Published in Overland Issue 207 Winter 2012 · Uncategorized Issue 207 Jeff Sparrow Contents Regulars Jeff Sparrow − Editorial Judy Horacek Alison Croggon Rjurik Davidson Features Matthew Clayfield − Waiting on the Arriaga-Ixtepec The horrific ordeal of America’s immigrants Jennifer Lee − A big fat fight The case for fat activism Gail Dines & Sharon Smith − Porn and the misogyny emergency What should feminists prioritise? Jessica Whyte − ‘Intervene, I said’ Human rights versus social justice Diana M Pho − Leftist constructs The radicalism of steampunk Toufic Haddad − The Arab revolutions reloaded What follows the Arab Spring? Jo Case, John Weldon & Malcolm Neil − Bookshops, ebooks and the future of the novel A Meanland roundtable Louis Proyect − Republican Democrats The real Barack Obama Anitra Nelson & Frans Timmerman − Non-market socialism today Glimpses of another future Fiction Sarah Schmidt − The dolphin Luke Johnson − Of rivers and blood Stephen Pham − Holiday in little Saigon Poetry Patrick Jones − Step by Step Joe Dolce − Starvation Box Blues Andy Quan − Islands Pam Brown − To Nina Sam Langer − ‘Clouds fall like snow on the sky’s clear rocks’ Fiona Hile − Maximum Security Mark O’Flynn − Corydalis William Druce − poem a Sebastian Gurciullo − Published by Global Supermarket Pty Ltd Fiona Yardley − Your Bath David Prater − Wireless Alan Wearne − Also Starring … Graphics Lofo Vane Lindesay Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a writer, editor, broadcaster and Walkley award-winning journalist. He is a former columnist for Guardian Australia, a former Breakfaster at radio station 3RRR, and a past editor of Overland. His most recent book is a collaboration with Sam Wallman called Twelve Rules for Strife (Scribe). He works at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. More by Jeff Sparrow › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 8 May 202611 May 2026 · Nakata Brophy Prize The 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers (Poetry) Editorial Team Please follow this link to enter the prize. Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 […] 7 May 20267 May 2026 · Gaming Weaponised play: are loot boxes pokies for kids? Tom Gurn In the last decade, chance mechanics have been increasingly exploited by the video game industry to attract players, including very young ones. And while the federal government is clearly aware of the risks, it really isn’t clear what the right step forward is.
