Joel Meares
Joel Meares is an Aussie expat living in New York City, studying the ancient art of journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Previously, he was a full-time writer for the(sydney)magazine, a monthly glossy in The Sydney Morning Herald. He also wrote a blog on sharehouses for the newspaper’s Web site and covered film for industry magazine Inside Film and Web sites such as filmcritic.com and Urban Cinefile.
Articles by Joel Meares
Will the iPad save the news?
A new messiah arrived in the US over the Easter weekend, ready to save the world’s flailing print media industry.…... Read more
Don’t kill off online tributes because of bad press
Online memorials have been getting a bad rap lately, and in many ways, rightly so. The cruel comments posted on…... Read more
The R-word, Sarah Palin’s war on “retarded”
Sorry Sarah Palin – in the war on the “r” word, you can’t have it both ways. The foxy Fox…... Read more
Too damn hot to get all fired up about cold sport
I’ve never really gotten the Winter Olympics Games. Sure, it’s fun every four years to turn on the telly, turn…... Read more
Discrimination is driving the gay marriage debate
Thursday was not a good day to be gay. In Sydney, the ever ridiculous NSW Labor government rejected an Upper…... Read more
Avatar’s a film, not a call to take up arms
With nothing coming out of Copenhagen to rile the world’s anti-green conservatives, they’re aiming their Hummers at Avatar, James Cameron’s…... Read more
Postcard from a snow-bound New York City
After four or so months in New York City, I am heading back to Australia this week for a quickie…... Read more
What’s good enough for Tiger…
The fight for gay marriage in the US took yet another blow last Wednesday when the New York state senate…... Read more
He kissed a boy, and I liked it
The national moral microscope shifted in the United States last Sunday from an intern-loving late night host to an androgynous…... Read more
Going rogue Levi style
Levi Johnston might be my favourite “baby daddy” since Kevin Federline. The one-time almost son-in-law of Sarah Palin made headlines…... Read more
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La dole cheque vita is not so sweet on $16 a day
Your task is simple. Here is $115.50. It must last one week. You have no savings, no assets, but thankfully…
Those greedy ATMs gobble up more than your card
We’ve been talking a lot about interest rates this week. And the 30 per cent of us who have mortgages…
Wrap of the week: It’s the economy, stupid
There is a touch of Lleyton Hewitt about Julia Gillard. It is not merely that both are redheads or that…
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choice ringside rantings
From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
