Category Archive: opinion

Happy New Year from Something You Said

What a great year it’s been. We launched this site in August and it has gone from strength to strength since then, due to a lot of hard work from our team the… Read More

“I’m a Part-time Model,” by Elfy Scott

Elfy Scott takes us into the world of a part time model, which is less Paris, New York or Milan glamour and more chasing that Google Maps blue dot around inner city streets: Speaking with… Read More

Why I’m glad Disney has purchased Star Wars

When, a few days ago, Disney paid turkey necked toy seller George Lucas a cool $4bn (£2.5bn) to buy the company that gave you Star Wars, in order to make a 7th film in… Read More

Hey Kool Thing, Come Here

Golden Lady recalls the women and girls she looked up to as a youngster and also crushes on the new cool chicks in town: Growing up, I honoured a handful of female role… Read More

A Vegetarian Walks Into a Cockfight

Tenley Nordstrom is a vegetarian. She went to a cock fight. Here’s her story: Somehow I managed to score a studio apartment above what must be the only Irish pub in Nicaragua. The… Read More

Cunts vs Sluts, by Elfy Scott

Today, Elfy Scott discusses language in a very not safe for work way. If curse words offend you, stay away. If they don’t, then get stuck in to this fine piece of writing: … Read More

Patriarchy & Abuse

This year, October is National Domestic Abuse Awareness month in the US. On 1st October 2012, Barack Obama issued a Presidential proclamation calling ‘on all Americans to speak out against domestic violence and… Read More

Does the Pussy Riot protest taste bad?

Oliver Heath gets his protest on and is left with a bad taste in his mouth: The arrest of masked Russian punk band Pussy Riot for staging a protest in an orthodox Cathedral… Read More

The Hardcore Porn of Good Literature

When Internet Porn Gets Boring: a Sopping Jaunt into the Hardcore Porn of Good Literature, by Elfy Scott: A restless night of erotic dreams tends to leave me hanging in the morning; my pussy… Read More

The Olympic Comedown

Sydneysider Jasper Clifford-Smith compares watching the Olympics to taking acid. Lots of acid: Years and years ago when I was younger and looser I was playing at this music festival. This particular festival went for… Read More

When innovative music was the norm

Every now and then my father will email me a Youtube clip of some wildly inspiring live footage from the 1960’s 0r 70s. Be it an obscure yet reverent folk guitarist, such as… Read More

Time For Heroes

This week, England has been ripping itself to shreds, burning itself to the ground. Riots and looting have been breaking out across London and spreading through the country. You already know the back-story.… Read More