Culture 4/4

Aug 27, 20204 min read

Exploring cancel culture

Toxic or truth? Friend or foe? You decide. Illustration by Lizzy Dunn Chris Brown, Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Laura Lee, Jeffree...

Surge in young Australians reaching out to eating disorder helplines during COVID-19

Eleanor Wilson

Aug 11, 20204 min read

Surge in young Australians reaching out to eating disorder helplines during COVID-19

Photo: Unsplash Following Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ recent announcement of a gruelling six-week stage-four lockdown period for...

Elise Lange

Jul 10, 20203 min read

A Novel Time: Authors In Isolation

Designed by Macklin Leslie. The world is living through the weirdest time in its globalised existence. "Unprecedented" and "never before"...

Should we look to sports for role models in the time of the Coronavirus and Black Lives Matter?

Caspar McLeod

Jul 10, 20206 min read

Should we look to sports for role models in the time of the Coronavirus and Black Lives Matter?

Photo by Vienna Reyes, Unsplash. Last year, I wrote an article exploring whether or not we should look to athletes as role models. A lot...

How do you date during a pandemic? (Podcast)

Raffa Athallah

Jul 3, 20201 min read

How do you date during a pandemic? (Podcast)

If there's one thing the coronavirus hasn't gotten rid of, it's love. Now more than ever, dating is dependent on the internet. While...

Melbourne street violinist dreams to build Australia’s economy

Joanne Amarisa

Jul 2, 20203 min read

Melbourne street violinist dreams to build Australia’s economy

The musician: Shen and his erhu outside of Melbourne Central Station. Photo by Joanne Amarisa. (For The Swanston Gazette print edition...

Places to funnel your pent up creative energy

Lisa Favazzo

May 14, 20203 min read

Places to funnel your pent up creative energy

COVID-19 restrictions have been a wild ride for everybody. A lot of our lives revolve around a pressure to be constantly creative and...

Increased numbers of people in parks and on walking tracks

Kaylah Baker

May 13, 20203 min read

Increased numbers of people in parks and on walking tracks

Not enough space outside or not enough common sense? Being stuck inside the same four walls day in and day out is hardly interesting and...

Ned’s Declassified Isolation Survival Guide

Ned O'Bryan

May 4, 20204 min read

Ned’s Declassified Isolation Survival Guide

Individuals being isolated isn't a new phenomenon; in fact, it's something that's been going on for years. For many sick and...

Kaylah Baker

Apr 24, 20203 min read

Turning isolation into rejuvenation

Coronavirus has taken the world by storm. It was the pandemic we never expected and one we could never have imagined. Many of us are sick...

Jess Boland

Apr 15, 20203 min read

Love in Lockdown

Dating is hard. There’s no question about it. At the best of times it’s stressful, nerve wracking, but really exciting. Now, add a global...

'Houseparty' users allege app is linked to hacking

Sean Mortell

Mar 31, 20202 min read

'Houseparty' users allege app is linked to hacking

Houseparty login page. Users of popular video-calling app Houseparty have begun reporting hacked social media accounts since downloading...

Sean Mortell

Mar 27, 20205 min read

Crowd Violence and Coward Punches

(Originally published in The Swanston Gazette print edition one, 2019) Fists are clenched. It’s April 16, 2016. Loud voices erupt from...

2020 Midsumma Festival Lineup revealed: 22 action-packed days of queer

Caspar McLeod

Jan 17, 20201 min read

2020 Midsumma Festival Lineup revealed: 22 action-packed days of queer

Image: supplied The Australian festival to celebrate all-things queer will be electrifying by the looks of the 2020 program. Running from...

To Tell or Not To Tell - why it’s important journalists investigate true crime

Sarah Oliver

Nov 27, 20195 min read

To Tell or Not To Tell - why it’s important journalists investigate true crime

The 64th Walkley Awards will be held tomorrow night at the ICC Ballroom in Sydney. Amongst the finalists are stories such as the...

Vivian Dobbie-Glazier

May 28, 20194 min read

Overnights

A collection of stories from CBD 24/7 McDonalds as told by the workers on the battlefields of its busiest nights. *The names used in the...

Jared Croft

May 6, 20193 min read

All You Need to Know about the Met Gala

In less than 24 hours celebrities, public personalities, socialites and journalists for Vogue will take to the red carpet outside the...

Jared Croft

Mar 28, 20192 min read

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival recap

Photo credit to @melbqueerfilmfest on Instagram Our film industry is integral to how identities are shaped and embraced. For the queer...