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How Will Films Reference the Coronavirus?

How Will Films Reference the Coronavirus?

by cjharris | | current affairs, film, popular culture, writing

Our Animal Shelter Laws Need to Change

Our Animal Shelter Laws Need to Change

by cjharris | | activism, current affairs, justice

Late last year, my partner and I fostered a beautiful greyhound who had been surrendered to the care of a large animal shelter in Melbourne. Dash had suffered trauma as a result of five years of exploitation by the greyhound racing industry. He came to us with anxiety...
Will a Pandemic Make Us Realise How Privileged We Are?

Will a Pandemic Make Us Realise How Privileged We Are?

by cjharris | | current affairs, equality, life

I think we can all agree that it has been an exhausting week. And month. And year. Australia was only just beginning to recover slowly from the horror show of the worst bushfire season in history, when we — as everywhere else — were struck with a global pandemic. It...
Why Do I Care So Much About the Death of One Animal?

Why Do I Care So Much About the Death of One Animal?

by cjharris | | activism, current affairs, environment, justice, women

It’s been an emotionally fraught fortnight, for women in particular — torn between the conviction of Harvey Weinstein (and the potential precedent this sets for other powerful sexual predators), the sentencing of the killer of Grace Millane, a young British backpacker...
I Don’t Want to Have Kids Because of Climate Change – Stop Telling Me This Is Stupid

I Don’t Want to Have Kids Because of Climate Change – Stop Telling Me This Is Stupid

by cjharris | | current affairs, environment, equality, feminism, women

– These days, every time I open the news, there is reporting of yet another way in which the world is headed towards catastrophe. In the last week alone, we’ve seen bushfires in Australia, floods in Indonesia, record-breaking high temperatures, and accelerated...
In Australia, It’s Impossible to Think About Anything Except the Bushfires

In Australia, It’s Impossible to Think About Anything Except the Bushfires

by cjharris | | current affairs, environment, life, politics

I woke up in Melbourne this morning, not just to the smell of smoke — I’m used to that — but the unmistakable odour of burning. It was so strong that I actually checked my partner hadn’t left the stove on, before I realised that it was coming through our closed doors...
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