‘Piccaninnies’ And Other Expendables: What We’ve Always Done To Black Kids In Australia
A special place is reserved in settler-colonialism for Aboriginal kids. To this day, writes Liz…More
Author: Liz Conor
Liz Conor
Liz Conor is a columnist at New Matilda and an ARC Future Fellow at La Trobe University. She is the author of Skin Deep: Settler Impressions of Aboriginal Women, [UWAP, 2016] and The Spectacular Modern Woman: Feminine Visibility in the 1920s [Indiana University Press, 2004]. She is editor of Aboriginal History and has published widely in academic and mainstream press on gender, race and representation.
Australia Is Being Swamped By Climate Change Deniers
With Pauline Hanson looking certain to return to parliament, there’s never been a worse time…More
Andrew Bolt, Nova Peris, And The Politics Of ‘Walkabout’
In attacking the outgoing Senator in the way he did, Bolt tapped into an old…More
Some Like It Hot: Menopause And Other Disappearing Acts
Dr Liz Conor didn’t write an introduction for this piece, and no-one at New Matilda…More
Dissecting The Anatomy Of Racism: Waleed Aly Got It Wrong
In Waleed Aly’s Fairfax column last week he explained the “anatomy” of our national neurosis, the one…More
For Men’s Eyes Only: A Black History Of How We Depict Aboriginal Women
Following on from the controversy engulfing Facebook over the depiction of Aboriginal women and culture,…More
A Woman’s Place Is In The Climate Movement
OPINION: While those in the positions of power able to slow its advance are mostly…More
Barbie: High Priestess Of The Anthropocene
OPINION: The world’s most famous doll is with us forever, but not in the ways you…More
Requiem For A Seaside Paradise: Wye River Burns
As she waits and watches to find out the fate of coastal town Wye River…More
Demonstrations Of Helplessness And Hope In Paris
‘Climate Angel’ and New Matilda columnist Dr Liz Conor is in Paris to protest, at…More