#barkaa

[ephemeral-gremlin]

where's all the love and the depth and the honor / for land that you live on, they've broken the promise / this land of the lucky? nah, land of the mines / destroying our country in front of your eyes and you stuck staying blind

[blakopals]

[akajustmerry]

realised i haven’t done an article dump of things i am proud i wrote at work in a bit so:

How ‘Severance’ Turns The Bullshit Corporate Job Into An Unsettling Dystopia - I analyzed how Apple TV’s ‘Severance’ uses the anthropological concept of the “bullshit job” to create a dystopia that explores how corporations want to control our perception of reality. 

We Had A Very Gay Chat With The Creators Of TikTok’s Rainbow History Class - interview with the creators of this fab tiktok account that’s teaching folks about queer history from around the world

10 Years On, Let’s Look Back At Kony 2012 - a deep dive look back on reporting arount the Kony 2012 campaign on its 10th Anniversary 

House Of Silky Is Determined To Breathe Life Back Into Australia’s Ballroom Scene - interview with Xander Khoury co-founder of Australia’s Queer BIPOC ballroom house 

We Need To Talk About How Homoerotic Doubles Luge Is - we need to talk about it honestly 

Barkaa On The Love And Fury That Fuelled ‘Blak Matriarchy’ - I interviewed rapper and absolute legend Barkaa about her incredible debut album and ulifting Blak women,

Queer In Review: Looking Back At The Best Queer Music Of 2021

Marley Morgan’s Photography Is A Celebration of Black Women And Their Families - interview with incredible Black photographer about celebrating Indigineity through photography

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[oceannbby]

"I Can't Breathe" were the last words of both George Floyd in Minneapolis, and Dunghutti man David Dungay Jr in Long Bay Prison (Sydney, Australia) right before they were murdered at the hands of police. Five years since his (filmed) murder, not one officer in the footage of David Dungay's murder has been convicted. In this song DOBBY and BARKAA call for immediate action to bring justice to the families of the 438 Indigenous people who died in police custody since the 1991 Royal Commission into Indigenous Deaths In Custody.

"I’m so grateful to have created this track with sister BARKAA. Our I Can't Breathe video really captures that frustration of ignorance felt constantly in our community. There are staunch appearances by some very talented mob, and I’m so thankful to have them all a part of this. The direction and creative vision of Luke Currie-Richardson and Benjamin Ling resulted in a powerful, vibrant music video that screams of urgency". - DOBBY

Protest tomorrow 28/7/2020 in Sydney

[jjjjwater]

everything on here a heater in some way or another, but also some just require a little extra acknowledgement innit !!

[akajustmerry]

anyways, the best music this year was exclusively made by gays of colour and women of colour, i don’t make the rules 💅🏼

from left to right - planet her/doja cat, sycco’s first ep/sycco, MONTERO/lil nas x, strange country jukebox/anjana vasan, blak matriarchy/barkaa, if i can’t have love i want power/halsey, model citizen/meet me at the altar, lately i feel everything/willow, and collapsed in sunbeams/arlo parks.

[blakopals]

Big Tidda!