How to people-watch

People-watching is serious business and if you aren’t bringing the right epistemology, you could very well be anti-social.

CultureJoe FidlerFebruary 23, 2023people-watching, observation, flaneur

Pale Blue Sky: Some aspects of Mongolian Shamanism

Shamans attempted to commune with and determine the wills of the local spirits that resided in great mountains and in special trees.

CultureStanley LukFebruary 23, 2023mongols, shamanism, mongolian shamanism, ceremony, beliefs

MSG for me and you

This mouth-watering seasoning is the missing answer to many food crises.

Culture, RecessNandini DhirFebruary 23, 2023MSG, Uncle Roger, Asian snacks, Vegan

From Underdogs to Favourites: A snapshot of African success

African football teams have, on multiple occasions, performed brilliantly, despite not necessarily having advanced as far as their European and South American counterparts on the world stage.

CultureSLDecember 21, 2022FIFA, World Cup, Qatar, Morocco, Africa, football, Cameroon, Algeria

MICROBABE

“Look,” Dad says, “she’s smiling at you!”

CultureSonal KambleDecember 4, 2022halloween, teeth, digital horror, creepy girls, creepy

Who's shouting the next Meriton?

A hotel room seemingly for business people, travelling interstate during the week, can be seamlessly transformed into a scene fostering drug and alcohol consumption over raucous weekends.

CultureNandini DhirNovember 16, 2022parties, Western Sydney, Meriton, high school

QueueAnon

My life cannot help but be filtered through the eyes of the queue.

CultureHarry GayNovember 16, 2022queues, lining up, bus stops, roller coasters, small bars

162 neptune house

Art by Jorja Rynne.

CultureJorja RynneNovember 16, 2022art

Tits out for PULP

Big tits are awesome until you’re the person who has them.

CultureKate SaapNovember 16, 2022breast reduction, perspective, tits, body

Bourdainification

Bourdain’s overbearing influence on food writing inscribed all the marks of the ‘real’ into the show as much as any set designer or method actor.

CultureHuw BradshawNovember 16, 2022food writing, Anthony Bourdain, The Bear, TV, television, cooking

They/She

In a world where labels and definitions equal success, 'They/She' visually portrays the undefinable through the lyrical limbs of the model, Archer Rose, in 35mm film format.

Art, CultureEstelle YoonNovember 16, 2022gender, art, bodies, film photography, label, queerness

Tel Malish

It became routine for my family to gather in the living room every Friday night, with blankets, snacks and bowls of oil in tow.

CultureNishta GuptaNovember 16, 2022coconut oil, olive oil, almond oil, castor oil, hair, family, culture, tradition, Hindi

It Girl

i aim to be discerning, use my camera like a scalpel capture the city; full of life, love, and clarity.

Art, CultureSimon HarrisNovember 16, 2022It Girl, photography, fashion, street, urban, city, perception, George Simmel

Amadeus dreams and Bathurst St realities: the alchemy behind Everynight

Mr. Squiggle’s SUDS ascendancy

CultureMarlow HurstNovember 9, 2022review, SUDS, Australian theatre, theatre, puppets, Seymour Centre, musical

Drastic times call for Jurassic measures: reversing extinction with science

No other life form has the capacity to end, preserve, or resurrect a species. We have a troubling lack of foresight when it comes to this intervention.