Category: Arts & Culture
In Jamaica, attacks, murder, and rape are common occurrences against LGBTI people, with little to no retribution or justice brought against those responsible. After being forced from shacks, derelict buildings, and their own families, many homeless LGBTI Jamaicans have found refuge in the storm drainage systems of Kingston — known locally as the gully. For […]
Laurie Penny’s new book makes Andrew Rumbles dream of a less superficial society. I was watching Tomorrow People on the TV last night, or was it some other programme featuring gorgeously proportioned attractive young people? Anyway the hero smoulders in his shorts, while the girl of his dreams fulfils his dreams by grabbing him for […]
Ahead of it’s world premier, Sam Orchard sat down with ‘Trees Beneath The Lake’ award-winning writer, Arthur Meek. Trees tells the story of William Campbell, a former golden boy, returning to the Central Otago for his last chance to make it big. Trees’ central protagonist was inspired by Meek’s travel abroad, and recent return to […]
Andrew Rumbles unearths a self-published kiwi talent. Author Miriam Saphira’s story is one that inspires. Having worked in prisons she fought for child abuse to be recognised and obliterated from young lives. Her own earliest memory is of abuse of her mother and herself. Her father’s war legacy is a pile of love letters with […]
The New Zealand International Film Festival 2014 has many a treat in store as it makes it’s way around Aotearoa. express top pick | Reaching For The Moon Reaching For The Moon is a love story between two women. Elizabeth, a weak, alcoholic loser, and Lota, a strong winner, provider and do-er. They meet when Elizabeth, a […]
A fresh take on ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ In her ground-breaking new book, Feminine Lost (Weinstein Books), author Jennifer Granger argues that all humans are a balance of masculine and feminine energies, and with the rise of the feminist movement, many women have migrated to their masculine side, with some losing their […]
Matariki is well underway! check out the fun you can have! Original club-kid of cabaret and “Māori Queen of Scots” (THE SCOTSMAN) Mika will use the Matariki Festival to showcase both his award-winning risqué cabaret show, Māori After Dark, and newly formed tribal experience TAKI MĀORI, for a three-week season before they head to Britain to perform at […]
Season 3 of the award winning gay web series, “Where The Bears Are,” will premiere online August 11. It’s “The Golden Girls” meets “Murder, She Wrote” with big, gay, hairy men! Season 3 follows the exploits of three gay bear flatmates living together in LA, as they attempt to solve a string of murders involving […]