Privacy and Use of Social Media Photos
Privacy advocacy groups are raising issues about third party apps getting access to your social media photos.
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Working Poor
2.5 million Australians live below the internationally accepted poverty line. Of these people 61% are unemployed and 33% are working poor (not earning enough income through their jobs).
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Homelessness Closer to Home
Research shows that homelessness may be more prevalent than you think.
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Let’s Stop Racist Dog Whistling about the Burqua
It’s time to end paternalistic and xenophophic discussions about Muslim women.
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Dr Brené Brown, who has a PhD in Social work, talks about how to build empathy, through recognising our own vulnerabilities. Continue reading Why Empathy Is Better Than Sympathy
Don’t Become Too Narrow
Today’s social science quote comes from Yuri Kochiyama, human rights activist
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Linguistics and Cultural Appropriation
What happens when White people appropriate Black slang? Commodification without stigma.
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The workings of our brains and visual perception is truly remarkable. Optical illusions happen when information is missing from our field of vision, our brains will struggle to make them seem whole. Continue reading Optical Illusions
Bling on Phones and Identity
A study published in Media Psychology shows that Korean people tend to be more motivated to change the look and sound of their mobile phones than people in the USA.
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Transgender Indigenous Australians
The term “Brother Boy” describes an Indigenous transgender man and “Sister Girl” describes transgender women. In this short interview with The Wire (below), brother boy Kai Clancey talks about his social identity being a “double edged sword.”
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