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Angela J Williams

writer – thinker – speaker

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Spin Busting – NSW’s sick Covid priorities

After watching every press conference with NSW Premier Gladys Berijiklian since 17 December 2020, I have ranked her priorities as I see them. More

Getting Better – Going no contact and keeping yourself safe

Today we are talking about going no contact with your family and how to use that as a transformative tool. More

Simon Says Consent – On Mondays we Kink

https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6832060-simon-says-consent-on-mondays-we-kink For our first On Mondays We Kink, we talk about consent and how it matters at every stage of the kink journey. I share the story of Simon, a man who tried to bribe his way into our party on the weekend rather than provide me with a phone number. I use this case…More

15 years on from the Cronulla riots

https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6795370-15-years-on-from-the-cronulla-riots Today we look at the Cronulla race riots and wonder what it means to have a Prime Minister who embraces the Cronulla culture.  Fifteen years on from that day, I have a sinking feeling that Morrison’s a PM for the people who gathered on the sand more than those who came by car and…More

Scott Morrison on suicide and men’s emotions

https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6777883-scott-morrison-on-suicide-and-men-s-emotions Warning – today we are talking about suicide. Please look after yourself and seek support if you need it.  Today we are talking about how our Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks about mental health and suicide and how this is contradicted by his actions after he mocked the shadow treasurer for crying during the…More

Cashless Welfare Card as Ritual Shame

https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6745036-cashless-welfare-card-as-ritual-shame Today the Australian Senate is voting on a bill to expand the cashless welfare card (CWC) after it was pushed through the lower house yesterday. It is the final sitting day of the year.  The CWC is a tool of shame that the LNP Governments have used to punish poor people for existing. This…More

On pleasure and Cobra Kai

https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6727300-on-pleasure-and-cobra-kai Today we talk about pleasure, balance and Cobra Kai. We’ve just set a new rule in my house where on Mondays we do kink. In this podcast I decide to pull that over here, starting out with this critical analysis of pleasure.  Pulling on ideas from Derrida, Barthes and Burke, we define pleasure, jouissance…More

Strip Search Trauma

https://deboningpower.buzzsprout.com/1498075/6685487-strip-search-trauma This is a hard one that comes with a trigger warning for cops and sexual violence. This week a former prisoner was strip searched by the police at Parramatta train station because her Opal card ran out of money. This search was done in public. This cast looks at my strip searches in prison…More

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