Boots Diva! Why is Queer Slang So Popular?
“Why do gay people talk like THAT? Why can’t they just talk normal? Why do they sound so annoying? Why do they have to ‘rub their gayness in my face’?” Wow miss thing, slow down with that shade before I read you diva. It’s giving rude. Serving uneducated. Maybe queer slang bothers you because you […]
Drag Royalty – The Kings Among Queens
In a world ruled by Queens, what is it like to be a king? A Drag King, that is. With reality shows like RuPaul’s drag race skyrocketing the art of drag into the popular consciousness over the last decade and a half, drag queens seem to be everywhere, but what about the kings? Drag Kings, […]
Quigley Questions
Watching the enrolments start to come in. By the second week of March we can predict very accurately the income of the University for each year, and thus I know how much leeway I have after I have paid everyone. There is enough variation in the timing of enrolments from year to year to make […]
Places To Escape Your Failing Grades
Kyoto, Japan Living in Kyoto as a matcha farmer immersed me in Japan’s traditions. The city blends ancient temples with modern life. Mornings spent harvesting matcha and nights in the Gion district felt like living in two worlds. Watching a geisha perform in a tea house was surreal. Kyoto taught me patience and how the […]
Nexus Does Laneway ’25
As an angel with a ‘brat’ tattoo that I did myself the day after the album’s release, I felt qualified to get some coverage for Nexus of Laneway 2025. I definitely wasn’t going for Charli anyway, and my priority was certainly journalism and not club classics. Walking around the festival, you would’ve thought you were […]
Fool-Proof Date Ideas – Budget Friendly AND Interesting
So, you’ve found the love of your life (or you matched with someone on Hinge) and you’re struggling to think of interesting, exciting, unique ways to spend time with them. A Restaurant? Been done before. Netflix and Chill? Have some class. The Movies? Where’s the originality? Fear not, my useless romantics, for I have done […]
The Great Cheerleading Debate
With the Paris Olympics currently in session, national pride and celebration looms over our heads as we watch athletes around the world compete in various sporting events. Just last week, we watched as the Black Ferns won New Zealand’s first medal at this year’s Games (and they won gold, woohoo!!). However, while the excitement runs […]
The Fast Fashion Dilemma: Racing Toward Sustainability
Fashion is constantly evolving, with trends changing as swiftly as the seasons. Behind the glamour of runways and the allure of low prices, however, lies the intricate and often controversial world of fast fashion. This industry has completely transformed the way we shop for clothes, but what are the real consequences? The Emergence of Fast […]
A Hamilton Guide (from an International Student)
In Vietnam, every Tet holiday, when you sit down with your family to watch a 30-minute game show on TV, you will often catch a short ad break with the same song that goes, “Tết nào vui bằng tết đoàn viên” (roughly translated to “there are no Tets as fun as those with family”). Whether […]
This Is A Sign
Everyone sucks. Everything sucks. Life is the worst because I share this planet with complete idiots and the world for some reason doesn’t seem to revolve around me. Segues are hard. The point I was clearly not making any attempt to frame previously is that I managed to fix EVERYTHING in my life. I mean […]