10 Fonts that Could Destroy the World (If Used Incorrectly)

Typography is a very important part of any document, design or business. If chosen properly, your font will convey a sense of everything you ever hoped and dreamed. Perhaps that’s a touch of an exaggeration, but fonts are so…

Heavy Metal: Fighting the stereotype

In year 11 English I was asked to choose and read aloud lyrics for the class to analyse. The following is an excerpt of what I read from Metallica’s Dyer’s eve.

Dear mother, dear father. What is this hell you have put me through? Believer…

What we can Learn about Hip Hop from Lupe Fiasco.

I was one of hundreds who watched Lupe Fiasco perform his long awaited album at Big Day Out 2011. I stood in complete awe of the intensity that he brought to the stage. Recently, after downloading Lasers (legally, I might add) I was…

Bogans, Bongs and Porn: Do Channel Ten’s worms hit a little too close to home?

When I’m driving late at night and I pass someone who is well over the speed limit, I always make a conscious effort to abide by unwritten road rules — I flash my high beams to let other drivers…

AppSecret: Has PostSecret lost the charm?

Human beings keep secrets. Be it your third nipple that classifies you as a “freak”, your affair with your sister’s husband, or the fact you ran over your cat when you were learning to drive — we all have a burden resting upon our shoulders. It is endemic…

The Isthmus’: Greatest Hits of Moral Media Panics

Since the dawn of time society has liked to point the finger:

“You didn’t sacrifice, so now our crops aren’t growing.”; “You ate the forbidden fruit, now we have to work and stuff”; “You played World of Warcraft for…

Muppets in Rainbow Stripes

As a child, Sesame Street undoubtedly had a great influence on my development than any of my pre-school teachers combined. I was understandably disgusted when challenged over my spelling of “Mom”. After all, Sesame Street had taught me out to spell and if you can’t trust Mr…