In an age where our lives are increasingly spent caged in office cubicles in front of screens, it’s easy to become nostalgic about a slower-paced life. Ethel Cain’s Preachers Daughter evokes Americana, Southern Gothic, and backwards country towns.
The following article was originally submitted as an application for the Kellie van Meurs Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing. And I got it! I hope others find this article useful in their education journey.
It's weird how time can pass so slowly that you hardly notice the impact of the small changes you've made in your life. Often, you only become aware of these changes when someone points them out (which, if positive, is one of the best feelings ever), or when you deliberately take the time to reflect on yourself.
On the eve of the release of Taylor Swift's latest album- The Tortured Poet's Department, Jess Morgan delves into the ways in which Taylor Swift's music and The Era's Tour concert changed her life.
In the aftermath of this award season, I can’t help but feel sick to my stomach, and it's not just because of the catastrophic Barbie snubs. No, what makes me abhor this past Oscars ceremony is the Barbie snubs alongside the highly awarded fetishized porno masquerading as female empowerment that was the film, Poor Things.
ABC News Australia recently released a snippet of a speech by the Director of the Australian Institute, Richard Dennise, to the National Press Club stating university students are the real ‘backbone of the economy’. *Sarcastically gasps* Like we didn’t already know.
When working on university assignments, it can be really tempting to look for shortcuts and tools to make things a bit easier. There are, however, a number of tools that you really should avoid. These mostly fall under a few specific categories.
A number of my colleagues have been feeling down lately. When I asked them about it, they told me of a phenomenon called ‘Cozzie Livs’, shorthand for ‘The Cost of Living Crisis’.
My life has been a mosaic of music and memories.
Until recently.
Every girl has had a complex relationship with the colour pink, which I have discovered through many conversations with the women in my life. Unfortunately, it is not a unique experience.