The media and its agents (oh, aren’t they just to blame for everything?) want you to believe a lot of things so they can make money from you. They want you to think you’re unattractive so you’ll spend buy make-up and gym memberships trying to attract Prince or Princess Charming, just like in the movies….
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Courtney Dawson reviews The Green Hornet, a film that “is nothing that we haven’t seen before.”
Courtney Dawson reviews True Grit, the much anticipated new release from the Coen Brothers.
Let me be completely honest; I don’t really have any fears or anxieties in being female. Yes, I worry I could disappoint my parents. But I’ve never worried about them selling me into marriage or prostitution. Yes, I worry about rape. But I never worry about a man raping me, then telling the courts he…
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By Andrea Hogan Australia Day often means many great things. For starters, it equals a day off work for many Aussies, perhaps one of the best things when you are slogging it out 9 – 5 on a regular basis. It often also means a chance for a day baking on a beach or of…
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In the 1970s, Robin Morgan said that ‘pornography is the theory, rape is the practice’. She was an integral part of the Women Against Pornography association, which had set-up an office in New York City, setting up tours to show interested people, even high school students, the places around the city which exploited the bodies…
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I was perusing the options for my piece this week, deciding between Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker and Massive Attack’s Heligoland. Both albums are excellent and would’ve made my Best of 2010 piece had there been room. In the midst of combing my library, I came across Metric’s Fantasies and realized something pretty important. I spend so much…
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That is the question. If there was one thing that Tron: Legacy taught me (apart from the fact that a film can still be awesome even though the plot is ridiculous and makes no sense), it’s that everyone has an opinion about this 3D business. Maybe it’s a fad or maybe it’s here to stay,…
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This is a plea, to all young women who are too squeamish, too chicken, too embarrassed or too busy to go get properly fitted. Stop making excuses, and get it done. Go to the shops tomorrow, walk into Bras ‘n’ Things, and get it over with. I’m not saying this as your mum, or your…
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What do you get when you mix a dash of lo-fi disco synth, a pinch of cosmic pop sensuality and a smidgen of soulful songwriting? Catcall. Catherine Kelleher is the spearhead of this Sydney-based sonic outfit and has been making waves in the music pool with her soon-to-be released debut album ‘The Warmest Place’ that…
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“It’s nice to see clothes like this (referring to Chloe’s latest collection) because as gorgeous as they are, you don’t always see yourself wearing the stuff that comes down the runway of a designer like McQueen.” My friend said this to me a few days back while we were going through the latest issue of Grazia…
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By Amy Han We were sitting at a sushi train off Oxford Street when Clay said, ‘Oh, and I’ve started doing this thing called Parkour.’ ‘Park-what?’ ‘Parkour. You might have seen it in action movies like Casino Royale – we walk along rails, vault over things, climb walls. It’s great, you should come along to…
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I’ve never really been one to accept things at face value. Statistics and studies relating to fat and the OMG OBESITY CRISIS are one of those “don’t accept at face value” things for me. Some studies are funded by the weight loss industry, which of course are perfectly happy to perpetuate the CRISIS myth, because…
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I first discovered Josh Groban when I was in the first year of high school, back in 2001. I remember sitting in my mother’s car one morning as she drove me in, and listening to The Prayer, a collaborative piece between him and one of my favourite artists at that time, Charlotte Church. Having been…
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