Humans have gotten exceptionally good at evolution, at Darwin’s grand idea of natural selection, at not dying sooner than we should. We live in sturdi…
Editorials
The Carnival Is Over: An Introduction to the Australian Festival Controversy
We look into the dying festival culture in Australia and the policies against them. Picture this.A world where teens and students dance in grassy fiel…
Solid Rock: A Brief Inquiry into the Decline of Australian Rock
What has happened to Australian rock? What happened to the days of big hair and bigger dreams, trench coats and ambition, running off to Sydney with a…
With or Without Capes: Our Personal Heroes on International Women’s Day
We take time out of busy schedules to celebrate the women – fictionalized and not – who we either idolized as children, admired as adults …
Captain Marvel, Double Standards, and the Pressure Facing Female-Led Films
Captain Marvel marks the first female-led movie within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That’s a strange thing to write in 2019, especially when the MCU…
‘Sonic Adventure’ 20th Anniversary | Retro-Graded Games
On December 23rd 1998, twenty years ago today, Sonic Adventure was released for the Sega Dreamcast. Just in time for Christmas, the first 3D game in t…
Freshwater Phish: Introduction
This is the first installment of a new recurring column on The Young Folks about the band Phish, their music and cultural impact. Phish are one of the…