“Well, if Blurred Lines was subject to onslaughts of criticism for abetting rape culture, I would argue the same regulations should be applied to Look What You Made Me Do.”
Taylor (Shift) The Blame
Month: September 2017
Review: Princesses & Pornstars
“Princesses & Pornstars analyses post-feminist gender politics in Australia, drawing on interviews of Australian women, examples from contemporary Australian politics and media, and anecdotes from Maguire’s own Australian youth to critically assess social attitudes towards women and sex.”
Double Whammy – Being Both Young and a Woman
“I am a sufferer of imposter syndrome and I wholeheartedly believe that the intersection of my age and gender has something to do with it.”
You Are Invited To Vote In The Spherical Earth Postal Survey
“To the regret of myself and many fellow Athenians, modern society has lately been deep in both squander and quandary. Shipwrecked travellers need housing, for example, and doctors are ever undersupplied in leeches. Yet when our leaders sacrifice 122 boatloads of goats, doves and virgins, it’s to pay not for the resolution of these issues, but instead for the upcoming Hellenic Spherical Earth Postal Survey.”
Just Press Send – a Long Overdue Message to a Friend
Hey fraannd, Brace yourself because this is going to be one unusually lengthy message. Let me begin with an apology. Terribly sorry it took me so long to reply to your last message. I’ve been busy as usual – and I’m sure you would have been too. It’s not that I haven’t been meaning to …
Where Are You Really From?
“Both my own experiences and my friends’ comments have exposed a critical and alarming issue that we have in society today: our limited and perhaps ingrained conceptions of nationality. ”
Review: Spiderman: Homecoming
“Overall, Spiderman: Homecoming is a ball of refreshing, cheeky, corny, heartfelt moments wrapped up in 2.5 hours of a teen rom-com, that is disguised as a superhero movie.”
Not Safe Yet: Reading Benjamin Law’s Quarterly Essay
“In his essay, Law astutely tracks the maliciousness of The Australian’s attack on Safe Schools – a saga that he says amounts to a ‘beat-up’.”
Where Are All the Women? Reaching out to Bring More Girls Into STEM
“Perhaps it is not surprising that women make up only 14 per cent of the engineering workforce in Australia, and that only 16 per cent of Australians with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) qualifications are women.”
The Mistaken Link Between Beauty and Morality
“Interestingly, this link between inner and outer worth which was established centuries ago is still prevalent in our modern day Western culture.”