Sometimes we cling to theories of global orders and forget these theories don’t always lead where they should.

bakehouse qtr

how much labelling could make a building built for biscuits in 1908 seamlessly slip into the 2020s?

PlaceKat Porritt-FraserOctober 5, 2022Sydney, North Strathfield, food, culture, nightlife, photography, biscuits, radiology

Sex? In My City?

Carrie’s inner-city brownstone becomes a two-room inner west studio, and her rent increases so rapidly she must sell out to Newscorp to keep up

FilmSimone MaddisonOctober 5, 2022New York City, NYC, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Samantha, Mr Big, Sydney, Byron Bay

灣仔

Red neon lights in red light districts, The drowning sirens of four am, red

PlaceCherie TseOctober 5, 2022nightlife, Hong Kong, red light, Wanchai

EXCLUSIVE! Interview with USU CEO Andrew Mills

I sat huddled in the hallowed halls of the Holme Building, awaiting to be called to his office.

ComedyHarry GayOctober 4, 2022interview, USU, clowns

Review: The Liars – A complex thriller invaluable to the end

Despite its fantastical elements, it is embedded in social issues of our time.

LiteratureSylvia YeOctober 4, 2022book review, Australian literature, crime

evergreen

making night envious of our glamour and design

LiteratureAmy TanOctober 4, 2022nightlife, female gaze

Stray: “I am a cat. As yet, I have no name.”

Stray taps into this unique relationship between cats and humans, one defined by fascination and adoration.

CultureGrace StreetOctober 4, 2022cats, capitalism, dystopia, video games

“Where’s my legacy gone?”: The chronic misrepresentation of poet Gwen Harwood

In the eyes of the media she was housewife first, poet never.

LiteratureAriana HaghighiOctober 4, 2022Australian literature, poetry

Hey Babe, what are we even here for?

It was an overcast day; a sleepy Sunday morning.

ComedyPatrick McKenzieOctober 4, 2022wattpad fanfic, instagram, ghosts

Collective reading and the politics of reading together

The process of collective reading is a stark contrast to how we often conceive of reading as a solitary act

Literature, CultureGeorgia MantleOctober 4, 2022reading groups, student politics, abolition

Dragonology ego deathology

Before toothless, dungeons, and a dubious NRL team, there were dragons.

ComedyGenevieve RipardOctober 4, 2022dragons, fantasy, acid

Breaking up with the mould in my inner west sharehouse

I didn’t want to break things off in this way. I really didn’t.

ComedyNicola BrayanOctober 4, 2022mould, letter writing, breakup

The Merivale Monopoly

Merivale possesses a discreet chokehold on Sydney’s hospitality industry.

‘Reading the room’: Emotions of the Korean New Wave

Eye contact, physical affection and double entendre have collectively formed a shared culture of ‘reading the room’.

FilmClaire HwangOctober 4, 2022korean cinema, romance

Review: Mother May We — No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle

Ree welcomes her audience into the emotional space of her performance, allowing you to first share her pain and safely explore those feelings in yourself, then share her journey to healing.

CultureGrace HuOctober 4, 2022Mel Ree, theatre

Poésie du départ: the airport on film

Airports are the quintessential liminal space.

PlaceHarry Gay and Andy ParkOctober 3, 2022airports, security, liminal spaces

Review: Med Revue 2022 — I Write Jokes About COVID Not Tragedies

The veritable Brendon Uries of Australia’s top-ranked medical school parlayed three years of momentum into what was, at times, a double-edged sword.

CampusPatrick McKenzieSeptember 30, 2022review, medicine, doctors, panic at the disco, Pandemic! at the Disco

YouDunnit: Interrogating an Internet phenomenon

When a creative is forced to make their content stand out in an ever-growing landscape, they can forgo the sensitivity this genre deserves.

CultureNicola BrayanSeptember 30, 2022true crime, psychology

Review: USU Battle of the Bands

A war of wind, a skirmish of sounds, and a tussle of tunes.

CampusGenevieve RipardSeptember 24, 2022The Jam Sandwiches, Chuey, The Bernies, Sonnet & The BreadBoys, Manning Bar, campus, USU, The Jezabels, music