Welcome to the Dollhouse Episode 63: ABC Queering the Narrative with Kit Kowalski and Edie Wyatt.
Watch Out, Alfred
Positive vibes are going out to Australians sheltering from Cyclone Alfred. Good luck to the Aussies out there surfing the wave.
Mostly importantly: ensure you ask the preferred pronouns of your cyclone. ‘Alfred’ sounds like a male name, but we can never be too sure! Read more about cyclone naming conventions here.
The Trump Industrial Complex
Where is the Orange Fellow on the alignment chart? Definitely on the chaotic axis somewhere. In 40 years, someone will make a biopic of Trump’s life and audiences will be treated to little behind the scenes titbits featuring the voice
ABC long form coverage: “Donald Trump's executive order on gender is 'cruel', US queer community says”
ABCQueer & The Murder of Muhsin Hendricks
CNN footage of the broad daylight crime: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/world/video/gay-imam-murdered-south-africa-ldn-digvid
ABC’s long form article: https://www.abc.net.au/religion/murder-imam-muhsin-hendricks-erasure-lgbtqia-muslims/104965406
ABC’s ‘expert’
ABC Queer quotes generously from University of Queensland transgender academic Aisya Zaharin.
See Kit’s post on the topic: https://ladykitkowalski.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/abcqueer-narratives/
Also mentioned
SkyNews is doing an expose of men colonising women’s sport in Australia. Pauline Hanson launches fresh trans inquiry push, says ‘men’ don’t belong in women’s sport as another advocate fights eight legal cases by trans footballers
Josh Szeps has recently made comment on the ABC’s newsroom capture (see the comments from Women’s Cooee here)
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