Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Penguin Dads and Other Animal Protectors
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'I've felt like a penguin dad lately—even more so than usual—ever since the government announced the postal vote on marriage equality was going ahead. I sometimes tell the Voiceworks editorial committee (EdComm) I would balance them on my feet, like an egg(comm), beneath my soft downy belly, and trundle to the edge of the Antarctic if it meant protecting them from glacial winds. I’ve come to accept I overuse animal metaphors, and all metaphors. They serve the purpose of letting people know my human feelings without the drawback of being properly human-style vulnerable.'  (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Voiceworks no. 109 Spring 2017 16824318 2017 periodical issue 2017 pg. 4-5
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