Published 6 August 20256 August 2025 · Cartoons / Philosophy Huts Chris Fleming Chris Fleming Chris Fleming is an award-winning writer and translator whose work has appeared in both scholarly and popular media. He is the author or editor of ten books, including, most recently, On Drugs (Giramondo), and is currently Associate Professor in Humanities at Western Sydney University. You can find him on Instagram @chris_j_fleming More by Chris Fleming › 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 6 March 202610 April 2026 · CoPower Trying really hard not to make a comic about critical minerals Sofia Sabbagh I'm trying really hard not to make a comic about critical minerals. 'Cos I know, my mum tells me, "it just doesn't resonate". Unless it's a personal story, critical minerals seem too far removed from our lives. 23 February 202623 February 2026 · Right to protest Colonial authoritarianism did not start with Chris Minns Eav Brennan On 10 February 2026, a crowd gathered a Surry Hills police station on Gadigal Country. It was a snap action to protest against the police brutality of the day before.