Sydney’s weird little shoe caste system
You are now viscerally aware of what shoes you should be wearing, and what you want them to say about who you are.
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I bought dinner from strangers on Facebook Marketplace
Behind the second-hand listings is a world built on trust, appetite and very little oversight.
I didn’t realise how dead my suburb was until the kebab shop shut
The whole thing made something painfully clear: after dark, this part of Sydney is fried.
MUDRAT on why anger is just the beginning
There’s no topic that I wouldn’t want to touch because I am more than just the angry punk person.
Australia is still shit at treating women’s pain
Sometimes, it feels like I’m dying.
The March releases that we actually care about
The algorithm can be gamed and hype can be bought, which is why curation matters. Some of the best hip-hop and R&B dropped last month with little fanfare, but we paid attention. Here’s what made the cut.
Honey, we have Europe at home
As someone who recently saved for two years to be that person, I’m here to tell you: forget about it. We have Europe at home.
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