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Clem Bastow

Clem Bastow

Clem Bastow writes for Daily Life.

Melbourne's wrestling scene is taking off.

Wrestlemania: No holds barred in Australia's wrestling scene

If you think professional wrestling is an American oddity, think again.

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Why short hair is the way of the future

Why short hair is the way of the future

It changed my life.

  • Clem Bastow
Is this a brave new blockbuster era? Or shameful queer-baiting?

Is this a brave new blockbuster era? Or shameful queer-baiting?

Why have both Deadpool and Lando's creators outed their characters as pansexual?

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Hey Candy Crusher, your backpack doesn't need a bus seat

Hey Candy Crusher, your backpack doesn't need a bus seat

It’s pretty easy to tell if someone wants to sit down: they’re looking at you with the hungry-eyed stare of someone who has not sat down for a week.

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Don't tell me to love my body

Don't tell me to love my body

As anyone who has tried, against the judgment of their brain chemistry, to "think positive" will tell you, maintaining positivity is hard.

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Why wearing black on the red carpet is bunkum

Why wearing black on the red carpet is bunkum

This whole wearing black on the red carpet thing is bunkum. It is the absolute bare minimum acknowledgement of “politics".

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The five stages of Tinder

The five stages of Tinder

Let’s face it: Tinder is a bloody nightmare.

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Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's <i>Kill Bill</i>.

Quentin Tarantino showed us who he was - why didn't we believe him?

When I watched, white knuckles gripping my laptop, the footage of Uma Thurman's car crash on the set of Kill Bill, it struck me that Quentin Tarantino has been revealing himself to us through his art all these years. 

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"A fruitful love affair."

My love affair with public pools

My earliest memory of a public pool is of a heel connecting snugly with my right eye socket. 

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Follow this guide and sparks will fly in no time (probably).

The cheesiest pick-up lines this party season

You're welcome.

  • Clem Bastow