WORDS Briar Pomana (she/her) Briar illuminates the pop culture timeline and its pioneers that have led us to the sonic and aesthetic...

By Briar Pomana (she/her) Illustrated by Yi Jong (she/they) A boil up is a staple in many households throughout Aotearoa. Its contents...

By Nam Woon Kim (he/him) | Illustration by Yi Jong (she/they) Food in fiction is undeniably appetising, but this is not that kind of...

By Briar Pomana (she/her) AUT graduate and Debate’s new Culture and Lifestyle Writer Briar Pomana shares the intricacies of whakapapa and...

By Briar Pomana (she/her) At first I was terrified of you. You with staggering height and thunderous breath, dominating the dominion and...

By Briar Pomana (she/her) When Mum and I arrive in Gisborne, the town's pothole-ridden roads are the first to greet us. We've come from...

By David Williams (he/him) We encounter countless buildings throughout our life, each with its own style and a team of architects who...

The year isn’t over yet but with Debate wrapping up, I wanted to run through some of the coolest music from this year that highlights the...

By Alana McConnell (she/her) Phoebe Bridgers - That Funny Feeling On first listen, if unfamiliar with Bo Burnham, one may not realise...

By Alana McConnell (she/her) and Nam Woon Kim (he/him) What to watch: Pen15 (2019-) A while back I stumbled across a trailer on YouTube...

By Alana McConnell (she/her), illustrated by Kwok Yi Lee (he/him) We’ve done Taylor Swift dirty. And she’s not the exception, with...

By Lucy Wormald (she/her) I remember watching the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. I was fourteen. The lights...

By Nam Woon Kim (he/him)

By Briar Pomana (she/her) Briar Pomana offers a love letter to small town folk in this short story. She highlights the significance of...

There has been a lot of speculation around the queerness of female authors in the 18th–20th century. Our diagnosis? Gay as fuck.