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Cultural characteristics of Australians
The first inhabitants of this vast continent are the aborigines, coming to the land some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago, and the scholars thought they may have crossed the land bridges from Southeast Asia. These people were mostly hunter-gatherers with a complex oral tradition and spiritual beliefs. The Aborigines were able to use and sustain the continent’s resources, concurring to stop hunting and gathering at certain times to give ample time to the resources and populations to flourish. It is believed that before the European settlement, as many as half a million to a million Aborigines lived peacefully. Today, an estimated 350,000 Aborigines are living on the continent.
By Taufik Olu3 years ago in Pride
Why Netflix Should Have Never Labeled 'Dahmer' An LGBTQ+ Series
Since its debut on September 21, 2022, Ryan Murphy's latest offering on Netflix has stirred up a lot of controversy. Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story sought out to tell the story of the notorious serial killer from the perspective of the victims and, with that, tell the story from behind a lens that we haven't really seen before. Lead actor Evan Peters even said in promotional content for the series that the show wasn't even about Jeffrey Dahmer, despite his name being in the title twice.
By Jenika Enoch3 years ago in Pride
5 Characters We Want To See Return In 'The L Word: Generation Q'
Ever since the start of the modern spinoff of The L Word, Generation Q has become the queer show we didn't know we needed. Just like its predecessor, the show is full of drama, love triangles, heavy issues, and inclusion. It also has featured quite a few characters from the original show, like Alice, Bette, Tina and Shane.
By Jenika Enoch3 years ago in Pride
A League Of Our Own
I used to watch the film A League Of Their Own religiously, sometimes day after day after day. There was a summer where I insisted on wearing this one pink skirt I had all the time because it reminded me of the Rockford Peaches uniform. I wanted to be Dottie Hinson and developed a major crush on Geena Davis...I wanted to be WITH her too, but didn't quite understand those feelings as a kid...but that crush was very real and still remains to this very day.
By Josey Pickering3 years ago in Pride
Wheel! of! Fortune!
Queer Tarot series, I will get through the post-covid-recovery-brain-fog-exhaustion and finish writing you, I swear! Um, I mean... hello. Welcome back to this series about LGBTQIA+ perspectives on the Tarot cards. If you're new to the series, a quick catch-up:
By Steph Cole3 years ago in Pride
Alice: Cruel Transwoman stereotype, or something more?
In this day and age, we're seeing more LGBT characters than ever across adult and even children's cartoons. These characters are usually portrayed quite sensitively and positively, but even as recent as a decade ago, the rare gay character would almost always be a walking caricature of what society as a whole saw these individuals as.
By Daniel Teach3 years ago in Pride
When Australian TV led the world in going Gay!
Back when I was a boy one of my father's favourite sayings was; "Back when I was a boy!" Then he would launch into some lengthy story, the gist of which would be how life/things/people were all so much better back then, or far less complicated, or just simpler. I'm sure most of you can relate to this.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters4 years ago in Pride
