As Frocktober (and a very busy October) draws to a close, I am reflective.
This October was a challenging month – I house-sat multiple times, had two sitting weeks at work, organised a birthday party. Continue reading
Tag: Gen Y
PIK responds to Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher’s Open Letter
I was trawling the internet today and came across the following article:
AN OPEN LETTER: TO THE PARENTS OF THE VICTIMS MURDERED BY ELLIOT RODGER
on 27 May, 2014 at 06:05
By Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher
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One stop shop? or Top-shop? : Thrift shopping and our Social Consciousness
I love a good pair of kicks. I love a shopping trip.
Forgive my fashionable wiles, dear readers, for this will not be a deeply political post, but it will be an interesting one [!]
I was walking out of an Op-Shop a couple of weeks ago, with a pair of shoes, a necklace and two copies of their In-House publication [a ‘pricey’ 70 cents each] and I thought to myself:
Are op-shops making people more socially conscious?
Are people actually connected with their purchases — their materialism is supporting those less fortunate, but is this making people more socially conscious?
In my own mind, initially, I begged to differ. I disagreed with my own thought[!]
I’m an avid op-shopper, but I viewed my purchases as ‘shopping’, not so much in the sense of a ‘charity donation’.
Some peruse pages of books, websites, some peruse coffee shops and bars. I peruse coat hangers, I rummage, I try, I buy — as my form of relaxation. Among my friends, I have a solid reputation as a glamorous bargain hunter.
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You Spin or You Die: A Public Relations interpretation of Game of Thrones
I watch Game of Thrones.
I’ve re-watched it a few times, and I’ve developed a couple of different understandings of it — through Public Relations and International Relations perspectives; cultural phenomena such as popular TV shows can do more than just depict theoretical scenarios, they are highly complex and can be understood, or ‘read’ in many ways.
Here is my understanding of Game of Thrones, Seasons 1-4, from a Public Relations perspective.
*******PROBABLY CONTAINS SOME KIND OF SPOILERS*******
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MEET THE SENATORS!
3 Liberal, 1 Palmer United, 1 Green, and 1 ALP candidates all walk into a Red Room.
WA,
Meet Your Senators!
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All you have to know about the WA Senate Byelection
So. This was probably your face when we were told we had to vote again…
…..Senate Byelections are exciting things.
But seriously. They are!
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Politics in Kicks meets Dr. Alexey Muraviev
Pictured: Your fair author and Dr. Alexey Muraviev
When: 6.30pm, March 25th
Where: St. Catherine’s College, UWA
Who: Dr. Alexey Muraviev, Head of Social Science and International Studies at Curtin University
What: Speaking at the Australian Institute of International Affairs WA Branch Meeting on:
“UKRAINIAN FRONT 2.0:
RUSSIA’S STRATEGIC INTENT, GEO-STRATEGIC CONSEQUENCES
& IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRALIA”
***Note: This Meeting was held under Chatham House Rule. ***
** Read about this rule HERE **
It took me less than 5 minutes into Alexey’s talk for me to realise how ill-focused the media reporting has been on the “Crimea Crisis”.
Our understanding has been distorted.This is what I learned…..
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February In Review: Why voting smarter will help us trust the Government
“[In] Australia increased trust in the institution of government is up 13 percentage points to 56 per cent.
However, three in five Australians (60 per cent) do not trust government leaders to tell the truth regardless of how complex or unpopular it is.
And two in five Australians (40 per cent) do not trust government leaders to make ethical and moral decisions.”
Source: Business Insider
February was a really interesting month — Schapelle released, Ukraine in turmoil, Protests at the Winter Olympics, The USA dodging another fiscal default, Aussie troops coming home from Afghanistan, The violent death of an asylum seeker at Manus Island and GWAR’s decapitation of a Tony Abbott effigy at Soundwave.
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Why I’m not fazed by composition of the Federal Cabinet!
I had a very interesting conversation with a Sydney Morning Herald writer called Clementine Ford on September 16th. Scroll back through my tweets, an interesting read.
Personally, I am exhausted by people using the gender card as an attack point; this isn’t Yu Gi Oh.
I am baffled.
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Gen Y: Why we’ve ‘had it’ up to the headphones with Politics..
I initially started out wanting to do an entry on why Gen Y were so disengaged from this election, then came the furor about Tony Abb-…Prime Minster Abbott’s Cabinet. I sent out a survey to some fellow Gen Y-ers, and got some fascinating responses; I have talked to many other people ofdifferent ages and professions, and every generation had a different experience.
I want to explore Gen –Y’s…
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