What: An edited transcript of our (90-minute long) conversation about Heartstopper, a Netflix show based on Alice Oseman’s comics. Warning: contains spoilers.
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The first time I realised I was queer, I was fifteen. A girl in my geography class with an angelic name and tangled golden hair really annoyed me.
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I’m born female. I’m on the women’s ward. I’m not a woman. I need to be there. I get ovarian cysts and have endometriosis, both of which are considered “women’s health” issues.
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Second hand shopping isn’t a new phenomenon, but it’s becoming increasingly popular.
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Second hand shopping is only for the brave. Trudging through Newtown to another St Vinnies, rifling through Savemart’s musty menswear, and fighting the aggressive fashion girlies of Depop are battles only for our strongest soldiers.
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When in Wellington … dress as the Wellingtonians do. But what does it mean to look like a Wellingtonian?
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Video games are an incredibly popular form of media which will shape the future of storytelling.
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Before you read further, search up a list of the “greatest” films of all time.
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The horror genre has always been aligned with our culture’s most pressing fears throughout history, from the first horror films of the late 19th century, right up to today.
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Reality Shows Including: Introduction, Celebrity Treasure Island, Dancing with the Stars, LegoMasters, the Block, the Bachelorette NZ, and the Great British Bake Off.
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K-pop has taken the world by storm; a global phenomenon currently dominating the musical, fashion, and pop cultural spheres.
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As graduation rolls around, another generation of outgoing students are realising how much debt they’re in and are beginning a frantic hunt for a job that could pass as a career.
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Since the anti-Covid mandate protests shut down Parliament grounds last February, groups of smaller protests have sprung up across the city to protest everything from vaccines, mandates, to the Prime Minister herself.
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What makes a scientist? Is it a lab coat and a framed university degree? Or, does it look more like an enthusiast fumbling through their neighbourhood bush?
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Addiction is a good business to be in.
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In Rhea Dias’s year as a Residential Advisor in a hall of residence, she saw the Victoria University of Wellington’s Sexual Harrasment Response Policy in practice.
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If you’ve applied for a job, checked Student Records, or considered post grad-recently, you’ll have been reminded of the unpredictable but wholly central role that grades play in student life.
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The Grammys is infamous for its mistreatment of various genres but most notoriously its mistreatment of hip-hop.
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“It feels fucking good to be back,” were the words I heard most on 20 April, the first Eyegum Free Wednesday since last September.
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I first met Florence at The Foundry. She had short, bright red hair pulled up into a messy bun, wore a baggy hoodie (a brand too cool for me to identify) and flexed a funky pair of patterned flares.
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