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science stuff : peak phosphorus, food for thought
If you’re anything like me, you like to eat. In fact, if you’re anything like any human being on the planet, you like to eat. Without food we end up dying. So it figures that anything to do with ‘food security’ should be on our proverbial plate. It scared me somewhat that ‘peak phosphorus’ had [...]
honour this sistagirl: stop transphobic and racist deaths in custody
Aboriginal woman, Veronica Baxter, was born in Cunnamulla country in outback Queensland and died in Silverwater Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre, NSW. On 16 March 2009, she was found dead in her prison cell hanging from a bed sheet. She was just 34 years old. Veronica, a Sistagirl, had lived as woman since she was [...]
sartorial musings : where have all the real fashion bloggers gone?
I have been an avid reader of fashion blogs on the interwebs since I was fifteen years old (and now I am ancient, so it has been quite a while) and have spent countless hours pouring over these blogs, admiring the personal style and lusting after the clothes of these very stylish women. So I [...]
rapunzel, rapunzel : why we’re obsessed with long hair
The world might be a lot simpler if we were all bald, but as a self confessed lover of long hair, I probably wouldn’t survive long in such a world. So is long hair an asset in our society? It is after all, just another tissue like eyelashes which sustains our warmth and protection. Our [...]
five reasons why domestic and sexual violence is men’s business
The last ten years have seen a 261% increase in domestic and sexual violence in Australia. In 2009, the total cost to the Australian economy was $13.6 billion. More often than not, domestic and sexual violence sits under the ‘women’s issues’ umbrella, but men have a huge role to play in turning these statistics around. [...]
interview: valentina palonen
Melbourne based artist Valentina Palonen has been exhibiting since her undergraduate years and doesn’t mind changing her approaches. She’s an interdisciplinary artist, at home with sculpture, installation as well as conceptual art. I recently interviewed Valentina during her residency in Tasmania. You’ve recently completed a residency at University of Tasmania, in Launceston, can you tell [...]
round she goes preloved fashion market – old is the new new
Recycling is a fantastic way to have a say in how our habits impact the planet. But it’s not just limited to milk cartons and cardboard – secondhand fashion is an increasingly widespread way of being a conscious consumer. Round She Goes is a preloved designer and vintage fashion market. Created by sisters Emma and [...]
snip go the shears: it’s ‘hooroo’ to the Premier’s Literary Award
The Arts always go first. When warning bells of plans to cut public funding are sounded, creative souls go running for cover, knowing their projects will likely be the first to suffer the chop. Yet the Premier’s Literary Award for Queensland is an odd choice as the opening victim for (likely) two successive terms of [...]
sartorial musings : fashion & feelings
Over the past year or so I have been slowly rediscovering my love of fashion, and in the process, finding out just how much it is linked to my self-esteem and confidence. Last year I was staying home a lot, wearing a lot of food-stained tracksuits, and feeling a little shitty about the world in [...]
lip lit: ebooks, the debate
We recently had a contributor pitch us piece on how she thought eBooks and eReaders (ie Kindle) receive so much unnecessary flack. While we thought this was brilliant, we also thought it would be interesting to present both sides of the argument. Should we embrace eBooks as a new way of reading? Or are [...]
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