Survival tips for the upcoming vibe shift

The apocalypse is coming, and it's time to dress the part!

Comedy, FashionHarry GayAugust 23, 2022apocalypse, climate change, pandemic

Can Minionese be the new universal language?

Minionese is a true lingua franca.

ComedyAriana HaghighiAugust 23, 2022minions, languages

Cybernetic ecologies; art, nature and an interspecies future

One night, in the mid-1920s, British botanist Arthur Tansley dreamt of murdering his wife.

CultureJake StarrAugust 23, 2022multimodal, art, technology, cyberspace, cyber ecologies

Naive art or modern marvels?

In response to r*ssia’s invasion, there has been more active celebration of Ukrainian traditions, art, and language, particularly amongst younger people.

CultureSolomiya SywakAugust 23, 2022Ukraine, Kazimir Severinovich Malevich, Sonia Delanay, art

Horrible horoscopes

Through our powers of divination, here are your fortunes for the following month.

ComedyHarry GayAugust 23, 2022horoscopes, astrology, predictions

Home is where the emo is

“These bands kind of operate in these houses. They play live shows in basements, they don’t play at bars.”

MusicPatrick McKenzieAugust 23, 2022midwest emo, american football, concerts, houses, basements, the hotelier

Curating the doctor’s waiting room

What were the curatorial decisions that went behind the art in the doctor’s waiting room?

PlaceHarry Gay and Bonnie HuangAugust 22, 2022art, medicine, doctors, curation, exhibition

The animals have come to town!

Animals are living in the habitats of our streets, our roofs, our walls.

PlaceEmily HendersonAugust 22, 2022birds, cities, urban wildlife, synanthropes

Something novel: A helpful guide to creating your own Sydney small bar

Sydney is chock-a-block full of small bars: rooftop bars, basement bars, dive bars and pubs.

Recess, PlaceDanny CabubasAugust 21, 2022small bars, video games, cocktails

The little pamphleteer that could

I wasn’t invisible — I was avoided. I was Moses, splitting the oncoming wave of students in two.

CampusLuke MesterovicAugust 21, 2022Eastern Avenue, staff strikes, USU, student politics, pamphlets

Mamma Mia and the feminist movements

Phyllia Lloyd’s Mamma Mia (2008) is a 108 minute slice of feminist paradise.

FilmMae MilneAugust 21, 2022Mamma Mia, ABBA, feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft

The history of philately

How can a bunch of pieces of old paper be so enthralling?

CultureAidan Elwig PollockAugust 21, 2022philately, stamps, art, collecting, history

UnSteady: The story of the Great Australian Novel that never was

Christina Stead, novelist, Marxist, and Sydneysider, has been allowed to fade into partial canonical obscurity, in part due to failures to Americanise her unequivocally Australian work.

LiteratureGrace LaganAugust 21, 2022Australian literature, Miles Franklin, Christina Stead