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The latest in woke censorship: it’s only cancel culture when the cancellers say so

9 July 2020

11:08 AM

9 July 2020

11:08 AM

Meanjin online has published a piece by Eileen Chong, “Representations”, explaining why she demanded a short story written by Stuart Cooke — which she deemed as being “problematic” — be “taken down” from the on-line literary journal Verity La. Both Meanjin and Verity La are funded by the Literature Board of the Australia Council.

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