Alice Clarke
@Alicedkc
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Multi-award winning freelance journalist, game reviewer, producer, presenter, PAX Aus Together Lounge & theatre co-curator, & frozen pea fan.
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Ok, but why doesn’t Katie McGrath currently star in a TV series about a business vampire?
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Wow. So many people seem really angry that Yumi Stynes co-wrote an age-appropriate sex education book, accusing her of 'grooming'. Yet almost none of these people have tweets criticising the Catholic Church, or other organisations with actual histories of grooming and CSA.
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I am deeply, deeply worried about what the end of mandatory quarantine for confirmed covid cases will mean. It’s not because we have some magical defence against covid, it’s because the government doesn’t want to keep paying support payments.
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This lockdown language on 9 News is very unhelpful. And there’s an anti-vaxxer coming up later in the bulletin. Why are they hindering us on this?
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All the guys on my Facebook who were really into crypto mining and NFTs a couple of years ago are now starting "world first" AI businesses. It's fascinating. They should be studied in a lab. The masculine version of jumping from Tupperware to Thermomix to essential oils.
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@AnaKasparian
As someone who’s had a hysterectomy, I find this kind of language really helpful when people are discussing something clinical - like, does this text need to be done by everyone, is it only a risk if you have ovaries, or is it something that effects uterus owners.
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There are so many people at this Trans Day Of Visibility protest in Melbourne.
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If you're after AZ, there are no lines at the Melbourne Museum right now. You could just walk in and get vaccinated against a deadly virus in a MUSEUM!
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@AnaKasparian
I haven’t seen anyone using those terms outside medical settings, where it helps to make sure those with uteruses are included, but those who don’t aren’t worried about needing certain tests. People should say women when they mean women, but be precise when speaking anatomically.
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Why does Hollywood keep killing all their lesbian characters? & how do we make it stop? My column tomorrow:
@OKBJGM
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Finally got up the courage to test the
#DysonZone
in public. The stares followed by pointed looking away remind me of the time I locked myself out in my PJs and had to go to the Boutke St Mall to get mum’s keys.
The air from the purifier is nice and cool on a 35 degree day.
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The idea of pausing, let alone cancelling, the rollout of separated bike lanes in the Melbourne CBD is ridiculous at a time when petrol prices are high and voters just overwhelmingly showed they want to combat climate change. My column in The Age tomorrow:
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Sometimes I still think about those cleaners years ago, who came to our apartment (which only has one bed), while we were both there, looked at our wedding photos on the wall, and then asked why we didn’t have any photos of our husbands on display.
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A big thank you to
@bennettjay
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@natvanlis
for talking to me for my column on
@carmillaseries
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Further evidence that fines which are a set price and not indexed to wealth just mean that something is legal for rich people.
incredible story - The Age reports Mt Buller is "abuzz with stories of Melburnians sneaking into the village late at night, some even chartering a helicopter to a base near the resort"
and a special appearance from the Aspen group who refused to isolate!
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Hello, friends. What are your favourite games made by trans devs/featuring trans characters? Any good upcoming ones I should know about?
(Yes, this is for a story. I would appreciate it if you could spread this, please.)
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Had a great time today! The movie is way more fun with a big audience, the charades in the meet and greet line were hella fun, and
@natvanlis
is exactly as lovely as she seems, and handled a disrespectful Q&A and an epic meet and greet line with class, wit & impressive endurance.
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Those cheering the move away from commonsense health measures (like mandatory quarantine & mask requirements) must have an unimaginable amount of faith that the government will look after them if they get long covid.
This means we’re now all on our own, with only luck to save us.
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Gotta admit, I’m feeling surprisingly fragile after today’s conference. Knowing there’s at least two more months of lockdown is a bit heavy. There’s a difference between knowing and *knowing*. Hold your loved ones close tonight, I’m sure I’m not the only one feeling this way.
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There appears to be a huge group of anti-lockdown protesters outside the old Age building. Do you think they know:
1. Lockdown ended almost a year ago
2. The Age moved long before that
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@natvanlis
I did that once. I pretended we knew each other from high school. But then it turned out she really did know me from high school and then things got awkward.
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In which I, an angry lesbian, explain why having FFXIV sponsor a float matters in a time when the dregs of the internet are transitioning from "ethics in video game journalism" to "keep politics out of games" (by which they mean make them exclusively straight, white and male)
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Big news! The
@PAXAus
Diversity Lounge is coming back this year, and now it's called PAX Together. Bigger news: we have our own separate theatre, so we can host more panels & tournaments! If you want your game/community group/idea to be a part of it, these are the links you need:
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Some exciting news from me: I am the new content producer for Have You Been Paying Attention! It’s a great show with a lovely team, and I am so excited for you to see what we’ve been working on, Mondays on Channel 10. (1/3)
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The vaccine reduces the chance of severe symptoms and death, which is very important. But it doesn’t do anything about long covid.
Our health system is in crisis and an even larger influx of people with long term disability is only going to make that much worse.
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I’m very concerned about this resurgent myth that queer people are somehow inherently not “family friendly”. Queer people are not any more or less sexual than straight people. We are not any more or less ok around kids than straight people. We’re just people.
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I am transfixed by the “how do you do, fellow kids” energy of this PlayStation sign in page.
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“We have decided to let disabled people just die, while also creating a new generation of disabled people.” - is basically the message here.
This is absolutely horrifying.
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Every day I become more and more convinced the state government has never met anyone under the age of 40.
http://t.co/cyp40pSGOb
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Repeat after me: you do not need to have perceived ‘ownership’ over a woman before you can see them as a person with value. If your wife needs you to try and imagine a sexual assault victim as your daughter before you ‘get it’, then you should not be in a position of leadership.
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My second
#mtg2020
#mtg
Core 2020 set spoiler is *shock horror* a blue card! And a sorcery, no less. You can read all about Drawn From Dreams here on the
@NewGamePlusTV
website:
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So glad people are enjoying the unhinged end-of-year vibes that went into my Ian Flynn story for Kotaku. (and yes, Supercorp forever)
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The only people who think Australia has a functioning medical system, one that is set up to care about people over profit, are people who have not needed medical care recently.
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Fun fact! There is not a single trait that includes all women and excludes all non-women.
Not a single one.
Not even biologically.
Not even if you’re only talking about cis-women.
No, not even that.
People and biology are more interesting than some give them credit.
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It’s a shame there are no good, big games launching this week. Weirdly quiet week. Anyway, here is a list of some of the great games made by trans devs and/or featuring trans characters you should play during this lull.
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@DebSpillane
@Cynthiainoz
My stance is this: if a restaurant or cafe has decided the covid safe measures are optional, which other, less visible, health and safety food handling practices have they neglected to follow?
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@natvanlis
The closest you can get is to admire someone who learns and grows, and is strong enough to admit when they’re wrong.
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@manfightdragon
@TukRoll
I admire his dedication, but is he aware they have p*rn on the internet now?
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I think it's totally fine to have a straight pride.
As long as we get to vote on whether they can marry, & have a toxic debate about where they're allowed to pee. Plus criminalise straight sex and heavily police them. In some countries they should be put to death for existing.
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Really not loving the adoption of Black Friday in Australia. Can we call our day of discount capitalism something not related to one of Australia’s worst bushfires, please? We don’t need to do everything the Americans do.
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Ok, but aside from having to use a slightly different word to the one you expected, how does the existence of trans people affect you?
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It's almost like they're just puritans who hate sex & queer people, & aren't actually concerned about children. They're just taking advantage of the fact that society (rightly) demonises child predators, & have realised that they can label anyone as a 'groomer' to dehumanise them
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Happy anniversary to
@KarmaClarke
(and me, I guess). We went on our first date 11 years ago yesterday, and got married 6 years ago today!
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@bluiiedgrl
@AnaKasparian
Yeah, exactly. In medical settings and contexts. This is a great example of the point I was trying to make.
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A plan: “to reduce strain on PCR testing we’re going to be distributing free RAT so you can test at home.”
Chaos: “we don’t have enough PCR resources, so find a RAT if you can afford it. But they’re rare, so go to as many chemists and supermarkets as you can. Really spread it.”
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Looking forward to seeing the
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@natvanlis
and a bunch of fellow
#creampuffs
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I know today is RUOK day, but please just assume nearly everyone in Melbourne is not OK, and don’t really want to discuss it with anyone they’re not close friends with.
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I feel simultaneously so sorry for Sydney for having to go through this awful lockdown, and full of rage towards Gladys and her government for squandering all of Victoria’s sacrifices so she could smugly make some rich people richer.
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Ok, bear with me here. What if, instead of tax cuts, we raised taxes and fully funded CSIRO, NDIS, a proper NBN and increased funding for education and Medicare? How about we value low taxes less, and things that are actually good for the country more?
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This is crap for trans people and also wildly inconvenient for people in same sex relationships of all flavours. Sometimes there are two mums, Bill. Sometimes there are no mums. You need to specify.
3/3 They will be replaced with new forms that use the word mother, not birthing parent, which is consistent with other Medicare forms.
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Everything about Iceland’s jury announcer was incredible, from the triple mask to the 12 points for Voyager.
#SBSEurovision
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People are going to tell you to get changed into normal clothes when working from home to keep a “routine”. But outside clothes are just a cloth prison for your flesh prison. Stay in your PJs for maximum comfort and find routine elsewhere.
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Good. Hopefully we’ll be next. It’s despicable that Australia doesn’t have fast trains. Every flight between Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide is a policy failure.
France formally bans domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours — a move aimed at reducing airline emissions.
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Today marks 10 years since
@KarmaClarke
’s and my first date, & tomorrow is 5 years since our wedding. She is the kindest, sweetest, smartest person I’ve ever met. Getting to spend more time with her is the 1 good thing about lockdown. I can’t wait for our next 70 years together♥️
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@natvanlis
Not really, sadly. Expecting complete perfection from one person or one show is unfair. Plus it also depends on how you define problematic.
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Today I bought a chocolate frog the size of my head. This was the right choice.
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Thank you so much. This really means a lot ♥️
Congratulations to
@Alicedkc
winner of the Helen Dancer Best Consumer Technology Journalist award
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I have seen so many ads for Australian Black Friday sales today that included fire emojis. Don't do this. I don't care how hot the deal is, please think that all the way through...
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I truly hate people who watch videos out loud on the train. We’re all trapped here. How dare you feel so entitled to pollute a public space with overlapping sounds from poor quality speakers. Use headphones or turn off the sound, you selfish arsehole.
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(Also, for the people concerned about covid, I obviously still wore a P2 mask when I went inside. The Zone isn’t designed to protect against viruses. There is a mask attachment for it, but this one is just a prototype, not the finished model.)
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OK, but why does the baby in this ad look like they've just seen horrors beyond our comprehension?
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LGBT pride is an act of rebellion and protest by minorities who once had to (and in some places still have to) hide to survive. Straight pride is a parade of whiny pissbabies who recently discovered the world isn't just for them and don't know how to cope.
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Anyway, the pandemic isn’t over. The people in power are just more comfortable with letting casual workers die than they are inconveniencing employers and spending money to help the poor.
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Oof. Today Spotify is launching a site where you can generate AI art for your playlists. Presumably this is because just not paying musicians properly wasn’t enough, now they want to rely on stolen data from visual artists. Gross.
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I put on the laundry when I was procrastinating to avoid writing, and now I'm writing to procrastinate because hanging up the laundry is worse. I'm basically a genius. A genius who will probably have mouldy clothes.
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Every time I get an email about some new event or show opening later in the year
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Fun fact: my marriage has been legal in Australia for ten months!
I only bring this up, because it makes it an even more dickish move when I say “my wife will be here soon”, and you look me in the eye and say “so your PARTNER will be here soon”.
Don’t do that.
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I love how much of my inbox right now is basically "I don't ride a bike, and so I don't think anyone else should be able to safely ride one either."
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Now seems like a good time to repeat that I support trans people. Be athletes, musicians, plumbers, or anything else you wanna be & do it while being you. People who insist there are only 2 genders or sexes are not only wrong (culturally, scientifically&historically), but boring.
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Does… does he not realise he’s the one in charge here? Who does he think he’s protesting to? Like, you’re the head of the government bro. You’re the one we’re asking to do better here.
A woman has been killed every four days so far this year.
Tomorrow I will walk with women across Australia to say enough is enough.
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What if instead making life easier for these monstrous wastes of space, we banned these massively unsafe cars from the roads? There is no reason for the Ford F150 to exist. If drivers need the same effect, just buy a bumper sticker that says “my dad never hugged me”, it’s cheaper
Australia may increase standard car parking spaces as huge vehicles dominate the streets
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I spent so long on Tumblr I forgot Carol Danvers isn't actually gay.
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Some tips for indies sending PR emails for PAX to the press list:
Say what platform the game is for
Include a picture
Give 5 interesting dot points about what makes your game cool, but make them obvious and accessible.
Assume we know nothing about you or your game. 1/2
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This was a cool thing to come home to. My first story for Rolling Stone Australia has been published! It’s a five page feature on movie and TV adaptations of video games. Check it out where all good magazines are sold!
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#WorldBicycleDay
seemed like the right day to try riding again for the first time after surgery. I can’t go too far yet, but it’s so good to get back to what I love!
@bicycle_network
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A headphone rep today asked me about how bad the arson situation was in Australia, and what was being done to the more than 100 (she had an exact number) juveniles who have been arrested for arson during this bushfire season. That misinformation sure is going far.
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Neighbour just came to the door and said "I know this is a really presumptuous question, but do you have an Allan Key?" I have been training for this moment my whole life.
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I love the cognitive dissonance of anti vaxxers. They’re both “I’m young and healthy so if I get the virus, I’ll be fine. RIP to the 5.5m dead, but I’m different.” AND “If I have the vaccine my immune system will fail & my heart will explode. I am the 0.00001%.” At the same time.
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Good news! Kevin Andrews can finally leave his wife and marry his cycling mates, just like he always dreamed of doing.
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If people 50+ aren’t going to the walk in centres to get vaccinated, can we just open it up to anyone who wants one? Like, have a priority line for the over 50s and a line for everyone else?
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My column on how Tumblr’s sudden desire to censor all ‘adult’ material is going to take out a lot of innocent bystanders was flagged by Tumblr as being explicit. Because of course it was.
@DigitalLife_AU
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