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Phantastic Ferniture - Phantastic Ferniture
The name might make you roll your eyes, but Sydney alt-rock trio Phantastic Ferniture’ debut is far and away...
Review: When things fall apart by Pema Chödrön
Words || James Booth
“I just really want to learn more about Buddhism”. I am sitting on the bed of my partner, and he gleefully...
Regulars
Pop Culture Rewind: The plot thiccens
Words || Freya Jokela
When you think of things going in and out of trend you...
I Don’t Get It: Ableism 101
Words || Erin Christie
I must admit, when I first heard the term ‘ableism’ in my...
Challenge: James’ Naughty-cal puzzle
Words || Katelyn Free
Having a perpetually-bare-foot-flower-child EIC should have been an indication that when James...
I Don’t Get It: Queerness 101
Sometimes it can feel like the LGBTIQ+ alphabet is just a jumbled mouthful of ever-growing...
Shame Your Unit: PICT311 – Cyber-security in practice
Words || Squishy
You know your heart drops when you hear it’s the first time your...
Pop Culture Rewind: What are you? Some kind of lesbian?
Words || Jasmine Phillips
There are markedly few lesbians at the centre of comedy. The lesbian...
Creatives
The Epoch of Loss
Words || Jessica Thompson
Fuck.
The day is finally over as you briskly walk to your car. Back to back lectures have taken it out of...
Tryst (After a Fall)
Words || Cameron Colwell
Isaac is splayed out across his bed, staring blearily at the television. The words “You died” are emblazoned across the screen...
Features
16 years a student
Words || Ashley Regan Schieff
In the room under the stairs, Mrs Something sat across the desk from me. Through the glasses perched on the edge...
To whom it may concern
Words || Budjarn Lambeth
The other day, on one of my usual random YouTube sprees, I stumbled across a video where a group of middle aged...
Tattoos in Shibuya
Words || Amanda Burgess
People say that the worst thing you could do on your first overseas trip without a parent is get a tattoo....
Check yourself before you wreck yourself
Words || Georgia Davies
Vagina. Pussy. Crotch. Fanny. A part of our bodies with a million exciting names, however let me ask you the question:...
Homophobic bullying towards young men in Australia: when does it come to an end?
Words || Daisy Trethowan
When James Adonis, a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald, wrote an article about how to confront homophobia at work, he drew...
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Video games & mental health
Words || Lachlan Marnoch
Pathos is not generally considered a strength of the video game medium - but it should be. Games put you in...
Classics
Student Group Profile: AIESEC Macquarie
WORDS Brian Nguyen
AIESEC Macquarie is a student-run organisation that aims to promote youth leadership and self-development through exchange. Primarily, this means volunteering, teaching or...
