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The Conversation: Drag Race Down Under
Would Carlotta, Australia’s most celebrated drag queen, have made it on RuPaul’s Drag Race? Joanna McIntyre, Swinburne University of Technology and Damien O’Meara, Swinburne University of Technology After the first season last year wobbled on its heels, the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under began last weekend. In becoming the global beacon of drag,…
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The Conversation: career pathways in Aussie TV
The loss of Neighbours is a loss of career pathways for Australia’s emerging screen professionals Neighbours Damien O’Meara, Swinburne University of Technology; Jessica Balanzategui, Swinburne University of Technology, and Joanna McIntyre, Swinburne University of Technology Australia’s longest-running television drama, Neighbours, is the latest casualty in the global flux of television cultures. The death of this…
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What I learnt in the first year of my PhD
Exciting news! It’s one year since I commenced my PhD research: Queering Australian Screens, exploring how LGBTIQ+ characters end up in Australian scripted television programs. There have been ups-and-downs; great moments of realisation, and moments of self-pitying despair. But, I made it to my one year anniversary and have achieved a lot! Here’s just a…
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Coronavirus Murderous Attack
Listen to Lowbrow Lowdown’s latest episode reviewing Michael Koglin’s Coronavirus Murderous Attack. Natasha and Damien dive into the crime(?)/thriller(?) and honestly become a bit delirious. Michael Koglin’s Coronavirus Murderous Attack moves so fast you can barely follow, punctuated with painfully detailed Wikipedia entries on the history and architecture of Barcelona and Hamburg. I know I…
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