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  1. An editorial opinion piece in the Saturday Paper today,
    *Baronial Mindset*, links recent charges of fairly rapey attitudes to females, to the mindset encouraged by certain private schools.

    There is no point in me copying the sordid details here; you are either aware of the worst attitudes to “non-males”, or you are living in a bubble.

    The editorial says, in part “Children are sent to these schools to confirm their advantage. It is a system unlike any other in the world, where the government pays for the rich to build a special network of people like them, almost from birth.”

    The problem, it suggests, is not just that this notion of privilege exists and is perpetuated in these schools, but that the government subsidises them.

    It might be useful to address each of these points separately, rather than conflate rapey attitudes with government funding of private schools.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real. Western culture might easily be summarised as “Wankers gonna wank”. Always has been the culture, and doesn’t look like changing any time soon. This has been the way of the west long before there were even government budgets. Sure, I don’t like the idea of subsidising it, but government funding is hardly the cause.

    We currently have the most ideologically clueless government since… since… well, the last one. Albo has been sprouting vacuous, token wokisms since forever, and it has always been patently obvious that he doesn’t *get* what he is saying any more than his speechwriters.

    What was disappointing (not surprising) about his recent on air discussions of Kylie is that he doesn’t get what is *off* about it. It reeks of some insecure kid standing in a jerk circle trying to look like he belongs.
    For the sake of balance, let’s not forget the former self-appointed minister for women talking about women “doing the ironing”. Can we link this level of *je-ne-sais-quoi* to his Rhodes Scholarship, or is it just the culture Australia is steeped in?

    Rapiness is not unique to public schools. We live in a country where women are routinely murdered, or raped, and only the oligarch media make anything of it. If the women murdered/raped are not a) citizens or b) white, the oligarch media does not even pretend to be outraged but act instead as if it did not happen at all.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real; the notion of *caste* as applied to women is also real, but something completely separate.

    Every child in this country should get a reasonable level of education, regardless of their lineage, and I do not fear/loathe government enough to suggest the government should contribute nothing.

    The problem is not that private schools are funded at all; the problem is that they are not funded on the basis of need. But this is not the cause of our rapey culture. Men and women who subscribe to sexist bullshit are the cause.

    #Australia #Sexism #Privilege #PrivateSchools

  2. An editorial opinion piece in the Saturday Paper today,
    *Baronial Mindset*, links recent charges of fairly rapey attitudes to females, to the mindset encouraged by certain private schools.

    There is no point in me copying the sordid details here; you are either aware of the worst attitudes to “non-males”, or you are living in a bubble.

    The editorial says, in part “Children are sent to these schools to confirm their advantage. It is a system unlike any other in the world, where the government pays for the rich to build a special network of people like them, almost from birth.”

    The problem, it suggests, is not just that this notion of privilege exists and is perpetuated in these schools, but that the government subsidises them.

    It might be useful to address each of these points separately, rather than conflate rapey attitudes with government funding of private schools.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real. Western culture might easily be summarised as “Wankers gonna wank”. Always has been the culture, and doesn’t look like changing any time soon. This has been the way of the west long before there were even government budgets. Sure, I don’t like the idea of subsidising it, but government funding is hardly the cause.

    We currently have the most ideologically clueless government since… since… well, the last one. Albo has been sprouting vacuous, token wokisms since forever, and it has always been patently obvious that he doesn’t *get* what he is saying any more than his speechwriters.

    What was disappointing (not surprising) about his recent on air discussions of Kylie is that he doesn’t get what is *off* about it. It reeks of some insecure kid standing in a jerk circle trying to look like he belongs.
    For the sake of balance, let’s not forget the former self-appointed minister for women talking about women “doing the ironing”. Can we link this level of *je-ne-sais-quoi* to his Rhodes Scholarship, or is it just the culture Australia is steeped in?

    Rapiness is not unique to public schools. We live in a country where women are routinely murdered, or raped, and only the oligarch media make anything of it. If the women murdered/raped are not a) citizens or b) white, the oligarch media does not even pretend to be outraged but act instead as if it did not happen at all.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real; the notion of *caste* as applied to women is also real, but something completely separate.

    Every child in this country should get a reasonable level of education, regardless of their lineage, and I do not fear/loathe government enough to suggest the government should contribute nothing.

    The problem is not that private schools are funded at all; the problem is that they are not funded on the basis of need. But this is not the cause of our rapey culture. Men and women who subscribe to sexist bullshit are the cause.

    #Australia #Sexism #Privilege #PrivateSchools

  3. An editorial opinion piece in the Saturday Paper today,
    *Baronial Mindset*, links recent charges of fairly rapey attitudes to females, to the mindset encouraged by certain private schools.

    There is no point in me copying the sordid details here; you are either aware of the worst attitudes to “non-males”, or you are living in a bubble.

    The editorial says, in part “Children are sent to these schools to confirm their advantage. It is a system unlike any other in the world, where the government pays for the rich to build a special network of people like them, almost from birth.”

    The problem, it suggests, is not just that this notion of privilege exists and is perpetuated in these schools, but that the government subsidises them.

    It might be useful to address each of these points separately, rather than conflate rapey attitudes with government funding of private schools.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real. Western culture might easily be summarised as “Wankers gonna wank”. Always has been the culture, and doesn’t look like changing any time soon. This has been the way of the west long before there were even government budgets. Sure, I don’t like the idea of subsidising it, but government funding is hardly the cause.

    We currently have the most ideologically clueless government since… since… well, the last one. Albo has been sprouting vacuous, token wokisms since forever, and it has always been patently obvious that he doesn’t *get* what he is saying any more than his speechwriters.

    What was disappointing (not surprising) about his recent on air discussions of Kylie is that he doesn’t get what is *off* about it. It reeks of some insecure kid standing in a jerk circle trying to look like he belongs.
    For the sake of balance, let’s not forget the former self-appointed minister for women talking about women “doing the ironing”. Can we link this level of *je-ne-sais-quoi* to his Rhodes Scholarship, or is it just the culture Australia is steeped in?

    Rapiness is not unique to public schools. We live in a country where women are routinely murdered, or raped, and only the oligarch media make anything of it. If the women murdered/raped are not a) citizens or b) white, the oligarch media does not even pretend to be outraged but act instead as if it did not happen at all.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real; the notion of *caste* as applied to women is also real, but something completely separate.

    Every child in this country should get a reasonable level of education, regardless of their lineage, and I do not fear/loathe government enough to suggest the government should contribute nothing.

    The problem is not that private schools are funded at all; the problem is that they are not funded on the basis of need. But this is not the cause of our rapey culture. Men and women who subscribe to sexist bullshit are the cause.

    #Australia #Sexism #Privilege #PrivateSchools

  4. An editorial opinion piece in the Saturday Paper today,
    *Baronial Mindset*, links recent charges of fairly rapey attitudes to females, to the mindset encouraged by certain private schools.

    There is no point in me copying the sordid details here; you are either aware of the worst attitudes to “non-males”, or you are living in a bubble.

    The editorial says, in part “Children are sent to these schools to confirm their advantage. It is a system unlike any other in the world, where the government pays for the rich to build a special network of people like them, almost from birth.”

    The problem, it suggests, is not just that this notion of privilege exists and is perpetuated in these schools, but that the government subsidises them.

    It might be useful to address each of these points separately, rather than conflate rapey attitudes with government funding of private schools.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real. Western culture might easily be summarised as “Wankers gonna wank”. Always has been the culture, and doesn’t look like changing any time soon. This has been the way of the west long before there were even government budgets. Sure, I don’t like the idea of subsidising it, but government funding is hardly the cause.

    We currently have the most ideologically clueless government since… since… well, the last one. Albo has been sprouting vacuous, token wokisms since forever, and it has always been patently obvious that he doesn’t *get* what he is saying any more than his speechwriters.

    What was disappointing (not surprising) about his recent on air discussions of Kylie is that he doesn’t get what is *off* about it. It reeks of some insecure kid standing in a jerk circle trying to look like he belongs.
    For the sake of balance, let’s not forget the former self-appointed minister for women talking about women “doing the ironing”. Can we link this level of *je-ne-sais-quoi* to his Rhodes Scholarship, or is it just the culture Australia is steeped in?

    Rapiness is not unique to public schools. We live in a country where women are routinely murdered, or raped, and only the oligarch media make anything of it. If the women murdered/raped are not a) citizens or b) white, the oligarch media does not even pretend to be outraged but act instead as if it did not happen at all.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real; the notion of *caste* as applied to women is also real, but something completely separate.

    Every child in this country should get a reasonable level of education, regardless of their lineage, and I do not fear/loathe government enough to suggest the government should contribute nothing.

    The problem is not that private schools are funded at all; the problem is that they are not funded on the basis of need. But this is not the cause of our rapey culture. Men and women who subscribe to sexist bullshit are the cause.

    #Australia #Sexism #Privilege #PrivateSchools

  5. An editorial opinion piece in the Saturday Paper today,
    *Baronial Mindset*, links recent charges of fairly rapey attitudes to females, to the mindset encouraged by certain private schools.

    There is no point in me copying the sordid details here; you are either aware of the worst attitudes to “non-males”, or you are living in a bubble.

    The editorial says, in part “Children are sent to these schools to confirm their advantage. It is a system unlike any other in the world, where the government pays for the rich to build a special network of people like them, almost from birth.”

    The problem, it suggests, is not just that this notion of privilege exists and is perpetuated in these schools, but that the government subsidises them.

    It might be useful to address each of these points separately, rather than conflate rapey attitudes with government funding of private schools.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real. Western culture might easily be summarised as “Wankers gonna wank”. Always has been the culture, and doesn’t look like changing any time soon. This has been the way of the west long before there were even government budgets. Sure, I don’t like the idea of subsidising it, but government funding is hardly the cause.

    We currently have the most ideologically clueless government since… since… well, the last one. Albo has been sprouting vacuous, token wokisms since forever, and it has always been patently obvious that he doesn’t *get* what he is saying any more than his speechwriters.

    What was disappointing (not surprising) about his recent on air discussions of Kylie is that he doesn’t get what is *off* about it. It reeks of some insecure kid standing in a jerk circle trying to look like he belongs.
    For the sake of balance, let’s not forget the former self-appointed minister for women talking about women “doing the ironing”. Can we link this level of *je-ne-sais-quoi* to his Rhodes Scholarship, or is it just the culture Australia is steeped in?

    Rapiness is not unique to public schools. We live in a country where women are routinely murdered, or raped, and only the oligarch media make anything of it. If the women murdered/raped are not a) citizens or b) white, the oligarch media does not even pretend to be outraged but act instead as if it did not happen at all.

    The notion of *class* privilege is real; the notion of *caste* as applied to women is also real, but something completely separate.

    Every child in this country should get a reasonable level of education, regardless of their lineage, and I do not fear/loathe government enough to suggest the government should contribute nothing.

    The problem is not that private schools are funded at all; the problem is that they are not funded on the basis of need. But this is not the cause of our rapey culture. Men and women who subscribe to sexist bullshit are the cause.

    #Australia #Sexism #Privilege #PrivateSchools

  6. Top Perth school suspends students over antisemitic group chat
    By Kenith Png and Alicia Hanson

    Students have been suspended from the prestigious Wesley College in South Perth for using “antisemitic language and memes” to target a peer.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/top

    #PrivateSchools #KenithPng #AliciaHanson

  7. Top Perth school suspends students over antisemitic group chat
    By Kenith Png and Alicia Hanson

    Students have been suspended from the prestigious Wesley College in South Perth for using “antisemitic language and memes” to target a peer.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/top

    #PrivateSchools #KenithPng #AliciaHanson

  8. Top Perth school suspends students over antisemitic group chat
    By Kenith Png and Alicia Hanson

    Students have been suspended from the prestigious Wesley College in South Perth for using “antisemitic language and memes” to target a peer.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/top

    #PrivateSchools #KenithPng #AliciaHanson

  9. Top Perth school suspends students over antisemitic group chat
    By Kenith Png and Alicia Hanson

    Students have been suspended from the prestigious Wesley College in South Perth for using “antisemitic language and memes” to target a peer.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/top

    #PrivateSchools #KenithPng #AliciaHanson

  10. Top Perth school suspends students over antisemitic group chat
    By Kenith Png and Alicia Hanson

    Students have been suspended from the prestigious Wesley College in South Perth for using “antisemitic language and memes” to target a peer.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/top

    #PrivateSchools #KenithPng #AliciaHanson

  11. ‘It’s alright for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans
    By Helena Horton

    As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidays

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Drought #Environment #Water #Privateschools #England #London #Inequality #UKnews #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  12. ‘It’s alright for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans
    By Helena Horton

    As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidays

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Drought #Environment #Water #Privateschools #England #London #Inequality #UKnews #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  13. Barns, go-karts and strip malls: The wild west of private schools that collect taxpayer dollars

    State legislatures are steering money to private schools with far-reaching consequences

    #thieves #education #PrivateSchools #children

    www.salon.com/2026/07/27/b...

    Barns, go-karts and strip mall...

  14. Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class?
    By Esther Addley

    PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse. Yet its makeup points to wider access to power

    theguardian.com/politics/2026/

    #AndyBurnham #Socialmobility #Labour #Classissues #Oxbridgeandelitism #Politics #Privateschools #Society #UKnews #Education #TheGuardian #EstherAddley

  15. Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class?
    By Esther Addley

    PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse. Yet its makeup points to wider access to power

    theguardian.com/politics/2026/

    #AndyBurnham #Socialmobility #Labour #Classissues #Oxbridgeandelitism #Politics #Privateschools #Society #UKnews #Education #TheGuardian #EstherAddley

  16. ProPublica: How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter. “It can be really hard to get transparent, comprehensive information about private schools. Our investigative reporters share some suggestions for parents and guardians who want to collect it themselves.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/propublica-how-to-research-private-schools-like-an-investigative-reporter/
  17. ProPublica: How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter. “It can be really hard to get transparent, comprehensive information about private schools. Our investigative reporters share some suggestions for parents and guardians who want to collect it themselves.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/propublica-how-to-research-private-schools-like-an-investigative-reporter/
  18. ProPublica: How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter. “It can be really hard to get transparent, comprehensive information about private schools. Our investigative reporters share some suggestions for parents and guardians who want to collect it themselves.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/propublica-how-to-research-private-schools-like-an-investigative-reporter/
  19. ProPublica: How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter. “It can be really hard to get transparent, comprehensive information about private schools. Our investigative reporters share some suggestions for parents and guardians who want to collect it themselves.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/propublica-how-to-research-private-schools-like-an-investigative-reporter/
  20. ProPublica: How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter. “It can be really hard to get transparent, comprehensive information about private schools. Our investigative reporters share some suggestions for parents and guardians who want to collect it themselves.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/propublica-how-to-research-private-schools-like-an-investigative-reporter/
  21. Private schools to save tens of thousands on pensions from next April

    Hundreds of private schools will save tens of thousands of pounds as of next April, thanks to changes…
    #NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #education #Finance #Pensions #PersonalFinance #PrivateSchools #teachers #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/694677/

  22. I went to a notorious London private school

    The wealthiest, flashiest people I’ve ever met were at Mill Hill, where I went for secondary school –…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #London #education #features #PrivateSchools
    europesays.com/britain/70765/

  23. I went to a notorious London private school

    The wealthiest, flashiest people I’ve ever met were at Mill Hill, where I went for secondary school –…
    #London #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Education #Features #GreatBritain #london #privateschools
    europesays.com/uk/1050699/