Van Badham
Van Badham is a theatre-maker and author of QAnon And On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults. An occasional broadcaster, critic and trade union feminist, she writes columns for the Guardian and lives in Melbourne.
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Serious times require serious leaders. You may not like Anthony Albanese but he’s telling you who he is
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We weren’t called the ‘bleak’ generation for nothing. The fear of annihilation saturated the cultural treasures of our youth
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What Scott Morrison calls a ‘terrific’ bill is really the Liberals trying to legalise discrimination and pretend it’s got something to do with women’s equality
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I spent a year undercover in QAnon. Don’t let the ridiculousness distract from the threat
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The 2021 Australian of the Year demonstrated in a single photo shoot an understanding of power that goes deeper than even a sitting prime minister’s
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In America and Ireland, at least, style mavens don’t bear the existential burden of wondering where their next RAT is coming from
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Perhaps culture has evolved and modern men like Garry Kissick aren’t intimidated by high-achieving women in their lives
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The creative energy found by employers to avoid wage rises is yet another reminder the promises made to workers by neoliberal economics are lies, lies, lies
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A shorter work week, remote working, community care at work. As we emerge from Covid, we have the opportunity to change
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I feel like I’m living in a re-enactment of Cold Mountain, but the mountain’s been swapped out for a suburban LGA. And yet I’m among the lucky ones
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The backlash to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Tax the rich’ Met Gala dress was instant and glorious
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It is time to evaluate how much transformational control we give billionaires over our societies, and our lives
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My sausage-shaped shadow and I have been a constant pair but the Delta variant has kept our little family apart
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Spears is trapped in a state of legal adolescence, but since her plea for freedom to a Californian court, her tone has become more hopeful
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Barnaby Joyce’s leadership is not a good fit with the evolved values of traditional rural voters
Is Australia’s election result a teal revolution or an old story of centre-right flight?