In An Unexpected Turn of Events, Pelican Writes About the Interests of Conservative Landowners Pelican30 December 2015 The Australian Nationals used to be a tour de force in Australian politics. They gave us multiple Prime Ministers and governed Queensland for 32 years straight,... Politics0 Comments47 views
So Much For My Happy Ending Pelican30 December 2015 Hemingway rewrote the ending of A Farewell to Arms forty times. He considered happy endings, sad endings, and finally published a tragically evocative, blood... Literature and Creative Writing0 Comments31 views
Just Asking Pelican30 December 2015 Question: How much is our national identity worth? Or rather, how susceptible are ‘Australian values’ to serious examination? Sorry if these questions are v... Politics0 Comments2 views
Pelican Remembers: Lesser known deaths of 2015 Pelican27 December 2015 Grandpa Swift Rigby (b. 1879) Old Swifty was the oldest known Pelican Editor, serving from 1902 to 1925 in the only autocratic kingship in Pelican History. W... Voice0 Comments7 views
I’ve Been on Grindr for 18 Months and in That Time My Lungs Have Collapsed and the Light of Holiness Has Fled My Soul. Pelican22 December 2015 We’re all familiar with Grindr by now, the infamous hookup app that encompasses the vast panorama of Perth’s comically underwhelming queer scene. ... Voice0 Comments616 views
4 Review: The Revenant Pelican22 December 2015 It’s a relentless, exhausting story of revenge and survival, elevated beyond mere tropes by the expert cinematography and editing of Emmanuel Lubezki and Stephen Mirrione (both of whom worked on Birdman) respectively. No one is delivering cinematic visions like these three in tandem right now. Film and Production0 Comments10 views
A Cat Named Yoda, Dark Side Flows, and Whether First Order Warriors Listen to My Chemical Romance: The Force Awakens Pelican Roundtable Pelican21 December 2015 Following the midnight screening of The Force Awakens on Thursday, Pelican approached a group of moderate to Sebulba shirt-wearing Star Wars fans to participat... Film and Production0 Comments27 views
Review: Cinderella – WA Ballet Pelican20 December 2015 Ballet is defined as an artistic dance performed to music, using precise and highly formalised set steps and gestures. I know this because I googled it in the �... Uncategorised0 Comments72 views
2015: The Little Year that Fucking Couldn’t Pelican20 December 2015 2015 was without question, a shithouse year. I write this in its closing weeks and at this stage it looks like we’re going to reach the new year with neo-fasc... Voice0 Comments122 views
Jar Jar Abrahams Delivers: 25 Thoughts about The Force Awakens Pelican18 December 2015 Hey look the Stormtroopers learned to aim, maybe it’s because their new helmets have eye holes in the right place Jakku may be even more of a shithole ... Film and Production0 Comments9 views
