The Sound That Isn’t There: How AI Music Tests Our Sense of Humanity
There is a particular kind of silence that settles in just after the last note of a well-loved song fades. It is not absence. It […]
Entertainment
How Three English Classic Novels Shaped Hollywood
Move over, Jane Austen. Long before multiple film and television adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Mansfield Park, three overlooked English literary classics have shaped […]
When the Music Fades: The Death of Festivals and Gen Z’s Sense of Togetherness
The sun melts into a cotton candy sky, bass shaking the ground like a heartbeat. A sea of glitter-covered faces turns toward the stage, eyes […]
ITB’s Rise and Fall: Addiction, Accountability, and the Dark Side of eSports
In the spring of 2023, ITB (Into The Breach), a fledgling esports organisation, celebrated what should have been a crowning moment: qualifying for the Paris […]
Elphaba and Glinda Are Serving Friendship, Feels, and Queer-Coded Icon Status
Move over, Disney princesses — Elphaba and Glinda are the cultural reset we’ve all been waiting for. Wicked, the long-awaited movie adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical, is […]
Can Beauty Emerge from the Untrained Brush? An AI Experiment Challenges Our Artistic Boundaries
The brushes might have moved slowly, deliberately, across the canvas—strokes that carried not just paint but the weight of contemplation, memory, and intent. Imagine Van […]
René Magritte: Painting the Imagination’s Edge
René Magritte self-identified as the “painter of ideas,” but this exhibition, a sumptuous feast for the eyes and mind at the Art Gallery of NSW, […]
Kendrick Lamar’s GNX: The Album That’s Really, Really, Really Ridiculously Fresh
Hey there, my fabulous friends! Let’s talk about the latest drop from the one and only Kendrick Lamar—his surprise album, GNX. It’s like a catwalk […]
Taylor Swift and the Power of “It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Problem” Feminism
Let’s just start here: Taylor Swift isn’t just a pop star; she’s a cultural phenomenon, a human Easter egg, and—dare I say—our generation’s Shakespeare if […]
TikTok and Rocky go toe to toe in the generational clash of Tyson v Paul
My sons, 20 and 22, avatars of this TikTok-crippled era, will join me at the altar of absurdity this afternoon for the Tyson/Paul showdown—a collision […]