Tag: Review
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A conversation with Mona Eltahawy: To be ‘savage and dangerous’
Art: Anh Noel “International women’s day isn’t just one day; it should be every day.” On International Women’s Day, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Senator, Mehreen Faruqi hosted a conversation with guest speaker Mona Eltahawy at UNSW: Global Feminism. A fierce advocate for women’s rights and one of the world’s most prominent feminists, Eltahawy was…
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Sydney WorldPride: Bloodlines
In a tribute to names such as Keith Haring, Freddie Mercury, Leigh Bowery, and many other icons and artists lost to the HIV/AIDs crisis, explosive duo, The Huxleys, have created a multi-form art piece on display at the Carriageworks until the 5th of March. The Huxleys are all-in-one performance artists, designers, musicians, and filmmakers. ‘Bloodlines’…
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Queer rom-com turned musical podcast? ‘Twinemies’ is a sensation for the ears
Musicals are generally associated with big dance numbers, extravagant costumes and dramatic lighting but, in the case of Twinemies, all this is left to the imagination. Andrea and Sashkia review the new musical podcast, dropping 4pm today.
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Netflix’s Dark Bewilders and Satisfies Over and Over again
By Kevin Ding Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for all seasons of Dark. “The beginning is the end, and the end is the beginning.” This is the maxim that runs through the Netflix series Dark, which came to a close on June 27 with the release of its third and final season (or cycle, as it’s…
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Procrastination Corner: Editors’ Top Picks #5
Every fortnight the Tharunka editorial team compiles the best media we’ve been avoiding and/or complementing our studies with. Have fun! Books Axel: Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (1930) is a massively fun – and quite brief – novel about pre-World War London socialities. Parties, hedonism, chaos, confusion, fashion, scandals, love, etc. etc. Jack: Revisiting some…
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For Sama Review: Deeply Moving Documentary about Syrian War
By Rida Babar After watching For Sama, I could not stop thinking about the depressing and cruel reality of war. For days afterwards, I struggled to find words that could describe the emotional imprint it left on me, realising just how ignorant I had been to the events that changed the very heart of Syria…
