Brodie Lancaster
Brodie Lancaster is a critic and the author of No Way! Okay, Fine.
- Opinion
- Social media
Prim, puerile and pastel-coloured: Why my generation needs to grow up
Self-infantilisation has become the house style of contemporary culture. Not just in what we watch, but in how we talk and what we buy.
- Brodie Lancaster
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Drugs, OnlyFans and sex work: Euphoria’s new season feels like unsettling fan fiction
Zendaya’s performance is the gritty drama’s emotional compass, but the overwhelming feeling is one of burn-out.
- Brodie Lancaster
‘I had a lot of people reach out’: The loss driving MasterChef Australia judge Sofia Levin
The keen foodie is using her extensive hospo network to help raise money for a cause that hits close to home.
- Brodie Lancaster
Social media thinks I’m sad and lonely but there’s joy in going solo
Do we really need influencers to help us navigate the world alone?
- Brodie Lancaster
Have we all traded our anonymity for convenience?
Paranoia about being watched much of the time no longer feels like the ramblings of just tin-hatted conspiracy theorists.
- Brodie Lancaster
‘Why can’t they just be happy?’ Thomas Weatherall on the end of Heartbreak High
As the local Netflix hit comes to end, the actor knows better than anyone the kind of mark the show has made.
- Brodie Lancaster
I watch people bake and save lives. Am I addicted to competency porn?
As the world slips its moorings, shows like The Pitt celebrate the steady course.
- Brodie Lancaster
- Opinion
- Oscars
Awards season ruined cinema, but I no longer care about little gold men
Every film is treated not as a piece of art but as a contestant in a pageant. It’s time to ditch the hype and go back to enjoying movies on merit.
- Brodie Lancaster
- Opinion
- Restaurants
Forget the buzz. What restaurants need is people like this
My social life was dead in 2016, but there was one place I felt at home.
- Brodie Lancaster
- Opinion
- Pop culture
Does Timothée Chalamet looking real mean the beauty tide is turning?
Watching Marty Supreme offered a welcome reprieve from the facial perfection of recent years.
- Brodie Lancaster