Skateboarding’s Identity Crisis
Ever since the birth of skateboarding in the ʻ60s, the now trendy bastard-child of surf(board?)ing has been riddled with the notion of identity and has escalated into a full-blown identity crisis faced by… Read More
Tag Archive: opinion
How to survive Winter Wonderland
When Dean Martin sang ‘Walking in a Winter Wonderland’ all those years ago, I’m 100% certain he did not have the annual Hyde Park festivities in mind; hundreds of overpriced Bratwurst stalls, stands… Read More
Arcade Fire, They Kind of Matter… A Lot
Claire Little makes her Somethingyousaid.com debut with some reflections on musical figureheads, Arcade Fire: David Bowie – an early fan of the band – saw it. Their third studio album The Suburbs confirmed it. Now… Read More
How to pick up a Chick, by Jess Matthews
Hey fellas, Somethingyousaid.com’s Jess Matthews has got some invaluable advice… Some days I truly believe that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. Other days I truly believe that’s a crock… Read More
Opinion: Abbott’s real and present danger
Somethingyousaid.com considers the danger of the Australian Prime Minister denying a quarter of a Century’s research linking climate change to bush fires: It’s been one full week since a menacing cloud of smoke descended… Read More
Gay or Nay? How to have good Gaydar
According to Something You Said’s Tammy Potakh and Ty Tong, having a good Gaydar is important these days if you’re in the single-and-struggling-to-mingle gang. Here are their thoughts on how to improve your… Read More
How to share a hostel room & not be an idiot
Travelling blesses us with some of the most poignant highs of our lives, but with those blissful new horizons come some pretty grizzly doses of reality. Usually in the form of shared accommodation.… Read More
Culture-shock, identity and acceptance
Somethingyousaid.com’s Harriet Cheney considers the extreme differences between one area of a country and another: I relocated from Sydney to Darwin and a part of me got lost. The extreme culture-shock that I… Read More
Reasons Tony Abbott is bad for Australia
While it’s difficult to conjure a single reason why anyone would willingly place an abhorrent, gaffe-prone, anachronism of a human-being in charge of their country, bewilderingly, Tony Abbott this weekend became Australia’s Prime… Read More
Opinion: Elfy Scott on veganism
Average Joe Veganism and why the Naysayers can Fuck Right Off. I would consider myself a thoroughly devoted follower of something I like to refer to as ‘average Joe veganism’. I’m unfaltering in… Read More
Olly cooks with Annabel Langbein
Somethingyousaid.com’s Oliver Heath hangs with New Zealand food personality AnnabeI Langbein: As much as I occasionally enjoy a beer and burger, I’ve been a little bothered lately by how extreme popular eating habits are.… Read More
Fashion’s weighty problem
Former model Tenley Nordstrom discusses a constantly-debated argument from a different angle: Just about every other week there seems to be controversy stirring up over too-thin models. The level of discussion ranges widely… Read More