PAXAus2016 featured a number of panels on diversity including this panel on accessibility for gamers with disabilities. The panel features five highly knowledgeable industry specialists …
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Doctor Strange (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Doctor Strange is another comic book superhero movie from Marvel so it’s from the most popular comic book–movie stable with …
PAXAus2016 day 1 round up
Thanks to PAXAus for a great day 1 of the 2016 gaming expo. I enjoyed it although I was working. To be able to say …
Boy Made Of Blocks by Keith Stuart
A review by Nalini Haynes Alex has left home, his marriage is in tatters, his son is unable to engage. While Alex holes up at …
Misappropriation in Action: Zeroes by Westerfeld, Lanagan & Biancotti
On the weekend I was talking to another person with disability on Twitter about poor representations of disability, citing Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah …
Whisper To Me by Nick Lake
A review by Nalini Haynes Shelby is walking along a beach when she finds a foot in a shoe. No body, just a foot. She …
Lionel Shriver, Representation and Misappropriation Part 3
This is part 3 of my response to Lionel Shriver’s views on appropriation and representation of others’ experiences. (Part 1 is here and part 2 is here.) …
Dick of the Day or why Lionel Shriver is wrong
This is not part of my three-part response to Lionel Shriver. This is a blog about yesterday and living as disabled; I am trying to …
Lionel Shriver, Representation and Misappropriation Part 2
This is part 2 of my response to Lionel Shriver’s views on appropriation and representation of others’ experiences. (Part 1 is here.) In this part …
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell
A review by Nalini Haynes This is a new special edition of Odd and the Frost Giants. The first was released in 2010. This hardcover …
Lionel Shriver, Representation and Misappropriation Part 1
My response to Lionel Shriver and authors’ appropriation of ‘other’ experience is in three parts, scheduled weekly. This is part one. Lionel Shriver’s speech at …
What The Family Needed by Steven Amsterdam
A review by Nalini Haynes Giordana is upset and angry: she was given a few minutes to pack her bags because her parents were breaking …
Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
A review by Nalini Haynes Twelve-year-old Aissa, whose name means dragonfly, must metamorpihize like the dragonfly to save herself and her island. Set at the …
TEDx Canberra talk: Hear My Words
A few months ago, TEDx Canberra had an open mic night. This is my talk presented on that night… Good evening. TedX talks affect change via …
Down Under (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Shit-stick is a stoner sloth type who’s giving his cousin Evan a driving lesson before they settle in to watch …