Category: Features
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Identity, Visibility, and Pride: The Importance of The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Identity, Visibility, and Pride: The Importance of The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade By Edwina Cooke Affectionately dubbed “Gay Christmas”, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is a celebration of visibility, community, and pride. Beyond the loud music and bright lights there is also a deep history. The Sydney Mardi Gras…
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I Think Therefore I Doubt: Descartes’ Meditations
Descartes’ Meditation on First Philosophy René Descartes wrote against scepticism in the 17th century in his most famous text Meditations. Scepticism is a school of thought that demands the questioning of absolutely everything. Nothing can be what it seems because there is always a logical loophole or a catch to it. There are two types…
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Merrigong presents Trent Dalton’s ‘Love Stories’ at IPAC
Love, apparently, is three good things, so these are mine: my grandma, telling me she was the first person to see me when I was born; my best friend, sending me flowers from halfway across the world on my birthday because she just wanted me to know she loved me; and Guns N Roses, because…
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Meet Archie !!! // Bands to Add to Your Summer Playlist
Meet Archie – the Canberra indie-rock quartet on the road for their ‘So Far Away From Me’ tour. I had the pleasure of seeing their show at La La La’s last month with supporting acts Palto Guise and Koebi Faumui. So, let’s get to know Grant (vocals and guitar), Xandy (drums), Liv (bass) and Geromy…
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Sex Robot Advice Column
I just discovered that when my partner has sex with their robot, they exclusively get it off. I’ve been seeing someone for a few weeks, and things are going well so far – we have a lot in common, enjoy each other’s company, and enjoy having sex with each other. They also have a sex…
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Merrigong presents Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at the IPAC from 5th-15th September
Merrigong presents Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at the IPAC from the 5th – 15th September. I had the pleasure of attending on opening night and the performance quite literally had me at the edge of my seat the whole time. The stage was lavishly set as a 1950s living room of a newly-wed couple’s grand…
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Dreams and despair of a pop-music icon
Brian Wilson, singer and principal songwriter for what today must look like an oldies act, The Beach Boys, is an interesting figure in the list of many heartbroken musicians that, understandably, pour their poor souls into the music so dearly loved by many. I say interesting because the guy’s been through more hoops than the…
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MERRIGONGX Presents A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen at IPAC
MERRIGONGX Theatre Company presents A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen from the 8th to 10th of August at the IPAC. See the end of the article for information on tickets. Singer-songwriter and theatre-maker Joshua Hinton retells stories, passed down through generations and around the globe whilst cooking a loved family recipe on stage. Blending stories…
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UOW’s Theatre and Performance’s ‘Fractured’: Four Part Play
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending a play put on by students at UOW called Fractured. It was a collection of four plays in which the first three were written by the celebrated socialist-feminist playwright Caryl Churchill: Kill, Glass and Bluebeard’s Friends. These plays delve into harsher themes such as love and…