Creature Comforts: Blind Velvet Worm
Though hundreds of species of velvet worm are found across the globe, Australia boasts the highest number at 74—and it’s rising. They're possibly our most interesting and most ignored animal.
unSEXpected: Talking about Porn
Pornography is content that has been created with the intent to turn you on. And the internet is full of it.
SURREALISM or, Fairy Tales Still Almost Blue
You’re probably most familiar with Surrealism as a visual art medium. The name Salvador Dalí comes to mind, as does his most famous painting, The Persistence of Memory: clocks draped over trees, edges and indistinct objects.
Taylor Swift is coming to Australia – So, what counts as a good concert experience?
Instagram accounts I follow reported their utter hatred for their five desktop Ticketek waiting screens, that seem to show no signs of refreshing. Two girls in the changeroom beside me discussed the dilemma of having to sell one of their tickets.
unSEXpected: Drawing the Line Between Compromise and Settling
The realisation that you could, and maybe should, be getting more out of your relationship is bittersweet. On one hand, it’s comforting to know the kind of love you crave isn’t unreasonable, that it exists somewhere and could very well be yours in future.
How Subtitles Are Changing the Way We Watch
If you opened up Netflix right now and played anything, chances are the subtitles are already on. If you scrolled through TikTok right now, you’ll notice that most videos have subtitles on as well. But why are they on in the first place? And why do we keep them on?
unSEXpected: Understanding Kinks and Fetishes
“I cannot Dom for the life of me.” We’re sitting on my…
unSEXpected: A Memoir on Sex after Sexual Assault
*content warning: sexual assault We are at a launch party, drunk and…
unSEXpected x Respect Week: the Intimacy of Foreplay Vs the Casualness of Hook-Up Culture
Foreplay is a series of acts that build sexual arousal and pleasure,…
unSEXpected x Respect Week: Emotional Safety in the World of Online Dating
I’m convinced dating apps are parallel worlds built into our phones with…