Post No. 2,627 - Some interesting reading/viewing [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

Here are some links that might of interest or value:

• my recent posts on my political blog:  
• “Another activism email: on letting two violent extremists off lightly [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence. Reader discretion is advised]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/10/another-activism-email-on-letting-two.html 
  
  
• from the news on politics,   human rights,   the climate crisis & nuclear threats,   society,   and   the war in West Asia - the last of which includes a few post scripts;

• interesting listening this week includes: 

• “Jacinta Parson's on Women's Mental Wellbeing, Ageing & Illness” - Brainwaves   “'It’s okay that you’re not coping because it’s normal,’ is what broadcaster, writer and ABC Australia 'The Friday Revue' co-host, Jacinta Parsons, would tell her younger self about chronic illness. ‘Understanding what not coping looks like and being comfortable with it.' Jacinta is today’s guest on our radio show Brainwaves. An ambassador for @crohnscolitisau — she will talk about mental health and her memoir ‘Unseen’. ‘When we're no longer younger and needed for procreation and hot — and all the things that give us currency, it gives us an incredible opportunity… to unshackle from something that has convinced you for so long that you're a certain person,’ Broadcaster Jacinta Parsons says.Jacinta Parsons, also talks about mental health for women as they age in her book ‘A Question of Age’. ‘For women’s mental health there has been such a diminishing response to the reaction to systemic oppression,’ she says. Jacinta joins Flic Manning, host, for an inspiring and deeply moving chat.”   Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/brainwaves/id451683572?i=1000633321012   or on   https://www.3cr.org.au/brainwaves/episode/jacinta-parsons-womens-mental-wellbeing-ageing-illness   
  
  
• “Kal Angam-Kal” - Women on the Line   “On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Fijian Australian-born artist Yasbelle Kerkow (iTaukei Fijian vasu Batiki, Lomaiviti), who is one of the lead artists for Kal Angam-Kal: Stories from West Papua. Kal Angam Kal illuminates the little-known history of exiled West Papuan Elders residing in Narrm through the unique lens of the community's youth. Yasbelle has collaborated with West Papuan artist, Cyndi Makabory (Biak and Waropen), to bring this project to life.The exhibition features new film works in which six young community members conduct interviews with their chosen Elders. Kal Angam-Kal is the first film exhibition to tell the stories of the West Papuan community by the community in Narrm. The show will be debuting at Footscray Community Arts on the 1^st November and will run until the 28^th January 2024. Follow Kal Angam-Kal on Instagram and visit http://footscrayarts.com/ for more information.”   Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/women-on-the-line/id312631232?i=1000633022031  or at   https://www.3cr.org.au/womenontheline/episode/kal-angam-kal  
  
  
• “Monash University Partnership Series - Bedi Othow”   Black Magic Woman   “This episode is proudly supported by Monash University, promoting the Masters of Indigenous Business Leadership program, delivered by Monash Business School & The William Cooper Institute. The Master of Indigenous Business Leadership, is a cross-disciplinary program with leading units delivered by Monash Business School, complemented by a tailored offering in design thinking, together with a mastery unit from Law. The partnership series features interviews with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander past and current students, staff and guest speakers from the program. Bedi Othow is passionate about human resources and brings 10 years of experience in banking, law and the Victorian Public Sector to her own project, as the co-founder of DivTal.  DivTal is an online job platform that connects inclusive employers to Black, Indigenous, People of Colour talent. In this episode, Bedi and Mundanara talk all things inclusivity and diversity in business. From their own experiences navigating the space to what changes can be made to improve the experience for others starting out.”   Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/black-magic-woman/id1505283659?i=1000632706304 

• from YouTube: 

• “Autistic People are NOT natural born leaders... we're this instead... ”   https://youtu.be/V9Tnn2everg?si=SCvud9QBu-Tqe_Yt   
• “Nervous System “Clutter” Makes It Hard to Think Clearly or Get Things Done”   https://youtu.be/DqatGLP55-g?si=XyJs5-bS7oFhF5d9   and   https://crappychildhoodfairy.com/2023/11/03/overwhelmed-nervous-system-clutter/  
• “Autism Meltdown | (Do YOU Know These 3 EARLY WARNING SIGNS!?)”   https://youtu.be/k6XeB7RUZPQ?si=wu0k9oQpaB38Y3OW 

• from Medium and similar: 

• “The Misdirection of Rage”   https://www.okdoomer.io/the-misdirection-of-rage/    “Climate change isn’t killing us. [Amathia] is.”   
• “You're Not Worth Saving”   https://www.okdoomer.io/youre-not-worth-saving/   “This is the dark side of Malthus nobody talks about, but it's all over his work. He believed in letting nature run its course. If you were having a population problem, he said feel free to commit social murder.”  
• “Masking and unmasking is not binary”   https://open.substack.com/pub/charlierewilding/p/masking-and-unmasking-is-not-binary  

• “We Can Temper Fate With Free Will | John Beckett”   https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2023/10/we-can-temper-fate-with-free-will.html   

• “Sharpen the Swords You Have”   https://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2023/11/sharpen-the-swords-you-have.html   This continues the theme of preparing for coming events  
  

• from one of my favourite and most inspiring authors/activists:  “Fighting Tyranny ... and claiming joy”   https://tthorncoyle.substack.com/p/fighting-tyranny  
  

• “Health anxiety can be all-consuming. Accepting uncertainty is an important step”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/29/health-anxiety-can-be-all-consuming-accepting-uncertainty-is-an-important-step  

• “Unlikable”   https://www.okdoomer.io/unlikable/   “What it's like to be different in a world that pretends to value difference”    

• Something I have just come across: the “Season for Nonviolence”, which goes from the anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30^th January to the 4^th April anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr - see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Season_for_Nonviolence&oldid=1160270855   and   http://www.agnt.org/node/10   

• “Scientists observe chimpanzees using human-like warfare tactic”   https://www.reuters.com/science/scientists-observe-chimpanzees-using-human-like-warfare-tactic-2023-11-02/   (the advantage of higher ground)  
  

• this week’s “afterlife report” by the  Zammits (see here for zoom meeting opportunities). 

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