Sophie van Bastelaer

Interview of Dasola, Emma, Tessa, Sariena, Elena by Sophie Van Bastelear //  Girls supporting other girls and helping them rise. [That’s] a common goal with all human beings, but especially with women and especially in terms of career and being in the industry.

Writing by Sophie Van Bastelear // Free movies. Special guests. A full day of industry talks and workshops. The 24-hour Film Challenge (sleep is for the weak). Battle of the Scores. Free WiFi in the building. A fort to hang in between movies. Oh, and did we mention the movies are FREE? What’s not to like?

Writing by Sophie Van Bastelear // Illustration by Freya Bennett // He wants to reject bodies, change bodies, deport bodies, convert bodies, degrade bodies, ignore bodies, use bodies.

Interview of JoJo by Sophie van Bastelaer // I would change the stereotype that women need to be “rescued” or taken care of by a man, and that in order to be “rescued,” she needs to be perfect, skinny, beautiful, and submissive.

Writing by Sophie van Bastelaer // Photograph by Sara Giorgio // Something that exists “in the past” does not, by virtue of its being past, have to be thrown away or forgotten. We can make our own choices, our own nuances about what stays important and what we prioritize.

Interview and review by Sophie van Bastelaer // Australian electro­pop step­sister duo Auguste deserves to be your next musical obsession.

Writing by Sophie van Bastelaer // Photograph by Ariel Leung // I wish that when I was younger someone had told me that having lots of feelings was okay.

Writing by Sophie Van Bastelaer // Photograph by Liam Warton // If we can teach ourselves to empathize we can respect the people we love (and even those we don’t) enough to embrace the connections and responsibilities and decisions that may just be “awkward.”