Erin Grant @erinomelette interviews Miriam about how COVID-19 will change the way Jews celebrate Passover. Featured image: John Snyder/CC BY-SA 3.0
Thrashing and bashing through history: Testament drummer Gene Hoglan
Maxx Bradford Lester interviews thrash metal drumming legend Gene Hoglan. Featured image: © Markus Felix/PushingPixels/CC/Wikimedia Commons
Fear, families, and fighting: COVID-19
Single full time working mother, two teens and a pre teen, plus food limitations: is this a ticking time bomb waiting to happen? By Hayden Johnson-De Silva @hayden78514009 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic many people began bulk buying out of fear of an apocalypse. But as people were bulk buying, everybody else started too, in […]
Where Will All The Birds Go?
By Michael Chantiri Amidst all the bedlam and chaos of this pandemic, a lot of people are rightfully fearful of the future. What to do seems to be the question of the hour, it’s enough to drive anyone a little crazy. However, what no one is asking about is the birds. Since no one is […]
WEIRD, FOR WEIRD’S SAKE: In Memory of Stuart Gordon
The first time I watched Re-Animator, I laid in bed staring at a laptop screen perched up on an office chair near my night stand. It was late at night, after an unpleasant day. I was ready for bed but not ready to sleep, alone and indulging the familiar setting of a late night curiosity. […]
Australia’s modern slavery laws: one step closer
By Dash Buxton @dirkandscabbar1 Modern slavery laws are now one step closer following a NSW Parliament’s Standing Committee review into the NSW’s version of the proposed law. The review found there are benefits to keeping both the NSW law and the Commonwealth law and praised the proposed NSW law as being world-leading in the fight […]
Ashfield, Tamriel & Beyond
The last few weeks have been some of the most surreal of my life. We all know what I’m talking about. At the moment, life has been put on hold and we’re all becoming well-acquainted to our bedrooms and homes. Days on end without seeing much of the outside world. I wish I could say […]
Gun Girl in Big Doo Doo
Kaitlyn Bennett, AKA the notorious Kent State Gun Girl, uses her platforms on social media, including Tik Tok and Youtube, to publicly shame the LGBT+ community, Left-Wingers, and blue-haired feminists. The young-adult version of ‘Karen’ is an example of extreme conservative pro-gun, pro-Trump, and pro-life opinions. Kaitlin conducts interviews American college students on controversial social […]
Bat Outta Hell: The Renaissance Of DOOM
DOOM is the ultimate first-person shooter game and arguably the most iconic video game franchise of all time. The imagery of the series from its 1993 inception to 2020’s most recent release remains important to pop culture and easily accessible to the public. As the internet joke goes – can it run DOOM? 99% of […]
WhatsApp: Friend or Foe in the Age of Mass Media?
By Peter Morgan, Brittney Tolhurst, Michael Chantiri and Erin Grant We all know how powerful social media is, but what about WhatsApp? The less talked about but arguably more impactful little brother of Facebook. Whether it’s the app’s international reach or the false sense of privacy it instils, there is something about WhatsApp that weaves […]