Dan Crowley
@dancrowley99
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Melbourne, Victoria
Joined January 2013
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Our Writing Competition was won by @dancrowley99 from Melbourne, Australia. His piece will be appear in the Almanack, published on Thursday. For information about our annual writing competition, click here: https://t.co/diJBgh6T4I.
#wisdenawards (8/8)
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Hinkley & Jack - Much ado about nothing
theguardian.com
Hawthorn forward Jack Ginnivan’s comment was made to provoke a reaction yet the Port Adelaide coach has been fined for giving a bit back
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Imagine writing a paragraph this perfect (Steve Tolz, A Fraction of the Whole)
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Essendon - golden summers, promising autumns, wretched winters
theguardian.com
After just three wins from eight starts, Essendon’s woeful recent form has their coach seething and fans lamenting yet another season down the drain
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"Gambling is, as smoking was, a slow-acting poison that uses sport to mask its taste." Gideon Haigh on Gillon McLachlan’s appointment as the CEO of Tabcorp. Watch Offsiders: https://t.co/GJsAsuBlAw
#Offsiders
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"That is the clubhouse leader by a country mile." 🎯 Media-Ocre is back and NO ONE is safe 🔥😂 #9AFLSFS | Nine & 9Now 🖥️
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"It's not about you, mate": My column at ABC today is about what male leaders sometimes get wrong when they encounter female distress. Even when they're well-intentioned. If you do choose to do me the honour of reading it, I'd suggest getting to the end. https://t.co/AxYGPpxhQL
abc.net.au
The footage of Anthony Albanese at a gendered violence rally outside Parliament House is nearly unwatchable. How can a political leader — whose entire skill set is supposed to be about competent...
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This article is yet another example of two particular trends that I find increasingly frustrating to observe in the contemporary media and social media environment: 1/ The moralising of all our consumption, and 2/ The amplification of ill thought out provocative takes.
"Swift’s audience is overwhelmingly white women and girls. She exists in an apolitical world that refuses to engage with the social and political issues around her. If she does, the focus is squarely on the men who wronged her." | Santilla Chingaipe
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.@dancrowley99 presenting @ the #Swiftposium2024 today w/ “Don’t get sad, get even”: Heartbreak and revenge eras in Herodotus’ Histories 🖋️ I didn’t snap the 1st Venn Diagram but it was great! “Echoes of the past and other worlds” panel has us laughing! Hey kids, history is fun!
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My hot take in today's @crikey_news – migration is good. We should keep facilitating a lot of it. Without it, our nation will be poorer, less equitable and more boring. https://t.co/od6UKJj9TJ
crikey.com.au
The media has mostly welcomed the news that Labor is backpedalling on migration. Perhaps they should look at the data.
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Wrote about an old relationship were I was the villain (or was I, what does that mean?), getting older, getting different perspectives on certain situations, etc etc etc https://t.co/UJlNcxd4qB
thecut.com
Why was it so hard to admit that I used my ex-boyfriend for his apartment?
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I grew up watching Australia beat Pakistan 3-0. So I came to Australia to watch Australia beat Pakistan 3-0. My attempt at summing it all up https://t.co/xsSqHs6bY9
espncricinfo.com
A raw captain, new coaching staff, an inexperienced attack, a cagey dressing room and the mighty Aussies to deal with - it could have all gone very wrong. But this team didn't let it and made friends...
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While you settle in for the MCG’s Boxing Day Test, here's @dancrowley99's article about ‘The People’s Ground’, which won the Wisden Writing Competition in 2023. Click on the image to read. #AUSvPAK #BoxingDayTest
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