on 7/2/01 8:46 AM, john kinsella at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> i am
> not interested in the idea of australia. i am interested in bringing
> attention to tension and conflict behind the face of pleasantness - to
> highlight the injustices to indigenous peoples and the racisms and
> misogyny that prop up the Australian government, its bureaucracy, and
> those capitalist enterprises that support it.
Aye, John. And neither am I. Australia is a sad place at the moment. I don't
honestly think I would want to call myself an Australian poet (and most
certainly not a Sydney one). But it's where I currently reside and so must
deal. It's a fairly shocking thing to have to live through this year of
so-called celebration of 100 years of Federation. It sickens most people I
know.
>REHABILITATION, PREVENTION, and a linguistic disobedience.
And aye to that as well.
Best,
Jill
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AUSTRALIA
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