8 hot tips for influencers, Hollywood actors, politicians and media commentators to show the Israeli Defence Force unconditional support.
1. Israelis get “killed”, Palestinians just “die”
2. Pretend to be hearing impaired when all major human rights organisations speak
3. Pregnant woman killed? Blame Hamas’ tunnels
4. Free Gaza from from Hamas and hummus (not its oppressors and the folks dropping all the bombs)
5. Oppose a ceasefire (despite the need to save innocent hostages)
6. Nothing existed or happened before the Oct 7 attacks
7. Some kids matter more than others
8. Self defence is always a defence, but only when one side does it
Swipe. The best part of my job are the fans. I do this — all of this — for you guys. ❤️❤️❤️
There’s another war being waged in Gaza/Israel — its on journalism & truth telling.
The @committeetoprotectjournalists says at least 29 journalists are dead — 24 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 1 Lebanese.
At least 48 media facilities in #Gaza have been hit or destroyed
Now with the internet and cellular cut off, any remaining journalists in Gaza are unable to get information + images out.
#Journalists are more important than even to fact check, verify and question political rhetoric.
Even outside of the Middle East the fight over facts continues.
The US board of the science journal eLife fired its editor-in-chief, Michael Eisen, after he posted a message on social media about an article with a link to a satirical website calling out the indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians. Eisen is Jewish & has family in Israel.
In the UK veteran cartoonist Steve Belle was sacked by The Guardian after 40 years over his depiction of Israeli PM Netanyahu in an unpublished cartoon. Bell was accused of antisemitism.
In Australia, the ABC has confirmed its Middle East correspondent Tom Joyner is “under investigation” for a private message on a group chat with other journalists for saying the story about beheaded babies was bullshit — even though CNN, the Biden administration and the IDF walked back those claims saying they don’t have evidence.
Locally, I have many journalist friends who are being intimidated behind the scenes by pro #Israel lobby groups. They feel they are one article or one tweet away from being fired.
Journalists should question indiscriminate killing of children, war crimes, misinformation & the most far-right extremist leader in Israel’s history, without having their lives or livelihoods at stake.
I’m yet to learn of anyone sacked for reporting on or condemning Hamas’s hostage taking. I’m yet to learn of any journalist sacked or under investigation for a cartoon depicting Hamas as terrorists. And they shouldn’t be! If I am wrong — feel free to correct me and share evidence of this.
It is a journalist’s job to report without fear or favour. Or else all we are left with is war propaganda.
(Comments off to limit hate speech.)
Paul Keating. What a champion. Let’s talk about Lettergate. The letter about Israel & Gaza signed by six former Australian Prime Ministers.
Keating (the only living former PM who said nope) says he didn’t sign it because it was drafted by the Zionist lobby.
Let’s unpack what it says about those who did sign it.
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📸 annoyed random tourist Great Hall of the University of Sydney
Velvety chocolate.
👗 @carlazampatti
💇♀️ @stefaniekhair
📸 annoyed random tourist Great Hall of the University of Sydney
Velvety chocolate.
👗 @carlazampatti
💇♀️ @stefaniekhair
📸 annoyed random tourist Great Hall of the University of Sydney
Why Black models are boycotting Melbourne Fashion Week. Sydney, Australia
WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
Spending the evening with Iranian-born, British actress and activist @nazaninboniadi was invigorating and the generous injection of hope I needed after a truly awful month in national and international affairs.
It’s hard to keep working and living a normal life knowing 1 child is being killed in Gaza every 10 minutes by Israeli forces, the repressive regime in Iran continues to oppress women and girls and violently clamps down on dissidents and 5 Australian women have been killed in 10 days by male violence.
As MC of the @sydneypeacefoundation gala dinner, I had the pleasure of helping to honour this year’s laureate Nazanin Boniadi and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
She says women must play crucial role to play in ending the conflict in the Middle East.
Nazanin became instrumental in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini in September last year.
Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police after being arrested for wearing “improper clothing”.
The hashtag #WomanLifeFreedom has become a battle cry for women within and outside of Iran.
Nazanin brought the issue to the world stage, advocating at the highest levels of the UN Security Council, the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, the British Parliament, and Australian Senate Inquiries.
The world seems pretty detached from and lacking an appetite for peace and in conversation with Nazanin and Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s longest serving sex discrimination commissioner and special rapporteur to the UN, we discussed the role international agencies can play (despite no enforcement power), intergenerational human rights advocacy and how to continue pushing for change when safety and the state of women’s affairs is regressing in so many arenas. Great Hall of the University of Sydney
WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
Spending the evening with Iranian-born, British actress and activist @nazaninboniadi was invigorating and the generous injection of hope I needed after a truly awful month in national and international affairs.
It’s hard to keep working and living a normal life knowing 1 child is being killed in Gaza every 10 minutes by Israeli forces, the repressive regime in Iran continues to oppress women and girls and violently clamps down on dissidents and 5 Australian women have been killed in 10 days by male violence.
As MC of the @sydneypeacefoundation gala dinner, I had the pleasure of helping to honour this year’s laureate Nazanin Boniadi and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
She says women must play crucial role to play in ending the conflict in the Middle East.
Nazanin became instrumental in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini in September last year.
Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police after being arrested for wearing “improper clothing”.
The hashtag #WomanLifeFreedom has become a battle cry for women within and outside of Iran.
Nazanin brought the issue to the world stage, advocating at the highest levels of the UN Security Council, the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, the British Parliament, and Australian Senate Inquiries.
The world seems pretty detached from and lacking an appetite for peace and in conversation with Nazanin and Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s longest serving sex discrimination commissioner and special rapporteur to the UN, we discussed the role international agencies can play (despite no enforcement power), intergenerational human rights advocacy and how to continue pushing for change when safety and the state of women’s affairs is regressing in so many arenas. Great Hall of the University of Sydney
Data shows women are less likely to be administered CPR compared to men … and the reason has @antoinette_lattouf fired up 🤣
Catch the full ep out now #linkinbio
🎧The Briefing: Why are women less likely to be saved by CPR?
WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
Spending the evening with Iranian-born, British actress and activist @nazaninboniadi was invigorating and the generous injection of hope I needed after a truly awful month in national and international affairs.
It’s hard to keep working and living a normal life knowing 1 child is being killed in Gaza every 10 minutes by Israeli forces, the repressive regime in Iran continues to oppress women and girls and violently clamps down on dissidents and 5 Australian women have been killed in 10 days by male violence.
As MC of the @sydneypeacefoundation gala dinner, I had the pleasure of helping to honour this year’s laureate Nazanin Boniadi and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
She says women must play crucial role to play in ending the conflict in the Middle East.
Nazanin became instrumental in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini in September last year.
Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police after being arrested for wearing “improper clothing”.
The hashtag #WomanLifeFreedom has become a battle cry for women within and outside of Iran.
Nazanin brought the issue to the world stage, advocating at the highest levels of the UN Security Council, the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, the British Parliament, and Australian Senate Inquiries.
The world seems pretty detached from and lacking an appetite for peace and in conversation with Nazanin and Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s longest serving sex discrimination commissioner and special rapporteur to the UN, we discussed the role international agencies can play (despite no enforcement power), intergenerational human rights advocacy and how to continue pushing for change when safety and the state of women’s affairs is regressing in so many arenas. Great Hall of the University of Sydney
WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
Spending the evening with Iranian-born, British actress and activist @nazaninboniadi was invigorating and the generous injection of hope I needed after a truly awful month in national and international affairs.
It’s hard to keep working and living a normal life knowing 1 child is being killed in Gaza every 10 minutes by Israeli forces, the repressive regime in Iran continues to oppress women and girls and violently clamps down on dissidents and 5 Australian women have been killed in 10 days by male violence.
As MC of the @sydneypeacefoundation gala dinner, I had the pleasure of helping to honour this year’s laureate Nazanin Boniadi and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
She says women must play crucial role to play in ending the conflict in the Middle East.
Nazanin became instrumental in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini in September last year.
Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police after being arrested for wearing “improper clothing”.
The hashtag #WomanLifeFreedom has become a battle cry for women within and outside of Iran.
Nazanin brought the issue to the world stage, advocating at the highest levels of the UN Security Council, the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, the British Parliament, and Australian Senate Inquiries.
The world seems pretty detached from and lacking an appetite for peace and in conversation with Nazanin and Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s longest serving sex discrimination commissioner and special rapporteur to the UN, we discussed the role international agencies can play (despite no enforcement power), intergenerational human rights advocacy and how to continue pushing for change when safety and the state of women’s affairs is regressing in so many arenas. Great Hall of the University of Sydney
WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
Spending the evening with Iranian-born, British actress and activist @nazaninboniadi was invigorating and the generous injection of hope I needed after a truly awful month in national and international affairs.
It’s hard to keep working and living a normal life knowing 1 child is being killed in Gaza every 10 minutes by Israeli forces, the repressive regime in Iran continues to oppress women and girls and violently clamps down on dissidents and 5 Australian women have been killed in 10 days by male violence.
As MC of the @sydneypeacefoundation gala dinner, I had the pleasure of helping to honour this year’s laureate Nazanin Boniadi and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
She says women must play crucial role to play in ending the conflict in the Middle East.
Nazanin became instrumental in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini in September last year.
Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police after being arrested for wearing “improper clothing”.
The hashtag #WomanLifeFreedom has become a battle cry for women within and outside of Iran.
Nazanin brought the issue to the world stage, advocating at the highest levels of the UN Security Council, the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, the British Parliament, and Australian Senate Inquiries.
The world seems pretty detached from and lacking an appetite for peace and in conversation with Nazanin and Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s longest serving sex discrimination commissioner and special rapporteur to the UN, we discussed the role international agencies can play (despite no enforcement power), intergenerational human rights advocacy and how to continue pushing for change when safety and the state of women’s affairs is regressing in so many arenas. Great Hall of the University of Sydney
WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
Spending the evening with Iranian-born, British actress and activist @nazaninboniadi was invigorating and the generous injection of hope I needed after a truly awful month in national and international affairs.
It’s hard to keep working and living a normal life knowing 1 child is being killed in Gaza every 10 minutes by Israeli forces, the repressive regime in Iran continues to oppress women and girls and violently clamps down on dissidents and 5 Australian women have been killed in 10 days by male violence.
As MC of the @sydneypeacefoundation gala dinner, I had the pleasure of helping to honour this year’s laureate Nazanin Boniadi and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
She says women must play crucial role to play in ending the conflict in the Middle East.
Nazanin became instrumental in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini in September last year.
Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police after being arrested for wearing “improper clothing”.
The hashtag #WomanLifeFreedom has become a battle cry for women within and outside of Iran.
Nazanin brought the issue to the world stage, advocating at the highest levels of the UN Security Council, the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, the British Parliament, and Australian Senate Inquiries.
The world seems pretty detached from and lacking an appetite for peace and in conversation with Nazanin and Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s longest serving sex discrimination commissioner and special rapporteur to the UN, we discussed the role international agencies can play (despite no enforcement power), intergenerational human rights advocacy and how to continue pushing for change when safety and the state of women’s affairs is regressing in so many arenas. Great Hall of the University of Sydney
WOMAN. LIFE. FREEDOM.
Spending the evening with Iranian-born, British actress and activist @nazaninboniadi was invigorating and the generous injection of hope I needed after a truly awful month in national and international affairs.
It’s hard to keep working and living a normal life knowing 1 child is being killed in Gaza every 10 minutes by Israeli forces, the repressive regime in Iran continues to oppress women and girls and violently clamps down on dissidents and 5 Australian women have been killed in 10 days by male violence.
As MC of the @sydneypeacefoundation gala dinner, I had the pleasure of helping to honour this year’s laureate Nazanin Boniadi and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
She says women must play crucial role to play in ending the conflict in the Middle East.
Nazanin became instrumental in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini in September last year.
Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s so-called morality police after being arrested for wearing “improper clothing”.
The hashtag #WomanLifeFreedom has become a battle cry for women within and outside of Iran.
Nazanin brought the issue to the world stage, advocating at the highest levels of the UN Security Council, the US Senate Human Rights Caucus, the British Parliament, and Australian Senate Inquiries.
The world seems pretty detached from and lacking an appetite for peace and in conversation with Nazanin and Elizabeth Broderick, Australia’s longest serving sex discrimination commissioner and special rapporteur to the UN, we discussed the role international agencies can play (despite no enforcement power), intergenerational human rights advocacy and how to continue pushing for change when safety and the state of women’s affairs is regressing in so many arenas. Great Hall of the University of Sydney
EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: “More than a dozen black models have declared they are boycotting Melbourne Fashion Week in response to multiple instances of racism they have experienced across the wider Australian fashion industry.
“We never wanted to resort to this but there is only so much we can take,” model Jeffrey Kissubi, 30, said. “Maybe the industry will care about our experiences when it comes from a group rather than one individual that they can quickly silence or just ignore.”
The 13 models – some of whom turned down offers to appear at MFW, while others refused to participate in casting calls – are using next week’s landmark fashion event to draw attention to their experiences of racism in the industry, including claims they are being paid significantly less than white models, the N-word being used by a photographer, and hairdressers talking in derogative terms about African hair.”
This is a story I have been working on for many months after meeting one Black model earlier this year. I then met many more models who were sharing their experiences, trauma and tears off the back of @ausfashionweek.
One Saturday night, many Black models gathered to support one another. They kept saying: “I just can’t do this again” “I can’t put myself through this” and one comment I won’t forget at that catch up “what people don’t see is us getting home and just crying in the shower for ages to recover from a show, only to have to try and get up and do it again the next day”.
Thrilled to have partnered with @oz_faruqi at @theageaustralia to tell this story.
I want to take a moment to acknowledge the model’s involved, their vulnerability and bravery in speaking out, despite concerns they would be branded “troublemakers”.
But they say things have gotten so unsafe in the Australian fashion industry that they cannot stay silent.
For the whole feature story – the article link is in my bio.
@melbfashionweek @ausfashioncouncil @ausfashionweek @cityofmelbourne
EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: “More than a dozen black models have declared they are boycotting Melbourne Fashion Week in response to multiple instances of racism they have experienced across the wider Australian fashion industry.
“We never wanted to resort to this but there is only so much we can take,” model Jeffrey Kissubi, 30, said. “Maybe the industry will care about our experiences when it comes from a group rather than one individual that they can quickly silence or just ignore.”
The 13 models – some of whom turned down offers to appear at MFW, while others refused to participate in casting calls – are using next week’s landmark fashion event to draw attention to their experiences of racism in the industry, including claims they are being paid significantly less than white models, the N-word being used by a photographer, and hairdressers talking in derogative terms about African hair.”
This is a story I have been working on for many months after meeting one Black model earlier this year. I then met many more models who were sharing their experiences, trauma and tears off the back of @ausfashionweek.
One Saturday night, many Black models gathered to support one another. They kept saying: “I just can’t do this again” “I can’t put myself through this” and one comment I won’t forget at that catch up “what people don’t see is us getting home and just crying in the shower for ages to recover from a show, only to have to try and get up and do it again the next day”.
Thrilled to have partnered with @oz_faruqi at @theageaustralia to tell this story.
I want to take a moment to acknowledge the model’s involved, their vulnerability and bravery in speaking out, despite concerns they would be branded “troublemakers”.
But they say things have gotten so unsafe in the Australian fashion industry that they cannot stay silent.
For the whole feature story – the article link is in my bio.
@melbfashionweek @ausfashioncouncil @ausfashionweek @cityofmelbourne
Briefly socialising with @thebriefingpodcast co-hosts.
Briefly socialising with @thebriefingpodcast co-hosts.
The brutal murder of Lilie James at a Sydney high school shocked the country when it made headlines last month. Shockingly, she was one of seven women who suffered violent deaths in October. More concerningly, around 30% of young women like Lilie will have experienced some form of partner violence.
On The Briefing special “The Truth about Domestic Violence” @antoinette_lattouf speaks to a survivor of intimate partner violence about her experiences. For her safety, we have maintained her anonyminity.
How many podcasters does it take to get a single chuckle from the live audience?
Yes, you’re correct. 10.
Talking politics, pictures, politicians who won’t call for a ceasefire (oh and of course poses) on ABC Insiders
📸 @thetigerbureau ABC Television Ultimo
Talking politics, pictures, politicians who won’t call for a ceasefire (oh and of course poses) on ABC Insiders
📸 @thetigerbureau ABC Television Ultimo
