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Snapshots of the Dark Side of Conventions (disability discrimination)
I’ve attended several speculative fiction conventions in the past 10 years. They’ve all had disability access issues. Most of them have been inaccessible and isolating. …
Whitlam’s Children book launch
What better way to celebrate Bob Hawke’s life than reading Whitlam’s Children, a book about the influence Gogh Whitlam had on his successor and Australian …
Mad Heidi vs Swiss Police
Press release published by bemused editor Note: at DMZ we don’t know the details and we haven’t confirmed the story from outside sources except this …
#CripAuspol launch
Backstory At 10am on 10 October 2018 I launched #CripAuspol, the new hashtag for disability issues in Australian politics, with a discussion of Australia’s NDIS …
The Last Two Years Explained
If you’re looking for an explanation of Trump or the Nazification of society, you’ve come to the wrong place. This is about the last two …
Service interruption…
You may have noticed that Dark Matter Zine has not published any new posts lately. After years of pain, recent diagnostic procedures put my pain …
Dark Matter Zine’s best of 2016
This is the best of 2016. This is what I consumed in 2016 not necessarily what was created in 2016. I’ve included a brief blurb to entice …
On equity and representation in literature: LGBTIAQ
On Monday the ACT Writers Centre posted my first blogger-in-residence bloggy thing about equity and representation in literature. Titled “What representation does“, it’s a short …
Weekly Podcast & Kylie Chan
My apologies but this week’s podcast has been delayed due to a combination of ill health one weekend and a birthday celebration the next. I …
Queer characters
On Friday 13, I went from ‘I’d like to interview a couple of authors’ to ‘OMG I’M INTERVIEWING WILL KOSTAKIS TONIGHT!!!’ I like to close …
Mario fan-made video — Mario in a wheelchair!
This is THE MOST AWESOME yet simple video I’ve seen campaigning for disability access although I adored the Brazilian video where people created a post-it …
10 worst crimes against fandom
Recently I’ve been packing books for my interstate move. This has incited me to imagine all sorts of dire punishments for book designers whose idea …
First Kermit and Miss Piggy, now the Simpsons
It’s been a devastating morning. First the heater guy told me, repeatedly, that my heater has never heated the bedrooms or ensuite (bullshit) and refused …
Amazon makes disability access more expensive in Australia
We’re living in a global community but money-hungry international companies have imposed artificial barriers to inflate their profits. I have N K Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy in …
Simon Pegg may be about to swear off SF
Simon Pegg, that renowned geek who brought us intellectually stimulating movies like Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, is worried that …