Australia/NZ
What It Takes To Be SLAMROSS1000
"People think that I'm just munching pingers and making music all the time, but I'm also fucking around here!"
Are The Jeans That Look Like You’ve Pissed Yourself... Hot?
We have all peed in the shower. And we have all, at some point or another, pissed ourselves. Urinary incontinence is not our final taboo: It’s just the next evolution in our piss culture.
A New Exhibition is Archiving Melbourne’s Queer Culture In Real Time
"To archive something is to give it meaning, and allow it the dignity to stand still for a moment in time.”
The Best Pho in Melbourne is From a Vietnamese Restaurant That ‘Opens When We Feel Like It’
On any given night, Shop Bao Ngọc could hold a fundraising event, Pho Night [payment from $15-$30 on a sliding scale] or a queer community BBQ.
Is Merivale the Death of Culture or a Symptom? I Went To Their New ‘Record Bar’ To Find Out.
Merivale’s latest culture costume comes in the form of JAM Record Bar – inspired by the listening bars of Tokyo, but “with a twist”.
11 People Who Talked Their Way Out of Rent Increases On How They Did it
It's actually possible, legal and advisable to try to negotiate your landlord's unconscionable rent increase. We spoke with some tenants who were successful.
It Happened to Me: My House Had No Shower For Two Months and It Made My Life Better
After I found the courage to ask our elderly landlord to fix the shower, her middle-aged son came over and ripped it out instead.
MONA Loses Legal Battle, Ordered to Allow Men Into Ladies Lounge Exhibit
The museum argued the refusal of men was the point of the artwork.
Sydney’s First Drug-Checking Service Will Test Injectables
New South Wales’ first drug-checking service will open at Sydney’s supervised injecting room.
‘I Dove into Polyamory and Haven’t Looked Back’: Young Divorcees On Ending Their Early Marriages
We asked 20-something divorcees what it's like getting married and divorced by age 30.
'Visibility' Isn’t Protecting Us From Transphobia
On Trans Day of Visibility, I can’t help but think that ‘visibility’ has given our community many things, but equal and fair access to adequate medical and life affirming care still isn’t one of them.