The journey for Māori PhD candidates is often different, here's why
These Māori women aren't letting extra financial, cultural and institutional demands, or even cancer, stop their PhD success.
I attended Helsinki Fashion Week from the comfort of my bed
Could a digital fashion event be an accessible solution for our own NZ Fashion Week? Tyla Stevenson reviews HFW, from afar.
Winter books, recommended by people who've actually read them
Good covers to devour under the covers.
The Ōtepoti fashion show championing Aotearoa’s ‘real youth culture’
The collective has an aesthetic of cool, but earnestness and care for the future of fashion’s creativity are at its core.
What is ‘museum red’?
Māori carvings acquired into museums between 1800 to 1950 were often covered with red paint. What happens when we peel back the layers?
Women’s pandemic experiences can’t be lost to ‘lockdown amnesia’
Covid was a ‘gendered pandemic’, with women carrying different burdens. A NZ research project aims to overcome the urge to forget.
Fashion, sex and drag: Vivienne Westwood’s queer legacy
From an infamous cowboy t-shirt to RuPaul’s Drag Race, Vivienne Westwood’s impact on the queer community cannot be understated.
I attended a university seminar all about Taylor Swift and Midnights
It can be hard to intellectually discuss Swift, or any prominent female musician, without being met with thinly-veiled misogyny.
