![Airplane [image source: chau nguyen/ http://thedevilhatessweatpants.blogspot.com.au ], crowd ink, crowdink, crowdink.com, crowdink.com.au](https://crowdink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Chau-airplane-218x150.jpg "5 Reasons You Should Travel Alone")
Blake Matich
Blake is an aspiring writer, comic, and commentator with a background in International Studies and Political Science. Blake has travelled to over 50 countries, providing him with a broad and informed perspective. You can usually find him reading or out meandering whilst listening to podcasts. If you can’t find him it is because he has fallen over the event horizon of a spiralling youtube black hole.
![Melbourne Writer's Festival [image source: selfpublishing.today], crowd ink, crowdink, crowdink.com, crowdink.com.au](https://crowdink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mwf-324x160.jpg "5 Reasons You Should Go to the Melbourne Writers Festival")
![Feyisa Lilesa - For Oromo [Iimage source: Oliver Morin/AFP/Getty Images], crowd ink, crowdink, crowdink.com, crowdink.com.au](https://crowdink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Feyisa-Lilesa-1-324x160.jpg "History Isn’t Over: 4 Powerful Sporting Protests")
![Michael Phelps' Notorious Photo Op [image source: usatoday.com], crowd ink, crowdink, crowdink.com, crowdink.com.au](https://crowdink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Phelpsface-324x160.jpg "The Rio Olympics Were a Mess and We Loved It")
![US Maternity Leave [image source: huffingtonpost.com], crowd ink, crowdink, crowdink.com, crowdink.com.au](https://crowdink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/US-Maternity-leave-324x160.jpg "Paid-Parental Leave in the U.S. – How Is This Not a Thing?")
![The Simpsons Guy [image source: telegraph.co.uk], crowd ink, crowdink, crowdink.com, crowdink.com.au](https://crowdink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/The-Simpsons-Guy-324x160.jpg "5 Best Ever Comedy Crossovers")
![Flying Cockroaches in NYC [image source: nytimes.com], crowd ink, crowdink, crowdink.com, crowdink.com.au](https://crowdink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cockroaches-324x160.jpg "Flying Cockroaches in NYC: Advice From an Aussie")
