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🖋 || Reader at Aôthen Magazine || PEN Sydney || Thoughts my own || https://dominicwexler.substack.com/
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peninternational.bsky.social PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 1d
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter is nearly here! From 15 Nov–10 Dec, we’ll highlight four writers jailed for speaking out: Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit and Mzia Amaglobeli. Join us to call for their release! #DayoftheImprisonedWriter #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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📢 November 15 marks the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer.

🗓️ PEN Sydney is hosting an event to mark the day on November 23rd at Gleebooks.

🎟️ For tickets: gleebooks.com.au/product/chen...

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#auspol #writers #sydney #australia
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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#Sydney 🎟️ gleebooks.com.au/product/chen...

#freespeech #auspol
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Mamdani as mayor of 🗽🇺🇸. Let the experiment begin.

I am skeptical, but at least it isn’t Cuomo. The Party does need recalibration. Although I don’t like democratic socialists, they’re a necessary eel in the barrel of reform.

#nyc #mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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#Iran 🇮🇷 ✒️ Read Leila Sadeghi's personal story of detention in Iran on our website. Free.

🔗: pen.org.au/detention-of...

#freespeech #literature #writers
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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✒️ In August I asked my friend and @aothenmagazine.bsky.social colleague @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social some questions about her life in the academy and the role of academics in American society.

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#university #academics #phd #gradschool #writing #politics
Interview With An Academic: Kaitlin Smith.
I recently interviewed Kaitlin Smith, a PhD student at UNC, about her personal experience in the academy and the role of universities in contemporary America.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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New spotlight on Tomorrow Club is live, amplifying young voices across Asia until the new year.

Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
Spotlight: Asia
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October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Bertolt Brecht was a German poet and playwright who made significant contributions to aesthetic and cinematic theory. From a young age, he was critical of war. 🖋️

#writer #writing #writerquotes #writerscommunity

📸: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W0409-300 / Kolbe, Jörg / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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✒️ Although a monarchist, Bagehot's 1867 The English Constitution is a necessary text for all republicans, exposing monarchy's degrading effect on society.

👑❌

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#monarchy #kingcharles #republic #politics #auspol
A Monarchist Against Monarchy: Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution
In 1867, Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution critically examined England's system of government. Although a monarchist, Bagehot exposed the ugly truths inherent in monarchism.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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✒️ Friedrich Nietzsche is everyone’s favourite aphorist. But read as a whole, the German writer lauds a sinister ideal: the Übermensch.

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#philosophy #philosophers #nietzsche
Say No To Nietzsche.
Friedrich Nietzsche is everyone’s favourite aphorist. But read as a whole, the German writer lauds a sinister ideal: the Übermensch.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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📢 On Sunday the 23rd of November at 3pm, PEN Sydney in collaboration with @gleebooks.bsky.social will host an event marking the Day of the Imprisoned Writer.

🔗 BOOK TICKETS: gleebooks.com.au/.../cheng-le...

#sydney #australia #books #writers
October 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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📌Responding to a post by a user on Substack that criticised non-academic philosophers on the platform for being 'impervious to correction'. I detected a tone of anti-intellectualism and decided to address it.

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#freespeech #philosophy #academia #university
The Right To Be Wrong: A Response To Florence.
A Ph.D. Substack User Recently Complained About The 'Problem' Of Stubborn Non-Academic Philosophers On This Platform. But There Is No Problem.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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#Israel #Palestine #Gaza 🌍 Mahmoud Darwish was a writer regarded as Palestine’s national poet.

Darwish was active in the Middle East peace process. While critical of Israeli and Palestinian leadership, he still believed peace was possible. He wrote Palestine's 1988 Declaration of Independence.

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October 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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#Australia 🇦🇺 📢 Join PEN Sydney and support the freedom to write and the freedom to read in Australia and around the world.

pen.org.au/join-us/

#australia #auspol #freespeech #freedomofspeech
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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#Egypt 🇪🇬 ⛓️‍💥 Alaa Abd El-Fattah is free! After nearly 12 years of imprisonment, the Egyptian-British democracy activist Alaa has been released following a pardon by Egyptian president Sisi.

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#freealaa
Egypt: PEN International welcomes Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s release and urges Egyptian authorities to release imprisoned writers — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression...
“We are thrilled to see Alaa reunited with his family and friends and look forward to seeing him together with his son in the UK. He is a remarkable writer and activist who should never have been impr...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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🌏 Free Jimmy Lai.

#FreeJimmyLai #China #HongKong #freespeech
September 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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#Egypt ‼️Egyptian President al-Sisi has ordered authorities to study the possible pardon of Egyptian-British political prisoner, Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

Alaa is on the brink of release, now is not the time to let up. PEN Sydney joins calls for Egyptian authorities to “act now, not tomorrow”.
September 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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🌹I'm so happy to be apart of Aôthen. It has been a couple of years now (a bit longer?) and time has flown by. Thank you guys.

If you're in the online literary community, I encourage you to take the initiative and reach out to somebody. They might need your help! You'll meet some wonderful people! 😎
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We've reached a milestone over on IG: 500 followers! We're so grateful for each and every one of you who believes in Aôthen. Thank you!!! 🤎

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September 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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📌 The Death of Charlie Kirk has brought into focus the divide between traditional conservatism and radical regressivism. The former is embodied by Russell Kirk, and the latter, Charlie Kirk.

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#politics #usa #america #kirk #conservative #philosophy
A Choice Of Two Kirks.
The Death of Charlie Kirk has brought into focus the divide between traditional conservatism and radical regressivism. The former is embodied by Russell Kirk, and the latter, Charlie Kirk.
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September 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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🏺 This week on Columns, we have an interview with Garrett Dome from Contubernales Books! Garrett speaks to us about the communal #Aeneid translation project he is working on, the nature of #translation, and building community in the classical field.

🔗 Read now via our profile!
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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📢 The Hope Prize celebrates the power of storytelling to spark empathy and action. This international competition invites both emerging and established writers to share stories of resilience, courage, and hope.

Submit your short story by 31 October: www.thehopeprize.com

#thehopeprize #writers
September 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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📌 Movement conservatives are right. Universities indoctrinate. But indoctrination is part of education. Still, conservative ideas need more airtime on campus…only so we can suffocate them afterwards.

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#conservative #liberal #university #freespeech
Why Universities Must Indoctrinate.
Movement conservatives are right. Universities indoctrinate. But indoctrination is part of education. Still, conservative ideas need more airtime on campus…only so we can suffocate them afterwards.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Media outlets have been called out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for inflating their data ahead of anti-immigration 'March for Australia' rallies.
~ Dr Abul Rizvi

Media misuses migration statistics to promote anti-immigration rallies
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Media misuses migration statistics to promote anti-immigration rallies
Media outlets have been called out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for inflating their data ahead of anti-immigration 'March for Australia' rallies.
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August 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM