Featured in
- Published 20100302
- ISBN: 9781921520860
- Extent: 264 pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm)
Already a subscriber? Sign in here
If you are an educator or student wishing to access content for study purposes please contact us at griffithreview@griffith.edu.au
Share article
More from author
Weaponising privilege
ReportageEven then, ‘the strip’ was a parody of itself. But the Cross was still an idea, a state of mind. It was a place of organised crime, corrupt police, exploitation, inequality and violence – but it was also a place to find likeminded people, to escape judgment. Which is what makes the story of reform here so extraordinary – vulnerable people who gathered together to seek acceptance ended up working together for survival, liberation and change. Harm minimisation was shaped by a crisis that ultimately engendered credibility and resolve. From those beginnings, it continues to grow.
More from this edition
My happy Cold War summers
MemoirSINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD, I have had a certain perception of the Iron Curtain and the Cold War. Not because I showed particular interest in...
Smallgoods
MemoirTELL ME A a story, my daughter says, and even though I don't feel like telling stories tonight, I still tell her about the...
From harvest to market
ReportageBETWEEN THE SUPER – and the farmers' markets is the middle ground – on which growers too small to deal with the supermarkets but...