Jan. 12th, 2026 09:46 pm
the onion cannot compete with reality
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toastykittenIf you don't know, the Adelaide Writers Week is part of the Adelaide Festival in Australia, and it was run by Louise Adler, who is Jewish, for years, and she resigned her position as director after Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah was disinvited, and a ton of writers also pulled out.
The Adelaide Writers Week 2026 is now officially canceled, and the link to the board's statement that says "sorry not sorry" to Palestinian Australian writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah basically says that oh it's not really her identity that's problematic, it's that the aftermath of the Bondi shooting represents a "rapid shift in the national discourse around the freedom of expression" has you go to A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT before you even get to the statement by the board, who are all resigning as a result of the fallout.
The Adelaide Writers Week 2026 is now officially canceled, and the link to the board's statement that says "sorry not sorry" to Palestinian Australian writer Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah basically says that oh it's not really her identity that's problematic, it's that the aftermath of the Bondi shooting represents a "rapid shift in the national discourse around the freedom of expression" has you go to A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT before you even get to the statement by the board, who are all resigning as a result of the fallout.
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