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Representing men and their emotions: Media that goes beyond stereotypes
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While there may be a lot of representation of men in media, it can often rely on outdated stereotypes consisting of aggression, power and limited emotional capability. So, we sought out your opinions on media which show men dealing with their emotions in a healthy way and rounded up some recommendations for your next…
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How Brooklyn Nine-Nine challenges and redefines men in comedy
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While the 2020 Griffith Med Revue, Broke Limb Nine-Nine, may have closed its curtains for the last time on Saturday night, it was a reminder of why the original TV series it’s based on, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, continues to be so loved. While undoubtedly a popular comedy show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine does much more than just…
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8 fun ways to improve your suturing skills
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One of the most attractive aspects of medicine as a career is an intellectually stimulating and hands-on work environment. I don’t know about you, but I’m a pretty hands on person. Whatever branch of medicine you wish to pursue you have to suture, and if you want to be as good at suturing as…
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MY WELLBEING STORY: YEAR 3, 4 + BEYOND
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This Blue Week, we asked people at different stages in their medical career, to share their personal Wellbeing Stories unique to the current context of their medical careers. Through various stages of medicine, we all face our own unique challenges and although it may sometimes feel like we are all alone or the only…
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MY WELLBEING STORY: YEAR 2
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This Blue Week, we asked people at different stages in their medical career, to share their personal Wellbeing Stories unique to the current context of their medical careers. Through various stages of medicine, we all face our own unique challenges and although it may sometimes feel like we are all alone or the only…
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MY WELLBEING STORY: YEAR 1
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This Blue Week, we asked people at different stages in their medical career to share their personal Wellbeing Stories unique to the current context of their medical careers. Through various stages of medicine, we all face our own unique challenges and although it may sometimes feel like we are all alone or the only…
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Echo
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All things in nature echo each other. We live in a world of similes where the wind blows sand in the desert like ripples of water and the clouds dance like flowers or trees or birds. Artists are taught to not only see the images that the clouds form, but also the images in…
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My Quarantine Podcast Addictions
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My days are kind of like the cell cycle; G0 = sleep; G1 = training; S1 = uni; G2 = work; M = study. My checkpoints are driving between these events. Being the good labile tissue that I am, this cycle repeats constantly…maybe I’m just a tumour… However, given current events, I have increasing…
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My caffeine free journey
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve always loved tea and coffee. I would always have a stash of loose-leaf tea at home and relished trying out the coffee at different cafés. Once I started uni, having a flat white before an 8am lecture or an afternoon lab was like coming up for…
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A perfectly imperfect way to a perfectly balanced imbalance
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Balance. It’s the word on everyone’s mind these days. From diet and exercise to career advice, the word ‘balance’ is thrown around constantly. It seems to have replaced society’s long-standing obsession with the terrible p-word; perfection. ‘Balance’ claims to be the opposite of the tiring strive for perfection. To the outside world it looks…