I threw a kiss in the ocean
Irene Grishin-Selzer does such weird and wonderful things with porcelain. Best known (or rather, not known; hiding, perhaps) as the artist and designer behind the gorgeously unique jewellery label Iggy and Lou Lou, Irene draws on the rich history of porcelain to lovingly handcraft pieces that manage to somehow be both fresh and contemporary, yet [...]
Australia’s Next Top Model
(image from Throng) I have a confession to make. I’m a little embarrassed about it. I, Sonya, watch … Australia’s Next Top Model. I have ever since it first started airing. My sister and I would have the tradition of every week it was on; we would race outside to the lounge room, crank up [...]
These boots weren’t made for walking: fashion as art
Like Prince, Michael and Britney, fashion designer Valentino has surpassed his surname. The notorious orange-toned Italian designer is synonymous with high glamour and commands a following to rival any pop-star. This August, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art will open Valentino: Retrospective: Past, Present Future, a collection of the fashion house’s garments from 1959 – [...]
love out loud: vonnegut’s disease
I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone. I get drunk…and then, speaking gravely and elegantly into the telephone, I ask the telephone operators to connect me with this friend or that one. -Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five My name is Dunja and I am a drunk dialer. I have long [...]
film review: the runaways
Melissa Wellham reviews ‘The Runaways’: a rock’n'roll romp, and brilliant biopic.
DVD Giveaway: Life With Ashley
‘Life With Ashley’ may only be one week in one teenager’s life, but it’s a genre mashing ride where fiction and reality merge. First time feature filmmaker Chris Butler trailed his sister with video camera in hand and the results are surprisingly polished and unsurprisingly revealing. You’ll laugh, Ashley will cry and in the end, [...]
film review: inception
Courtney Dawson reviews the hugely anticipated ‘Inception,’ starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
television: doctor who
Bronwyn Webber reviews the latest season of ‘Doctor Who’ – and finds that the Doctor is definitely in.
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(Image from Real Simple.com) No matter how far I am in my fat acceptance journey, I still have moments where I slip up. This past Monday was one of them. I’ve mentioned that I’ve been doing the Couch to 5K every winter for the past couple of years. This year was the first year I’d [...]
Heels and your inner dwarf: the balancing act
I had a heated discussion with my boyfriend the other day. It started with me asking him to ‘walk slower’. To be clear, I am not one of those sidewalk hogging, stop-to-smell-the roses, dawdling-all-over-the-footpath-driving-everyone-nuts types. I like to move with purpose and as quickly as my fairly short legs will allow. On this occasion, however, [...]
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