We’ll be back to our normal schedule for the Thinking About It newsletter next week. For today, it’s a recommendations-only edition curated by Simran – who, by the way, was recently a finalist for Journalism category of ASAC’s Stellar South Asian Women Awards. Round of applause!

And in light of some of the sickening revelations from Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, this newsletter from June is worth a re-read: #FreeBrittany

Will be back behind the keyboard properly next week – chat then!

– Crystal
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Good stuff on Zee Feed rn:

This is one of those stories where my gut feeling (young people are v pro-union) was not validated by the data (union membership is v low). I still wonder if a union resurgence is just around the corner, and this piece offers some ideas about what it might take to get there. CLICK HERE TO READ.

Smart stuff on the Internet 💭

All the stuff I found on the web that made me think, smile, or have an ‘aha!’ moment. Spend your Sunday reading them – you'll be better off for it:

Who will shine a light on the atrocities in Gaza if all the journalists are wiped out? on The Guardian
“The reporters and photojournalists of Gaza are the bravest of all, and a death sentence hangs over many of them: if the truce collapses, more journalistic careers will be violently terminated.” 

Why is dating advice on TikTok so sexist — and so bleak? on The Vox
“The thought of a wealthy man coming over the horizon to save me from overwork and a dirty flat, however regressive that thought is, was more tempting than the long-term solutions I really needed: rest, therapy and, failing that, antidepressants.”

This Year’s Spotify Wrapped Proves The Future Of Music Is Female — But There’s Still One Big Problem on Refinery 29
“Yes, we've made significant progress in the representation of female musicians. Yes, we've looked on as women have started scraping into our most-streamed artist lists and dominating our own Spotify Wrapped. But when it's one woman amidst a crowd of men, how much should we really be celebrating?”

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DEC