Ann DeslandesRegulationI’ve been working on emotional regulation. A sleep cycle that starts in the dark and ends in the dawn. Committed breaks from taking…Sep 15Sep 15
Ann DeslandesBumble (on the occasion of leaving Mexico City)You kiss me with an urgent anxiety because you’re cheating on someone, or because you have to contain me so I don’t spill your contents, or…Apr 281Apr 281
Ann DeslandesOn thinking of the childrenThe problem is immigration detention.Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019
Ann DeslandesThe right to choose in Latin America: La lucha sigue“Sex education to decide, contraceptives to prevent abortion, legal abortion to not die.” These were the words that introduced the…Oct 21, 2018Oct 21, 2018
Ann DeslandesCake in juice: Craft beer, Singapore styleI was a desert-dwelling South Australian, new to the tropical heat of Singapore, and I was thirsty.Jul 5, 20181Jul 5, 20181
Ann DeslandesUniversity of Sydney ‘marketing portfolio’ needs to take a humanities classAs the Guardian reported on Friday, a University of Sydney ad intended to recruit students to study at the sandstone institution has been…Feb 5, 2018Feb 5, 2018
Ann DeslandesA Radical New Solution To Family Violence And A Look At How We Can Bring Shelter HomeIn the five years that I worked in refuges for women and children in Sydney, I did not meet one so-called client who did not carry some…May 16, 20171May 16, 20171
Ann Deslandes“Violence Is Nurturance Turned Backwards”: Is Nurturance Culture The Solution To Toxic Masculinity?The feminist and feminist-adjacent internet had a mild implosion in February in response to an article by Canadian organiser, writer, and…May 16, 2017May 16, 2017
Ann DeslandesThe World Should Take Note Of Barcelona’s Popular Movement To Close Down Immigration Detention…Way back in August 2015 I chanced upon the headline, ‘Catalan Parliament votes in favour of the closure of the CIEs [Centros de…May 16, 2017May 16, 2017
Ann DeslandesHow A Simple Google Doc Called “What To Do Instead Of Calling The Police” Went Viral And Why It…This year, social justice warriors and those who love to hate them have probably come across the humble GoogleDoc What to do instead of…May 16, 2017May 16, 2017