The poetic mystery of a forgotten city
Train tracks, the visual line that seems to go on forever; this endless path never felt more permanent than the daily commute into the CBD.
analysis
notes on politics, history and society.
How Something Centuries Old Can Be Ruined in a Decade: The Story of Fraktur
Tradition has always been politicised – religion, ideology and imagery have been intertwined with political ideals of returning to the ‘good old days' and this often creates an ironic misinterpretation of history and of the importance of bygone ideas....
Nuclear Colonialism: The Story of Maralinga
In the midst of the Cold War, almost everyone was watching the race for Atomic Bombs. The world looked on as one by one major military powers created their own weapons of mass destruction following the United States attack on Japan during World War...
Memes, Misogyny and Medusa (and other Classic Tales of Twitter Trolls)
Mimēma, ‘that which is imitated'.
A Greek word taking on a classic trend of incorporating memorable tales of terror and distraction.
Western culture has a long-standing issue with strong women. Portraying women as strong often results in painting...
Cruises: Floating Cities Dumping Their Waste With Paradise
In 2018, 26 million people boarded a passenger cruise ship representing an unregulated industry that had generated $117 million USD in 2017. These floating cities have always been environmentally questionable, goliaths moving through vulnerable...
FROM THE BEGINNING
Have young women been socialized to fail in professional environments?
Has Zuckerberg won? Paying for News in the Internet Age.
The internet has a clear monopoly over news media and has increasingly done so for the last decade. Enormous internet conglomerates, think social media giants and search engine masters, have power over news media, as well as financial power over media...
My Home, On Fire
As COVID-19 slowly diminishes from eyesight, the new threat looms overhead. The constant talk of isolation and pandemic replaced by news of K’gari aflame. Queensland’s most iconic sand island, Fraser Island, a World Heritage listed site has been...
In Loving Memory - Beauty In A Sleeping City.
Cemeteries are a unique place, not a site of tourism and picnics as they once were, yet still remaining a part of the city’s values. It holds onto the values of the deceased interred within and of mourners, of the city as a collective and of a city...
What’s Past is Prologue #2: The Hidden History of Luna Park
The edge of the city, peering in, eyes that have watched the city grow over the last almost 85 years. Within the gates of one of Sydney’s most iconic park hides a hidden sinister collection of conspiracies, plots and crime. Luna Park Sydney – home to...
Modern Imperialism in New Caledonia
The process of independence is long. New Caledonia is a unique example of the consequences of modern imperialism and the nature of imperial power.
Hidden Ghosts: The Murder of Transgender People in Australia
‘The machinery of discrimination that they assembled to fight us in 2017 was not destroyed in the armistice. They are still in place.’ – Eloise Brook (Queerstories, 2020)
What’s Past is Prologue #1: A Brief Overview of the History of Post-Soviet Feminism
Mainstream feminism, broadly defined by the three waves, has seen itself as a universal trajectory of women’s rights in the 20th century. When looking outside of the West, this idea gets blurred by the individual experiences of those who don’t fit...
The Impact of Nationalism and Fascism on Hungary’s Feminist Movement
In the midst of World War One, a war the Austro-Hungarian empire was destined to lose, an overhaul of the political systems of Eastern Europe was looming. As the empire fell, and Hungary became independent, the nationalism that was critical to the...
Black Summer: what can be learnt from online philanthropy
The beginning of the new decade, a country on fire, a world looks on and pours money in. And now, months following the end of the Black Summer, have the enormous philanthropic donations helped?
A tweet of an 80-year-old woman who had her home burnt...
Australia - for whom is young & free? Adam Goodes and Australian racism.
In 2013 AFL player Adam Goodes became the figurehead of the conversation about race and its role in modern Australia. Goodes, a proud Indigenous footballer for the Sydney Swans from 2012 to 2015, was considered one of the greats of the Australian...
