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The miseducation of Loren Black

Writer and dramatist Loren Black unpacks her life experiences. Maybe you should, too.

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The Big Idea Editor

LA Contemporary Dance Company: Adaptation. Photo supplied.

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The new normal: what it takes to be a crazy fool

Tempo director Carrie Rae Cunningham uncovers the basic motivations for artistic endeavour. It’s not what you’re thinking.

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The Big Idea Editor

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Soapbox: Why I’m Coming for The Good Guy

Saraid Cameron elaborates on the infinite truth that “all your faves are problematic”

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The Big Idea Editor

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Time for art and history to rhyme

The arts matter, and education matters. So why are they further apart than ever? By director and educator Professor Peter O'Connor.

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The Big Idea Editor

Fanny Fern 1811-1872 Library of Congress

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Suffrage essay winner! The damned mob is coming for your words.

Steff Green dives into the outpourings of dead misogynists, and finds their ugly sentiment alive and well and walking the Earth.

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Steff Green

Lemi Ponifasi: Stones in her mouth. Photo by MAU

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MAUSINA: women's suffrage, whakapapa and truth

Susana Lei'ataua considers the ceremony MAUSINA - mau meaning testimony and sina meaning taonga - reflecting on colonial structures, genealogy and truth.

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The Big Idea Editor

Barbarian Productions company photoshoot 2017 'Ready to Work', photo by Owen McCarthy.

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Passing the bucks: a living wage for artists

Jo Randerson is passionate about artists earning their worth. That’s why her company Barbarian Productions just became a living wage employer. James Littlewood clocks on.

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James Littlewood