A Dance of Decades and Metamorphosis
Sophia Kearns splashes us with dazzling glances at the diversity of musical landscapes from the fifties to present day. Within the...
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Apr 21
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Tomboy
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Four Walls
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The Corrupted Memory Card
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A Simple Crime
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The Hunger Games Renaissance
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Nostalgia on Trial
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Resident Nostalgia: The Comfort of All Things Familiar
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I'm a Barbie Girl
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Trinket Trove
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The Messy Era of Y2K Female Celebrities
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Congo and Cobalt; When Technology Trumps Human Rights
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The (Un)Safe Zones: An Update on the Gaza Crisis and Australia’s Stance
Section Editor Zaynab Khuder summarises the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the rising death toll of civilians, while addressing the...
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Bayview’s Dark Decades
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