Nobody in Sydney actually says where they live
Everyone lives ‘near Marrickville’ or ‘basically Parramatta’ or wherever sounds least alarming.
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The April 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.
The only place I don’t feel weird in Australia is at a Latin club at 2am
Outside of it, everything feels a little too quiet, a little too controlled.
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.
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