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Category: Letter From Planet Earth

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Letter From Planet Earth: Foreword

Mathew Posted on July 15, 2013February 12, 2016

Jamie wrote this column series for Woroni in the second half of 2012. Each piece was written a day or so before publication because, unlike previous article series, the topics were timeContinue readingLetter From Planet Earth: Foreword

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Letter From Planet Earth: Republican Primaries

Mathew Posted on December 15, 2012August 26, 2015

Hey Gzorgax, Sorry, it’s been ages since my last letter and I hope all is well with you in the Gliese 667 system. These days everyone in my country seemsContinue readingLetter From Planet Earth: Republican Primaries

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Letter From Planet Earth: Gay Marriage

Mathew Posted on November 15, 2012July 15, 2013

Dear Gzorgax, I should really write more often. How is your planet going? What’s it like having three suns? Is Gzorgax a common name in Gliese 667 or were youContinue readingLetter From Planet Earth: Gay Marriage

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Letter From Planet Earth: Kony 2012

Mathew Posted on October 15, 2012July 15, 2013

Dear Gzorgax, Down here on Earth we’re tired of this damn Stop Kony 2012 thing. I don’t know if you have Internet fads like this on the planet Gliese 667Continue readingLetter From Planet Earth: Kony 2012

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Letter From Planet Earth: Nuclear Weapons

Mathew Posted on September 15, 2012July 15, 2013

Hey Gzorgax, Apologies that this is an email; I didn’t have time to write a snail-mail letter this week. But at least I can include some links below to someContinue readingLetter From Planet Earth: Nuclear Weapons

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Letter From Planet Earth: Mummy Wars

Mathew Posted on September 2, 2012July 15, 2013

Dear Gzorgax I want to tell you about the mummy wars: a debate over what women should do when human couples produce offspring. Historically, in such cases the young infantContinue readingLetter From Planet Earth: Mummy Wars

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Letter From Planet Earth: Epistemology

Mathew Posted on August 15, 2012July 15, 2013

Dear Gzorgax So the other day I saw an interview with a very kindly, warm-hearted woman who claimed to have survived inoperable cancer by praying to Mary Mackillop: a longContinue readingLetter From Planet Earth: Epistemology

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Letter From Planet Earth: Eugenics

Mathew Posted on July 15, 2012July 15, 2013

Dear Gzorgax, It’s time I came clean: I’ve been allowing my university’s newspaper to publish my side of our correspondence over the last few months. Surprisingly, despite the publication ofContinue readingLetter From Planet Earth: Eugenics

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