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13 December 2025

Introducing the Longette: a new poetic form — and a call to action!

The longette is a new, long-short form of poetry, developed by Catherin J Pascal Dunk, in collaboration with Elly Belfort-Mattos and with inspiration from Karuna Mistry. For a longette: A sample longette is available on Wordflowerpoetry.com. There will be an Annual Longette Cooperatition, with some worthy poems announced and promoted on 13 December each year:…

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12 November 2025

Liberation through Direct Action: An Interview with Emma-Louise Battante

when i think of direct action, i always think in terms of how direct the effect is to preserve life

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2 May 2025

Drilling down into ‘luxury’

We’re taught to be good little consumers … but what does luxury really mean, for you? Content shared from Lauren Avo.

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Introducing the Longette: a new poetic form — and a call to action!

Liberation through Direct Action: An Interview with Emma-Louise Battante

Drilling down into ‘luxury’