By Arleen Wilcox The exposé of a controversial UNSW Council candidate has given students lots to talk about this past fortnight. Both inside and outside the UNSW Discussion Group, where the initial revealing posts were made, the UNSW student community erupted in debate, both for and against the candidate. (In …
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By Yenee I laughed along with everyone else when Mr Li mispronounced a word in my Mandarin LOTE class, relieved that no one was making fun of me. I laughed nervously when my coworker turned a client’s name into the office swearword, secretly feeling sorry for the poor person whose …
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By Jacqueline Willing Catching the train home is one of the most stressful experiences I know. It’s not the anxiety of being in a confined space, or having to interact with strangers, but rather the crippling fear of facing a racial tirade. It’s happened before. Plenty of times. It will …
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People props are bad enough, but when they are there to encompass a culture that does not actually consist purely of people in bright colored tights and suspenders, we have a little issue. These identical expressionless girls were described as ‘clumsiest attempt to appropriate Japanese culture and fashion since Gwen …
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A Man Like Luai by University of Melbourne student Ellena Savage is the winner of the Tharunka Non-Fiction Writing Competition 2012. Tharunka would like to thank the judges Lisa Pryor, Jason Whittaker and Matthew Thompson. It is May, 2009. A cold, clear night; frost will set over the tips of …
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Grindr is a dating app. It allows gay men to find other gay men in their literal area. It functions by allowing them to see on a GPS-enabled map, exactly how far away other users are. It has a chat option and photo data avenues, making it easy to connect …
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