Interviews

interview Meet the Polycule By SAHANA NANDAKUMAR Siren Vandoll Photo Supplied ““You’d rarely think about having a 25-minute open conversation about your boundaries and preferences with a tinder date, but most polyamorists never forget to.” ” PLEASURE SEEKER. HEDONIST. SENSUALIST. SEX NERD. Siren Vandoll is an Australian sexuality educator & …

By Roydon Ng Gladys Berejiklian may soon be feeling her 47-years-of-age. As the Premier of New South Wales travels around the state talking about new infrastructure projects, the Liberal Party’s next rising star starts his political career in her own backyard. At just 22-years-old, UNSW student Brendon Zhu is a …

By Lara Robertson   After working his way through all the rites of passage for stand-up comedians – performances on Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel, a Netflix special, Mating Season (2013), two comedy albums, Jokes to Make My Parents Proud (2010) and My Big Break (2015), and a science podcast …

By Courtney Thompson Jatinga is inspired by the daughters of sex-workers in Kamathipura, Mumbai’s oldest and Asia’s second largest red-light district. But the world premiere of the bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company production won’t be held anywhere near the its namesake, the small Indian village of the same name, but on the …

By Brittney Rigby and Alicia D’Arcy Wendy Bacon is many things. Her website’s bio references her times as an academic, investigative journalist, political activist and former Tharunka editor (which included jail-time in the name of anti-censorship). Late last year, she was arrested at a WestConnex protest, and this April, she …

We recently sat down with Matt Okine to discuss all things comedy.  When did you first find out comedy was for you and you thought, ‘hey, maybe I can make a career out of this’? I don’t think that idea ever really solidifies in your mind. One day I’m like …