Degrees and How They Smell: A walkthrough of the academic perfume aisle
Posted 1:43pm Monday 31st July 2023
Computer science: The worst. Just the worst. Have you been to the comp sci labs in the science building? They absolutely reek. They never shower because they don't want to get their electronics wet. Yuck. Natural sciences: Distinct aroma of mud, weed, and septum piercing. Strangely Read more...
Out of Sight, Out of Mind:
Posted 1:26pm Monday 31st July 2023
Dunedin is saturated with cheap, easy food joints within walking distance for most students, yet more and more are offering delivery through third-party apps like UberEats. Too many, in fact – some of the restaurants offered on delivery apps don’t actually exist as physical stores. The Read more...
OPINION: Gaslighting is totally normal, actually. (a response)
Posted 4:21pm Monday 24th July 2023
Gaslighting is totally normal, and I can’t believe you didn’t know that. Assuming you’re a loyal Critic reader, I’m sure you know all about gaslighting by now. We can’t seem to publish an issue without mentioning the word, and we even ran a feature earlier this year Read more...
Good (enough) Housekeeping: A Woman's Guide to Domestic Bliss in Dunners
Posted 5:14pm Monday 29th May 2023
Here at Critic Te Ārohi, we recognise what a relatable struggle it is to be both the perfect student and the perfect housewife. Everyone’s felt the burnout that comes from having to turn in an assignment at 12 and turn out a gorilla-grip coochie at 1, am I right? AM or PM, it’s a Read more...
Pride Night at the Museum
Posted 3:16pm Sunday 2nd April 2023
Tūhura Otago Museum hosted another After Dark event last Friday–this time, themed for Pride Month. With support from OUSA and Dunedin Pride, the After Dark - Pride Party was another rendition of the museum’s late-night R18 events, following on from the success of After Dark - Love Read more...
Lavender Town: A Lesbian’s Guide to a Dunedin Day Out
Posted 3:59pm Sunday 26th March 2023
Rock climbing What is it about this sport that attracts queer women? It’s true that climbing gyms are often swarming with shirtless, sweaty “boulder bros”, and outdoor walls can crawl with trad climbers sporting greying beards and bulging veins, but climbing is overall a diverse Read more...
How Should You Come Out?
Posted 3:44pm Sunday 26th March 2023
You’ve done some soul-searching and made some realisations about yourself, and now you’re ready to tell the world. Congratulations! All that’s left is to decide how to do it. While we can’t ascertain what you’re coming out with, we can tell you the best way for you to Read more...
Dammed If You Do: Safe Vulva Sex
Posted 3:17pm Sunday 26th March 2023
Note: This guide aims to inform on safe sex practices with and between vulvas. Not all women have vulvas, and not everyone with a vulva is a woman. Resources around STI prevention tend to focus exclusively on sex involving penises, even though STIs can also pass vulva-to-vulva Read more...
Homie-Eroticism: All the gay shit breathas do
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 26th March 2023
Dunedin is one of the few places on earth where you’ll hear the f-slur casually used by straight breathas who are mere hours away from drinking out of each other’s nutsacks. I posit that Breathadom creates a unique space for playful, casual male intimacy that remains socially Read more...
Crunch/Time: A methodological analysis of snack texture over time
Posted 1:32pm Sunday 12th March 2023
Abstract This study was designed to address the common problem of post-party stale-chippery. Our results suggest that corn- versus potato-based chips de-crunchify at variable rates, and indicate that the safest snacks to leave open overnight are Harvest Snaps, Cornados, Snakachangi Read more...
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