Shannon Valentine

Reader, writer, feminist. Arts & culture section editor @MOJONEWSAU. Journalism student.

[Adam Bandt @AdamBandt]

Labor are telling people not to worry about the crises they face.

Rising student debt. Being unable to afford rent or even imagine owning a home. The climate crisis.

People didn't ask for false reassurances. They just want the Government to do their job and take action.

[Shannon Valentine @ShanWValentine]

@jacobagamble @TheNTNews I wish!! Such a great spot

[Adam Bandt @AdamBandt]

I’m disgusted by the anti-trans rally in Melbourne yesterday, protected by their allies: saluting neo-Nazis.

The banners they march under and the hate they espouse have no place here or anywhere.

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How in the fuck do we live in a country where a peaceful climate protestor is locked up for weeks because police lied during her court case but a group of ACTUAL NAZIS are helped and high-fived by police today without a single fucking qualm?

#NewsCorpse
#ACAB

[hooks bot @hooksbot]

bell hooks: "We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic.”

[Uju Anya @UjuAnya]

You can’t separate politics from friends when your friend’s politics are killing you.

[Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam]

To see neo nazis join the anti-trans rights hate rally at Parliament in Victoria today tells us everything about these movements.

They are dangerous and they are linked to each other.

Both are intolerant and hateful and have no place here.

[Shannon Valentine @ShanWValentine]

One of many great panels at @MelbWritersFest but I didn’t get the chance to put to @Jeff_Sparrow my question; if social media is only performative activism, what action do you suggest other than joining spaces that mightn’t be safe spaces for all? #MWF22

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

Meanwhile, researchers found the world is on the brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, but the report came out the same day the queen died, so it's basically been ignored - https://t.co/rAX4EXE1N7

[Shannon Valentine @ShanWValentine]

Another fantastic & powerful panel today at @MelbWritersFest with @AmyRemeikis and @Marson_Katrina “Australia’s Reckoning with sexism and misogyny” #MWF22 @wheelercentre

[Shannon Valentine @ShanWValentine]

A wholesome Saturday at @MelbWritersFest feeling very inspired and validated as a writer and (almost) journo, and as a woc, feminist, immigrant, and book nerd! #MWF22 @sarahbmalik @TasChop @antoinette_news @yassmin_a #jackiehuggins @wheelercentre

[Shannon Valentine @ShanWValentine]

@MelbWritersFest #MWF22 @sarahbmalik @AmyRemeikis @Jeff_Sparrow

[Shannon Valentine @ShanWValentine]

My preview of @MelbWritersFest is up now on @mojonewsau

https://t.co/ZHqaClB8vf