Tag: censorship
Sunday essay: why Rosaleen Norton, ‘the witch of Kings Cross’, was a groundbreaking bohemian
Rosaleen Norton works in crayon in a converted stable in Kings Cross in Sydney, 1946. News Ltd/Black Jelly Films
Rosaleen Norton, or “the witch of...
No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not guaranteed if it harms others
Picture: Alex Brandon/AP
The recent storming of the US Capitol has led a number of social media platforms to remove President Donald Trump’s account. In...
My best worst film: Pink Flamingos – ‘one of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made’?
New Line Cinemas
While some may know John Waters through his family friendly Hairspray (1988) – adapted into a stage musical in 2002 and back to the screen in 2007 –...
Trump’s Twitter tantrum may wreck the internet
Image: Sipa USA
US President Donald Trump, who tweeted more than 11,000 times in the first two years of his presidency, is very upset with Twitter.
Last week...
Sunday essay: the Melbourne bookshop that ignited Australian modernism
Artists Matcham Skipper and Myra Gould on
a Melbourne footpath, circa 1940.
Albert Tucker/State Library of Victoria
The origin story of Australian modernism often centres around Heide –...