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The Five Kinds of Footwear you see on Campus
Illustrations || Daniel Lim
Barefoot
A city-dwelling nature lover walking a strange wobbly line between carefree whimsy and straight up nihilism. The phrase 'bin chicken' triggers...
VC Sends Staff and Student-Wide Email Regarding Marriage Equality Postal Survey
Words || Nikita Jones
Students and staff have been sent a mass email from Macquarie Announcements regarding the same sex marriage postal vote this morning...
Regulars
The Five Kinds of Footwear you see on Campus
Illustrations || Daniel Lim
Barefoot
A city-dwelling nature lover walking a strange wobbly line between carefree whimsy...
Undercover: The Critical Thinkers Society
Words || Max Lewis
If you’re like me and instantly judgemental of everything you see, you’ve...
The Town | Review
Words || Cameron Colwell
If the point of good writing is to put into words that...
#ShameYourUnit: ECON204, where the questions … don’t really have answers
Words || Hans Lee
You ever had that moment when the answers are just not...
Podshot Podcast: A Chat With Andrew Attieh
Macquarie University's very own media student, Andrew Attieh, sits down with Isaac and Amanda Louise...
Grapeshot Film Review Round-Up: War, Scandinavian Drama, Queer Art & Chris Evans
They're here, they're square-eyed, and they use words like 'multi-faceted', 'self aware', 'palpable' and 'nuanced'.
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Creatives
None Of My Friends Will Leave Me Alone
Words || Angus MacDonald
I’m seriously considering purchasing one of those large, inflatable plastic balls, just so other people have no choice but to respect...
Four Marriages and One Kidney
Words || Emma Kocbek
It’s a social faux pas to have only a single eyebrow, one that I have laboriously avoided since I was 13...
Features
SHARK WEEK SHARK FACTS, FUCK YEAH
Words || Georgia Drinan
I’m gonna preface this article by letting you in on a secret: I really, really, like sharks. Sharks are the greatest....
Meet the Editors: Shoes We Have Loved & Lost
In celebration of our latest issue, Boots, here are the shoes that best represent our Grapeshot Team. From classy ballet pointes all the way through...
Misconceptions, Talking Tough Topics and Diversity in Young Adult Fiction
Words || Alexander Basto
Young adult fiction has become somewhat of a phenomenon in the literary sphere. It is a market that is worth millions...
Exam Advice from People Who Actually Know What the Hell We’re Talking About
End-of-session exams are almost over, so if you’re not done revising you’re almost certainly going to fail and live out the rest of your...
Half Pipe Dream: Emma Harvey meets the skateboarding pro who lost it all
Words || Emma Harvey
When I first meet Jamie he is mid-conversation with the automated voice over the train loudspeaker.
‘This train will stop at Hawksbury...
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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...
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