Philip (Piripi) McKibbin
@piripi.net
Writer, PhD candidate (SEI/USyd), teacher. 🤓 All about the Politics of Love! 🥝 - Māori (Kāi Tahu), Pākehā - based in 🐊🦘🕸️ …for now. Serves on NZ Peace Foundation council, @animalstudies committee. ❤️s colour! 🌈
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Funny little bug!
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Funny little bug!
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecol…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
‘Westerners are amazed at the simplicity of Japanese rooms, perceiving in them no more than ashen walls bereft of ornament. Their reaction is understandable, but it betrays a failure to comprehend the mystery of shadows.’ - Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
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In Praise of Shadows
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this b…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
‘Westerners are amazed at the simplicity of Japanese rooms, perceiving in them no more than ashen walls bereft of ornament. Their reaction is understandable, but it betrays a failure to comprehend the mystery of shadows.’ - Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
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I found a beautiful insect!
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I found a beautiful insect!
‘[S]eeing and knowing love, whatever form it takes, is the meaning of love itself.’ - Shon Faye, 'Love in Exile'
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I really, really value this book. Some quotes below...
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Love in Exile
‘We ache for love, but love eludes us. Out of this cris…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
‘[S]eeing and knowing love, whatever form it takes, is the meaning of love itself.’ - Shon Faye, 'Love in Exile'
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I really, really value this book. Some quotes below...
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I really, really value this book. Some quotes below...
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Great news out of Czech Republic and Switzerland!
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November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Great news out of Czech Republic and Switzerland!
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'“There have been some previous attempts to define a kiss, but it’s very much been human-centric, which means that basically other animals don’t kiss. Now we know that they probably do, it might just not look exactly what human kissing looks like,” said Brindle.'
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Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists
Study from University of Oxford looks into evolutionary origins of kissing and its role in relations between species
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November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
'“There have been some previous attempts to define a kiss, but it’s very much been human-centric, which means that basically other animals don’t kiss. Now we know that they probably do, it might just not look exactly what human kissing looks like,” said Brindle.'
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‘Yet we continue to live despite all our suffering.’ - Lady Sarashina
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As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
In the mainstream of Japan's literary tradition, As I C…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
‘Yet we continue to live despite all our suffering.’ - Lady Sarashina
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‘Colour, of course, isn’t simply surface decoration. It seeps deep into our lives, saturating our words, thoughts and feelings, belonging to a larger web of significance that our species weaves around itself.’ - James Fox, 'The World According to Colour'
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The World According to Colour
A beguiling cultural history of colour, by one of the r…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
‘Colour, of course, isn’t simply surface decoration. It seeps deep into our lives, saturating our words, thoughts and feelings, belonging to a larger web of significance that our species weaves around itself.’ - James Fox, 'The World According to Colour'
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Quite possibly the best vegan dish in Sydney. 😋
Soy miso at RaRa Ramen.
Soy miso at RaRa Ramen.
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Quite possibly the best vegan dish in Sydney. 😋
Soy miso at RaRa Ramen.
Soy miso at RaRa Ramen.
‘Oh, there’s more to life than books, you know, but not much more, not much more…’
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Handsome Devil - John Peel Session 18/05/83
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November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
‘Oh, there’s more to life than books, you know, but not much more, not much more…’
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