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SELECTED WRITING

DANCING ALONE IN MY QUARANTINE HOTEL ROOM HAS CURED MY CORONA VIRUS DREAD (THE GUARDIAN)

After returning from living in Berlin for a year, I spent two weeks in a quarantine hotel room. This piece commissioned by The Guardian talks about my experience in Berlin in relation to clubbing, and how I adopted the beauty of dance to help with my isolation.

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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Is A Man Well On His Way To The Big Leagues

A profile of New York based rapper 'A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie'. 

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Alt-Pop Band Cub Sport On Coming Out & Coming Into Their Own: 'We Could Be a New Type of Pop Star'

A profile of Australian band Cub Sport for Billboard's inaugural 'Billboard Pride's Artist Of The Month'. 

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STORIES FROM SEVENTEEN (OUT MAGAZINE)

Published after the release of Troye Sivan's second record 'Bloom', this piece hopefully shines a light on the not-very-talked-about, sometimes intense reality of being young, gay and confused, in relation to one of Troye's new tracks, 'Seventeen'.

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GET TO KNOW ODETTE, A STRANGER NO MORE (RED BULL MUSIC)

A profile of up and coming Australian artist, Odette. 

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My first Mardi Gras last year forced me to embrace the culture I’m now so fond of (THE GUARDIAN)

A op-ed for The Guardian about my first Mardi Gras, and breaking free from internalised homophobia.

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HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BROCKHAMPTON CAME TO SYDNEY (RED BULL MUSIC)

A multi-gig review of Brockhampton's stint in Sydney, chronicling their Enmore Theatre show, their documentary screening/music video shoot, and their Listen Out festival appearance.

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WHAT I LEARNT COMING OUT DURING THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY CAMPAIGN (JUNKEE)

This is the second piece I ever had published, the first being an anonymous call-to-arms titled "Vote Yes For Marriage Equality: An Appeal From a Closeted Gay Teen", published during the height of 2017 Marriage Equality Postal Survey, for JUNKEE. These two pieces are what taught me the power of writing, whilst realising my love for it.

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HOW A SHAMAN HELPED RÜFÜS DU SOL FIND THEIR SOLACE

A Q&A with RUFUS DU SOL, ahead of their album release.

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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME AND THE PROBLEM WITH GAY ROLES GOING TO STRAIGHT ACTORS (JUNKEE)

This piece interrogates the lack of gay actors in gay or straight roles, in relation to 2017's "Call Me By Your Name"

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WHY YOU SHOULD BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO MALLRAT
(RED BULL MUSIC)

A profile of musician 'Mallrat', in relation to her 'In The Sky' EP, commisioned by Red Bull Music. (I <3 Mallrat)

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LOVE, SIMON & THE IMPORTANCE OF A MAINSTREAM QUEER COMING-OF-AGE STORY
(PILERATS)

A deep-dive on what movies like 'Love Simon' do for queer cinema, and for queer people.

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A SHIRE KID TAKES ON RUBY FIELDS’ ‘YOUR DAD’S OPINION FOR DINNER’ EP
(PROJECT U)

Review of Ruby Field's 'Your Dad's Opinion For Dinner' EP.

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6 REASONS WHY ‘ALEX STRANGELOVE’ IS THE FUNNIEST & MOST HEARTWARMING ROM-COM ON NETFLIX RIGHT NOW (PUNKEE)

List-Style article on Netflix Original 'Alex Strangelove', commissioned by PUNKEE.

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THE TOP 10 SONGS FROM WILD CHILD, TEN YEARS ON (PUNKEE)

A ranking of the Top 10 songs on the brilliant and groundbreaking Wild Child Soundtrack. My magnum opus.

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GRAACE ARRIVES WITH HER EXCITING DEBUT SINGLE 'KISSING BOYS' (PILERATS)

A mini track-review for GRAACE's 'Kissing Boys'.

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