Ever since Wild Child came out in 2008 and Poppy Moore (Emma Roberts) quipped to Harriet “we have ourselves a SULA. Sweaty, upper, lip alert.” I haven’t been able to stop thinking about my sweating. Up until this point, I’d never considered that my sweat was abnormal.

It’s no news flash that conversations around fashion sustainability are becoming a firm fixture in our zeitgeist. They’ve moved from sidelined conversations to main headlines, splashed centrefolds in digital magazines. The question, “where did you get that from?” is more loaded than ever.

May Fair is reimagining the traditional art fair model. Originally scheduled to launch in the flesh of April 2020, May Fair’s plans were derailed by the global pandemic, forcing the fair’s facilitators back to the drawing board. May Fair Online was born.

We chat with May Fair facilitator, Ophelia King.

From the Homosexual Reform of 1986 to Marriage Equality in 2013, queer people have devoted decades of activism to queer liberation. Yet, there are still many obstacles in the New Zealand system blocking our human rights from becoming our human reality. An outsider would easily describe New Zealand as one of the best countries in the world to be queer - from outside New Zealand looks like the queer utopia.

A frequent conundrum for the modern day semi adult is whether to spend or save. Dinners (not for you, Melbourne), dalliances and donning the latest garments off the racks of Instagram’s elite allows us to justify haemorrhaging the cash we’re trying to stash away. But at what darker cost?

When the average human being leaves their home, they take the essentials. Wallet. Keys. Cell phone. Maybe a snack for the road or a spare cardigan, just in case. When I leave my home, it looks a little different. Wallet. Keys (if I’m not on my bike). Cell phone. Definitely a snack for the road, always an extra cardigan because I live in Auckland after all, but what’s that clinking in my designer tote bag? A reusable drink bottle, a collapsible coffee cup, a stainless steel takeaway container, bamboo cutlery set for me, spare cutlery set for him, cute cloth napkins your nana probably used to own, and since you’re wondering: sometimes the kitchen sink.

Work-life is tough at the moment. It might be about to get tougher with wage subsidies and other goodies about to be cut.

If you're not already part of a business that's restructured or soon to be, there's news all around that the economy is about to take a dive and potentially rob us of our jobs, our clients, our sales and business dreams.

It’s a scary old world, but (and there’s always a but) I’ve been inspired by some of the downright amazing businesses and people out there. People, places, and companies have been pivoting all over the place - they’re adapting and showing the world just how resilient they can be.

I was really lucky as a child. I owned over 100 Barbie Dolls. Every time my dad returned from his travels to a different part of the world, he would bring home a brand-new Barbie doll. A limited-edition piece, exclusive to that country. My favourites were the South African Barbie Doll, the Spanish Barbie doll, the Japanese Barbie doll, and of course, the traditional all-American Barbie Doll. Her tiny waist, luscious hair, sleek figure and smiling face all represented a vision I had for my own life, a dream I held for a future version of Sanya.