#sydney morning herald

[forever-blondie]

Debbie Harry by Julian Zakaras in Sydney, 1977

#debbie harry #blondie #julian zakaras #sydney morning herald

[eleganttiredcroissant]

This truly is an ASTONISHING read. They're complaining that their blackmailing didn't work?? And they're openly bragging about their blackmailing?? They threatened to out her and when she took hold of her own narrative they suddenly feel like she ignored their "discreet, genuine and honest queries"??? Not ONE word of that is sincere, let alone factual. And all of that was "in an abundance of caution and respect"? I have to laugh. Then finishing it off with "of course who anyone dates is their business" is just the cherry on top because very clearly this wasn't the case for them when they decided to blackmail her.

Honestly all this poor excuse of an article could be taken apart linguistically to expose the malignity and ipocrisy underneath but I'm too mad right now to do it properly

The "Syndey Morning Herald" more like "Shaking My Head".

#Rebel Wilson #Ramona Agruma #sydney morning herald

[iconicselena]

Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Steve Martin for The Sydney Morning Herald (June 2022)

#selena gomez #martin short #steve martin #only murders in the building #sydney morning herald #2022 #shoots #selena gomez shoots

[rapeculturerealities]

Rebel Wilson’s Forced Outing Is a Special Kind of Betrayal | The Mary Sue

Rebel Wilson’s forced outing has been one of the most depressing stories in this very chaotic Pride month, from the 31 men arrested in Idaho, who are believed to be linked to a White nationalist group that had plans to riot at a weekend Pride event, to the continued destruction of trans rights that the GOP is willing playing into and comedians continuing to keep their boring careers relevant by attacking a vulnerable community.

All of those things are powerful external forces. With what happened to Wilson, the call coming from inside the house. On Saturday, Sydney Morning Herald journalist Andrew Hornery published an article about Rebel Wilson being in a same-sex relationship with Ramona Agruma, complete with snarky comments about her age and how she had presented herself as straight previously.

“This is understood to be Wilson’s first same-sex relationships, at age 42 and in an era when same-sex marriage is legal in many parts of the world and — thanks to decades of battling for equality — sexual orientation is no longer something to be hidden, even in Hollywood,” Hornery wrote with quill in-hand. “Up to now, Wilson had identified publicly as a heterosexual woman. It is unlikely she would have experienced the sort of discrimination let alone homophobia – subconscious or overt – that sadly still affects so many gay, lesbian and non-hetero people.”

The article has been taken down, with Hornery issuing an “apology”, but screenshots have been taken, and this particular passage has been lingering in my mind: “It is unlikely she would have experienced the sort of discrimination let alone homophobia – subconscious or overt – that sadly still affects so many gay, lesbian and non-hetero people.” Hornery said in his apology,

#Hornery #Wilson #lbtqia #Forced outing #sydney morning herald #biphopia

[speedwagons-glorious-mane]

The gossip rags are getting wayyy to comfortable outing queer women without their consent and it is really pissing me off

#billie eilish #rebel wilson #sydney morning herald #variety #people act like being queer isn't a big deal anymore #but people are still being shunned and hurt and murdered for it #yes even in 2023 #not even going into the whole violation of privacy of these women

[burtlancster]

#the swimmer #sydney morning herald #1966 #quote #lillian roxon #clipping #barbara loden #still reallllly want to know how barbara would’ve played that

[wiiildflowerrr]

Sydney Morning Herald:

Sydney schoolboys 11 years on: 5 Seconds of Summer still shine at home

'From the doorstep of the Opera House, you’d be forgiven for forgetting the origins of the pop-rock band before you.

Close to a decade ago, 5 Seconds of Summer was a quartet of western Sydney high school and TAFE students who played their first show at a pub in Annandale and posted covers together on YouTube.

“We used to go to radio stations and beg them to place us,” bass guitarist Calum Hood tells the crowd. “We still do.”

5 Seconds of Summer celebrated their 11th year as a band last week, having played 75 shows as part of their world tour, which Hood says, “led us back here to Sydney”.

And while the boys are older, they still bring the youth, cheekiness and rebellion of their teenage years to the stage.

Fans instantly pick up on the opening riff of one of the band’s earliest hits, She Looks So Perfect, which sends waves of excited screams and singing through the crowd.

Other older songs including Disconnected and Amnesia are instant crowd-pleasers, the latter pulling at heartstrings and marking a high point in Hood’s vocals.

At times, there’s a lack of punctuation between songs, as pieces with similar rhythm and emotion are played in succession. The strobe lights can seem unnecessarily strong at times, but the high-intensity numbers that accompany them, such as Teeth and Youngblood, give a welcome jolt to the senses.

Dressed in a vest and tie, lead singer Luke Hemmings is the quintessential heartthrob, and most comfortable on the stage. His vocals extend well to much of the set list, but are best in the more soulful tunes including Take My Hand and Who Do You Love.

One of the band’s newest songs, Bad Omens, is a highlight of their line-up, marking a slight departure from their rock repertoire, but entrancing listeners nonetheless. In that song, and indeed the entire show, drummer Ashton Irwin nails the percussion.

Jet Black Heart is a killer number to end on (before the encore, that is) and as the sun sets, the Harbour Bridge that the boys recall taking the bus over in their younger years, looms on the horizon.

Earlier in the show, Hemmings said the band’s families were with them at the show and asked for the crowd to “make us look good”.

There was no need. Their lyrics rang out loud and clear, carried by thousands of voices, across the harbour.' X

#5sos #5 seconds of summer #calum hood #ashton irwin #luke hemmings #michael clifford #tmh sydney 1 #sydney opera house #sydney morning herald #gig review #concert review #9 december #10 december #2022 #aussie boys #australia 2022

[bigswisscheese]

Let me see if I understand this correctly

Andrew Hornery of the Australian newspaper Sydney Morning Herald gave Rebel Wilson two days' notice before he and the paper were going to out her.

Then when she decided to not let that slimeball and his slimeball paper out her themselves and posted the Instagram post he then wrote an article about how upset he was that he couldn't out her and she scooped him?

What a dick swab, like, I hope he never has a day of peace in his life.

I don't want to link the article to give that Crusty Old Man any more revenue for clicks but Twitter is justifiably hot about it and you can just search there.

#Rebel Wilson #sydney morning herald

[wisdomfish]

GAFCON is choosing faithfulness

GAFCON is choosing faithfulness to God over allegiance to broken institutions.

The Sydney Morning Herald has published a fair report on the story, although there was this one unfortunate line,

“The Diocese of the Southern Cross was formally launched in Canberra on Sunday. The first service was led by a rebel minister who resigned from the liberal Brisbane Archdiocese because he “cannot go along with same-sex blessings”.

Rebel isn’t the right word to describe Rev Peter Palmer. He has given up a steady stipend and is now driving a bus to put bread on the table. His congregation has lost their church’s property. Far from being a ‘rebel minister’, Palmer is a Christian minister who has chosen to remain faithful to Jesus while his Diocesan bishops have chosen faithlessness to both the Gospel and the churches under their care.

~  Murray Campbell

#gafcon #faithful #christianity #sydney morning herald #southern cross #rebel #diocesan

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Rupert Murdoch – Australia’s biggest media mogul – succeeded where Vladimir Putin failed. He turned Americans against each other, promoting anger, hatred and lies. Murdoch knew Donald Trump’s claim that the election was stolen was a lie but his Fox News network persuaded millions of Americans that it was true.

And so he created the environment that made January 6, 2021 possible; thousands of Americans assaulting the Capitol and trying to overthrow the election. If this mob had found speaker Nancy Pelosi or vice president Mike Pence they might well have killed them. That was their stated intent.

Putin must have been hugging himself in delight. No amount of Russian interference could have achieved this.

It wasn’t a surprise to read the troves of emails, texts and sworn depositions in the Dominion Voting Systems case, where the Murdochs and their Fox News employees acknowledge that Trump’s conspiracy claims were “really crazy stuff”. But the fact they wrote it down, cynically agreeing that they must spread it to protect their ratings and revenues shows how utterly unaccountable they believe themselves to be.

These events alone justify the rigorous inquiry that only a royal commission can bring. Just this week Australians have been reminded of how dependent we are on our American ally. Indeed, the AUKUS agreement has doubled down on that dependence. So the subversion of American democracy threatens Australia, and Australian security, as much as it threatens the United States.

No wonder Joe Biden has called Rupert Murdoch “the most dangerous man in the world”.

In the wake of these latest revelations, Murdoch’s Fox News (echoed by its Australian mini-me, Sky News) has shown contempt for the public with a series of Orwellian broadcasts claiming the fatal Capitol attack was not an assault on democracy. Whatever we all thought we saw, these were mostly “sightseers” who entered the Capitol so they could “revere” the building.

This has serious consequences for Australia. Not only does our long-term economic and national security depend on the stability of our US ally, but the same corporate culture exists in Australia, where News Corp accounts for more than half the media industry. So we can no longer avoid the question: could News Corp do the same thing here? If you’re paying close enough attention, you’ll see that it already is.

Murdoch’s News Corp long ago abandoned its commitment to truth. Newsrooms once staffed by the nation’s best journalists have been hollowed out, replaced in many cases by extreme political activists. The company’s claims of editorial independence are farcical; do they seriously expect us to believe that every Australian newspaper editor decided independently to suppress any coverage of Rupert’s evidence to the US courts?

Sky News is booming. It’s Fox with an Aussie accent, importing its addictive angertainment and distributing it to new audiences across free-to-air television, streaming video and social media. All media outlets have their unique political outlook, but News Corp stands apart for its willingness to simply make stuff up.

Most Australians, like many Americans a decade ago, would barely have noticed this happening. They don’t watch Sky or buy Murdoch’s newspapers. News Corp’s power to decide elections has diminished. But politicians remain fearful of News Corp’s retribution, its power to set the broader media agenda, and its influence on the political right is growing. The burgeoning Sky-aligned faction is driving moderate voters away from the Liberal and National parties, or encouraging self-radicalisation in order to fit in. And that poses a major problem for our democracy.

For the Coalition parties, this is a crucial moment.

The pace of this transformation over the past five years has been breathtaking. As seasoned leaders in politics, it has surprised even us. The game has changed. Our democracy is still one of competing parties but, unless action is taken, it risks becoming one of competing realities.

We believe a royal commission into media concentration is now needed to defend our democracy. That is why we have agreed to join Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission as its co-chairs, succeeding Kevin Rudd.

This is not a Left-Right issue, we come from both sides of the political divide. Freedom of the press is sacred, but it can no longer be a shield of convenience for bad-faith actors who knowingly lie. We do not presume to have the answers – that’s what the commission is for – but we do know that the Foxification of Australia won’t be halted by piecemeal media reforms that can’t pass parliament unless they are signed off by Rupert.

We stand ready to make this case, and we need the continuing support of all Australians who value our democracy to help deliver the message to Canberra: if you have the courage to act, we will support you.

Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and former ACTU president Sharan Burrow are the incoming co-chairs of Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission.

#defending democracy #Australia #FOX news #propaganda #Sydney Morning Herald

[arcticdementor]

From the Sydney Morning Herald:

Ever since the Bolt case a decade ago, it has been more or less legally risky in Australia to question in the media just how Indigenous a person claiming to be the First Indigenous Whatever actually is. So reporters don’t dare ask the people they are celebrating exactly what their fraction of Aboriginal ancestry is.

My impression is that Aboriginal appearance genes tend to be among the most recessive of any racial group, so some of these extremely white-looking Firsts might be 1/8th or even 1/4th Aboriginal. But others could be getting down toward Elizabeth Warren levels. You might think there’d be a Conversation in Australia about what exactly the limit is to qualify as Aboriginal, but then, that’s illegal.

#steve sailer #unz review #sydney morning herald #australia

[notesonartistry]

"By diverging from style to style, not always going down the same well-tried road in the way that so many musicians do, she has kept finding herself new audiences while retaining the loyalty of her original fans."

Jonathan Bate, Sydney Morning Herald

#sydney morning herald #jonathan bate #she's always challenging herself #never coasting

[alexstorm]

Why did this interview make me sad?

#Alex Turner #Arctic Monkeys #The Car #Sydney Morning Herald #mod post

[aardvaark]

the sydney morning herald threatening to out rebel wilson during pride month is disgusting but honestly not unexpected. not only because the press have been hounding her for her weight, her weight loss, fertility, age, random information about her that they have no right to, for so long - i also expected this kind of shit because more and more, we witness celebrities being forced or pressured to come out. portia de rossi, neil patrick harris, nikkie de jager (nikkietutorials), becky albertalli, jameela jamil, now rebel wilson. it doesn’t matter how much i do or don’t like them. doesn’t even matter if i completely hate someone or think they "deserve" it. it’s not just about that person, it’s about our community and our autonomy.

it’s not really just the media. there’s been this strange shift in public opinion from "outing someone is always wrong" to "you shouldn’t out someone, but i don’t like that celebrity so they deserve it". a lot of that comes with ideas like "it’s only bad to out people who would be in danger if they came out" which is a very fucking weird thing to say. how would you, a stranger, even know whether that person is safe to come out? does it matter? where do you draw the line for safe vs unsafe? if they won’t get killed, is that enough? if their family doesn’t disown them? if their career doesn’t go down the drain? if gay marriage is legal in their country, so they won’t be *too* oppressed? if it’s only *a little bit* traumatic? it doesn’t matter if that person is "safe enough". you do not fucking out people, because that takes away their basic right to privacy and is inherently homophobic and transphobic. it sets a dangerous precedent that will ultimately affect much more vulnerable people in the long run.

the cherry on top of all this: it was a gay man who threatened to out rebel wilson, giving her two days notice that he would expose her relationship in a gossip column. i am terribly ashamed of parts of our community right now. get your act together.

#rebel wilson #sydney morning herald #pride month #lgbtq #auspol #homophobia tw #transphobia tw #coming out #wren speaks

[avandelay20]

On nearly every measure, Australia’s mass immigration policy has been a failure, and Australian living standards have declined.

Yet, here we have the housing and construction industries arguing for more immigration under the veil of labour shortages. The situation is laughable.

Even the Big Australia boosters are struggling to maintain the façade.

First, we witnessed current and former NSW political leaders – Chris Minns, Mark Speakman, and Domonic Perrottet – pivot against mass immigration, noting that it is wrecking Sydney.

Now we have The SMH, which has long pumped Big Australia migration propaganda, having second thoughts.

“A long-running housing shortage has become acute. We have priced a generation out of the ability to buy a home. It’s a grave national failure”, The SMH’s political editor, Peter Hartcher, wrote over the weekend.

The SMH even published an article stating that it is not racist to want lower immigration—a massive change in rhetoric from an outlet that always loved to play the racism card.

The fact remains that the Albanese government has jumped the shark on immigration, and the mainstream media can no longer ignore the policy idiocy.

#australia #housing #economy #real estate #immigration #smh #sydney morning herald #albanese #big australia #ponzi scheme

[newsbites]

[Ben Franklin, the] NSW Nationals MP at the centre of a fierce internal brawl over a plum parliamentary job has broken his silence to accuse [Nationals Leader] Paul Toole of being dishonest about his opposition to the lucrative promotion, saying he first discussed the job with the party leader weeks before it became public and was told it was “a great idea”.

#former arts minister #upper house #president #plum job #party leader #mixed signals #deal #NSW #state parliament #Australia #news #via Triple A #Sydney Morning Herald #world news