Filters, yay!

So I don't know when it happened but reading filters seem to be working from the dropdown menu in my dw reading page, huzzah! I just went on a big reading filter reorganisation and added a few people.

Thus it seems like a good time to remind people to ask to be on my subscription filter if they're interested. It's mainly me ranting when I have too much of a headache to write a proper post, you're not missing much :) Anyone who reads this journal is welcome to be on the filter if they're willing to play by my rules, I don't have to be subscribed to you.

Brief Summary of racist Australian government policies over the last 50 years

Someone on debunkingwhite said they hadn't heard of the White Australia policy, and I started a "brief" post about it and it expanded into this...

The current situation is a direct result of 211 years of racism and anti-racism starting with colonisation, and a full history of race relations in Australia would take volumes. Specifically, I'm missing all the work by non-white Australians to fight (and in many cases overturn) these laws, I recommend Timeline of Significant Moments in the Indigenous Struggle in south east Australia. And of course the Australian population have done and are doing many horribly racist things (individually and as a group) that weren't government mandated, and Australian government officials have said and done many racist things that weren't explicitly part of broader policy, though in both cases it's not always easy to draw the line. See my australia+race/culture bookmarks.
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Thoughts on Dollhouse

Here are my non-spoilery thoughts.
( And here are my spoilery ones )