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What Queer Stereotype Are You?

Posted 6:32pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Gryffin Blockley

Grab your carabiners and flex those limp wrists! In honour of the Queer Issue, Critic Te Ārohi can look through its crystal ball and determine which mish-mash of gay stereotypes you are.  For each question you’ll get a stereotype. Put it together at the end to get your unique Read more...

The Rise and Revitalization of Gay Pop, and why it matters so much

Posted 6:21pm Sunday 25th August 2024 by Madeline O’Leary

Chappell Roan, lesbian icon and pop’s newest darling, said in a recent The Jimmy Fallon show appearance that the inspiration behind her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (coincidentally the inspiration of our cover) was that “I just wanted to make something I could Read more...

Opinion: In Defence of BookTok

Posted 5:45pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Ellie Bennett

As an English major, I am entirely qualified to be the type of person who shits on other people for what they choose to read; to be the type of person who sees BookTok as encouraging ‘the wrong kind of reading’. But I don’t. My decision to major in English stemmed from a love of Read more...

i wrote a diss poem about drunk freshers

Posted 5:24pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Matilda Rumball-Smith

to the fresher in subs,  i’ve forgotten your name.  there’s a certain predictability to thursday night bottom shelf wine sprays the room pink crushed cans bloom metallica  fresher frenzy emerges clockwork with each drink the savagery of subs makes horrible Read more...

Critic Te Ārohi’s Guide to Arts and Crafts

Posted 5:09pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet

Are you sick of your weekends and evenings being filled with despair and boredom? A new hobby or fun flat activity is a good way to build connections with others and yourself. Take this quiz and find out which Critic-approved activities you and your friends should get amongst. Turns out getting your Read more...

Ōtepoti Self-Guided Art Tour

Posted 12:41pm Monday 12th August 2024 by Critic

1. 30 Octagon  Hours: 10am – 5pm Daily   One of New Zealand’s four major metropolitan art galleries, DPAG was NZ’s first gallery opened in 1884. They house a massive collection of Kiwi artworks, and have many current exhibitions on display.   2. Read more...

Flipped Off: Fighting Internet Addiction with a Nokia Phone

Posted 11:23pm Saturday 10th August 2024 by Madeline O’Leary

Screen addiction. Information overload. Brain rot. Terms that, if you’ve spent any time online, you’re probably familiar with. And, if you’re like me, terms that are probably pretty applicable. It’s not unusual for me to spend upwards of ten hours on my phone per day. Read more...

An Ode to the Frontal Lobe

Posted 11:14pm Saturday 10th August 2024 by Jodie Evans

Twenty-five. A quarter of a century. That age when all your mates stop binge drinking every weekend, and take up running half marathons and crocheting instead. When you begin to feel out of place in the Pint Night line, but are officially safe from Leonardo DiCaprio. And now, according to TikTok, Read more...

Ōtepoti Venue Guide

Posted 3:49pm Sunday 4th August 2024 by Jordan Irvine

Many a night, students turn to the tried and true options of a good time. You either end up at Subs (again) or stay at home watching 123Movies because you don’t have Disney+ (again). Sure, these are the staples of a Saturday night for a reason, but going to live music gigs can be just as fun, Read more...

If You Love Them, Make Them a Playlist

Posted 3:35pm Sunday 4th August 2024 by Ellie Bennett

In first-year, music defined just about everything I experienced – the joy, the heartbreak, the crippling hangovers that had me confined to bed all day chugging electrolytes. Two years later, not much has changed (though I’ve learnt to handle my alcohol better). There’s a song Read more...

Does Ōtepoti Have Pride in its Gender Queer Musicians?

Posted 2:28pm Sunday 4th August 2024 by Jordan Irvine

The Dunedin music scene has been vibrant since the early 1980s. Vibrant, but not diverse. Until the past couple of years, most bands and solo artists have been cis men playing post punk and surf rock. This has led to a lot of gigs in Dunedin full of cis men, either on the bill or in the crowd. So Read more...

The Official Critic Te Ārohi Sex Playlist

Posted 2:21pm Sunday 4th August 2024 by Critic

CRITIC’S BEST SONGS TO HAVE SEX TO: Confidence – Ocean Alley Careless Whisper – George Michael Hungry Eyes – Eric Carmen Just The Two of Us (feat. Bill Withers) – Grover Washington, Jr.  Fly Me To the Moon – Frank Sinatra Kiss Me – Read more...

Quiz: What’s Your Fashion Aesthetic?

Posted 8:53pm Sunday 28th July 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet

1. Sitting in a lecture, your mind begins to wander. What are you thinking about? When your next Afterpay payment is due   Planning your New Year’s trip If Madeleine McCann’s family did it Whether your degree will get you a job or you’ll be an overqualified Read more...

Camp on Campus

Posted 7:29pm Sunday 28th July 2024 by Jonathan McCabe

The Link is the students' red carpet. For many, the best part of the day is the ten minutes between lectures as you spy students strutting from class to class. We see you. The Critic paparazzi were at large last week, sent on recon to fill us in with the latest and the greatest trends on campus. Read more...

Club Couture: All Docs, No Crocs

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 28th July 2024 by Jordan Irvine

Upon hearing that Critic staff member Sam Soppett was denied from clubs for wearing jandals and had to spend the rest of his night drinking at The Craic (could be worse), I wanted to push the boundaries of Dunedin town’s unspoken dress code. What are the limits, and why? But more importantly: Read more...

10 Ways to Keep Warm this Winter

Posted 4:38pm Saturday 20th July 2024 by Sam Smith-Soppet

The Winter Breatha’s version of a dick-measuring contest is trading war stories of how much the cold weather has fucked us over. But like your dad likes to remind you when showing any discomfort (AKA sign of weakness), “Don’t give me problems, give me answers.” Your mates are Read more...

OUSSC’s Winter Survival Guide

Posted 4:33pm Saturday 20th July 2024 by Otago University Snow Sports Club

Winter is objectively shit in Dunedin. Flats are cold and damp, and icy roads and footpaths do their best to take you out on your walk to the library. Finding your olive oil frozen solid in the flat pantry or the $100 power bill from your flatmate's heaters hardly sparks joy. In a season with Read more...

Pride and Pōhara: Māori cuisine or glorified struggle meals?

Posted 4:23pm Saturday 20th July 2024 by Heeni Koero Te Rerenoa (Sky)

Let’s cut the crap. Aotearoa New Zealand loves to brag about ‘authentic’ Māori cuisine like hāngī, boil-up, fried bread, and steamed pudding. But the uncomfortable truth is: these aren’t traditional, authentic Māori dishes. They’re struggle meals Read more...

The 23rd Annual Critic Fish & Chip Review

Posted 6:11pm Saturday 13th July 2024 by Hugh Askerud

Winter has come, and the fish and chip gods demand justice! If fish and chips are a summer food, then why do they have all the key components of a hearty winter feed? Potatoes, grease, convenience, shame. Perfect for cold days, or cold journalists in dire need of their yearly sacrifice – this Read more...

TV GUIDE: Developmental Years Edition

Posted 8:33pm Sunday 26th May 2024 by Madeline O’Leary

Back when Netflix was just a mail-order DVD service, TV of the 2000s was less about consumer choice, and more about what mass media could be rubbed against your developing retinas.  Picture this. It’s 2007, you’re home sick from school and desperate for entertainment. Windows Read more...