to campaign for *more* progressive taxation. Even the ultra-wealthy must be able to see how public health and welfare benefits them.
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When I look at the photos from 1989 I see horror but not despair. And I think actually optimism is not just brave but also clever.
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But it's also annoying how often China experts ridicule the idea that anything could ever be different, as though it's foolish to even imagine. If you know China, you should know better than to want better. Everything is already impossible.
Does anyone really believe that an ordinary racist will see me and my sister, magically realise that she was born in Australia while I wasn't, and direct their abuse only at me as a result? Or that this is somehow better? The problem with racism isn't inaccuracy.
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I was able to build a freelance career and get off the dole within a year because the rate meant I could afford to do writing that paid less or late (often 10 weeks after starting work) that I knew would help set me up. I could keep my website and my media subscriptions.
Australians will be like, a $200k salary doesn't mean you're rich, but also if you earn <$48k you're stupid for not making early, extra repayments into a loan consistently sold to you as 'good debt because there's no interest' and 'the last debt you should pay'
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Hasnt it been basically 0% to 2% for the past decade?
People should have been dropping $20 a week on this when indexation was low.
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'We can’t reform the police. The only way to diminish police violence is to reduce contact between the public and the police.'
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Devastated to hear that is stopping after 12 years. What a terrible loss for queer China and a frightening omen for all.
Co-founder Charlene Liu said in a post, "This decision was difficult to make but we have to protect the safety of all involved."
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Professional athletes are essential workers, professional artists and entertainers are not?
