Category: Opinion

• An ode to R U OK

  

  R U OK? Day is one of many days that has great intentions, but how does it look in practice for those with mental health issues?

  ontherecord

  September 13, 2022

  Mental Health, Opinion

  Anxiety, conversation, Depression, exhuastion, headspace, lifeline, Mental Health, OCD, Opinion, R U OK? Day

• Sanna Marin did nothing wrong

  

  Footage of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin dancing with friends has circulated in the media this week. She did nothing illegal and yet she’s faced major backlash. Why?

  ontherecord

  August 29, 2022

  Gender, Global Politics, Opinion

  backlash, Donald Trump, double standards, Equality, female leadership, Finland, Gender, Germaine Greer, Global Politics, international leaders, julia gillard, Media, Opinion, prime minister, privacy, Sanna Marin, Tony Abbott

• Our collective obsession with the paranormal

  

  Humans have always had a collective connection to ghosts and the paranormal. But why are we so attracted to what scares us? OTR journalist Lauren Wisgard investigates.

  ontherecord

  August 18, 2022

  Long Reads, Opinion, South Australia

  Adelaide, Adelaide Gaol, Ballarat, Elizabeth Woolcock, fear, Ghost Tour, ghosts, haunted houses, Opinion, South Australia

• Di & Viv & Rose illustrates the power of friendship through wit, heart and 80s nostalgia

  

  Di (Julia Vosnakis), Viv (Georgia Laity) and Rose (Isabel Vanhakartano) remind us that in this life, if you have a couple of besties with you – for the good, the bad and the sad – then you are set.

  ontherecord

  July 20, 2022

  Arts, Review

  Amelia Bullmore, Di & Viv & Rose, friendship, Georgia Laity, Isabel Vanhakartano, Julia Vosnakis, play review, Rachel Burke, Rumpus Theatre, The Corseted Rabbits Collective

• Strictly Ballroom: 30 years of breaking rules for the better

  

  Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 directorial debut is an Australian classic. Strictly Ballroom holds up not only thanks to its sparkly costumes, but because of an enduring narrative: effecting change.

  ontherecord

  July 11, 2022

  Culture, Opinion

  30-year reunion, 7Plus, Baz Luhrmann, Dance, democracy, Julian Assange, Protest, strictly ballroom

• Stop asking me to bleed for you for 50 bucks

  

  Tabitha Lean calls for an end to exploitation in research practices.

  ontherecord

  June 7, 2022

  Education, Opinion

  Carceral system, colonisation, Ethical story-teling, Ethics committees, Exploitation of labour, Prison abolition, Research incentives