Woodes’s Crystal Ball – Full Immersion
Now we all love music! But what’s really cool is when people are able to combine…
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Anti-Racism, Steps Beyond Convenience
Human rights activist Desmond Tutu once said “if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you…
Freedom Rings, but it’s an Unanswered Call
Over the weekend, the United States marked its independence day amid the ongoing unrest around police…
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Microaggressions
The current cultural climate is focused on racism. Be it systemic and structural, or institutionalised and…
Policing the Police: Virtue Signalling
Look anywhere online in the past two weeks, and it’s impossible to avoid conversations on systemic…
Music as Catharsis and Healing
In stressful times, we have a tendency to reach for music to soothe ourselves. We’ve seen…
Ergonomics and Productivity
In an unprecedented period of lockdown like the one we’re in, it can be hard to…
Shaking up Autopilot: Defamiliarisation
What makes art art? Why are poems art, but phone-books aren’t? One important element in writing…
The Identity Politics of Transnationalism
Australia’s higher-education sector is facing billion-dollar losses as international students remain locked out, with border closures…
Live Theatre and The Suspension of Disbelief
World Theatre Day happened over the weekend – Friday, to be specific – and while the…
Isolation ≠ Isolated: Our Psychological Defences Against Loneliness
Content warning: The following story contains mentions of various mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, and…
Tip Your Hat to the Maestro: Stephen Sondheim Turns 90
“Say it loud, and there’s music playing… say it soft, and it’s almost like praying” …