In a panic to think of prompts for Honi reporters for this edition, I suggested Cliques, Chairs, and Chancellors as points of inspiration – the trifecta which governs one’s experience at the university. Cliques are immaterial but ubiquitous. Cliques are contagious.
Browsing: editorial
The mythology underpinning modern Australia is as vast as our continent; incorporating various influences through a contested, often violent and surprisingly turbulent history. From the burnt orange sands of the red centre to the wiry brown grass of the northern savannahs; from Queensland’s blacksoil plains to the diverse hubbub of Sydney and its turquoise harbour — the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are unendingly interesting and intensely complex.
Born from the ink of Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali in 1969, is Handala, a faceless figure, back turned and hands tied, as consolidated in 1973. By depicting a 10-year-old Palestinian child who doesn’t grow up, al-Ali uses art to represent how the world — including the Arab world — has turned its back to Palestinian dispossession and deprivation of basic human rights.
Honi: Beware the Ides of March. Beware wage theft. Beware the police at Mardi Gras. Beware the healthcare system. Beware what lies underneath. Beware faux-feminism in literature. Beware stupid white bastards.
I hope this little community that Honi has created stays with you in some small way, wherever you go and wherever you may end up.
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The people’s princess. The counter-cultural court jester chainsmoking outside Fisher library. Honi Soit is back for 2024. We are submissive…
I believe in a politics of hope, a politics of care — a politics that begins with curiosity, conversations, and leaving a space at your table.
We’re not here to make friends or win votes, we’re here to return to our radical leftist roots.
Rather than being gripped by the selective memory of Anzac, Australia must engage in a comprehensive process of truth-telling and remediation of historical injustices.
