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2 weeks ago | 
farragomagazine.com | Abigail Brooks
Art by Gunjan Ahluwalia
It was Friday, and I was set to leave work early. I had been useless in the office, utterly, utterly: when I steadied my hands by the desktop’s strobe-light, poising them expectantly above the keyboard, they wandered, inevitably, back onto my lap. My head pounded. It was becoming clearer by the hour that my efforts to concentrate were futile.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
farragomagazine.com | Sofia Perica
Lola Young is a rising British singer-songwriter known for her unique blend of soulful pop, R&B and jazz influences. Her ability to be so authentic and raw through her music is what makes her stand out in today’s music scene. Her song ‘Messy’ has got a lot of attention on TikTok and throughout the media recently, described as an “ADHD anthem”.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
farragomagazine.com | Nicholas Short
In the morning after you have slept with someone,
You see the holes from picture hangers on the wall,
The dust asleep on their skirting boards –
And as they are slow to wake up,
The gentleness between you is slow to wake as well.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
farragomagazine.com | Michelle Yu
I never knew your language, Grandma.
my English
our d.ifference the tongue of your
b.irthplace
in this new silence absent s.ilence
were you saying s.omething?
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
farragomagazine.com | Dom Lepore
CW: discussion of abuse and violence.
Adelaide’s Oscar the Wild are a force to be reckoned with. The indie-garage quartet of Ruby Gazzola (they/she), Nicola Willsmore (she/her) and siblings Ariya (they/she) and Kane Gabell (they/them) formed in 2018 and have since toured all across Australia, playing their roaring, grungy indie rock to many devoted audiences.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
farragomagazine.com | Dom Lepore |Amber Liang
Meeting early for a coffee at our local café, I was ready for my best friend, Miguel Trujillo, to start chatting as he sat scarved and dignified in his black trench coat. It’s not often that such a lifeline is well-versed in the culinary arts, but upon learning he did not always have those abilities, I was curious to hear how he discovered them.
Miguel pointed me to the cookbook Where Cooking Begins by Chef Carla Lalli Music.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
farragomagazine.com | Michelle Yu
CW: Low self-esteem, weight dysphoria, references to food obsessions
Gorgeous. Thrilling. Smart. Nerve-wracking.
You –
Heartbreak.
My heart was drilling through my veins.
You smiled
In a way that told me I wanted to be your friend
But I cracked everytime you looked
Too broken; undeserving
Of
You –
Everything I was not. I could not live up to it, I could not live up to it, how could I?
Hardworking, smiling, skinny, smart – have I talked about how smart?
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
farragomagazine.com | Desmond Ng
I went into this movie as a joke, not expecting much out of it, and still found myself thoroughly disappointed. It is truly baffling how a movie this incompetently made is allowed to be shown in theatres.
First of all, there is no story. The characters are motivated by absolutely nothing. They have no motivation, no goal, and no conflict; the characters are simply puppets on a string with no puppeteer, and yet they still have to perform.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
farragomagazine.com | Ben Zhou
Whenever the National Gallery of Victoria holds an exhibition, I am always excited and eager to go. In the past, the NGV has curated many fantastic exhibits that have never failed to impress. So, of course I had to see the much-anticipated Pharaoh exhibit.
For the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2024, the NGV has partnered with the British Museum, to put on an internationally exclusive exhibition, showcasing 3000 years of ancient Egyptian history.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
farragomagazine.com | Angus Clark
“Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.”
Wonka (Timothee Chalamet) is a young, naive but genius chocolatier who kicks us off by arriving at the Gallery Gourmet to make his fortune, “Although the prices are suspiciously severe.” He starts the day with twelve sovereigns, and ends it with none. Inflation, anyone? He becomes contractually enslaved in a room-and-board and doggedly pursues his milky dreams despite it.