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‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Had The Greatest Musical Episode On TV (opens the original)
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer came on the air back in the dark days of 1997, probably sandwiched between episodes of Hercules and the X-Files. I don’t know because, like most people, I didn’t watch it back then.Based on Joss Whedon’s 1992 film of the same name, the show was a supernatural drama about high school being almost LITERALLY hell, with some brilliant dialogue, a lot of humour, and some surprisingly effective feels. And also, very importantly, it starred a young blonde cheerl
The little book of CALM (opens the original)
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Unfortunately, I’ve always flirted with being a “I’m so busy right now” kind of persona - I love the work I do, I always have several projects on the boil, and I’m someone who can work pretty hard. I often am busy, so is it so wrong to say “i’ve been soooo busy”? Yes it is. I should be shot with a harpoon and dragged out to sea.I hate the idea of defining myself through work, but the problem with both being a writer AND the parasocial components necessary to promote writing these days, is that i
Riot Police And Pee-Buckets: An Oral History Of The 2004 Queer Occupation Of Wollongong Uni (opens the original)
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Open the door,” barks Annaliese, mimicking the stern voice of cops by banging on the floor of the theatre with resounding, echoing thuds. “Open the door or we will break it down”.I’m at one of the regular Queerstories nights, listening to comedian, writer, and activist Annaliese Constable perform a story. From the moment she starts speaking, I can tell that this is going to be something special.You could have dropped a pin at this point, and everyone would have turned around and screamed: “why a
the case for going on a road trip with strangers from the internet (opens the original)
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I have been suffering from a truly awful illness for the past week or so, and Facebook Memories just popped up and reminded me that on this day back in 2015, I was equally sick in New York City - the apple so big yet it didn’t manage to keep the doctors away.It was a truly hellish NYC virus, because I was staying in a pretentious AirBnb in Bushwick that was advertised as having a private room, but in reality was actually just a curtained off section of a loft apartment set in a renovated factory
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