Share this page!

Claire G. Coleman Profile picture
Twitter logo
13 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Who in the hell published this? Who thought it was OK to give a whole page to a white woman so she could pretend to be the victim, spray us with white woman's tears, when the entire literary world knows she was the aggressor.
I was there, dragging her in real time for her abuse of a woman of colour. I was there, making her admit it was her running the account. I was there, trying to put out the fire and trying to support her victims.

Yes, her victims.
There were not many WOC who could call her out without fear and I was one of them. She seemed unrepentant at the time, more scared than sorry, and I am sad to say she has not changed. Whoever published this shameful piece should be ashamed.
I can't help but notice that none of the WOC calling her out, trying to call her in, supporting eachother and fighting to detoxify the insular Australian literary world got full page articles to state our case, and get our books promoted.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Claire G. Coleman

Claire G. Coleman Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @clairegcoleman

Claire G. Coleman Profile picture
13 Nov
OK, I have read the who article now and I have to say that Michele misrepresented what actually happened. What she was burned for, deservedly, was her racist diatribe against a POC writer. Michele's behavior on twitter that night was disgraceful, she needs to take a step back.
It's not all about you Michele. BTW, when you are saying that an article in the Spectator gave you hope you have deeper problems than you think. You need to step back from your own tears and consider how you look. I promise you, I will not forget how you acted until you face up.
BTW, Michele, you tried to engage with me, while not engaging with the people you hurt at the time. I have receipts, I saved the emails as PDFs, I have screenshots somewhere, I can drag up if I need to.

At this point the only person who can stop you being burned is you.
Read 6 tweets
Claire G. Coleman Profile picture
4 Sep 20
When thinking about the Aboriginal flag and copyright and the desire of the government to intervene to overturn the copyright protections of the Aboriginal flag, owned by the flag's creator Harold Thomas, let us consider the case of Albert Namatjira. a thread.
Albert Namatjira was perhaps the first Aboriginal visual art superstar. Painting in the European watercolour star he quickly became a celebrity and was able, at the peak of this, to support huge numbers of close and distant family financially.
In 1957 he became the first Aboriginal person in the Northern Territory to become a full Australian citizen due, in part, to petitioning by non-Indigenous artists incensed by such a great artists being a ward of the state as all Aboriginal people were.
Read 20 tweets
Claire G. Coleman Profile picture
20 Aug 20
I feel like I need to correct some misconceptions around the Aboriginal flag because NOBODY seems to know how this works. Copyright for the flag belongs to its designer Harold Thomas. He licensed it to WAM clothing for CLOTHING only. It's free for use for non-commercial use.
Flagworld possess the license to produce actual flags. People are free to use the flag for non-commercial use. Thomas CAN sue people using the flag against his wishes and has said he would stop racists and fascists from using it.

However, even the media and govt seem clueless.
WAM clothing don't "own" the copyright, they are licensed to use the design on clothing. If anyone says a wadjela company owns the Aboriginal flag they are lying. If people fear being sued for waving the Aboriginal flag they don't know how copyright works.
Read 12 tweets
Claire G. Coleman Profile picture
23 Jul 20
Hi Ita and @ABCTV I am not a millenial, I am no longer young, I have worked with the ABC in the past and hope to again but I need to say something.

BITE ME.

Stop being ageist Ita. Things are different to your times, for a start.

smh.com.au/national/buttr… via @smh
If I hear one more boomer saying "young people have it too easy" I will lose my mind completely. I am Gen X, I have seen how boomers have it and how millenials have it and you know what? BOOMERS HAD IT EASIER.

When my parents were 18 permanent jobs were easy to get.
When I was 10 my parents, on working class incomes, with no collateral and a 10% deposit got a mortgage for a house. Houses were then approximately 4 * an annual income to buy.

Now houses are 20* an average income to buy.
Read 17 tweets
Claire G. Coleman Profile picture
11 Jun 20
I would like to draw you attention to an actually good statue, one that could give us hope of an end to colonial and racist violence. I am of course talking about this one, Sir Doug and Lady Gladys Nicolls in Parliament Reserve, Spring St, right near the Victorian parliament.
It's been there since 2007 and a lot of people don't know it's there. Of the people who know it's there not many are aware of its cultural and political significance.

Doug Nicolls was an Aboriginal man from the Yorta Yorta people and an important, active member of the AAL.
The AAL was the Australian Aborigines League, a group who fought for Aboriginal rights for decades from the 1930s. The AAL's leader was William Cooper who organised perhaps the first petition against the Nazi's Krystallnacht way back in 1938.
Read 10 tweets
Claire G. Coleman Profile picture
31 Mar 20
I can prove Australia is Sinophobic in one question. What is the foreign nationality that owns the most land in Australia?

Think what most Australians would answer to that question.

Then look up the real answer.
Alternatively what country exerts the most corporate control over Australia?

What do you think most Australians would answer

What is the real answer
This is what we get in the media: news.com.au/national/fears…
Read 7 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @clairegcoleman has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @clairegcoleman!

Read all threads by @clairegcoleman

:(