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Why I Choose Not to Shave My Pubic Hair: Personal Essay
Like Lady Gaga’s career, it started in 2009. I was 14 years old. It was winter, which is swim team season. I wore a black-and-blue Speedo, camouflage-printed Crocs, and a too-tight swim cap I’d wriggled on with baby powder. Maddie was a senior who, unlike me, had boobs big enough to show through a sports bra. That meant she was cool. Maddie stood next to me and explained a school tradition. “So, like, we don’t shave our legs until we make Nationals,” Maddie said. “Then we all get together and shave the night before, so we feel faster during our big races. We won’t have any hair slowing us down.”…
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Great Southern Nights Returns with Over 300 Gigs Across NSW in 2025 – Backseat Mafia
Great Southern Nights is now just over a month away. Promising two weeks of unforgettable performances. Running from 21 March to 6 April 2025, the highly anticipated festival will deliver over 300 live gigs across New South Wales, breathing life into local arts and cultural venues. The event will span Sydney, Western Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, and the Central Coast, extending to regional hubs such as Broken Hill, Byron Bay, the Central West, Orange, Tamworth, and Tilba. The most recently announced artists that will be joining the festival are Alison Wonderland, Budjerah, Caravãna Sun, Djanaba, Fanning Dempsey National Park, Holly Hebe, Killing Heidi, Lyric, Mallrat, Marcia Hines, Miss Kaninna, Mo’Ju, Noiseworks,…
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Tory Burch Bestsellers | PS Fashion
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. It’s pretty rare to walk the streets of New York City and not come across at least one Tory Burch piece throughout the day. Whether it’s the Ella tote or the famous Miller sandals, the fashion house is a staple of classic street style. Birthed from the mind of its eponymous founder Tory Burch in 2004, the brand has become a household name lasting through various eras of fashion — from Blair Waldorf’s preppy raincoats on…
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evocative electronic music which engulfs and surrounds. – Backseat Mafia
Considering theorist, writer, artist, curator and composer Lawrence English’s creative output over the last two decades, the phrase ‘a body of work’ inevitably looms. It’s a descriptor that generally feels over-used, with its own pretentions and hint of fawning respect, but for this singular experimental, electronic musician the image does ring true. The ever- evolving sonic document that he has shaped through time is just that, a ‘body of work’, living, shifting, aging, reflecting on past thoughts and continually extending his own thinking with each release. New album ‘Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds’ marks the 25th year of boundary pushing for English’s own distinguished Room 40 imprint. It also…
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R.e.m. Dreamglow Highlight Serum Review With Photos
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. As much as I love full glam, there’s nothing like nailing everyday makeup, in my opinion. Finding a look that’s perfect for the office, an impromptu date night after work, or any other daily escapade just does something for my soul. Up until recently, I thought I had my routine perfected with a few simple products — concealer, brow gel, mascara, lip liner, a clear gloss, and one of my trusted foundations, depending on my mood.…
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Soft Play Lay Waste to The Factory Theatre – Gadigal Land, Sydney, 29.01.25 – Backseat Mafia
Soft Play’s return to Australia hit like a damn battering ram and the sold-out crowd at Factory Theatre didn’t stand a chance. The second Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent tore into ‘All Things’, the floor turned into a writhing mess of bodies, a seething mass that never stopped squirming. Vincent barely made it through the first two songs before vaulting off the stage, launching himself headfirst into the crowd. Before the carnage truly began, the night was kicked off by These New South Whales, a band I’d been waiting years to see. Just as unshakable as the headliners, they delivered a set that was as tight as it was unpredictable,…
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I Tried Billie Eilish’s Pre-Show Makeup Routine: See Photos
PS Photography | Renee RodriguezPS Photography | Renee Rodriguez While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Fun fact about me: there’s nothing I love more than a celebrity sharing their go-to makeup routine. I know most A-listers have glam teams, so when they actually break things down and do full looks on their own, I’m always all ears (and eyes). Recently, Billie Eilish took to TikTok to share her pre-show makeup, and the video had TikTokers rapt. Eilish captioned the video, “My everyday…
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Flaming Lips Deliver Full-Throttle Psychedelia as They Perform Yoshimi in Full at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 02.02.2025 – Backseat Mafia
The Flaming Lips will descend upon Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion tonight, bringing with them their 2002 masterpiece Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in all its surreal, technicolour glory. For the first time in five years, Australia is getting a taste of the beloved US psych-rockers in their natural element—on stage, where they’ve earned their reputation as one of the most euphoric live acts in the world. Known for their wildly creative live shows, The Flaming Lips turn performance art into emotional catharsis. The Guardian once called their shows “the purest, most potent dose of feel-good psychedelia imaginable.” The band is running late tonight, fashionably so. Slated to hit the stage at…
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Lisa Rinna Nails the “Box” Bob Trend at Paris Couture Week
While each product featured is independently selected by our editors, we may include paid promotion. If you buy something through our links, we may earn commission. Read more about our Product Review Guidelines here. Just in case you thought bob haircuts were so last year, think again. While the classic style has enjoyed certain staying power through iterations like Keke Palmer’s chin-grazing “cowboy copper” bob and Khloé Kardashian’s voluminous Italian bob, there’s one interpretation that’s grabbed our attention like no other — Lisa Rinna’s “box” bob. A far departure from her signature spikey, layered pixie, the actor took major risks with her beauty choices for Paris Haute Couture Week while…
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The Kooks return with new single Never Know, ahead of May album release – Backseat Mafia
The Kooks’ latest single, Never Know, offers a knowing nod to their earlier sound, featuring sprawling guitars and splashes of organ that decorate something that feels fresh but familiar. The track captures the excitement of a newly discovered romance, as frontman Luke Pritchard explains: It’s a love song about a cute meet with someone unpredictable. This sentiment is underscored by an irrepressible melody and soulful backing vocals, creating an instantly engaging listening experience. The single serves as a promising introduction to their forthcoming seventh studio album, Never/Know, set for release on May 9 via Virgin Music Group. The album marks a return to the bands trademark smart and immediate songwriting…
