/student/wellbeing/ en /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/09/12/would-i-survive-on-survivor <p><span>Being a contestant on Survivor is not for the light-hearted, it requires great resilience and strength.<br /> Could you <em>outwit, outlast and outplay</em> everyone else?</span></p> September 24 2021 Ingrid Sofia Mowbray /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/09/12/would-i-survive-on-survivor /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/03/26/review-the-heights <p><span><span>When I told a friend I was watching <em>The Heights</em> on ABC, she referred to it as ‘ABC Neighbours,’ after the long-running Channel 10 soap. I thought this was a pretty funny and pretty fair characterisation of the show, now entering its second season. </span></span></p> August 07 2021 Nicholas Allan Falcinella /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/03/26/review-the-heights /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/05/09/movies-and-tv-shows-about-women-arent-just-for-women <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>There's an accepted falsehood that films and TV shows about men are for everyone, while films and TV shows about women are for women only. Finally, that's starting to change. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> July 19 2021 Sascha Margaret Kelly /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/05/09/movies-and-tv-shows-about-women-arent-just-for-women /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/07/04/how-i-missed-game-of-thrones <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>When it comes time to admit to people that I didn't watch </span></span><em><span>Game of Thrones, </span></em><span><span><span>I’m met with a variety of reactions, usually shock, sometimes disgust. How could I possibly have missed out?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> July 10 2021 Sascha Margaret Kelly /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/07/04/how-i-missed-game-of-thrones /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/04/16/my-complicated-relationship-with-the-walking-dead <p><span><span><span>used to be a major fan of <em>The Walking Dead, </em>but what was once an exciting, explosive, and emotional tale of survival in a post-zombie apocalypse world became an overblown, network TV-style melodrama. </span></span></span></p> July 06 2021 Sascha Margaret Kelly /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/04/16/my-complicated-relationship-with-the-walking-dead /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/05/16/the-30-year-cycle-nostalgia-in-the-film-industry <p>In the past 5 or so years, t<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>he 1980s have been lovingly reimagined on-screen in ways that feel both familiar to people who lived through that time and exciting to those who only wished they did. But these stories don’t merely recreate the decade, they invoke its essence, and in the process, sell us the memory of a moment in time. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> May 25 2021 Sascha Margaret Kelly /student/wellbeing/news/list/2021/05/16/the-30-year-cycle-nostalgia-in-the-film-industry /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/04/24/review-mrs-america <p><span><span><span><em>Mrs America</em> is another prestige television show. </span></span></span></p> January 26 2021 Nicholas Allan Falcinella /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/04/24/review-mrs-america /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/11/30/the-best-tv-series-of-2020 <p>As we reach the end of 2020, I've been reflecting on the best TV series of the year. </p> January 17 2021 Sascha Margaret Kelly /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/11/30/the-best-tv-series-of-2020 /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/04/30/in-praise-of-packed-to-the-rafters <p><span><span><span>It seems that during these uncertain times we are all reaching for some form of comfort. Whether its comfortable clothing (guilty) or comfort food (definitely guilty), things that are familiar and homely are all the rage.</span></span></span></p> January 16 2021 Nicholas Allan Falcinella /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/04/30/in-praise-of-packed-to-the-rafters /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/11/25/recommendation-fleabag <p>Time and time again, I seem to return to one of my favourite TV shows: the hilarious and heartbreaking <em>Fleabag. </em></p> December 15 2020 Sascha Margaret Kelly /student/wellbeing/news/list/2020/11/25/recommendation-fleabag