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New film Birthright is a biting, relatable satire on Australia's housing affordability crisis
7+ hour, 40+ min ago (856+ words) Angry, twisted, macabre: new Australian film director Zoe Pepper has made a film perfectly crafted to meet the heated debates about Australia's housing affordability crisis. Birthright darkly satirises the intergenerational conflict between boomer parents and ageing millennial children " two population…...
Fiona Wright's Kill Your Boomers sees the dark joke in Australia's housing crisis
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1115+ words) In 2018, when Fiona Wright began writing Kill Your Boomers, the housing crisis was in full swing. Cruelly exacerbated by the pandemic, it is now central to mainstream political debate in Australia. The novel began with a dark joke among Wright's…...
Searching for a "technofix" to climate change has many dangers. Could radical humility save the planet?
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1103+ words) In 1989, environmentalist Bill Mc Kibben announced to the world that nature was dead. Due to the rapid rate and scale of anthropogenic climate change, he argued, the idea of nature as an entity independent of human activity had become obsolete....
Why long-term climate choices are hard to make " a philosopher explains
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (935+ words) Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Reading Luke Elson is a member of the Labour Party and occasionally does some leafleting. University of Reading provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. A philosophical puzzle can help explain why some…...
How climate scientists balance the tension between research and public protest " new study
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (404+ words) Samuel Finnerty does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. From marches and demonstrations to civil…...
Trump said what? !" " How satire helps us navigate disorienting politics
7+ mon, 8+ hour ago (994+ words) Pascal Michelberger does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Western University provides funding as a…...
The harms of low-blow political satire in a polarised climate
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (447+ words) Ph D Candidate in Politics and International Relations, University of Reading Samuel Clark receives funding from the South East Network for Social Sciences. University of Reading provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In a world where politics…...