Arielle Richards
Arielle Richards is the multimedia reporter at VICE Australia.
Her reporting covers culture, food, fashion, nightlife, sex and society’s ongoing downfall.
She is the editor of VICE Australia’s weekly newsletter, socials editor, TikTok star, and an expert in the idiosyncratic and bizarre.
Culture
What It Takes To Be SLAMROSS1000
"People think that I'm just munching pingers and making music all the time, but I'm also fucking around here!"
Arielle Richards
3 hours ago
queer
Making AI Art Out of Thirst Trap DMs
"It’s Like Pokémon Meets Playboy"
Arielle Richards
2 days ago
Fashion
Are The Jeans That Look Like You’ve Pissed Yourself... Hot?
We have all peed in the shower. And we have all, at some point or another, pissed ourselves. Urinary incontinence is not our final taboo: It’s just the next evolution in our piss culture.
Arielle Richards
5.2.24
queer
A New Exhibition is Archiving Melbourne’s Queer Culture In Real Time
"To archive something is to give it meaning, and allow it the dignity to stand still for a moment in time.”
Arielle Richards
4.29.24
Food
The Best Pho in Melbourne is From a Vietnamese Restaurant That ‘Opens When We Feel Like It’
On any given night, Shop Bao Ngọc could hold a fundraising event, Pho Night [payment from $15-$30 on a sliding scale] or a queer community BBQ.
Arielle Richards
4.24.24
renting
11 People Who Talked Their Way Out of Rent Increases On How They Did it
It's actually possible, legal and advisable to try to negotiate your landlord's unconscionable rent increase. We spoke with some tenants who were successful.
Arielle Richards
4.16.24
renting
It Happened to Me: My House Had No Shower For Two Months and It Made My Life Better
After I found the courage to ask our elderly landlord to fix the shower, her middle-aged son came over and ripped it out instead.
Arielle Richards
4.12.24
Australia Today
MONA Loses Legal Battle, Ordered to Allow Men Into Ladies Lounge Exhibit
The museum argued the refusal of men was the point of the artwork.
Arielle Richards
4.10.24
Australia Today
Sydney’s First Drug-Checking Service Will Test Injectables
New South Wales’ first drug-checking service will open at Sydney’s supervised injecting room.
Arielle Richards
4.9.24
relationships
‘I Dove into Polyamory and Haven’t Looked Back’: Young Divorcees On Ending Their Early Marriages
We asked 20-something divorcees what it's like getting married and divorced by age 30.
Arielle Richards
4.8.24
Australia Today
$10,000 on Thai Massages, $500 Dinners: Lehrmann Defamation Trial Reopened in Court
The Federal Court has published an affidavit alleging Seven Network made payments to Bruce Lehrmann for sex, drugs and accommodation.
Arielle Richards
4.3.24
Australia Today
The Big Australian Music Festival Is Dead. What Next?
Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled, following a tragic trend that has spelled end times for Australia’s large music festivals.
Arielle Richards
3.28.24
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