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Thank You Body with Betty Grumble
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Performance artist Betty Grumble infuses the joy of movement into this edition of Lunch Orders, served with a side of boogie. Emma Maye Gibson (aka Betty Grumble) has empowered bodies across the world with her aerobic psychic love energy dance classes. Her iconic Grumble Boogies make space for all bodies to express their gratitude and rejoice in movement. Get those bodies and brains moving with...
The Skin You’re In with Chris Cheers
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Our bodies are under so much pressure to fit in. When the world around you tells you to look a certain way, how do you accept the skin you’re in? Psychologist and educator Chris Cheers will discuss the importance of self-acceptance and how to keep your brain and body connected.
Love Your Body with The Bodzilla
Переглядів 127Місяць тому
Three years ago, the Bodzilla took Australia by storm as the first fat model to be featured in a bikini on an Australian billboard. In this Lunch Order, the renowned activist and model talks body love activism and the importance of representation in the media. April Hélène-Horton (aka The Bodzilla) unpacks the fat positivity and body acceptance movements. Because every body is a bikini body. Th...
Paul Auster: Burning Boy
Переглядів 110Місяць тому
Paul Auster was a true giant of American literature. Acclaimed for his best-selling works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, including The New York Trilogy, Invisible, and The Brooklyn Follies, Auster wrote complex and daring tales of humans experiencing, anticipating or searching for something lost, something they are struggling to comprehend. In his 2021 book, Burning Boy, he turned his eye t...
Origin of You: Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and Sui Zhen
Переглядів 60Місяць тому
Beloved Chinese-Australian composers Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and Becky Sui Zhen explore their new musical partnership Origin of You, complete with a special live performance. Origin of You by Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and Becky Sui Zhen is a highly personal musical exploration of lived experiences of migration, motherhood, grief and reconnecting with identity. The album uses three central motifs: 空 (Kōng),...
Bodies Anonymous with Dr Melissa Kang
Переглядів 130Місяць тому
Legendary Dolly Doctor Melissa Kang unpacks the shame and secrecy around bodies in this edition of Lunch Orders. For this Lunch Order, we’re joined by none other than legendary Dolly Doctor, Dr Melissa Kang, to talk about the -hideously embarrassing- totally normal things we all want to know about our bodies but can feel too ashamed to ask. This event will be available to watch on this page fro...
Chanel Contos: Consent Laid Bare
Переглядів 156Місяць тому
Chanel Contos has generated global conversations about rape culture, consent and sex education. She has led a powerful movement to include consent education in the national curriculum, and was recently appointed by Julia Gillard to chair the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership’s Youth Advisory Committee. Her debut book, Consent Laid Bare: Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire, is a ba...
Jane Smiley in Conversation
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At this exclusive in-conversation event with host David Francis, Smiley looks back on her incredible life and career and gives audience members an exciting preview of her upcoming novel, Lucky: a novel about music, womanhood and finding yourself.
In Conversation with Fern Brady: Strong Female Character
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Fern Brady, one of the UK’s most exciting stand-ups, visited The Wheeler Centre to discuss her bestselling book Strong Female Character as part of the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Hosted by Australian stand-up comedian and writer Laura Davis, Brady discussed her writing process, Catholic upbringing and late diagnosis of autism. Presented in partnership with the Melbourne Intern...
Patrick deWitt: The Librarianist
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Known for literary masterpieces like The Sisters Brothers and French Exit, Canadian writer Patrick deWitt has been delighting readers for more than a decade. In his latest work, The Librarianist, deWitt’s distinctive verve and humour come to the fore. His exploration of the life of retired Oregon-based librarian Bob Comet masterfully blends melancholy and comedy. With host Marieke Hardy, deWitt...
Dassi Erlich: In Bad Faith
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In February 2024, Dassi Erlich shared a powerful story of survival at her first public appearance since the release of her memoir, In Bad Faith. Dassi Erlich and her sisters, Elly Sapper and Nicole Meyer, grew up in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in the inner suburbs of Melbourne. As young women, the three sisters accused their high school principal, Malka Leifer, of sexual abuse spanning t...
Richard Ford in Conversation
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Richard Ford is a true literary luminary. The author of eight novels and four short story collections, Ford’s illustrious career spans nearly five decades and numerous accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Independence Day. At this special Melbourne event hosted by journalist Jonathan Green, Ford discusses his exceptional career and examines his most famous protagonist: the en...
Mind Over Machine: AI, Creativity, Humanities, and the Arts
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Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking panel discussion on the current and future impacts of artificial intelligence on the arts and humanities. Our expert panel explores the practical and ethical ramifications of AI technology on academia, publishing, and the creation of art, including its impact on intellectual property. Featuring Pantera Press publisher and novelist John M Green; auth...
Creative Witnessing: Andrew Quilty and Ben Quilty
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Creative Witnessing: Andrew Quilty and Ben Quilty
Fanchants and Fingerhearts: Ari Tampubolon performs Savage by Aespa
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Fanchants and Fingerhearts: Ari Tampubolon performs Savage by Aespa
Brittany Spanos: Swiftmania (Taylor’s Version)
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Brittany Spanos: Swiftmania (Taylor’s Version)
Fanchants and Fingerhearts: Sophia Cai on BTS as muse and inspiration
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Fanchants and Fingerhearts: Sophia Cai on BTS as muse and inspiration
Fanchants and Fingerhearts: Erin Kim on BTS and fanart
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Fanchants and Fingerhearts: Erin Kim on BTS and fanart
Fanchants and Fingerhearts: Anita Solak’s poem ‘Every day is Taemin’s Day'
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Fanchants and Fingerhearts: Anita Solak’s poem ‘Every day is Taemin’s Day'
Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle Highlights
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Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle Highlights
Lonnie Holley: Thumbs Up for Mother Universe
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Lonnie Holley: Thumbs Up for Mother Universe
Access to Justice: Law, Policing and Power
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Access to Justice: Law, Policing and Power
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Behrouz Boochani and Kylie Moore-Gilbert
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Behrouz Boochani and Kylie Moore-Gilbert
If we look at the history of marriage, generally the wants and desires of the woman has never been in consideration; thus the idea that sex is an expected requirement of marriage has to be given some circumspection. Certainly the exchange needs to be mutual for it to be sustainable. Using a woman as a receptacle is appalling to say in words, but think how the action actually feels when a woman finds herself in that position. The lack of mutuality of exchange points a very sharp point on it. Men must learn how to speak to women's desire, and to recognize the women who respond to them and avoid the ones who do not.
It's important to understand that for women the sex begins mentally. So stimulating/seducing/inviting a woman to sex requires jump-starting her mind. If a man does not take the time to make sure he can touch her there before he touches her body, this will forever be a failure point in relationship. And if she doesn't like you touching her mentally, you probably are incompatible and have been for a long time.
there are not enough words to say how much I love Sir Terry, he gave us such a magical world to escape to
Confucianism and Buddhism are about "how we relate to each other"? May I suggest reading any of the texts?
The oldest botanical garden (in the world) is in Padua, Italy.
This is so triggering to the mindless cruelty and chaos and corruption and abuse of power.
10,000 spoons! 😂😂
Life doesn’t turn out like that even though you put all the things in place.. You just aren’t in the same place as when you wanted those things & neither is the world… All their is IS NOW…
Love the psychological quackery it was called.
Cheap shot at Capitalism nestled in your comedy act. Maybe you would be better suited for that kind of "work". Oh, sorry if that last word was triggering. I'm glad you admitted that you have at least 12 DSM-5 definable disorders at the beginning of your set.
Having sex at aged 70, I wish I had married five blokes before I married my wife
So charmed by the way she talks. I can go on listening to her.
Wonderful.
The only time I'd stay in a sexless marriage is if we had children we were raising. I wouldn't divorce the mother of my children over sex, but the idea that I'm going to remain sexless because my wife doesn't want to have sex with me isn't something I'm willing to subscribe to. You can't require me to provide for you, require monogamy and think you have no obligation to try to meet my sexual needs because, reasons. I'd rather be single or in a serial monogamy situation.
A retired psychologist and a member of the Vic labour party that i know, told me about ten years ago, that Rudd exhibits the classic signs of a narcissist.
I am a Jew from India and Anita Desai deserves the Nobel prize for 'Baumgartner's Bombay' and the rest of her humane fictions.
There's just something about this guy that's incredibly untrustworthy
I read through the comments to see if anyone else was discussing what this bishop was exemplifying. The love and forgiveness of Christ, the God he serves. The God who taught that if we forgive others their transgressions, Our Father in Heaven will also forgive ours. And who also taught that it is not enough to forgive seven times, but seventy times 7. Because He is a loving and forgiving God who will do the same for us. Try it. Repent and ask for forgiveness. For the very worst thing you have ever done, even for that which you have not forgiven yourself. And even for the smallest things. Bear your mistakes and ask forgiveness from the Loving Lord Jesus Christ. Just, ask right now for forgiveness, with a repentant heart, and see just what happens. Nobody has to know. Just do it and see. Glory to God for the healing that comes with forgiveness 🙏 May you receive His mercy, His love and His salvation. May His Holy Spirit come and dwell in you so that you may bear His fruits of LOVE, JOY, PEACE, FORGIVENESS, HOPE, THANKFULLNESS, GOODNESS, GLADNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL ❤
I don’t see this power shift at all…
An assessment of Jake Adelstein by the world's best yakuza experts. "Not only do they misrepresent the yakuza, they make themselves into the heroes of crime novels and start telling the world that they are yakuza experts. It is tedious, time-consuming, and frequently causes trouble. I have learned the hard way that my name and work are often used to enhance the credibility of this work."
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Thanks for all the work you've done on this Ms Dines.
A feminist learns that her underlying assumptions are essentially Christian in origin, and when you overturn that religious foundation, cultures who don’t share your assumptions will undermine your precious “progress”. Furthermore, her worldview is no less totalizing than Islamic fundemanetlism, as she is essentially calling for greater feminist advocacy in non-Western cultures. This is nothing short of imperialism, and a shaky one at that, since feminism has no foundation for “rights” or “equality” beyond shared oppression. You can’t build positive concepts on negations.
This is such a treat. Drabble writes with such erudition and musicality. I’ve always enjoyed her novels.
smh
Bookshops may die but storytelling never will. We will find new ways to tell our stories
How utterly splendid to hear him blend music and stories. A literary legend. A master
It's good to know that wanting to be with your mate is reasonable.
Sex is called „making love“. So not having sex means you’re not making love. You’ve turned a relationship into a flat sharing.
I got to help put on and play support for a couple of shows with Killdozer, in England, probably 87 and 88, and it's true that we were kind of surprised by what normal, nice guys they were. Not that we expected them to be monsters necessarily, being kind of of a similar scene ourselves, but all the same we didn't really expect mild-mannered school teachers. Of course, in the end, it was only natural that they were intelligent, but all the same 'interestingly-humoured'.
Beevor talking about ability of Germans to recover from disaster. From what I have read time and again, German army tactic when attacked is to regroup and counter attack, every time. The attacking force had to prepare for an counter attack - standard German response
The book was a delight to read and certainly filled in the blanks in my knowledge about the complexity of their sexual relationships, including Nolan and John Reed. So imagine my surprise to come across this interesting interview.
I though it was the Dice man
LOL He mentioned Mary Whitehouse, "the only person in the universe who had a television set without an off button, so she was forced to watch all that nudity after 9 o'clock at night." And do you remember what Roger Waters said about her in the lyrics to "Pigs (Three Different Ones)": Hey you, Whitehouse Ha, ha, charade you are You house proud town mouse Ha, ha, charade you are
29:50 love that and totally relate riparadise Steve I so wish I could’ve worked for you
10:50 everyone’s a killer all u gotta do is push em to the limits -Jcole
Maybe someone should have asked about GORDON JARDEEN running the Liquorice Mile.
Boss:"take care of our city councilman" Henchman: *murders councilman* Boss: "bro i meant like take him on a night on the town, ya know a nice steak dinner, some drinks, women, etc"
Love this man. Love his music. Always caught both nights, Shellac played -San Francisco/Oakland. Always sold their own merch, after the show, talk to everyone. I'm going to miss seeing those play. Thirteen Shellac shows, since May 22nd, 1998, at Bimbo's 365. Last time, September 7th, 2022, Great American Music Hall. Fantastic shows. Fantastic band. Fantastic memories. Incredible man. Thank you, Mr. Albini. For everything.🤘
Now that I know it’s based on a true story, I’m pretty sure Jake wasn’t really sleeping with all them women lmfao
AAA+++Bedford, Texas
Has anyone read the book "NeuroTribes"?
If 1 in 36 people qualify for a diagnosis of autism, how is it a neurodivergence? With those numbers it sounds more like being normal with "neurotypical" people just controlling the game, much like patriarchy. Gosh! Iim not usually quite so conspiracy minded!
That's still under 3% of the population
What a great insite into a beautiful mind
Came here to pay respects ..rip Steve xx 2024
It’s sad to read some of these comments and see there are still people who refuse to understand the suffering involved in being the “higher sex drive” person in a relationship….especially when the other person claims to care about you and will imply (or outright say) that there’s something burdensome about being sexual with you.
Jelence nase Jelence.
KEVIN RUDD - A huge pro WEF, pro china, globalist TRAITOR
Poor baby Covid was so hard 🙄
What do you mean?
Startling: The book Terry describes and Rob reads from is Snuff, not Thud.