Cultural Appropriation or Cultural Appreciation?

Pop starlet Selena Gomez was criticised by Hindu groups after affixing a Bindi between her brows, an ornament sacred to Hindu religion, during her performance at the MTV Awards in April. Gomez is certainly not the first to do so, but it has…

Social Media Meme

In the web 2.0 world, social media is important to our daily lives. We value more what we see online than on television or…

The Romance of Journalism

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or those who still watch television, the news of Peter Harvey’s death, which broke…

Mastering the Art of #FoodPorn

What is food porn I hear you ask? According to Wikipedia the term first appeared in 1984 in Rosalind Coward’s book Female Desire, in which she writes:

Cooking food and presenting it beautifully is an act of servitude. It is a way of expressing…

Rupert Murdoch’s Labor Murder

Politics and Controversy; the two words go hand in hand, and due to the recent election political cat-fights continue to swamp our media channels nation-wide. Holding most of the Australian newspaper market share is Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. Since the election, and…

To Catch a Catfish

Within the last few years we have seen stigmas surrounding Internet dating become less and less evident. With 40 million people partaking in online dating, the industry has evolved from a niche concept into something that appeals to a huge, international demographic. Each of these individuals…

Thanks for oversharing

Last year I saw a joint statement released on Facebook announcing the split between a girl I went to school with and her boyfriend of 14 months. No one was to blame, they just wanted different things and decided it would be best to go their separate ways. While I sympathise with her, I…

Wanna-Bes Judging the Not-Quite-Have-Been

Year after year, we are bombarded with an assortment of Australian talent television shows and their associated talentless celebrity panel. However, as these programs reach their umpteenth seasons, the selection of ‘expert’ celebrity judges is evidently…

The Snowden scandal: What happened, and why we SHOULD, and don’t, care?

Have you ever had a conversation so ridiculous you felt the need to glance over your shoulder to ensure no one was listening? Not because you were conceiving plans for World War III, but perhaps because an…