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Discovering Sydney's Best Tapas Along Oxford Street: A Foodie's Guide
Oxford Street has been the heart of Sydney's culinary district for some time and rightly so. Oxford Street offers an amazing diversity of culinary culture, though the most exciting is undoubtedly the tapas which Sydney foodies have come to love. The Spanish tradition of sharing small-plate meals has found its ideal niche amongst the many great places to eat on Oxford Street.
By Tony hix4 months ago in Critique
Beauty in Black Season 2: Power, Money, and Chaos Are Back on September 11, 2025!
Okay, friends, grab your snacks and a comfy chair, because Beauty in Black Season 2 is almost here, on September 11, on Netflix. It promises even more drama, intrigue, and jaw-dropping moves than the first season. Yes, like before, there’s plenty of time to soak in the chaos, bringing the signature mix of charm and edge.
By Sara Yahia4 months ago in Critique
3 TV Shows and 10 Truths: From Background Hummus to Main Course
For decades, Hollywood treated Arab women like background hummus, flat, decorative, and just there to make someone else look exotic. Veiled, silent, or sighing theatrically, they were reduced to one-note caricatures. Finally, that’s changing.
By Sara Yahia4 months ago in Critique
Album Review: Beauty School Dropout – Where Did All the Butterflies Go?
Riding momentum from their breakout run, Beauty School Dropout (BSD) have finally released their next full-length album, "Where Did All the Butterflies Go?"
By Dean Gray4 months ago in Critique
So I watched Wednesday...again. Content Warning.
This week, I watched Wednesday, Season Two Part Two on Netflix and I have more notes than I did when I first watched Wednesday on Netflix in 2022. Someone told me to watch The Vanity Fair interview on YouTube because my theory corresponds with something Jenna Ortega had said in the interview.
By Parsley Rose 4 months ago in Critique
If Conan Doyle, Sherlock and Watson were on Facebook.
"Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle". Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - a man of paradoxes and imagination, as comfortable in the realm of cold deduction as he was in spiritualist séances and lost worlds.
By Antoni De'Leon4 months ago in Critique
Locker Days
It's that time of year again. Those days of lockers that seemed to fail you one way or another. For me it never seems to fail when I had to ride the bus, and it was running late for that meant you will be running late, and that meant for some reason the darn locker would not open for you remembered your combination, nothing was stuck that stopped it from opening. The warning bell went off and you try a few more times maybe you went a tad too far in clicks, but the final bell rang, and you give it one good kick, and it opens. You practically had to run to homeroom before the classroom door shuts, and you are marked absent for no fault of your own. How many of you remember such things happen to you in those halcyon days of yore, come on be honest.
By Mark Graham4 months ago in Critique
When “Professionalism” Becomes Public Execution. AI-Generated.
Not long ago, BBC ran a story about a senior executive fired for having a romantic relationship with a subordinate. Fair enough: companies have rules, and he broke them. But why the public spectacle? Why the headlines, the moral grandstanding, the public shaming?
By Anna B4 months ago in Critique
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Not the kind of film I would typically go to see at the cinema but consider myself fortunate to have seen this. Whether you are a horror afficionado or (like me) not, I would recommend taking the time out to go see this movie.
By Raymond G. Taylor5 months ago in Critique
The "Trauma Plot": Have We Over-Therapized Our Stories?
THE "TRAUMA PLOT": HAVE WE OVER-THERAPIZED OUR STORIES? WRITTEN BY: LEGANCY WORDS I love a good character arc. I love seeing someone overcome their past, face their demons, and emerge stronger. But lately, I’ve noticed a pattern—one that’s become so common it’s almost a requirement for any story wanting to be taken seriously.
By LegacyWords5 months ago in Critique
Overcoming Writer's Block
Bruce Springsteen was frustrated and exhausted when his manager, Jon Landau, insisted he write a preeminent single for his 1984 album “Born in the U.S.A.” By that point, Springsteen had already written over 80 songs for the album, yet a standout single still eluded him. Returning to his hotel later that evening, Springsteen poured all of his pent-up angst and frustration into the song “Dancing in the Dark”, wherein he grapples with the “joke[s]” that are writer’s block and self-doubt, as well as how the external pressures of the music industry and his own audience can stifle creativity and personal growth.
By Strange Overtones5 months ago in Critique
So I watched Wednesday ...again. . Content Warning.
So I watched Wednesday again on Netflix. Following the release of the second half of season two on Wednesday, September 3, 2025; I was inspired to start again at Season One. A whole new world started to re-weave itself around me. In this little part two of So I watched..., I wanted to discuss what in my weed-enduced psychosis I found in the underlining story that writer Tim Burton shares with us.
By Parsley Rose 5 months ago in Critique