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You Are Here: A brief history of Epping
Words || Sarah Joseph
A lot of you may know Epping from the traffic monstrosity that is Epping Road, looming apartment buildings and dizzying cranes....
Regulars
You Are Here: A brief history of Epping
Words || Sarah Joseph
A lot of you may know Epping from the traffic monstrosity that...
Q&A: Say it loud
Words || Ilhan Abdi
Say It Loud is a webseries that features a group of millennial...
Illustrated: Aussie Anti-Cocktails
Illustrations || Daniel LimThe Stealin’ Stalin
Are you one of those meme communists? Are you also stingy...
Ask an X-Pert: Catherine Lumby
Words || Erin Christie
Content warning: This article discusses sexual violence.
The National Rugby League is the...
Challenge: How to get away with murder
Words || Nathaniel Keesing
The scene is in London, and I’m walking into a fancy French...
Shame your unit: LAWS259
Words || I.S
Disclaimer: This unit was 2 years ago and to this day I will...
Creatives
Macquarie’s Queer Love Stories
Art by Emma Rssx.
Having your rights thrown around by a bunch of people who should, actually, have zero sway over how you live your...
The Hard Part
Words || Cameron Colwell
We set a time: 7:30, before dinner, but when Tom has had enough time to recover after work — we’re like...
Features
Toad wars
Words || Laura Neil
I am six years old, playing a game of driveway basketball with my sister. Dribbling the ball, preparing to shoot, and...
Trans-parency: On trans visibility
Words || Ashton Love
Today marks the 10th International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), which is held on the 31st March each year. Founded in...
The XX Men
Words || Ashton Love
Content warning: brief and undetailed mention of suicide
We can all agree that puberty sucks. Between changing bodies and surging emotions, our...
C**** and Karl Marx: A report from the E7B Male Bathroom
Words || Lachlan Marnoch
The public toilet stall is a time-honoured avenue for self-expression. Cubicle doors plastered with solicitations for a ‘good time’, dubious phone numbers,...
Best of Grapeshot Features & Regulars 2017
Our Features and Regulars pages were graced by brilliant and gutsy content this year, and every writer who appeared in Grapeshot deserves a bit of torn-up...
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It’s Just Another Graceless Night: On Melodrama
Words || Lydia Jupp
There’s always been something about Lorde.
I’m fourteen years old and listening to Buzzcut Season. It’s the perfect combination of suburban teenage...
Classics
From Lemmings to Grand Theft Auto V
WORDS Sarah Basford
Let’s take a look at the much hyped GTA series. Do the pill popping, gun wielding worlds of San Andreas, Liberty City...
