A Very Normal Week For One Nation

THE JUNKEE WEEKLY No Images? [Click here]( [Junk Mail from Junkee]( JUST A NORMAL WEEK FOR ONE NATION Welcome to Junk Mail, your chance to catch up on the week in pop culture, music, news and politics. Here. We. Go. Pauline Hanson's One Nation has come under fire this week after an undercover investigation by Al Jazeera revealed party reps travelled to the US to cozy up to the gun lobby, [hoping to score as much as $20 million in donations from the NRA and Koch Industries](. Just remembers kids: [it doesn't count as selling out your country if you were shitfaced at the time!]( Also, [Hanson maybe thinks the Port Arthur massacre didn't happen](? So yeah, not the best week for them, to be honest. On Thursday Jordan Peele's Us finally hit cinemas and yep, it's fucking terrifying. The director's follow-up to Get Out [has been lauded by critics](, including Junkee's own Cameron Williams [who wrote about some of the iconic horror films Peele used for inspiration](. THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Please Enjoy Pauline Hanson Confusing The NRMA With The NRA In A Bizarre Press Conference]( After a week of controversy, Pauline Hanson held a press conference on Thursday in which she disavowed all connections between One Nation and the NRA. Or she would have, [if she hadn’t accidentally called them the NRMA instead](. [The Last Ever Episode Of ‘Get Krack!n’ Was Pitch Perfect Television]( [The Last Ever Episode Of ‘Get Krack!n’ Was Pitch Perfect Television ]( [The Bizarre Story Of How A Sydney Artist’s Identity (And Music) Was Stolen​]( [The Bizarre Story Of How A Sydney Artist’s Identity (And Music) Was Stolen ]( NETFLIX HAS A CANCELLING PROBLEM [Netflix Has A Cancelling Problem]( "Services like Netflix want to be your BFF so badly because they want to be embedded in your life. But despite whatever emotional attachment you have to these companies it’s always going to end in heartbreak because they are not our buds." Following the cancellation of sitcom One Day at a Time, Cameron Williams explores the different metrics by which shows on streaming services like Netflix [are considered successes... or failures](. HOW VIDEO GAMES HELP US GRIEVE [How Video Games Help Us Process Grief]( "After months of feeling adrift in my mind, I finally began to notice a change within me. This game and these characters weren’t curing my grief, but they were helping me to deal with it, to escape it each night briefly — to have a break from my overactive mind." Dana Folkard writes about how The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt helped her cope with the death of her mother, and [how video games can be an outlet for processing grief](. MASSIVE SHEEP VS. GIANT BANANA [Face Off: Which Giant Australian Statue Would Win In A Fight?]( "Why did we decide to build the Big Merino? Like yeah, it’s a sign of Goulburn’s thriving wool industry, but why was it really built? Could it have been intended as a safety precaution in case Australia’s Big Things came to life?" Alana Young asks the question we've all been thinking: [which one of Australia's giant statues would win in a fight](? [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Junkee is a Junkee Media publication. You are recieving this because you subscribed to the Junkee newsletter on our website, entered one of our competitions, or attended a Junkee event. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](