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…

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…

VINYL REVIVAL: THE SECOND COMING & EXCITING NEWS FOR ENTHUSIASTS

Today I decided to whip out my vinyl player, give it a much needed dusting off, and drool (not literally) to the whaling vocals of Robert Plant, guitar mastery of Jimmy Page, grooves of John Paul Jones, and explosive…

The Gen Y Job Market

As a media and communication student I could probably pay off half of my degree if I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me something along the lines of:

“So, what? You’re learning how to communicate?”

All this talk about coconut oil is co-co-ing me crazy!

I am such a massive fan of the coconut. If the coconut was a person and I was a teenager again, I would have posters bearing its face all over my bedroom walls. If the coconut were to hold a concert, I would be there in the front row…

Where there’s a Will, there’s a right and wrong way (according to Will McAvoy)

Everything I’ve learnt about disliking anyone that calls him- or herself a journalist when they’re not* (okay, not dislike but eyebrows will be slightly arched in question) or a show that…

Why Organic?

Once it was assumed that only tree hugging hippies, living on a commune cared for organic products. Nowadays the likes of Miranda Kerr and Elle Macpherson swear by it and Coles and Woolworths have recognised the demand, releasing their own organic labelled products for everyday people. But what does it…