Posted April 30th by Juliet Bathory in Think
by Juliet Bathory
Welcome to the age of virtual immortality! Fill in your details, click the ‘I accept the Terms and Conditions’ box without reading the document, hit ‘Sign me up!’ and you are on your way to creating your digital legacy – warts and all.
That’s right, all those naughty pictures you share behind your partner’s [...]
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Posted April 28th by Beaney in Think
I was chatting to my flatmate about Chatroulette. I was trying to work out what made it this addictive, open, creative, dirty, seedy, personal space. The concept of a video chat with a stranger from across the world is enticing and intriguing, yet this space attracts a lot of perversion.
What is it that attracts people to trawl [...]
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Posted March 1st by Beaney in Think
By John Eldridge
Can a recession make us better? For those who view Western capitalism as at best a distraction from higher pursuits, and at worst a malignant blight, a turnaround in economic fortunes is a time to espouse alternative social ideas.
At the height of a boom, it becomes easy to forget the plight of those [...]
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Posted March 1st by Beaney in Think
By Alyssa Silva
IT HAS been almost a month since Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America. He rode into office on a wave of hope and now suffers from it.
His success has been hailed as historical. The first African-American leader of arguably the most powerful country in the [...]
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Posted December 1st by Beaney in Think
By Jessica Maher
While undergoing the trials and tribulations of being a teenager, it is difficult to make a sensible decision about an issue that is no longer considered a ‘big deal’ by modern society.
Losing (or keeping) your virginity is an issue that troubles many teenagers at arguably the toughest time in their life.
Although in the [...]
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Posted December 1st by Beaney in Think
By Jasmin Rose
It was free-time, in one of those classes and a boy I knew once told me something I couldn’t quite believe at the time. We were just chatting and he shared a story of a cousin who stole a bike and hid it in the bushland. She went back to get the bike, [...]
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Posted November 1st by Beaney in Think
By Sarah Stanford
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As with any unhealthy addiction, the first step is admitting you have a problem. So, hi, my name is Sarah, and I’m a profile addict.
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Sarah is…also a profile addict.
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Me too!
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But, unlike many addictions that we could admit to I don’t think that this one [...]
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