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• Don’t Peak in High School

  Another group of year twelves are currently at schoolies or at home, anxiously or intoxicatingly waiting for the day their VCE ATAR scores are dropped. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 CELEB, ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘The Hobbit’ Animal Cruelty Allegations

  

  PETA has spoken out against Lord of the Rings film-maker Peter Jackson, alleging the film staff mistreated the animals on set of the highly anticipated The... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Featured Fridays: Pusha T

  

  After writing my hip-hop homophobia article, I decided that the most fitting person for this week’s Featured Fridays would have to be the brilliant Terrence... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• “No Homo”: Hip-hop, Homophobia and Bridging the Rap Gap

  

  I often find myself having to defend hip-hop and rap when I talk to people about my particular taste in music. As a genre, rap comes across as aggressive,... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Conceding Isn’t Easy

  

  Making a concession speech would be one of the most gut-wrenching things a first-world leader has to do. To stand in front of your country and say “I lost. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 SOCIETY

• “Four More Years”

  

  Barack Obama’s simple tweet “Four more years” along with a picture of him and his wife, Michelle, in a warm embrace was published moments after the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 SOCIETY

• Females & Image: the Perpetual Struggle

  

  Do you hear that, women? Our body is a canvas, so get your makeup brushes out and put your body-image obsession into overdrive because there’s a new trend in... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT

• Featured Fridays: Tina Fey

  

  Tina Fey was the obvious choice for my first “featured fridays” post. Even before I knew who she was and what she was capable of doing, I was still in complete... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Thursdaily Quote: Marilyn Manson in ‘Bowling for Columbine’

  

  Michael Moore’s 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine explores gun violence in America in relation to the 1999 Columbine shooting. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Howard Barker & “She Sees The Argument But”

  

  It’s my final term at VCA, where I have been studying part-time (Monday and Wednesday nights since January). The final product of this course is to perform a... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Weighing in on the Christina Hendricks/Kate Waterhouse Body Image Debate

  

  Christina Hendricks is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. I’m a straight female, but her femininity makes me feel almost... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES