A Bit of Marshmallow: The Veronica Mars Movie
After seven long years, we finally got another chapter in the life of Veronica Mars, snarky detective with a hidden heart of gold. The Veronica Mars movie hit screens and computer screens...
A New Cold War? The (Not) Surprising Crimea annexation
Wasting no time – and equally wasting no opportunity when it came to official spectacle – Russia has gone ahead and annexed Crimea and Sevastopol. The trumpets blared, a speech clearly meant to...
The Australian Aboriginal People With Disabilities Being Held In Prison Without Trial
Last week, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation highlighted the circumstances of Western Australia resident Rosie Anne Fulton, who has been incarcerated without being convicted of a crime or...
Revisting Veronica Mars
A long time ago, we used to be friends...and I can’t wait to see you again. This Friday, the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated Veronica Mars movie comes out, and fans everywhere are already...
Ban Bossy: What’s Wrong With Bossy?
Sheryl Sandberg, Condoleeza Rice, and the Girl Scouts have joined together in a campaign to ‘ban bossy,’ and they’ve been joined by a growing number of other high-powered women and women’s...
Review: Anne Summers’ Stella-nominated The Misogyny Factor
The longlist for the second Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing was announced a couple of weeks ago, and it’s a rather interesting selection, featuring only 5 novels alongside a short...
Review: HBO’s “Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus”
What are these “Unstable Elements” and why are they lurking in Belarus? Are they housed in nuclear warheads misappropriated after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Is there a race against time to...
Is Coverage of Medical Marijuana A Possibility in the US?
As the legalization of Marijuana grows, the government of the United States will continue to face unanswered questions pertaining to many relevant issues. An important matter that requires an urgent...
Recapping the Oscars
Writing about an award ceremony when the world has bigger fish to fry does seem a little crass. Russian troops have fired warning shots at Crimea’s Belbek airbase and Kunming City in China is still...
Review: True Detective
HBO continues its streak of cinematic, grand scope, big picture television with True Detective, which runs its season finale this Sunday after a short (eight episodes only) but critically acclaimed...