Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Meet Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah. She’s an Australian sociologist, lawyer, academic, and writer. With an Egyptian mother and a Palestinian father who migrated here for educational and economic opportunities, she is—naturally—an advocate for the Palestinian people and “human rights” in general.
As with many university academics these days, much of her work focuses on identity politics—which, of course, equates to “white settler colonial history: bad,” and “indigenous peoples, people of colour, and other minorities: eternal victims!”
Can you guess what the topic of her PhD was? “Islamophobia and Everyday Multiculturalism in Australia.” Of course it was. It essentially argues that Muslims in Australia are the perpetual victims of racist Anglo-Australians.
In it, she argues that Australia has a history of “racial exclusion,” that “whiteness socialises, habituates and teaches racialising behavior,” and that white Australia is littered with “social practices of Islamophobia.”
You’ve got to wonder why her family bothered to move to such an exclusive, racist hellhole in the first place. Oh, that’s right: because this hellhole is a lot better than most other hellholes—but let’s not let facts get in the way of a lucrative career in grievance studies.
This is her staff profile at Macquarie University, one of Australia’s most prestigious institutions. In case you haven’t already figured it out, her research interests include Islamophobia, Critical Race Theory, Palestine/Israel, and Race and Ethnic relations, specialising in racism and Islamophobia. Because, you know, identity is everything if you view the world through a prism of permanent victimhood. It’s a hard life being a highly-paid academic in ‘oppressive’ Australia.
She clearly doesn’t like Israel. On her social media, she regularly posts things like this from August 2025: “Historic day today on Gadigal land”—the traditional Aboriginal name for the Sydney area—“We march for Gaza, for freedom, justice and liberation for Palestine from the river to the sea!”
Most people understand that phrase as a genocidal call to eliminate the state of Israel. And if you think that’s not what she means, back in October 2024, she tweeted: “The goal is decolonisation and the end of this murderous Zionist colony.”
In the post, she argued that the Zionist state must be “dismantled,” that it “never had a right to exist,” that it is a “violent squatter,” and a “stain on humanity.”
Pleasant words coming from an Australian academic who is potentially teaching your children. But remember: “Racism is Bad, M’Kay?”—all while she calls for the destruction of an entire country. So much for ‘social cohesion’.
A day after the October 7 attacks in Israel in 2023, where more than 1,200 people were killed and hundreds kidnapped, she updated her cover photo to that of a Hamas paraglider. She tweeted: “All the Zionists staying up tonight hammering out op-eds at their keyboards. Brace yourselves for the coloniser cries victim op-eds.”
Nothing says “academic nuance” quite like mocking the victims of a massacre while the bodies are still being counted.
On the one-year anniversary of that massacre, she tweeted: “If you are a Zionist, you have no claim or right to cultural safety. And it is my duty as somebody who fights all forms of oppression and violence to deny you a safe space…” How inclusive.
But don’t let all those hate-filled words from a highly-paid academic fool you. She’s actually the victim. In February 2025, The Guardian reported: “Australian Research Council suspends $870,000 grant to pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah.”
Naturally, she reached for the victimhood card, citing—you guessed it—racism: “The virulent anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia I am being subjected to… is about the integrity of our higher education system, and the right of academics to work free from censorship, political interference and repression.”
However, ten months later, The Guardian reported: “Pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah cleared of wrongdoing after investigation into research grant.” So it turns out that ‘structural racism’ wasn’t quite strong enough to stop the direct deposit of her salary.
But now, in yet another example of her eternal victim status—and another “vicious attempt” at silencing her—the ABC reported: “Authors withdraw from Adelaide Writers’ Week after Randa Abdel-Fattah axed for ‘cultural sensitivity’.”
The writing was on the wall, and the ABC reported the final blow: “Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after week of escalating controversy.”
So, it turns out that a “victimised” academic who happily spews hate-filled diatribes online is actually so well-respected in the Australian writing community that the entire event had to be burned to the ground in her honour.
Clearly, in this country, hatred and exclusion are strictly forbidden… unless, of course, you’re a highly-paid victim. Then, you can say whatever the hell you want.
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Allégro by Emmit Fenn
Meet Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah. She’s an Australian sociologist, lawyer, academic, and writer. With an Egyptian mother and a Palestinian father who migrated here for educational and economic opportunities, she is—naturally—an advocate for the Palestinian people and “human rights” in general.
As with many university academics these days, much of her work focuses on identity politics—which, of course, equates to “white settler colonial history: bad,” and “indigenous peoples, people of colour, and other minorities: eternal victims!”
Can you guess what the topic of her PhD was? “Islamophobia and Everyday Multiculturalism in Australia.” Of course it was. It essentially argues that Muslims in Australia are the perpetual victims of racist Anglo-Australians.
In it, she argues that Australia has a history of “racial exclusion,” that “whiteness socialises, habituates and teaches racialising behavior,” and that white Australia is littered with “social practices of Islamophobia.”
You’ve got to wonder why her family bothered to move to such an exclusive, racist hellhole in the first place. Oh, that’s right: because this hellhole is a lot better than most other hellholes—but let’s not let facts get in the way of a lucrative career in grievance studies.
This is her staff profile at Macquarie University, one of Australia’s most prestigious institutions. In case you haven’t already figured it out, her research interests include Islamophobia, Critical Race Theory, Palestine/Israel, and Race and Ethnic relations, specialising in racism and Islamophobia. Because, you know, identity is everything if you view the world through a prism of permanent victimhood. It’s a hard life being a highly-paid academic in ‘oppressive’ Australia.
She clearly doesn’t like Israel. On her social media, she regularly posts things like this from August 2025: “Historic day today on Gadigal land”—the traditional Aboriginal name for the Sydney area—“We march for Gaza, for freedom, justice and liberation for Palestine from the river to the sea!”
Most people understand that phrase as a genocidal call to eliminate the state of Israel. And if you think that’s not what she means, back in October 2024, she tweeted: “The goal is decolonisation and the end of this murderous Zionist colony.”
In the post, she argued that the Zionist state must be “dismantled,” that it “never had a right to exist,” that it is a “violent squatter,” and a “stain on humanity.”
Pleasant words coming from an Australian academic who is potentially teaching your children. But remember: “Racism is Bad, M’Kay?”—all while she calls for the destruction of an entire country. So much for ‘social cohesion’.
A day after the October 7 attacks in Israel in 2023, where more than 1,200 people were killed and hundreds kidnapped, she updated her cover photo to that of a Hamas paraglider. She tweeted: “All the Zionists staying up tonight hammering out op-eds at their keyboards. Brace yourselves for the coloniser cries victim op-eds.”
Nothing says “academic nuance” quite like mocking the victims of a massacre while the bodies are still being counted.
On the one-year anniversary of that massacre, she tweeted: “If you are a Zionist, you have no claim or right to cultural safety. And it is my duty as somebody who fights all forms of oppression and violence to deny you a safe space…” How inclusive.
But don’t let all those hate-filled words from a highly-paid academic fool you. She’s actually the victim. In February 2025, The Guardian reported: “Australian Research Council suspends $870,000 grant to pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah.”
Naturally, she reached for the victimhood card, citing—you guessed it—racism: “The virulent anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia I am being subjected to… is about the integrity of our higher education system, and the right of academics to work free from censorship, political interference and repression.”
However, ten months later, The Guardian reported: “Pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah cleared of wrongdoing after investigation into research grant.” So it turns out that ‘structural racism’ wasn’t quite strong enough to stop the direct deposit of her salary.
But now, in yet another example of her eternal victim status—and another “vicious attempt” at silencing her—the ABC reported: “Authors withdraw from Adelaide Writers’ Week after Randa Abdel-Fattah axed for ‘cultural sensitivity’.”
The writing was on the wall, and the ABC reported the final blow: “Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after week of escalating controversy.”
So, it turns out that a “victimised” academic who happily spews hate-filled diatribes online is actually so well-respected in the Australian writing community that the entire event had to be burned to the ground in her honour.
Clearly, in this country, hatred and exclusion are strictly forbidden… unless, of course, you’re a highly-paid victim. Then, you can say whatever the hell you want.
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Allégro by Emmit Fenn

![Garbage Band, Garbage Behaviour: The Hypocrisy of Calling for Violence
Back in the ’90s, I used to listen to the American rock band Garbage. I vaguely remember enjoying their music. Fast forward 30 years, and they’ve been in the news recently. (Thank you to the viewer who sent this in.)
Actually, Scottish lead singer Shirley Manson has been in the news for using some pretty questionable language at a recent concert, Good Things 2025 in Melbourne. A guy in the audience was holding a beach ball, waving it around. Then she turned on him.
She said, “Big guy with your big f***ing beach ball! Ooh, I’m so scared of you, so thrilled by you! What a f***ing douchebag! F***ing dudes, wow. Oh my god, you’re so cool. It’s just so f***ing outrageously cool, I can’t get over it, wow. It’s disrespectful. And musicians have had enough. And we’re fed up of not getting f***ing paid properly and fed up of having to play for douchebags like you. You’re a f***ing middle-aged man in a f***ing ridiculous hat, and youre a f***ing f***face. And I want, literally, to ask people to f***ing punch you in the f***ing face. But you know what? I’m a lady, so I won’t. But truly, I would love to send my crew over to f***ing mess you up. But you know what? I won’t because I pity you because you’re a small man with a small [penis].” Or words to that effect.
Obviously, that language is completely inappropriate, particularly turning on her fans like that. According to the Good Things website, tickets cost around $270. So, this guy wasn’t just some random troublemaker; he was clearly a fan. Regarding the incident, I have a few comments:
Firstly, it’s not like the beach ball landed on stage. If it had hit the lead guitarist in the head or something, okay, maybe ask people nicely not to throw balls around. But this guy was only holding the ball.
Secondly, she called him middle-aged as some sort of insult, but she has to realise that a lot of her fans would be middle-aged by now.
Thirdly, she threatened violence: trying to get audience members to attack him, and also threatening to send her crew out. It turns out that, in a later interview, the guy admitted he was actually quite scared at the time. He said, “I felt hurt that one of my artists I’ve loved for over 25, 30 years had singled me out and made me feel very small and a bit afraid.”
Fourthly, she attacked him personally by commenting on the size of his genitalia.
Look, we all have bad days. We sometimes say something stupid. But quite frankly, the language she used was absolutely disgusting. It’s interesting that the likes of the ABC never picked up on this news. Imagine if the gender roles were reversed. Imagine if a male lead singer called out a female audience member and said:
“Little lady with your f***ing beach ball! Ooh, I’m so intimidated! You’re a f***ing middle-aged woman in a f***ing desperate outfit, and you’re a f***ing f***face! I want, literally, to ask people to f***ing drag you by the hair out of here! But you know what? I won’t because I pity you. You’re just a sad girl with small breasts.”
What a horrible thing to say, and that should be rightfully condemned. I’d imagine in this case, the ABC would be all over it:
“‘Drag you by the hair’: Lead singer promotes violence against women. In another example of public misogyny, lead singer Brock Savage of the band The Macho Axiom has exposed the toxic culture still pervasive in the music industry, sparking widespread condemnation for his violent and gendered attack.”
Tell me that’s not exactly how they’d report it. But yet, here we are with gender roles reversed: crickets. The ABC won’t even touch it. Hypocrites!
To be fair to Ms. Manson, she has allegedly apologised, although I’ll let you judge for yourself what kind of apology it was. Rolling Stone reported: “Garbage’s Shirley Manson Uses Beach Ball Apology to Raise Awareness of Palestine Humanitarian Crisis.”
The crowd in Brisbane had brought along a number of giant beach balls, perhaps as some sort of protest, or just typical Aussie larrikinism. She said, “I just have to address your glorious beach balls, they’re very impressive! And not only are they impressive, but they are very, very big. The only thing that kind of shocks me a little is there’s been more fuss made about me offending beach balls than there has about 20,000 Palestinian kids who are now f***ing under the dirt.”
To be fair, she didn’t offend beach balls; she abused a man in public who was holding a tiny little beach ball.
She continued: “Maybe a beach ball brings you joy and for that I apologise. If I upset you about your blessed beach balls, I humbly apologise. However, I would really like it if the governments of the day apologised for what the f*** is happening in Palestine.”
So obviously, on one hand, she doesn’t like violence against the Palestinian people, but on the other hand, she’s happy to publicly call for violence against one of her lifelong fans who doesn’t happen to be female. Hypocrite!
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![Disney Finally Solves Racism With Captain Durag
This is a new Disney cartoon by the name of Hey A.J.!—a music-filled family comedy about an imaginative young girl, A.J., and her stuffed bunny sidekick, Theo. It’s based on a book series created by former American footballer Martellus Bennett, who also voices A.J.’s father, Marty, in the series.
Now, this is a durag: a close-fitting cloth tied around the top of the head that is popular in African-American culture. It’s had a bit of a chequered history, with some major sporting leagues—such as the NFL and the NBA—banning the headwear. This was due, in part, to its association with crime and gang violence.
So, what do you think happens when you combine this head covering with the Hey A.J.! cartoon? You get Captain Durag, of course! A “grime fighter” in “Slime City” whose superpowers include picking up rubbish and folding clothes.
Yes, in the name of inclusivity, Disney thought it was a good idea to make a superhero based on a head covering. Essentially, he’s a walking-talking stereotype.
What’s next? Captain Burqa? She flies around the world enforcing a strictly modest dress code and lecturing people on Sharia law? Or what about Captain Poppadom and his sidekick Indian Elephant named Curry? He uses his magical poppadoms not only to feed the poor, but also as a kind of greasy, deep-fried ninja star to defeat his enemies.
And just one more, if I haven’t already caused enough offence: Captain Sombrero, who uses his magical wide-brimmed hat as a flying device to ferry undocumented workers across the southern border to a new life in the United States.
Yes, creating superhero stereotypes is easy.
But as Disney found out with Captain Durag, superhero stereotypes cause superhero levels of offence. Yahoo reported: “Disney’s New ‘Captain Durag’ Cartoon Character Ignites Backlash From the Black Community.”
As it turns out, being inclusive is a lot harder than just slapping a bit of headgear on a sanitation worker and calling it “culture.”
The irony of Disney trying to be “woke” but ending up with a character whose entire identity is wearing a head wrap and performing menial labour is not lost on me. Hmm, what does that remind me of… Captain Plantation?
I mean, if we’re assigning superpowers based on historical tropes of subservience, why stop at cleaning rubbish?
Captain Durag’s creator, Camille Corbett, has defended the character. On her X account, she has released multiple tweets defending the move. In one, she wrote: “I created the character Durag Man, now known as Captain Durag on the Disney Show, Hey AJ and I’m just finding out people are finding it problematic? I just wanted our culture to have a superhero of its own!”
In another tweet, she dressed up in a blue durag cape and wrote: “I love when art imitates life. Not all heroes wear capes, some wear durags.” She’s even released videos of herself pretending to be the character doing kung fu, writing: “Me, a Blaxploitation nerd and respectability politics hater, rushing to defend Captain Durag.”
Basically, she’s arguing that black people need not, nor should they, try to constantly conform to dominant white middle-class norms by avoiding “controversial” cultural markers. Essentially, she likes the idea of black heroes who fight back against the establishment without trying to fit in. Although, I’m not sure if Captain Durag picking up rubbish and folding laundry is quite the radical uprising against “white oppression” she thinks it is.
Corbett defended the character’s profession, noting that sanitation workers often “got the bag” (make good money). She tweeted, “It’s just one episode!!!… I don’t think we should be belittling jobs that make our society run. He is simply a [homage] to Blaxploitation films and a poke at respectability politics.”
Okay, fair enough. It sounds like she’s just having a bit of fun and trying to teach children it’s a good thing to clean up after themselves. But as I said, it’s a bit funny that we’ve gone from ‘I have a dream’ to ‘I have a bin liner’... and a tightly knotted head-wrap.
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