Featured in

- Published 20120605
- ISBN: 9781921922534
- Extent: 264 pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

Already a subscriber? Sign in here
If you are an educator or student wishing to access content for study purposes please contact us at griffithreview@griffith.edu.au
Share article
More from author

Weaponising privilege
ReportageEven then, ‘the strip’ was a parody of itself. But the Cross was still an idea, a state of mind. It was a place of organised crime, corrupt police, exploitation, inequality and violence – but it was also a place to find likeminded people, to escape judgment. Which is what makes the story of reform here so extraordinary – vulnerable people who gathered together to seek acceptance ended up working together for survival, liberation and change. Harm minimisation was shaped by a crisis that ultimately engendered credibility and resolve. From those beginnings, it continues to grow.
More from this edition

F**k popular culture
Some ProvocationsIN THE WINTER of 1980, in the last few months of her life, Queenie Leavis, wife of renowned literary critic FR Leavis, and co-editor...

Spelling and making sense
Some ProvocationsLET'S START WITH spelling: it’s often the first plank of literacy.As a child, I was renowned for my spelling ability. My parents proudly boasted...

For us all
Some ProvocationsDAWN AT BONDI reveals a snapshot of today’s Australia: nightclubbed couples prone on the sand, Chinese tripod photographers framing the sunrise, young women lifesavers...