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Afternoon. It is almost the close of the quiet café– The boy waiting waits for the ticking of time. But the hope that he had for a smidgin of time To himself after work is destroyed– It’s splattered and spluttered Like smashed avocado on Tables And honey on hands.
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Written by K.M.D. I’ve always been a Barbie girl. Ever since I was little. My favourite of the Barbie films was Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses. I had over 30 Barbie dolls which are now lurking in some tub under my bed. Oh, and one Ken.
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Thomas E.S. Kelly, a proud Minjungbal-Yugambeh, Wiradjuri and Ni-Vanuatu man, choreographed, wrote and performed in thrilling dance-theatre performance Silence, continuing the decades-long conversations that Australian society has tried to silence. Silence features a combination of powerful contemporary dance, a complex musical composition and live music to address the muffled
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Good news for book lovers- the annual paid Hachette Australia Summer Internship is now open for applications. The program has been running since 2020 and provides "a broad understanding of the trade publishing business and a deep dive into how the various departments within a commercial publishing house work
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I think I finally understood a little bit about student politics this morning, as I lined up to confirm my registration for Edcon. It's 9am. There is an hour scheduled for this (it will take much longer somehow) before the fun starts in the first plenary. There’s
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Merrigong Theatre Company and Branch Nebula are introducing the new and exciting world premiere of Air Time, an invigorating fusion of street style dance, theatre and sport with an eccentric electro soundtrack by Phil Downing. These energising shows – taking place from 20 to 22 April at Wollongong Town Hall – challenge
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New details have emerged about deceased Nazi collaborator Bob Sredersas, whose art donations helped establish the collection at Wollongong Art Gallery. Last year, former Wollongong councillor Michael Samaris raised concern over alleged links to the Nazi SS in Lithuania, which was responsible for leading the murder of European Jews during
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Photos: Bailey Burgin Last semester for my second year photography subject, I explored how we tell nude photography and pornography apart. For my investigation, I reviewed past papers on prominent figures in nude photography, interviewed OnlyFans creators and even became an adult model to better understand the topic. Initially I
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Feature image: Instagram/ TheWollongongMap There hasn’t been a birds-eye, hand-drawn map of Wollongong since 1840. Until now. Local cartographer and artist, Alex Pescud, sought to capture a moment in time in Wollongong with his ambitious project, The Wollongong Map. We viewed the nearly complete map in Pescud’s art
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The first time I visited Sarcasm the guy at the gate checking ID cards told me I wasn't weak enough to be seeking refuge. Knowing my own poverty, I assured him he had it all wrong. 'I don't care. Fuck off,' he replied.
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Lijiang marketplace. The moon gleamed like an eye. I, a man, With no teeth, and no eyes, Bit the head of a child, And leer from the rooftops as the streets are taken By the procession of a one hundred demons, Each writhing and screaming and more bloated Each one more foul an abomination than The las
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Catherine Tran never expected her Instagram account to blow up overnight; let alone receive hate messages, experience the anxiety of running a big account, and even receive death threats. The Instagram page @wollongongaffirmations takes the emerging ‘affirmations’ meme format and adds some Illawarra flavour to it, and it has gained