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Love and Hunger Games: The ballad of dystopian women

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CONTENT WARNING: This article contains mentions of sexual and gender-based violence, and spoilers for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Does life imitate art or...
Culture

Astral Projection: The Inner West frontwoman reaching for the stars

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A raucous mosh of about 150 people dance along to a captivatingly electric rendition of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", being played...
Creative Nonfiction

Leppington: Local memories of a dramatically changing suburb

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To the average Sydneysider, Leppington will only be recognisable as the terminating station on the T2 Southwest and Inner West Rail Link. Ask a...
Podcast

Podcast: Under Lock and Key

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alessia poles · Under Lock And Key - EPISODE 1 Secrets – we all have them yet keep them obscured from outside view and revealing...

Alessia Poles

Alessia Poles (she/her) is currently studying a Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Media and Communications) and Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English at the University of Sydney. She revels in the art of the written word and audio to paint and give voice to personal stories, and endeavours to work in the journalism or audio-visual industry in the future. Her passions encompass talking to people about everything from individual dreams and struggles to deep diving into the depths of pop culture.

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