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Blitz Advertising: Advertising Artwork 12 days prior to publication. Bookings 20 days prior to publication. Rates and enquiries should be by Rob Gascoigne directed to Charlotte O’Brien Have a Heart: Phone: 9385 7331 All Love is Equal 6 ’m notorious for making huge sweeping Email: [email protected] statements with only the vaguest foundation in the truth, but I’m going to Contributions: Imake another one right now. My all time, Letters, articles, photos and other printable absolute favourite play is Angels in America. matter are welcome. Please contact the I have no doubt that you would have seen, editor to discuss suitability. or heard of, the excellent miniseries. If you haven’t seen it yet – on stage or screen Publisher: – check it out. You’re missing one of the best Blitz is published each Monday of session by works by one of this world’s best writers UNSW Source. (Tony Kushner should be beatified); it would be criminal if you missed it. The views expressed herein are not Artsweek 2006 17 necessarily the views of UNSW Source, Why raise this now? Well, as a ‘gay fantasia’, unless as expressly stated. UNSW Source it combines two of this week’s most accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of prominent themes: queer pride and the arts. any of the opinions or information contained in this issue of Blitz. Any complaints should This week is the Student Guild’s Pride Week, be addressed to the Communications an event that celebrates the solidarity of the Manager, PO Box 173, Kingsford 2032 queer community on campus. There is a range of events being held on campus. Have a look at page five for more details. Flick Printing: has also put together a feature on civil Printed by Agency, Seven Hills. Rates and unions for gay couples. She has also Enquiries should be directed to Fan Fiction: interviewed a queer documentary filmmaker 8825 8900. and the author of a certain children’s book The First Time 19 you may remember. Blitz Team 2006: Editor: Rob Gascoigne President’s Report 4 Pride Week is an important event. The world Reporters: Alex Serpo, Flick Strong is becoming more open to variety, or so it Designer: Justin Theng Pride Week Highlights 5 would appear. There’s no such thing as a Cover Design: Justin Theng ‘normal’ person or a ‘normal family anymore Snapshot 8 (if, indeed, there ever was). We all of us have Cover Photo: Scott Carn to be accepting of this wondrous variety. If I Communications Manager: Yellow (Shirt) Fever 9 may revert back to my favourite play; there’s Marina Spurgin, 02 9385 7731 a point at which an aged Mormon mother Puzzles 10 sits down for a chat with a gay man with Advertising & Sponsorship Coordinator: AIDS. When he suggests that he can just Charlotte O’Brien Operation Queer Space 11 imagine what she must think about him, she 02 9385 7331 shoots him down saying, ‘you don’t make judgments about me, and I won’t make ‘em Marketing Manager: What’s On 12 about you’. Donna Wiemann Comics 15 You will also notice that there is a fair bit of material in this issue promoting Artsweek, Artsweek Comedy Debate 16 coming up in Week Seven. The week promises to be an exciting celebration of culture on and around campus. Make sure Make Up Dos and Don’ts 18 that you pick up a copy of unsweetened, the campus’ annual literary journal. There’s Reviews 20 always something interesting in there. Classifieds 22 Finally, Dave Carter, who provides some of the comics you’ve seen in Blitz, will be Vox Pops 23 launching his website ‘davecarter.com’ this Friday, September 1. If you’re interested in seeing a UNSW Student’s efforts branching out into the big bad world, be at the Tap Gallery, Level 1/ 278 Palmer St, Darlinghurst at 7.30pm. He will be screening some of his films from 8pm. If you can’t make it, check out the website after Friday.
Blitz Magazine Can you believe it’s already Week Six? launch of the publication will be held at This session seems to be moving at a the UNSW Bookshop at 6pm, Tuesday rather quick pace! There is a veritable September 5. Come along, listen to readings feast of cultural and community of some of the published works, enjoy the activities happening at UNSW over the light refreshments, and pick up your free next two weeks. copy of the journal.
Week 6 is also the Guild’s Pride Week. ome of you may have seen Activities being held this week include a information about the “How visibility picnic on the library lawn, a series of To” courses being run at the workshops including relationship and anti- SRoundhouse. These courses are discrimination workshops, and a cocktail one hour sessions, free for students, that party. Contact the Guild Queer Department teach you a whole heap of interesting, fun at [email protected] for more information. and useful skills. For example, the courses being run this week are “make up do’s and This week is also the last week for Yellow don’ts” on August 29 and 31. The course Shirt Orientation Week Leader applications. is being run by Napoleon (make up artists). Pick up an application form at Blockhouse “Bollywood” and “R&B Dancing” courses reception, the stall at the Library Lawn from are being held respectively on September 19 1-2pm or email and 21. To register your interest, just visit the [email protected]. source website www.source.unsw.edu.au. Finally, don’t forget that, for those of you Next week is the Source’s annual Artsweek studying late or on weekends on campus, festival. Artsweek is a great opportunity to the Colonnade (Quad Building) is open until get involved with the creative side of UNSW, 7.45pm Monday-Thursday, Esme’s café (top with workshops, entertainment, activities, of Basser steps) is open on Saturdays from the launch of the Source’s unsweetened, 10am-4pm and the Arcade store (Mathews the U Film Festival, and the Lenslife photo Arcade) is open from 10am-3pm Saturdays competition. and Sundays. You also receive a 10% discount at these outlets. Unsweetened is the Source’s annual literary journal, which is written, designed Cheers, and published by students. Over 30 of the more than 100 entries for the journal have Kate Bartlett been published. 2006’s unsweetened is Source President guaranteed to be a top quality read. The Week Six is Pride Week, a celebration of solidarity and diversity, recognising what rights we already have and what rights we need to fight for. The week is coordinated by the UNSW Queer Department, a Student Guild Department that promotes acceptance of gay, lesbian, transgender, intersex and non-heterosexual UNSW Students. If you are a queer-identifying student, or a queer friendly student, take advantage of the great activities on offer during the week. We’ve given you a little taste here.
Visibility Picnic Sydney Sexual Health Movie Night: Saving Face All queer and queer friendly students are Outreach Stall and Head On welcome to come along for some free food The stall will be promoting health awareness Based on Writer-Director Alice Wu’s own and free drinks. There will also be a petition campaigns targeting safe sex practices and experiences of coming out, Saving Face is available to be signed for same-sex marriage. STI prevention. a movie about a young Chinese-American Monday 12-2pm surgeon, her pregnant mother, and her Wednesday 11am-2pm Library Lawn dancer girlfriend. To help her mother save Quadrangle (outside Colonnade Coffee Shop) face and avoid a taboo in the Chinese community of a pregnant, unmarried woman, Sex, Fetish and Erotica – Women’s Sexual Health the doctor helps find Mr. Right. Cultures clash for guys who are attracted in this film that explores culture shock. This is a lesbian specific workshop. Have no Head On tells the story of 19-year-old Ari to guys idea what lesbian safe-sex is? Want some as he confronts both his sexuality and his questions answered but don’t know who to traditional Greek family. Frustrated with the This is a workshop for men only. Come ask? Lynne Martin from Sydney Sexual Health conflict, Ari jams all his energy and defiance, along for an introduction to different sexual Services is here to help you. pain and joy into one high velocity night of practices and safe sex practices. Various dancing, sex and drugs. materials will be presented. Wednesday 4-5pm Queerspace (Applied Sciences, room 920) Thursday 7pm Monday 5:30-6:30pm D10, G01 Queerspace (room 920, Applied Sciences Building) Religion Panel Cocktail Party Speakers will be commenting on the Relationship Rights approach taken by different religions to queer All are welcome to attend a cocktail night to and Discrimination Law issues. Speakers will include Peter Pilkington round out the week. Free alcohol. ID required. from Christian Students Uniting, Kim Gottlieb Workshop from Jewish Renewal and Winton Higgins, an Friday 7pm ‘til late academic from UTS, speaking on Buddhism. Queerspace (Applied Science Room 920) This is a workshop specific to same sex couples. The focus will be on discrimination Thursday 2-4pm based on sexuality. Information on Morven Brown Rm 309A relationship rights will be provided from Natalie Ross from the Inner City Legal Centre. Information on discrimination law will be taken by Teena Balgi from Kingsford Legal Centre. Come along to learn more about your rights.
Tuesday 3-5pm Quad Rm 1042 Blitz Magazine Australia has made great strides toward a fair and just society, but these efforts have not been adequately extended to the recognition of same-sex relationships. Flick Strong caught up with Dave Scamell, a UNSW student and the current convenor of the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, to find out about civil unions and same-sex marriage. by Flick Strong sex, race, ethnicity, marital status areas were same-sex couples law. The fact that, in each state, and disability. This legislation has are disqualified. One example different legislation exists means n August last year, the Gay been successful in prohibiting Scamell gives is taxation that same-sex relationships and Lesbian Rights Lobby discrimination and providing a law. Presently, same-sex across Australia are not treated (GLRL) held a mass planting remedy for victims and it has partners cannot be claimed as equally. Iof pink hearts as a symbolic been a positive tool in promoting dependants for tax purposes, beginning to their campaign equality. However, there is little and a partner’s income cannot Recommendations for reform ‘All Love is Equal’. The 1000 protection provided for lesbians be counted toward household have been made to the Federal hearts were signed by gay and and gay men. income as calculated under the government. A 1998 report by lesbian couples who want their Medicare Safety Net. When a the Human Rights and Equal relationships to have the full Under Federal law, the list of married couple get a divorce, Opportunity Commission, recognition under the law that is areas in which gay men are they apply to the Family Court investigating a complaint made given to heterosexual couples. discriminated in is long and to hear disputes over both by a teacher who was refused In the past few years, the issue worrying. A recent submission custody of their children as recognition as a teacher in the of marriage equality has been to the Human Rights and Equal well as their property. While Catholic school system on the forced back on to the agenda in Opportunity Commission, same-sex relationships have basis of sexual orientation, Australia due to changes being Same Sex: Same Entitlements, been recognised by the Family noted that “the current state made overseas. a national inquiry into Court in disputes regarding of Federal law in relation to discrimination against people children, same-sex couples discrimination based on sexual Presently, the only countries to in same-sex relationships are still required to apply to the preference was inadequate to recognize same-sex marriages put forward no less than 28 State Supreme Court to settle ensure protection of human are the Netherlands (as of recommendations based on any disputes over property. rights”. The Commissioner 2000); Belgium (2003); Spain, its research and community Proceedings in two separate recommended “the enactment and Canada with South Africa awareness campaigns, operating courts means double the costs of a comprehensive national to follow soon. The UK recently under the banner of the GLRL’s and double the stress when a law to prohibit discrimination followed New Zealand’s lead All Love is Equal campaign. The same-sex relationship breaks including that based on sexual by passing the Civil Partnership list includes discrimination under down. preference and to provide Act, allowing same-sex couples legislation dealing with areas enforceable remedies similar to to be recognized as civil unions. such as workplace entitlements, In Australia, all states except those available under the Racial A few high-profile ceremonies, social security, Medicare, health, South Australia recognize Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), the including Elton John’s gained workers’ compensation and same-sex unions as de Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) considerable media attention, other areas. facto, yet there is a major and the Disability Discrimination and popular support in the UK discrepancy between state and Act 1992 (Cth)”. and internationally. The history of the legal Federal law. Most states have recognition of same-sex legislated to give same-sex de Despite recommendations In Australia, there has been relationships is one of gradual facto relationships the same such as these, gay and lesbian considerable progres towards change and progress. Changes recognition as heterosexual inequality under Federal law has legal equality for gay men and to superannuation law in de facto relationships. At the slid even further. Under Federal lesbians over the last 20 years, 2004 saw same-sex couples Federal level, however, no law, same-sex marriage is not but only at a state level. Federal recognised as having the such recognition exists. This recognized as a valid marriage. anti-discrimination legislation same rights as heterosexual discrepancy brings up the issue Up until an amendment passed prohibits discrimination on a ones, yet there are still many of equality in the eyes of the in 2004, the Marriage Act 1961 number of grounds, including
Blitz Magazine (Cth) did not define marriage In his role as convenor of the and, accordingly, deferred to Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby the common law understanding (GLRL), Dave Scamell has that marriage was a union worked hard to ensure that the between a man and woman. rights of gay men and lesbians The amendment passed in June under the law are protected and 2004 specifies marriage as “the relationship recognition has been union of a man and a woman high on the agenda. “There is to the exclusion of all others, no rational or legitimate reason voluntarily entered into for life.” for same-sex couples to be The amendment also included excluded from equal recognition the statement “certain unions under Commonwealth are not marriages. A union legislation”, says Scamell, “in a solemnised in a foreign country liberal democratic country such between: (a) a man and another as Australia, the sole basis upon man; or (b) a woman and another which legislative discrimination woman; must not be recognized would continue is homophobia as a marriage in Australia”. and ignorance about sexual diversity within society”. Not only did the amendment completely outlaw the possibility Aside from the legal concerns of same-sex marriage in it is also a difficult campaign as Australia, but it prohibited there is not a consensus within same-sex couples from getting the gay and lesbian community married overseas and returning as to what type of relationship to Australia as a recognised recognition they would like. In married couple. The amendment, the wider community there also whilst not affecting any change seems to be general consensus to the current status of same- that changes need to be sex relationships, effectively made, with a Newspoll survey enshrines the common law commissioned by the Humanist definition of marriage into Society of NSW in February 2006 legislation and now acts as a finding a majority of 52.5 per cent safeguard against potential court of Australians support formalised action to recognize a same-sex recognition of same-sex couples marriage formed overseas and in federal law. It seems that, the risk of individual state law despite the present laws, many being made. Australians see all love as equal.
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Were you surprised by the Aside from the media frenzy, what has Vicki Harding is author recent controversy? been the general response to the books? of the Learn to Include The recent controversy echoed previous Many people sincerely love our books. books, a series of children’s controversies where there have been calls to They love them because they are local and books aimed at increasing ban the books and demands that particular colourful and because there is nothing else awareness and normalising Education Ministers don’t speak at the same like them. Many lesbian parents tell me conference at which I was to speak. All they thought about writing books like these same sex parenting. In May controversies have been political stunts and themselves. And teachers who practice this year, the books came informed by religious beliefs that I obviously social justice clearly recognise their value. don’t share or respect. I always believed the Children love them because of the funny under scrutiny for raising books were newsworthy but continue to be pictures and the child narrator’s voice. issues with kids that perhaps stunned by the blatant hate and ignorance that informs the opinions. they weren’t mature enough Any plans for new books? to handle. Flick Strong caught You’re obviously an advocate for Funding is the stumbling block for the Learn up with Vicki to find out more recognising the importance of these to Include project at the moment. As soon as about the books. issues. What is unique about we are given more money, we can produce your books? more books. We are hoping to soon focus on other issues of diversity and also at What made you write the books? In a political climate that would rather turn producing a non-fiction resource with “real a blind eye to the fact that the real world life” families with same sex parents. Brenna and I wrote the books because she is full of variety and that children are very was learning to read and I couldn’t find any tuned in to many issues that some wish they Any advice for students who want to readers featuring families like hers - families weren’t, these books speak about what write their own book? with same sex parents. After a bit of research is usually silent. The central themes in the I worked out there were no readers with Learn to Include books are about what a Follow your passion - it often makes for good these family themes, so we decided to write child is doing - the same sex parents are quality. And don’t let little things like money some. just there in the background. So, the theme stop you! is not blinding but at the same time very daring. Silence has been the biggest enemy How did you go about writing them? of homosexuality and feeds homophobia. When she was five, Brenna told me the first It is really important for these issues to be two stories and I typed them up. After focus spoken about everywhere - including in the testing and editing we secured some funding kindy classroom. to print them. By special request from Year One children, we made sure they were full colour and had pets in them!
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Blitz Magazine Volunteering as a Yellow Shirt is one of the most rewarding things you can do while at UNSW. Alex Serpo asked O-Week 2007 coordinator Jeff Forrest what is so appealing about dressing up in Yellow.
In your years as a Yellow at UNSW have been involved vibe of O-Week that you can’t and it can be a very competitive Shirt, what have you enjoyed in Yellow Shirts. I live with a convince them to go home! That application process, so take your most about it? bunch of other Yellow Shirt often means they stick around application seriously, and be It has forced me to grow as a volunteers, and my girlfriend for the evening parties at the aware that you might not get in. person and develop new skills. is a Yellow Shirt. I didn’t start Roundhouse during O-Week, Finally, volunteering has changed Initially, it forced me to learn how off living with Yellow Shirts. concluding between midnight my Uni life completely. Thanks to talk to complete strangers. In Rather, the friendships I’ve made and 2am. Then they come back to O-Week I am leaving UNSW later years, as a Squad Leader, through common experiences to campus at 7am the next day. with a much wider skill-set than it forced me to really consider like volunteering tend to be the I could possibly have learnt in what the role of an effective longest and strongest. Especially What would you say to the classroom, and with some leader was. In my last couple volunteering at an organising someone considering amazing friends. Best of all, I had of years as a member of the O- level where you work towards a becoming a Yellow Shirt? the chance to enrich UNSW. Week Organising Team, it’s given goal for many months; you wind up being pretty close. It’s one of the most worthwhile me opportunities you wouldn’t If you’re interested in being a otherwise get as a Uni student. things you can do on campus. It offers the chance to learn great Yellow Shirt Volunteer in O-Week I’ve taken charge of the publicity Is there much partying 2007, applications close this strategy of a massive five day as a Yellow Shirt? Or is it skills and make great friends, while at the same time making Friday (September 1). You can event and helped to shape the hard work? pick up an application form from first experience of thousands of an enormous contribution to the To use a horrible cliché, we University community by helping the stall on the Library Lawn at new UNSW students. Plus, I’ve lunchtime, Source reception, the met a lot of pretty cool people. work hard and we play hard. A newcomers feel welcome. It Yellow Shirt’s day in O-Week takes a lot of commitment; you Source website starts at 7am and official duties will need to be free for training (www.source.unsw.edu.au) or Have you made friends being finish around 6pm. You’d think over Summer, so double check the Contact Office. a Yellow Shirt? an 11 hour day would be enough the compulsory training dates With one or two exceptions, all of for anyone, but our volunteers before you apply. There are the long-term friends I’ve made are usually so caught up in the limited spots in the program
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What is your degree, my background is documentary about? definitely not in film. I made this The documentary is about the film with help from my friend Zoe. four year campaign to get a Queer Space at Wollongong Any challenges in University. The University had a making the film? Queer Space but, in 2000, the Queer Collective was moved The police weren’t very happy across the road to make way for being filmed. Before we actually a new uni bar. The bar was built got arrested we made sure all of and the old Queer Space was the footage and cameras were bulldozed. We were moved into lowered out of the space and put a space which was meant to be somewhere safe so when the temporary. The Queer Collective police came in they didn’t get went over there and was access to all of our stuff. expecting to get a permanent space back on campus but that What kind of response never happened. have you had?
The space ended up not being I showed a rougher version at patrolled by security and not Queer Collaborations in 2005 having adequate lighting or fire in Perth. I showed footage and extinguishers. It flooded and it then stopped to explain things. had water running down the walls They were very supportive of behind power sockets when the campaign and knew what there was heavy rain. There were had happened so it was all a few instances of homophobia pretty positive. The first proper and over a period of four years screening will be during Artsweek we had numerous meetings with at UNSW which is pretty exciting! OHS at uni and security and nothing really came of those Any advice for wannabe meetings. After Sexuality Week documentary makers? in 2004, the Queer collective decided to occupy. It lasted It’s good to have some people 47.5 hours and ended with three around who know what they’re arrests, including me. doing ‘cause I didn’t really have much of an idea. You need a lot of help and support and always Why did you decide to back up everything you are make the doco? making and save it! I wanted a resource for other Queer departments around Operation Queer Space will Australia to have and to inspire be shown during Artsweek in other people to be able to run the Cougar Club Bar in the successful campaigns. It’s a bit Roundhouse. Annaliese will also of a ‘how to’ documentary as well be chairing discussion about as documenting what happened. queer issues and documentary making. See www.source.unsw. edu.au for more information. Have you made any other films? Did you study film? I haven’t made any other films and although I did a visual arts
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1-2pm 6pm 1–3pm Improve your English, make new The inauguration of a new club for Free food and drinks and some friends and learn more about people interested in travelling around brilliant company. Australia! Sydney. All welcome. Queer Space (Rm 920 Applied ISS Lounge, Level 1, East Wing, Red Quad Rm 1001 Sciences) Centre Free Free Free Toastmasters Trivia Capoeira S.A.L.S.A. 6:15-8:30pm 1pm 4-5pm Come to Toastmasters to gain more Unibar, Roundhouse Capoeira is a unique Brazilian art confidence in speaking in a friendly Free form which incorporates acrobatics, and supportive environment where rhythm, music and self defence in an you ‘learn by doing’. All welcome. Campus Bible Study Talk- alternative martial art. Quad Rm 1042 ”The Truth about Jesus” Dance Studio 1 Freet Individual lessons are $10 or Three 1-2pm lessons are $23 Join us for Bible talk by Warwick de Jersey on Colossians 1:15-23, for Time Management Session more information about CBS, visit: o Tues a www.campusbiblestudy.org M n a 29 Aug d y 28 Augustd y 4-6pm Rex Vowels Theatre (Youth for Christ New Catholic Club) Free Assessments piling up? Anxious? Procrastinating? Meet new friends, Thoughtful Foods Ping Pong Food Cooperative Women’s Collective de-stress, be inspired and learn 11am how to manage your time. Everyone 10:30am–4:30pm (Opening Hours) 1–2pm Roundhouse Welcome! Yummy, ethical and organic goodies Come and meet other wonderful Free Quad Rm 1001 Backyard of the Roundhouse, next to women committed to enacting Free Eats@theRound change! Women’s Room, Blockhouse UNSW Bridge Club Free Happy hour Free 12-2pm Ping Pong Beginners absolutely welcome. Bring 5–6pm Lunchtime Meditation your friends! The happiest hour of the day! 11am Goldstein 1 Unibar, Roundhouse Roundhouse 1:15-1.45pm Free Revitalise your body and mind. Contact Susan at 0433 946 550 or Visibility Picnic Momentum Dance Studio: Hip visit www.unibuds.unsw.edu.au for Hop/Funk Class Thoughtful Foods 12-2pm details. Food Co-operative; Come and join the Queer Department 5–7pm Level 3 Squarehouse Training Session to launch Pride Week! For more info www. Library Lawn momentumdancestudios.com.au 12-1pm and 3-4pm UNSW Chess AGM Free Casual Class $10, Dance Card (10 Info and training session about the Classes) $80 food co-op and what working there 1:30pm Dance Studios Behind Io Myers Everyone Welcome Yellow Shirt Selections involves. (Gate 2) Backyard of the Roundhouse, next to Free 12-2pm Eats@theRound Applications are now open for Sex, Fetish and Erotica Free Same-Sex Relationship Rights Yellow Shirts for O-Week 2007! Drop by the Library Lawn Stall to pick 5:30-6:30pm 3-4pm Yellow Shirt Selections up an application form or find out For guys who are attracted to guys. Ever wondered what rights you and more about the program from an Queer Space Rm 920 Applied 12–2pm your partner have or have not got? experienced Volunteer. Sciences Building Drop by the Library Lawn Stall to Come and find out! Library Lawn Free pick up an application form, or to find Quad Rm 1042 Free out more about the program from an Free Momentum Dance Studio: experienced Yellow Shirt Volunteer. Week 6 - Monday 28 August - Sunday 3 September - Sunday August 28 6 - Monday Week Queerplay Classical Ballet Class Library Lawn Anti-Racism Collective meeting Free 1–3pm 6pm 4pm Scintillating conversation and the For more info www. ARC discusses current issues and Chess occasional game. momentumdancestudios.com.au brainstorms campaign ideas Queer Space – Applied Sciences Casual Class $10, Dance Card (10 12-3pm Guild Meeting Room Building 920 Classes) $80 Website: www.unswchess.org/ Free Free Dance Studios Behind Io Myers Quad Rm 1001 (Gate 2) Free for members. $2 for non- members
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Week 6 - Monday 28 August - Sunday 3 September Thoughtful Foods Clem’s $5 Roast Learn to Massage Queer Anti-Discrimination Food Cooperative; Presentation 5pm 7-8:30pm Training Session Clems, Roundhouse Learn the power of knowing how to 4-5pm 12-1pm and 3-4pm $5 massage. Not sure if you’ve been discriminated Backyard of the Roundhouse, next to UNSW Lifestyle Centre against? Know you have been but Eats@theRound Students/Staff $100 don’t know what to do about it? Free Teena Balgi from Kingsford Legal Garden Beats: Girls’ Night Out Centre will answer your Questions! Yellow Shirt Selections Quad Rm 1042 Justin Mile 7pm-late Free 12-2pm We will meet at Queer Space then Find out more about the program. migrate to Newtown. Alternatively, Happy Hour Library Lawn 5pm email [email protected] and meet
Free us there. 5–6pm Beergarden, Meet at Queer Space Unibar, Roundhouse Pottery Studio Inductions Roundhouse $dinner+drinks Pool Comp 12.30-1pm Free Ultimate Frisbee The studio is Free for student use. 5pm Eastern Suburbs League Pottery Studio, Level 2, Blockhouse Unibar, Roundhouse Free 7-9pm Trivia Village Green Escaping from the Closet Library Lawn Band: 5pm $35 for the session 5:30-6:30pm The Live Room Unibar, Roundhouse
Know you’re queer but don’t know Free Night CATS beer pong 1pm how to say it? Come and escape A brilliant Sydney outfit featuring 7pm-midnight from the closet! We’ll share our singer/songwriter Paul Moroney and Happy hour 32 teams, 10 tables, $60 cash for the stories, give you some advice or at violinist Indi Star. winner, second prize is a $40 bar tab. least support! 5–7pm Library Lawn To book, email www.nightcats.org or Queer Space (Rm 920 Applied Unibar, Roundhouse call Louis on 0431802435 and he will Sciences Building) meet you at University. Free Learn the Lingo Coffee Meetings Women’s Pre-Dinner Drinks The Palace (Level 2) 1-2pm 5:15-7pm $12 per person Tuesday Night Roast Improve your English, make new Come and join us for drinks before friends and learn more about 5.30pm we migrate to Newtown for a girl’s Australia! Clems, Roundhouse night out! Esme’s, Upper Campus $5 Queer Space (Rm 920, Applied Free Sciences Building) Thurs ay 31 Aug d Intercollege sports Free Bar Bingo affiliated associations AGM
1pm Pub Grub 6:30pm Thoughtful Foods Unibar, Roundhouse 5.30pm Food Cooperative All are welcome, especially UNSW Free Clems, Roundhouse college students. 9am–6pm (Opening Hours) Baxter College Common Room Backyard of the Roundhouse, next to Free Education Action Group UFilm Heat One Eats@theRound 1pm Free Catch up with the latest campaigns. 6pm Student Guild See the cream of UNSW’s Ping Pong Wed es a Free, all welcome 30 Aug n d y film making crop battle 11am Roundhouse Free used stationery distribution it out before the final in Artsweek Free 2-3pm Thoughtful Foods Come and get your Freebies. Cougar Club Bar, Ecosoc Careers Day Food Cooperative Quad lawn Roundhouse Free 12-5pm 10:30am–4:30pm (Opening Hours) Free A Careers Day targeted at Economics Backyard of the Roundhouse, next to students. Presentations by major UNSW Go Club meeting Eats@theRound employers. Free 2-6pm Band Comp Final Scientia Quad Rm 1001 Free Ping Pong Free for members Band6pm Comp Final
Come and see the big acts of the Yellow Shirt Selections 11am Women’s Sexual Health 6pmfuture. Roundhouse Roundhouse 12-2pm Free 4-5pm Come and see the big Find out more about the program. Come and have all your questions acts of the future. Library Lawn Sydney Sexual Health answered. Free Outreach Table Queer space Rm 920 Applied Roundhouse Sciences Building 11am-2pm Free Quadrangle (near Collonade) Free
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Opening hours during Session 9am-6pm Mon-Thu 9am-4pm Fri www.source.unsw.edu.au for opening hours Next Monday at 1pm, the Roundhouse will be host to the Artsweek Comedy Debate addressing a question that we know has been bugging you for years: ‘Are Cartoons Better than Sex?’. The debate will feature Chopper from Network Ten’s The Ronnie Johns Half Hour as well as funny man Sam Simmons. To get you animated, we humbly resent a few arguments for your delectation and Alex Serpo sat down with Uncle Chop- Chop himself to discuss life, crime and cartoons.
adies and gentlemen, the blissfully innocent cartoon They call you Chopper, do you I thought there was a little bit boys and girls, the topic world and has been attempting like to stab people? of something is that for all the of this year’s debate is to weasel its way in. That can Yeah I have stabbed a bunch kiddies. L for the boys and girls in only suggest that cartoons are of people. For various reasons, all of us. The boys and girls in better. people didn’t send me Christmas So why are cartoons better all of us who would wake at the cards; there was a whole bunch Thirdly, when having the boys than sex? crack of dawn and sit down with on April fools. It’s been around for a beer, on 90% of a bowl of Rice Bubbles in front going well. It’s a pretty tough decision to of Agro’s Cartoon Connection. circumstances, young men, who make, if there was a cartoon While the issue may be confused are supposedly at their sexual about sex that would make it in your young minds, cartoons peak, would almost certainly When you strapped dynamite even tougher. are clearly better than sex. elect to watch re-runs of The to your chest and then went to Simpsons, as opposed to have other criminals and demanded Firstly, cartoons are much sex with each other, which money or you would blow You have lots of fans, what cleaner than sex. And cleanliness clearly shows that modern day yourself up, did it ever get do you think people like is godliness. And God is good. cartoons like The Simpsons or explosive? about you? Therefore, cartoons are more Family Guy are still winning the There has been the odd time it I’ve got no idea, when you good and more God than sex. battle for the hearts and minds has, but usually I’m a couple of come down to it I think I’m a of our children. The battle has blocks away in the old Tarana horrible person. A lot of dickhead The second point has been been a long and violent one, by then so she’s right. There is wannabes need someone to made clear by the sex industry with the likes of Voltron and something very persuasive about look up to. itself. The last ten years or so Transformers (we’re showing extreme violence, so generally it have seen the sex industry try to our age) defending our turf from all turned out well. play its way onto our animated the evil forces of smut, sex and screens with the invention of pornography. Manga, that most perverted You have written a picture and corrupted art form that Clearly, this is a clash of singular book, what is that about? has hijacked the pure colourful spiritual significance. So, ecstasy of cartoons. It seems perhaps we should turn to a I just thought it was a good story fairly clear that the sex industry figure recognised in Australia for with a good moral. It’s about a became jealous of his spiritual authority. The one, kid that gets beaten up a lot so the only, Chopper. he decides to knife the guy.
The Artsweek Comedy Debate ‘Are cartoons better than sex?’ will be held Monday of Week Seven at 1pm in the Roundhouse.
16 16 Blitz Blitz Magazine Magazine In Week Seven, Artsweek, the Source’s annual celebration of the arts and creativity on campus, will be kicking off. Artsweek aims to embrace and engage all of the arts-based organisations, clubs and people that exist in and around UNSW. There’s a whole range of exciting activities that will be held during the week and to give you a little taste, here’s a preview of three of the events to be held.
U FILM FEST Aboriginal People On Film: [re]Design: The COFA Enviro Last year’s UFilm Fest was hugely popular the making of Ten Canoes Art & Design Expo with over 300 people rocking up to the and Kanyini. The [re] Design expo showcases 16 artworks Roundhouse Beergarden to see the entries. created by the Art and Design students at the We expect that this year it will be even bigger! On Monday September 4, the makers of two UNSW College of Fine Arts in Paddington. recent hits at the Sydney Film Festival will The students have used recyclable materials The UNSW final of the National Campus join us to discuss the making of the films and with the brief of “challenging the notion of Film Comp will feature the inventive work the issues associated with filming Aboriginal waste in our consumer society”. From the of our motivated and talented film-making people. The two films to be focussed on are beautiful and decorative to the downright community. Experience the best your fellow Ten Canoes and Kanyini. students have to offer on the big screen in the functional, this exhibition highlights ways in Roundhouse Beergarden. The Sydney Morning Herald described Ten which we can reuse, reduce and recycle the Canoes as ‘just plain staggering’. There’s waste around us. Arrive at 5pm for your chance to win 1 of 25 never been an Australian film quite like it. A few of the highly innovative works will pairs of Mooks Sunglasses valued at $100 a Deborah Mailman, star of The Secret Life of include: a jukebox made out of a burnt out pair and groove to the soulful sounds of DJ Us, praises Kanyini calling it ‘simply beautiful fridge, beautiful light sculptures made out of Rachel Torise. with a light heart. [It’s a] special film that tells milk lids a completely self sustainable sun an “open truth” that should have been told a lounge as well as some stunning landscape Judges include Marc Fennell from Triple J very long time ago.’ and The SBS Movie Show, last year’s Ufilm paintings . Fest winners Brooke Goldfinch and George Ian Jones (Cinematographer – Ten Canoes), Tuesday September 5, 5pm. Hutcheson Dolgopolov. Melanie Hogan (Director – Kanyini) and Gallery, Roundhouse Sue Green (Nura Gili Indigenous Programs, Free popcorn will be served throughout UNSW) join Marc Fennell (SBS Movie Show) the night. to provide us with an insight into these two exciting Australian films. Excerpts of the films Wednesday September 6. DJ starts at will be shown and a Q&A session will follow 5pm. Screening starts 7pm. Roundhouse the talks. Beergarden Monday, September 4, 6.30-8.30pm. Cougar Club Bar, Roundhouse
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ave you ever wanted season’s colours to show you to know why Mischa how it’s done. As Napoleon says Barton looks so in their mission statement: “it’s Hflawless, even though all about transforming runway to [ ] she has just stumbled out of reality to bring out the celebrity a club at dawn? Or why Kate in you.” Moss, looks so good in her mug shots? And why Michael At the session you will be treated Jackson… Actually let’s not go to the inside information. Find out there. The answer: because what’s in for Spring, what’s out, they have professional make and what is down right nasty. up artists to tend to their every aesthetic need. The classes will be happening Captured in the Cougar Club Bar at the For the rest of us, this kind of Roundhouse, from 1-2pm on attention to detail is impossible. August 29 and 31. The classes Fashion is constantly in a state of will offer students tips on what is change and for those not at the currently in fashion, general dos cutting edge of trends, trying to and don’ts and even the chance keep up can be tiring! Just when to be the demonstration model. you thought you had bought There will be Napoleon samples all the right winter shades and given to all attendees, and you tones and you can successfully will be able to seek answers for match your knee high boots with those questions you have never your eye shadow, along comes really had the chance to ask. Spring! It can get so exhausting Such as “is it really considered that most of us just don’t bother. trendy to wear huge amounts Luckily, the Roundhouse is here of bronzer, so you are a lovely Lens Life photography exhibition to help. shade of orange?” We all know we have been guilty of that at Entrants from the Lens Life photo As part of the ‘How To…’ series, some stage! competition have each taken a roll of shots that ‘capture’ their life at the Roundhouse has been lucky UNSW. Enjoy wine and cheese at the enough to gain the involvement So, we hope to see you all exhibition launch and find out who there for some therapy and self of Napoleon Perdis. And what’s won Best Photo and Best Series. even better is the classes are indulgence. A huge thank you free! So, now it’s your turn to feel to the lovely ladies at Napoleon Launch: Monday Sept 4, 5pm glorious, to look your best, and who will be right here on Exhibition: Sept 5-8, 11am-3pm to achieve cosmetic greatness. campus, showing us how to look Big Room, Roundhouse The girls from Napoleon like the stars, or even better! Perdis Academy are hitting Don’t forget to register as spots the Roundhouse, armed with are limited. Visit brushes, gloss and the latest www.source.unsw.edu.au.
18 Blitz Magazine “Jack White was born John Anthony Gillis in Detroit, Michigan on July 9, 1975. On September 23, 1997, he married Megan Martha White and took her last name...”
e first saw her at a She looked up. Her look told him He exhaled, eyes forced to avert. him and pulled his mouth close Lydia Lunch gig some that she had been surreptitiously to hers, murmuring into his ear. time in the late nineties watching him too; a look of “Me too. I can’t stop listening in a dingy Spanish expectation met. to...” “I’d like to feel you inside of me. I H also want to keep the shirt you’re bar in downtown Detroit. Lydia Lunch was, well, Lydia Lunch “That’s a rhetorical question, Somewhere, suddenly, a clock wearing.” for godsake. John, 23 and right?” chimed. handsome in an ugly kinda way, Her mouth hovered near his, as was sitting in a plastic folding He sat and she placed a dog “I have to go” mumbled the he slipped one arm around her chair next to the mixing table eared bookmark carefully on the smoking Cinderella. warm, small waist. arguing with Mickey, the DJ, open page and folded her hands She stood up suddenly and John about the virtues of analogue neatly on the table. “You can have all my clothes stumbled in his attempt to follow versus digital. Meg. I’ll give you everything.” “Megan…” her. A cold panic cut through him The Girl walked past him en that actually hurt, ‘She could go “Good.” route to the front of the crowded “…you know my name.” now, and I could never see her They kissed. The first kiss - a stage. She was ethereal, with again, she could disappear, I A statement, not a question. kiss of gigantic proportions. long, dark hair, pale skin that could just wake up.’ He touched It was a kiss that said ‘This is shimmered in the stage lights’ her shoulder. “Yes... Did you enjoy Lydia?” the beginning of something glow and a dark red dress “I think you should come home important’. that placed her somewhere in “Of course. It’s Lydia for with me” he blurted. the ‘60s godsakes...” She pulled him against the wall She turned and smiled - the first as his hands found her hair, the “Hey Mickey. Who’s that?” “Yes…I’m John, John Gillis. I’m smile - and pulled her hair back nape of her neck, the cup of a, ah, musician.” Mickey threw John a wry smile. into a ponytail. Every act seemed her breasts, the sly curve of her erotic. He was beginning to hip. She moaned softly as their He smiled helplessly at her, at “That’s Megan White. She tends sense the texture of her hair as lips found each other again and her oddly beautiful face and to hang out for the bluesier gigs. she ran her fingers through it, the again - urgent and unrelenting impenetrable gaze. “Um, what She’s an odd one.” sensation of her scalp tingling – sometimes lost and dreamy, kind of music have you been as she pulled it tight, he could then full of fire. listening to lately?” he asked, Lydia stalked on stage and the feel those small hands in his, stumbling over his thoughts magic began. he could see her legs wrapped She locked her hands behind around his waist, back arched, his head, and tipped her face She shrugged. John sat at the bar and watched a fantastic orgasm washing over towards his. her read a book. It was past her. “The usual. Led Zeppelin.” midnight - the time when the “I think I’m going to fall in love “What happens there?” with you John Gillis.” club turned into an eccentrics’ “Which albums?” lounge room. He sat watching “I have a telescope we can look For the first time in his life, her serious, heart-shaped face “I and II.” through the smoky haze, feeling through. I can do impressions of everything made sweet sense. like he could feel her thoughts. “Yes.” old cartoon characters.” “Let’s go home.” Something great was stretching inside him as he sat at that bar, “Mostly, I like the blues. I own all “Oh. I thought you wanted to watching this girl read. of Robert Stevenson’s records. sleep with me.” Records. Vinyl.” “Is somebody sitting here?” She suddenly stepped close to
Fan Fiction is a cultural phenomenon that’s been growing over the last 20 years. During Artsweek in Week Seven, grunge goddess Helen Razer will be reading Erotic fan fiction covering The White Stripes, Mad Max and more. The readings will take place Thursday September 7 from 5-6.30pm in the Cougar Club Bar in the Roundhouse. If you would like to try your hand at writing Fan Fiction,
18 Blitz Magazine Blitz Magazine 19 Film: Thank You For Smoking is a fantastically black satire that Book: 48 share house living, you will easily Thank You pokes fun at all the sleazy recall how naïve you were at For Smoking elements of politics, lobbyists Shades of Brown sixteen and how scary all those and Hollywood. Every smoker, by Nick Earls ‘learning experiences’ could be. The film centres on the life of non-smoker and reformed Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), Big smoker will enjoy the quick talk Nick Earls is an entertaining an, almost seventeen, Tobacco king of spin, the one of Naylor’s spins, and black writer. His writing and his is thrown out of his who’s called in to talk the evils of humour of his one-liners. The characters are distinctly vivid, sheltered world when tobacco into mere aberrations. film is well shot and a great which probably explains why the his parents move to Nick is fighting to set a good achievement for writer/director D story has been transformed into Geneva. He moves in with his example for his 12-year-old son Jason Reitman. a play and a soon to be released hip young aunt, Jacq, and her (Cameron Bright) against his ex- film starring the impossibly housemate Naomi, discovering wife who would prefer he set a The interesting thing is that, beautiful Emma Lung. The story a new world of sex, booze and better example. Things start to at the end of the film, it is draws you in and you genuinely share house living. Though go awry for Nick when he gets impossible to figure out if the care for the characters. distracted by his HSC, Dan involved with the sexy journalist film casts a positive or negative struggles to impress Naomi by judgement on smoking. There It has to be said, however, that Heather Holloway (Katie Holmes) memorising the scientific names is a complete lack of smoking many students will be beyond and her curiosity gets in the way for birds and their colours depicted on film. Perhaps it all this. The book’s targeted at of his attempt to recast smoking (hence the book’s title). It’s comes down to Nick Naylor’s teenagers and I suspect once as ‘cool’. progressing, awkwardly and philosophy, “that’s the beauty of you’ve moved past, say, second surely, until one drunken night Adam Brody plays a fast talking argument, if you argue correctly, year, you’ll probably feel like when everything goes personal assistant and Rob you’re never wrong”. you’ve experienced it all. Still, pear-shaped. Lowe is the slimy Hollywood it’s an entertaining read and it executive Jeff Megall. Other Flick Strong will probably make you reflect There’s plenty here for you to stellar cast members include on your own life. Read and sink your teeth into. Even if William H. Macy as a determined remember. you haven’t yet experienced anti-smoking Senator and the unique blend of tedium, Rob Gascoigne Robert Duvall as the king of Big liberation, disgust and Tobacco. alcoholism that comes with Win! Win! Broken Saints The Night Before Essay DVD’s Planner
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