Kath Kenny
@kathkenny.bsky.social
Words reviews research. Author Staging a Revolution (2022) History Publication Award VCHA2023
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Gadigal land (Sydney)
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Gadigal land (Sydney)
I really hope another institution with a sense of cultural history gives Meanjin a new home, just as UniMelb did in 1945. In the meantime writers, go to the Meanjin site to make back up copies of your contributions over the years, particularly for the online-only edition!
September 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I really hope another institution with a sense of cultural history gives Meanjin a new home, just as UniMelb did in 1945. In the meantime writers, go to the Meanjin site to make back up copies of your contributions over the years, particularly for the online-only edition!
Creative Women, Managerial Men
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August 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Creative Women, Managerial Men
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My Review of Belvoir's adaptation of The Spare Room
In 1977, Helen Garner’s first novel, Monkey Grip, was released and Judy Davis made her film debut. The careers of these women in Australian literary and film culture have run in parallel ever since, but they’ve also circled each other.
Judy Davis brings intensity to Garner’s The Spare Room
Judy Davis finds the humour in Helen Garner’s quietly seething protagonist in a newly adapted stage production of The Spare Room.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
My Review of Belvoir's adaptation of The Spare Room
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“It is the equivalent of 250 Sydney Harbours being added to sea levels globally every year. This movement of water is slowly changing the Earth’s shape and (ever so slightly) the speed we are rotating.” Kath Kenny on Antarctic ice melts
Polar bare
An Australian Antarctic expedition researching melting ice shelves and ocean currents has found phytoplankton in the depths
buff.ly
June 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“It is the equivalent of 250 Sydney Harbours being added to sea levels globally every year. This movement of water is slowly changing the Earth’s shape and (ever so slightly) the speed we are rotating.” Kath Kenny on Antarctic ice melts
Antarctic ice is melting at a rate that is adding the equivalent of 250 Sydney Harbours a year to sea levels. For @themonthly.com.au I spoke to researchers trying to understand this phenomenon by using NASA satellites and voyaging to the remote Denman Glacier
www.themonthly.com.au/june-2025/na...
www.themonthly.com.au/june-2025/na...
Polar bare
An Australian Antarctic expedition researching melting ice shelves and ocean currents has found phytoplankton in the depths
www.themonthly.com.au
June 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Antarctic ice is melting at a rate that is adding the equivalent of 250 Sydney Harbours a year to sea levels. For @themonthly.com.au I spoke to researchers trying to understand this phenomenon by using NASA satellites and voyaging to the remote Denman Glacier
www.themonthly.com.au/june-2025/na...
www.themonthly.com.au/june-2025/na...
If young Chekhov were around today, would he have been leading the podcast revolution? @redlea.bsky.social on what Chekhov can teach us about the art of podcasting www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...
Chekhov makes a podcast: lessons from literature for podcasters
Podcasting has its antecedents in that most ancient form of communication, storytelling. Still, it is the most contemporary of audio forms, taking advantage of digital tools and the vast and diverse d...
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June 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
If young Chekhov were around today, would he have been leading the podcast revolution? @redlea.bsky.social on what Chekhov can teach us about the art of podcasting www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...
Outside the Art Gallery of NSW last night after visiting Magritte exhibition. Things started looking a little painterly
February 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Outside the Art Gallery of NSW last night after visiting Magritte exhibition. Things started looking a little painterly
Who among us has not been this person…
January 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Who among us has not been this person…
Canberra today was a bit Whitlamesque (Blue Poles detail by Jackson Pollock, and Gough portrait by Clifton Pugh - who was painting Kerr at the same time and knew a thing or two about what was coming).
January 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Canberra today was a bit Whitlamesque (Blue Poles detail by Jackson Pollock, and Gough portrait by Clifton Pugh - who was painting Kerr at the same time and knew a thing or two about what was coming).
Just listened to this story of the mighty Mavis Robertson, communist, feminist, legend. Great listening for a summer road trip by soundslikealice.bsky.social
#WWMD
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#WWMD
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
January 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just listened to this story of the mighty Mavis Robertson, communist, feminist, legend. Great listening for a summer road trip by soundslikealice.bsky.social
#WWMD
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#WWMD
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Christmas in Gaza.
Three babies froze to death as Israel blocks blankets and winter clothes in its genocidal siege.
Five journalists in a clearly marked press van were obliterated by an Israeli airstrike.
Three babies froze to death as Israel blocks blankets and winter clothes in its genocidal siege.
Five journalists in a clearly marked press van were obliterated by an Israeli airstrike.
December 26, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Christmas in Gaza.
Three babies froze to death as Israel blocks blankets and winter clothes in its genocidal siege.
Five journalists in a clearly marked press van were obliterated by an Israeli airstrike.
Three babies froze to death as Israel blocks blankets and winter clothes in its genocidal siege.
Five journalists in a clearly marked press van were obliterated by an Israeli airstrike.
Reposted by Kath Kenny
Like a series of interconnected natural rock pools, @kathkenny.bsky.social draws together observations on politics, culture and class. Great summer reading from @themothly.com.au
Kath Kenny on her stay at the Whitlam family home:
“The forecast is for 35 by mid afternoon. My towel and bathing suit are on the line – it’s the original Hills hoist, the one Margaret shed tears under when the result of the 1969 election became clear.”
“The forecast is for 35 by mid afternoon. My towel and bathing suit are on the line – it’s the original Hills hoist, the one Margaret shed tears under when the result of the 1969 election became clear.”
Walking on water
During a week staying at the Whitlam family home in Cabramatta, a series of unexpected aquatic resonances emerge
www.themonthly.com.au
December 23, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Like a series of interconnected natural rock pools, @kathkenny.bsky.social draws together observations on politics, culture and class. Great summer reading from @themothly.com.au
Reposted by Kath Kenny
Kath Kenny on her stay at the Whitlam family home:
“The forecast is for 35 by mid afternoon. My towel and bathing suit are on the line – it’s the original Hills hoist, the one Margaret shed tears under when the result of the 1969 election became clear.”
“The forecast is for 35 by mid afternoon. My towel and bathing suit are on the line – it’s the original Hills hoist, the one Margaret shed tears under when the result of the 1969 election became clear.”
Walking on water
During a week staying at the Whitlam family home in Cabramatta, a series of unexpected aquatic resonances emerge
www.themonthly.com.au
December 17, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Kath Kenny on her stay at the Whitlam family home:
“The forecast is for 35 by mid afternoon. My towel and bathing suit are on the line – it’s the original Hills hoist, the one Margaret shed tears under when the result of the 1969 election became clear.”
“The forecast is for 35 by mid afternoon. My towel and bathing suit are on the line – it’s the original Hills hoist, the one Margaret shed tears under when the result of the 1969 election became clear.”
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First post on blue sky is shameless self-promotion!
Here I am reviewing the magnificent Joni Mitchell biography by Ann Powers for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/map-making-a...
Here I am reviewing the magnificent Joni Mitchell biography by Ann Powers for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/map-making-a...
Map-making and myth-busting • Zora Simic
Joni Mitchell’s latest biographer creates a new geography of her work and influence
insidestory.org.au
December 16, 2024 at 4:31 AM
First post on blue sky is shameless self-promotion!
Here I am reviewing the magnificent Joni Mitchell biography by Ann Powers for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/map-making-a...
Here I am reviewing the magnificent Joni Mitchell biography by Ann Powers for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/map-making-a...
Dear @zorasimic.bsky.social if you ever decide to break up with academia you would be my pick (and most excellent) in this role:
www.australianbookreview.com.au/about/people...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/about/people...
December 18, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Dear @zorasimic.bsky.social if you ever decide to break up with academia you would be my pick (and most excellent) in this role:
www.australianbookreview.com.au/about/people...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/about/people...
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This piece of writing on water, pools, politics, class and more from Kath Kenny is wonderful www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/d...
Walking on water
During a week staying at the Whitlam family home in Cabramatta, a series of unexpected aquatic resonances emerge
www.themonthly.com.au
December 9, 2024 at 10:20 PM
This piece of writing on water, pools, politics, class and more from Kath Kenny is wonderful www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/d...
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A really marvellous, immersive(!) long read this by @kathkenny.bsky.social. Fave line: 'At the entrance to the [private] school’s swimming complex, “a lady with a cash box demanded an entry fee”. Emma...retorted: “I think my taxes already paid for this.”' www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/d...
Walking on water
During a week staying at the Whitlam family home in Cabramatta, a series of unexpected aquatic resonances emerge
www.themonthly.com.au
December 3, 2024 at 5:15 PM
A really marvellous, immersive(!) long read this by @kathkenny.bsky.social. Fave line: 'At the entrance to the [private] school’s swimming complex, “a lady with a cash box demanded an entry fee”. Emma...retorted: “I think my taxes already paid for this.”' www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/d...
It’s been a particularly tough year on earth. Personally I’ve found it one of the hardest yet. Was lucky to have had a week of total joy at the Whitlam house writing this for @themonthly.bsky.social on Whitlam & pools, water & politics. Enjoy
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/d...
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/d...
November 29, 2024 at 8:13 PM
It’s been a particularly tough year on earth. Personally I’ve found it one of the hardest yet. Was lucky to have had a week of total joy at the Whitlam house writing this for @themonthly.bsky.social on Whitlam & pools, water & politics. Enjoy
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/d...
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/d...
This is a really beautiful tribute to public school teachers
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 20, 2024 at 9:35 AM
This is a really beautiful tribute to public school teachers
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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No matter what you feel about Alan Jones BE REALLY REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT POSTING ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HURT THE CASE - ie pretty much anything at all
November 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM
No matter what you feel about Alan Jones BE REALLY REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT POSTING ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HURT THE CASE - ie pretty much anything at all
Private school principals are warning against cuts to their funding because…All those poor govt schools will be CRUSHED by 1000s students fleeing schools who won’t be able to afford to import Scottish slate & sandstone to finish their baronial folly
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
November 24, 2023 at 10:32 PM
Private school principals are warning against cuts to their funding because…All those poor govt schools will be CRUSHED by 1000s students fleeing schools who won’t be able to afford to import Scottish slate & sandstone to finish their baronial folly
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
I’m doing paperwork for a car loan (our car was hit a few weeks ago and has been written off). Why on earth is the loan application asking if I’m friends with the PM? Genuine question!
November 6, 2023 at 7:59 AM
I’m doing paperwork for a car loan (our car was hit a few weeks ago and has been written off). Why on earth is the loan application asking if I’m friends with the PM? Genuine question!