後同性婚姻時期的世代 — 胸膛餵哺將成為常態

文：Lyle Shelton
譯：Salt of the Earth

這是伊文（Evan）的故事。最新一期的《時代雜誌》將伊文和他的「初生」嬰兒稱呼為同性婚姻新世代的勇敢表表者。

伊文在生理上屬於女性，即使我們再不能稱其作女人。

伊文在數年前開始變性療程，轉為男性。為了成功懷孕，他曾經縮減服用睪丸素（Testosterone）的劑量。

伊文的伴侶是一名女性，故此他們必須倚靠他人的協助、接受捐精，才能懷孕。

我們（Australian Christian Lobby）必須強調，我們認為任何形式的代孕、捐精、捐卵都是不符合道德標準的。

《時代》文章的附圖顯示長滿鬍鬚的伊文，正在為他的兒子進行母乳餵哺。這樣大膽的一幅照片，難道我們還可以視若無睹嗎？

Evan stopped Testosterone treatment in order to get pregnant. (Image: Elinor Carucci for TIME)

Evan, who stopped his hormone treatments before trying to get pregnant, chest-feeds his newborn son in their Massachusetts home (Image: Elinor Carucci for TIME)

SIT-STAND DESKS MAKE YOUR EMPLOYEES HAPPIER

Researchers urge corporations to invest in sit-stand desks for workers’ well-being

By Winmas Yu

Sydney – January 22 2016

Ground breaking research shows sit-stand desks can boost employees’ energy and maintain productivity levels at work.

Sit-stand desk: Rumba 2 Stage Workstation (Image: Zenith Interiors)

基督徒依照教會訓導選舉代議士的責任

文章原載於: 《公教報》 第3744期，主曆2015年11月22日

湯漢樞機於十一月六日發表牧函，呼籲信友在各級選舉中，「考慮候選人對於家庭和婚姻議題的立場，作為選舉議員的其中一個重要指標。」

守護信仰：宗教、言論自由面臨嚴重威脅

文章原載於: 樂山樂水

澳洲主教團面臨首宗同性戀歧視訴訟

《澳洲人 The Australian》2015年11月12日
Bishops face discrimination case
譯：Didymus

澳洲天主教會全體主教，將捲入一宗足以影響宗教自由與言論自由的訴訟，並為同性關係及跨性別歧視立下全國先例。早前，塔斯曼尼亞省反歧視委員會裁定，該教區向天主教學校學生及家長派發的一本推廣傳統婚姻的小冊子，羞辱同性戀者及跨性別人士，或已違反塔省反歧視條例。

圖片來源：Marriage Alliance (https://www.facebook.com/themarriagealliance)

Linguistic and visual analysis of a news story on the Liberal Party leadership challenge

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article written by Mark Kenny, titled Turnbull calls for era of fresh vision with the sub-title Showdown: ‘It will be a thoroughly Liberal government’ (Kenny, 2015a; Appendix A), following the dramatic event happened on Monday, in which the federal government’s by then communication minister Malcolm Turnbull called for a special Liberal Party meeting to vote for a new party leader and prime minister for the nation. The equivalent online story on The Sydney Morning Herald’s website is titled Liberal leadership: Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott to become PM (Kenny, 2015b).

「大眾的知情權」與「傳媒道德操守」：孰輕孰重？

昨天（2015年9月29日），香港某本地報章以全版頭條報導，「介紹」一個被網民濫用的智能手機應用程式。報道手法與排版設計令筆者非常反感，在此予以強烈譴責。

Release of Doves at St. Mary's Cathedral

[SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA] United Nations Australia and the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney celebrated in advance the International Day of Peace yesterday, Sunday the 20th of September, by releasing doves at the front of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. 

"Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." Hundreds of Christians demonstrates persistence in traditional marriage

[SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA] More than 300 Christians gathered at Sydney landmark Martin Place in the afternoon yesterday, Sunday the 20th of September, following a march from Belmore Park. Participants reaffirmed their stance on same-gender marriage - a teardown of the fabric of human society.

Christians arriving Martin Place. Photo: Winmas 

14 Years On... What Have We Learnt?

Today we commemorate the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. But, have we learnt our lesson?

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State-Media Relations in China: Media Commercialisation and the Rise of Citizen Journalism

In recent decades, economic reforms and technological developments have provide Chinese citizens new channels for obtaining and spreading information, namely the commercialisation of media and the rise of citizen journalism. Although state-media relations have not been evidently improved, as monitoring and self-censorship are ongoing, there have been instances that the media are getting greater attention from the Government.

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Commercialism “with Chinese characteristics”

Commercialisation is the detachment of media outlets from political parties. It is the transformation of a state-owned organisation into a privately-owned corporate, which depends on advertising and other business activities for revenue. It is commonly identified that commercialisation will “foster liberalisation, establish or deepen democracy, and encourage the development of a globalised media culture” (Hadland, & Zhang, 2012). However, this is not the case for China. Some extreme opinions argue that commercialisation causes destructive consequences to China, both politically and socially (Hadland, & Zhang, 2012).

Horror Statement Lacks Verification: Don't Break Your Integrity with a "Breaking News"

On June 1, 2015, ABC’s Media Watch presented a segment titled “Horror story lacks facts” (Barry, 2015), drawing on its investigation of a chilling and “gorging” (Barry, 2015) story told by a federal MP being reported nationally, that shocked Australians and even citizens in the UK.

The story – young man reported as an ice addict for having mental illness

The story was first published on the Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate (the Advocate)’s website (Stubbs, 2015) in a live blog reporting the Central Coast Ice Summit held on May 22, 2015. In her opening speech of the Ice Summit, federal MP Karen McNamara recalled an incident of “a young boy [who was an ice addict] taken into an emergency department for treatment who gouged out his own eyeballs and ate them” (Stubbs, 2015). 

The Narrative Structure in 3 Selected Films

Narrative is always one of the most important elements that people look at when viewing and comparing between films. All narratives have a basic structure and the simple three-act structure is the most commonly used (Gillespie 2006, 96). However, “the same narrative may take many different forms, appear in myriad ‘substances’ and genres” (Gillespie 2006, 88). Therefore, filmmakers make great effort in planning and organising the narrative structure, in order to demonstrate the plot in its best way. The following paragraphs will briefly analyse three different films in terms of their narrative structures, which are used to develop the characters and the stories. These films include Titanic(1997), Juno (2007), and (500) Days of Summer (2009).

The Narrative of (500) Days of Summer

Produced by an independent production company, Watermark, (500) Days of Summer (2009) narrated the 500 days of a boy and a girl from when they first met to when their relationship ended as the boy met another girl after the two of them did not work out as partners.

The story was not narrated in a linear form, which most of the classical Hollywood films did. Instead, the screen jumped constantly between the first-half and the second-half of the 500 days. This could create a contrast between the beginning of the characters’ relationship and the failure of it. For example, on days 34 and 282, they went to IKEA together and played with the kitchens and other home appliances, but, the girl, Summer’s responses were totally different between the two. She was cold and irresponsive to Tom when they went there the second time. This demonstrates their relationship was starting to fail. 

“Flooding Below Decks” Scene in Titanic

The scene above is from Titanic (1997), after Rose and Jack were chased by Cal down into the lower deck, which was flooding, and suddenly the door burst opened with water. The two of them had to escape from the water coming along the hallway.

The Conversion of Juno MacGuff

The video clip above is an extract of the film Juno (2007). This could be said the “conversion” of Juno, a pregnant 16-year-old. Like other pregnant teens, Juno decided to perform an abortion. On her way to Women Now, she met her schoolmate, Su-Chin, who told her that the baby “may have fingernails”. Inside the clinic, the noises made by people around caused Juno feeling uncomfortable as she kept thinking what Su-Chin had said. She then left the clinic and decided to keep the infant.