I did a deep-dive on Pride in Protest and Protect Mardi Gras for Crikey, why the establishment is desperate to refuse to cede the festival to grassroots activists, and what this means for queer politics. It gets ugly, but PiP also represent the best of grassroots activism 💖

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Yeah this show is pretty cool :)

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It's genuinely fascinating and I'm still trying to unpack this. Attacking the Liberals from the right is fine. If anything, it's encouraged and like a cheeky, edgy game. Attacking Labor from the left is taboo as fuck. It's shocking and career-ending. It's a double standard we need to address.

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Accepting that this brutality happens under Labor governments isn't something that people can accept, because it means the easy solution to our problems has failed. Breaking free from that will be extremely hard, and the ABC and the Guardian is helping people resist it.

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If Minns was a Liberal Premier, his worst and most inflammatory lines would be front and centre. Every Labor MP's Instagram feed would be full of what a horrible, inhumane prick he is. Instead, the vibe is like this is a bad dream and the outrage is just at a nebulous *vibe*.

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