The Mary Word
- Sep 14
- 3 min
The Minions and the Meaning of Life
Inara Hossain When you think of the minions, what comes to mind? Yellow… banana… the intense personal struggle in finding one's purpose...
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The Mary Word
- Sep 14
- 3 min
The True Legacy of the Italian Renaissance
Amy Saad The 14th-17th centuries in Italy were characterised by the revival of Greco-Roman classical literature and philosophy, as well...
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The Mary Word
- Sep 14
- 3 min
Standing Still - Song Lyrics
Libby Weston There’s a sound in my head that won’t be quiet, which despite my wishes, rages loudly just to spite it I can’t help but...
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The Mary Word
- Sep 14
- 1 min
GRADUATION PLAYLIST
Chiara Prinsloo, Emma Frank, Feronia Ding 1. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac 2. Vienna - Billy Joel 3. Where’d All the Time Go - Doctor Dog 4....
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The Mary Word
- Jun 1
- 4 min
HERE’S WHAT YOU MISSED ON GLEE - A rundown of Glee’s most diverse moments!
Arabella Ahearn and Saoirse Hickey We would like to preface this by saying that we acknowledge that whilst glee has had some great...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 1
- 2 min
The Fine Line Between Representation and Tokenism in Film
Amy Saad We hear the words ‘representation’ and ‘token’ getting thrown around all the time, and it seems that the grey area between...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 1
- 3 min
Why Heartstopper Stopped My Heart
Rose Cunningham Heartstopper was recently released as a Netflix Original tv show, based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman and has...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 1
- 3 min
What Killing Eve’s ending means for Queer Representation
Feronia Ding For four years, hit television thriller ‘Killing Eve’ has captivated audiences with the cat-and-mouse dynamic between bored...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 1
- 4 min
Should anyone be allowed to write from the perspective of a different race?
Olivia Daly In 2020, Jeanine Cummins’s American Dirt underwent significant backlash after appearing on Oprah’s book club. Fellow authors...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 1
- 1 min
20 Diverse Makeup and Beauty Accounts You Must Follow!
Kate Walters 1. Your Majesty EJ – amazing tutorials and realistic makeup 2. Barbies Clutter – a personal favourite account of mine,...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 1
- 5 min
Misogynistic Standards placed on superheroes
Inara Hossain “Cinema is a reflection of its own society” Shohreh Aghdashloo It can be said that cinema is just a mirror reflection of...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Some Women Trailblazers in the Music Industry
Clare Horan Music. When words fail, people flock to music to make sense of the world. Wherever you go, music is universal. Not only does...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Loreto’s Hottest 50: Voting Open!
Emilia Weeding We’ve all heard about triple j’s hottest 100 where there is a massive countdown of 100 songs voted by Australians....
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Poem: Charta Domum (Paper Home)
Rose Cunningham By our books we were taught that women who ruled can be cool But, badge on her chest, they followed the boy without one...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 2 min
Would Olivia Rodrigo exist without Taylor Swift?
Alannah Hawkins-Munro Everyone knows Olivia Rodrigo as the teenage sensation that wrote the viral album “Sour”. She was also in the TV...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 2 min
How Has Tiktok Changed the Music Industry?
Tahlia Moses It’s ironic really, that TikTok has changed the music industry completely. A social media app that has taken the world by...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 3 min
K-pop beyond BTS and Blackpink
Camila De La Cruz K-pop has gone global over the recent years with Korean artists such as BTS and Blackpink debuting on the Hot 100...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Hyperpop 101: Who, What, When, Where, and Why?
Emma Frank If you don’t think it’s an interesting time for music - you haven’t been paying attention. A new era of pop has emerged, one...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 3 min
How does music affect animals?
Makenzie Plunkett I’ve been wondering about this question for a while now and well, I think now’s the time to find out the answer. I’ve...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Social Media Star or Musician?
Georgia Angell and Isobel Parry With the recent rise of the social age, people with little to no talent have gained popularity by...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 6 min
On its 50th anniversary - The History of the Music Festival
Avery Benbow The big day is almost here… the Music Festival. One of the cornerstones of the Loreto Normanhurst year, just around the...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Love this popular artist? Listen to this underground artist
Jess Ingham and Charli Davis What are Underground artists? Simply put, an underground artist is a musician who hasn’t yet achieved...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Is media featuring unconventional or complex female characters damaging?
Feronia Ding With the increasing popularity of works featuring unconventional or complex female characters, I’ve recently come to...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Poems: Sweet Vanilla / Valentine's Day
Nat Hardwick Sweet Vanilla Porcelain walls held a winter-like aesthetic, Mahogany drawers like bare trees in a landscape so poetic. An...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 4 min
What music I think the staff at Loreto Normanhurst listen to
By Saoirse Hickey Let's be honest, we all sit on the ‘friend activity’ section of Spotify from time to time, doing a quick checkup on...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 3 min
The Perfect Album: A Veneration of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue'
Chiara Prinsloo What makes an album perfect? Maybe it's lyrics, composition, the music itself, or the emotion that it sparks. Maybe, it’s...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Casting Teachers: Musicals Edition
Disclaimer: This is just a joke! Frozen - Religion 1. Snowgies Ms De Mattia 2. Duke Weselton Mr Madigan 3. Olaf Mr Currao 4. Kristoff Ms...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 6 min
𝄞 How Music Affects the Brain? 𝄞
Avery Benbow & Lizzie Ead In light of the upcoming Music Festival, two curious students decided to explore the science behind how music...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 4 min
How to spice up Music Fest!
Eleanor Low Greetings, dear reader! Thank you for clicking on this article. I’ll keep this short and sweet; Music Festival is an awesome...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Loreto's Best Empowerment Songs
Lucy Deloughery, Olivia Daly, Emerson Mitchell and Genevieve Bolster
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The Mary Word
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Importance of Female Directors
Feronia Ding As we are lucky enough to attend a school that emphasises the importance of women and their potential, we sometimes forget...
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The Mary Word
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Sakura
Nat Hardwick Dark ebony branches swayed stiffly in the breeze, As the rosy blush buds bloom its sweet scent welcomes the bees. Many...
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The Mary Word
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Summer Breeze
Nat Hardwick Summer begins with a warm breeze, Gently swaying the new emerald leaves. The golden sun peaks over the distant skyline,...
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The Mary Word
- Nov 30, 2021
- 3 min
My Top 3 Books
Clare Horan Stories and books have been the way humans express themselves for generations, and in many cases books have been written to...
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The Mary Word
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
My Favourite Horror Movies
Feronia Ding As a huge fan of movies, horror is one of my favourite genres. So as Halloween is quickly approaching, I thought it would be...
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The Mary Word
- Oct 29, 2021
- 3 min
My Favourite Halloween Songs
Saoirse Hickey 1 - Calling All The Monsters by China Anne McClain (the original) I believe that this song truly changed the music...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 16, 2021
- 8 min
Gordi: an ex-Loreto student's success in the music industry
By Arabella Ahearn and Feronia Ding With Loreto Normanhurst alumna ‘Montaigne’s’ recent success in Eurovision, the talents of other...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
Celebrities at their first and most recent Grammy Awards
By Inara Hossain
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The Mary Word
- Jun 16, 2021
- 4 min
Lofi: the 'smooth beats' taking over the internet
By Camila De La Cruz (Image from “Lofi Girl”, formally “Chilled Cow” Youtube Channel) Lofi music has been increasing in popularity over...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Influential Life of Dennis Brain
By Amy Saad On the 17th of May in 1921, the remarkable British French Horn musician, Dennis Brain, was born in London to a very gifted...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 16, 2021
- 5 min
Can We Still Listen to Problematic Artists?
By Charlotte Hartmann There’s no feeling of personal betrayal like discovering a favourite artist is problematic. I remember at the...
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The Mary Word
- Jun 15, 2021
- 1 min
You Deserve To Own The Art You Make.
By Ava Carroll Who hasn’t dreamed of being a major international recording star? All you’ve got to do is write the songs, perform them,...
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The Mary Word
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
My favourite films from BIPOC directors
By Feronia Ding Moonlight (2016) A tender coming-of-age story about a young boy discovering his sexuality, ‘Moonlight’ captures the...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
Why you need to watch Miss Americana
By Erin Longney In the bubble of my own social media echo chamber, until recently, I had been lulled into a false sense of security that...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
Glass Eyes
By Clare Horan and Remy Savell-McKean Some of you may have heard the name; Walter Keane, or you may have not. However, I can assure you...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
Women Speak Up - Year 9
By Camila De la Cruz As part of a topic in English, “Women Speak Up”, Year 9 students have been studying feminism and why it is important...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 4, 2021
- 5 min
Female Artists in the Music Industry
By Saoirse Hickey and Arabella Ahearn Even in 2021, female artists suffer from sexism within the music industry. Artists like Taylor...
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The Mary Word
- Mar 3, 2021
- 4 min
Are These Films Feminist?
By Emma Frank and Feronia Ding Feminism in film is a grey area. Often it is hard to separate hyper-aware satire from work bombarded with...
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The Mary Word
- Nov 25, 2020
- 1 min
'Summer', a poem.
By Carissa Kidner Summer is the sun on my bright red cheeks. Summer is the laughter of people at the beach. The jacaranda falling around...
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