Angela Skujins

Australiana

Adelaide Is a Paradise

A grand ode to being young and gacked in the Himeji Gardens.
Angela Skujins
9.11.18

Are Marriage Vows Akin to Death Sentences for Inter-religious Couples in Bangladesh?

In his photo exhibition, Samsul Alam Helal captures forbidden love.
Angela Skujins
Images by Samsul Alam Helal
7.26.18
Why Are You Doing That?

We Went to a Beer Can Collector's Paradise and Asked Them 'Why?'

A lot of beer can collectors don't even drink beer.
Angela Skujins
6.18.18
Food

I Tried Living on Bugs to See if I'll Enjoy the Future of Food

For seven days, I only ate grasshoppers, worms, and tarantulas. It was absolutely awful.
Angela Skujins
4.29.18
mental health

What It's Like to Lose a Sibling to Suicide

People who lose a brother or sister to suicide are rarely acknowledged as a group by society, but the risks to their own mental health are huge.
Angela Skujins
3.13.18
Dating

People Share What They Hated About Their Ex’s Family

Bullets, dodged.
Angela Skujins
2.23.18
psychic powers

Could I Make a Rabbit Love Me With Telepathy?

My housemate's pet fluff loathes me. It was time to call in a psychic animal communicator.
Angela Skujins
2.13.18
History

Small Town Austrians Used to Eat Arsenic to Get High

Up until the 1950s, people in the southern state of Styria ate the toxic metal as a kind of stimulant. Photographer Simon Brugner is trying to understand why.
Angela Skujins
1.8.18
tfw

Do 'Rage Blackouts' Actually Exist?

Fury to the point of unconsciousness, after which your actions are no longer your 'own', is a controversial theory among mental health experts.
Angela Skujins
12.5.17
family

The Silent Struggle: What It's Like to Grow Up With Deaf Parents

Children of deaf adults straddle the complex cultural plain between the deaf world and the hearing world.
Angela Skujins
10.30.17
Weed

Here Are the Most Common Ways Weed Sends People to Hospital

A new study has revealed the top five reasons for marijuana-induced hospitalisation.
Angela Skujins
10.9.17
Your 2017 Guide to Cults and Fringe Religions

I Road-Tested Three Cults Around Melbourne

Am I a Moonie, a Scientologist, or a Hare Krishna?
Angela Skujins
9.27.17
0103