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Author: Barry Gittins

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Feminism by the numbers
- Barry Gittins
- 07 March 2012
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Various pontiffs and potentates block annulment and divorce. So Harry pushes himself to the head of the queue, rogering the wee chasm twixt church and state. When Anne, too, non-delivers the baby boy jackpot, he manfully sweeps Jane off her feet and Anne's head off her shoulders. Still counting sacrificial sheep?
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How to wrestle an angel
- Barry Gittins and P. S. Cottier
- 14 February 2012
Try a Cobra Clutch Bulldog; an Elevated Gutbuster; Wheelbarrow Driver; Gorilla Press Slam; a Frankensteiner. There's always the Alley Oop, where you hoist him, (the opponent) on your shoulders. But be aware of the possibility of take-off ... Who will be riding whom?
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Best of 2011: Religion's homophobic scratch and sniff
- Barry Gittins
- 03 January 2012
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Vile denunciations and allegations waft across the vast expanse of space and time. Flatulent Dutch ovens of bigotry aloft fly, as adult, equal love's tagged 'sin', not raft to finding solace, as surely as the Made seeks the Maker's consoling deeps. Published 21 November 2011
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Religion's homophobic scratch and sniff
- Barry Gittins
- 22 November 2011
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Vile denunciations and allegations waft across the vast expanse of space and time. Flatulent Dutch ovens of bigotry aloft fly, as adult, equal love's tagged 'sin', not raft to finding solace, as surely as the Made seeks the Maker's consoling deeps.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Boat people poems
- Michael Sharkey and Barry Gittins
- 19 July 2011
Bought after the wreckage of a shoaled first marriage, the becalmed, calming painting survived a bachelor's anchorage, flotsam and jetsam, to find love. Peace. Safe, prized harbour under muted tiles and a stultifying light orb.
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AUSTRALIA

Best of 2010: Misdiagnosing Benjamin
- Barry Gittins
- 05 January 2011
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The next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders may merge Asperger's into the broader 'autism spectrum disorder'. The father of a misdiagnosed two-year-old boy reveals the emotional and social implications of mental illness pigeonholing.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Memo to corporate pigs
- Ouyang Yu and Barry Gittins
- 05 October 2010
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No good deed goes unplagiarised; no noteworthy scheme leaves the department unharvested. Lack the intellectual capital to spend on an informed decision? Set multiple minions to work then cherry pick the outcomes, signing off with your own trotter.
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AUSTRALIA

Misdiagnosing Benjamin
- Barry Gittins
- 22 February 2010
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The next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders may merge Asperger's into the broader 'autism spectrum disorder'. The father of a misdiagnosed two-year-old boy reveals the emotional and social implications of mental illness pigeonholing.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Indigenous rugby player blazes away
- Barry Gittins and B. F. Moloney
- 28 April 2009
He was flying up the guts .. hair and legs and arms ablaze .. Tacklers flew and flew again .. failing to disturb his crazed .. run of passion ... under Queensland skies.
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The dead walk among the living
- Barry Gittins
- 20 November 2008
There are no soothing words to truly quieten deep pain, but Fugitive Pieces shows redemption is a possibility, even in the face of undying memories.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Jen Vuk
- Barry Gittins and Jen Vuk
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Eureka Street columnist Jen Vuk is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in The Herald Sun, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Age and The Good Weekend.
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Barry Gittins
- Barry Gittins
Eureka Street columnist Barry Gittins is a Melbourne writer and poet who's worked as an editor, journalist, proof-reader, reviewer and researcher. He is the Melbourne assistant manager of the Salvation Army Australia Museum.
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