The Bones Collection

The life bibliography of Bone Collector, a designer based in Brisbane, AU.

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How I Became a White Supremacist | VICE | Australia / NZ

I sought a deeper meaning for my life, outside of the mundane existence of my working-class neighborhood struggle. Rather than succumb to the doldrums of comfort, I wanted to matter.

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Radical new economic system will emerge from collapse of capitalism

Political adviser and author Jeremy Rifkin believes that the creation of a super internet heralds new economic system that could solve society’s sustainability challenges

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The Marriages of Power Couples Reinforce Income Inequality

Assortative mating, or the pairing of people with similar incomes and education, clusters money and talent in high-powered families and helps propagate inequality across generations.

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Words matter in ‘ISIS’ war, so use ‘Daesh’ - The Boston Globe

How we talk about this group of militants is central to defeating them.

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#feesmustfall protests: photographer imraan christian documents south africa's "born free” generation uprising | read | i-D

"This revolution is a matter of true decolonisation."

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Is gentrification urban renewal or a form of social cleansing?

Some say gentrification is the trend of urban renewal. Others protest it as social cleansing.

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Briggs and Aamer Respond to Comments on Their Australia Day Video | VICE | Australia / NZ

Earlier this week we published a video featuring Yorta Yorta rapper Briggs and Bangladeshi-Australian comedian Aamer Rahman discussing Australia Day. Here they are again, replying to some of the dumb comments viewers left behind.

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White People Talk About Their White Privilege | VICE | Australia / NZ

The point is not whether we choose to acknowledge or ignore the impact of race, but how white privilege defines all aspects of American life.

The point is not whether we choose to acknowledge or ignore the impact of race, but how white privilege defines all aspects of American life.

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How Texas Teaches History

Grammar matters, especially when textbooks tackle the subject of slavery.

Grammar matters, especially when textbooks tackle the subject of slavery.

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"They twisted their arms together," a marine biologist said, "and they'd pull and pull and pull, until one of them came off... It was horrific."

“The press attention, though distracting, had its benefits. Thousands of alarmed citizens began to investigate unsurveyed stretches of the Pacific Coast, logging their observations on a new Sea Star Wasting map that Raimondi created. Participation increased in groups like the California Academy of Sciences’ Citizen Science program, and Reef Check, which trains amateur divers to conduct species surveys. The data accumulated—wasting was even detected on the northern Atlantic Coast—and Raimondi’s Wasting map grew increasingly detailed, but still no pattern emerged.”

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Why it’s time fashion ditched its ‘tribal’ inspirations

Valentino’s SS16 show was inspired by ‘wild’ and ‘primitive’ Africa, and proved that when it comes to cultural appropriation, the industry needs to get with the times

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The Big Fix

Healthy Rowhouse Project aims to help residents fix their homes to fix their health. Is it also the answer to gentrification?

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'Whitesplaining': what it is and how it works

Matt Damon and Kyle Sandilands have both been accused of 'whitesplaining', but what does that mean?

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the problem with feminist body hair | read | i-D

From lesbians with hairy legs to Miley Cyrus’s pink armpit hair, body hair often takes center stage in the path towards female liberation. But are women of color being left of the conversation?

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A flow chart for people who need to take time to look after themselves.

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One of the pleasures of reading Hersh’s account is the way it elegantly dismantles aspects of the story that seemed suspect from the beginning.

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A Letter to Sylvia Plath

Perhaps you should be asking yourselves different questions. Why do you sometimes treat other people as humans and sometimes as animals? And why do you sometimes treat creatures as animals and sometimes as humans?

Perhaps one of the most moving pieces of fiction I have read in my life.