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Twelve Hours on Hyde Street

Posted 10:53am Sunday 9th April 2017 by Joel MacManus

6:00 AM The persistent throb of bass can be heard from three blocks away; a siren call reaching out to the slumbering residents of North Dunedin, calling them to their most hallowed street. Today is the day of the Hyde Street Party. On the street itself the music pumps like a busy nightclub, but Read more...

Think Pink: A 101 of Pinkwashing in New Zealand

Posted 12:38pm Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Kyra Gillies

What is Pinkwashing and why does it matter? Pinkwashing is a government or corporate strategy to put forward a gay or LGBT friendly image to simultaneously tap into the ‘pink dollar’ (the support of middle and upper class LGBT people) and to distract from unethical practices such as Read more...

Revolution Ready

Posted 12:30pm Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Mel Ansell

If you turn your nose to the wind in the provincial town of Dunedin, New Zealand, you may smell revolution in the air. The breeze, which curves steadily over the currents of the Leith River, carries with it the explosive potential for powerful change. While for now, in the Northernmost part of the Read more...

Our Fancy Feast

Posted 12:09pm Sunday 2nd April 2017 by Lucy Hunter

In their time scouring op shops, my friends Mary and Reg have gleaned three relics of a particular point in the ‘70s where food got very, very strange. Critic wanted to know what those wacky old recipes tasted like, so, in the interests of our readers, we bravely concocted and feasted on some Read more...

The Ghost Boobs

Posted 12:56pm Sunday 26th March 2017 by Mat Clarkson

Angela had never been very good at making friends. Now that she had moved to a new town and knew barely anyone, she would have to dig deep and find the courage to be social. This gloomy town would be best enjoyed with at least one companion, she thought. One day in class, she got talking to a cute Read more...

Electric Eyes

Posted 12:52pm Sunday 26th March 2017 by Kirio Birks

8:35. Wake up. Check Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, emails, and texts. Sing your lungs out in the shower (you’re never too good for Adele). Send nudes to bae. Get dressed and pocket your phone. Head to lectures. More lectures. Lunch. Lectures. Get home and make dinner. Drink Read more...

Dawn of the Fog

Posted 12:30pm Sunday 26th March 2017 by Trevor Cokley

Dunedin disappeared under a blanket of fog before sunrise last Friday The thin edges of the fog reached the higher elevations of the hills on the Otago Peninsula making it possible for trees cast dramatic shadows over the fog.   The iconic Harbour Cone on the Otago Read more...

Survival of the fittest

Posted 12:05pm Sunday 26th March 2017 by Chelle Fitzgerald

Currently, across the world, there is a unique scattering of people who are probably sleeping rather soundly, safe in the knowledge that, should the shit hit the fan, they needn’t panic (much). Survivalists, also commonly known as doomsday preppers, are people who have contingency plans and Read more...

Clothes Come From Crops!

Posted 1:40pm Sunday 19th March 2017 by Paige Jansen

Consumerism within the fashion industry and how we can become more sustainable consumers.   The unaware shopper with a credit card: a fatal combo often seen wandering aimlessly along George Street, dabbling with the chain stores, purchasing $20 t-shirts. The act of shopping requires no Read more...

Vitamin MDMA

Posted 1:26pm Sunday 19th March 2017 by Anonymous

As well making sweaty clubbers realise that society puts us all into little boxes, Ecstasy could be useful in treating sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress disorder.   We had two caps of 500mg vitamin c, one of 200mg magnesium glycinate, one of 5HTP, a glass half full of Berocca, and a Read more...