Six minutes into Q&A on ABC TV, came the first question to unsettle the Prime Minister: ”Mr Rudd, I’d like to know how you expect us to trust you.” What followed was one of the most painful hours of television this side of an Iain Hewitson cooking double.
About to watch this now. Thanks, iView!
Counting co-trimoxizole antibiotic tablets in the HIV clinic. Madi Opei health centre in Madi Opei, Kitgum District, Uganda.
Uganda 2009 © Brendan Bannon
Uganda was included in our “Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2009” report.
The Long Blondes - Once and Never Again
Reminiscing about when I was 19 and this song was my raison d’etre.
I know these things don’t do much, but you should join anyway - there are instructions in the notes on how to help. I think working in a newspaper has desensitised me to an extent; this only turned my head because I recognised her name and picture.
Bridget used to work at Essen; the cafe I frequented on a daily basis back in Canberra. I didn’t know her well but she was a fairly conspicuous figure in a town as small and conservative as Canberra. She’s heavily tattooed & pierced and, last time I saw, also had synthetic dreads and a hawk.
Regardless, she is a 22-year old woman, in a Middle Eastern country, who has been arrested in the middle of the night by foreign soldiers - how terrified would you be?
(Is it weird I’m trying to think of a way to end this and all I can think of is “our prayers are with her family”? I’m not going to fucking say that, I’m not religious. But isn’t it funny how automatically, in a helpless situation, the reaction was to do something that does nothing?)
I don’t know what I’m trying to say anymore. I hope she’s released safely and soon though.
Holy shit! I went to high school with Bridget - we used to be really good friends. She’s one of the loveliest girls I’ve ever known. This is just awful. I hope everything turns out okay.
Turning immigration status quo on its head, thousands of hot lesbian mommies flooded the US Mexican border today; in light of the fact that gay marriage and adoption will now be legal in our neighbor down south’s capitol, reports the New York Times. As of March 4th, Mexico will be a nation of stable gay families, the US a nation of impoverished, persecuted migrant workers. Mexico: 1, US: 0. Third world what??
Yeah Yeah Yeahs perform Skeleton at T in the Park last year with some special guests… Brilliant.
I am also Co-founder and Contents Editor of an online music zine called Sidestage. You can view it here. You should. We think it's pretty fab! We also have a Tumblr over here.
You can send me emails at kate-at-sidestagezine-dot-com. I almost always reply.
Some things I like:
The Libertines; buying too much on Etsy; Joan Didion; high-waisted skirts; The Kills; sequins; Sleater-Kinney; stockings; Skins; always wearing red nail polish; Gossip Girl; Haruki Murakami; researching; Xiaolu Guo; having more music than will fit on my iPod; Frankie magazine; people speaking their minds.
I'm also on pretty much every social networking site ever, but these are the ones I actually use:
last.fm / flickr / twitter / buyhercandy.net
