FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
WORDS | Manisha Josephraja
How do I get over my FOMO? I'm always afraid of turning down invitations even if I'm tired or not up...
Goat Simulator is here!
WORDS | Samuel Ip
Goat Simulator. What a weird name, you might say. In the game’s description on Steam, the developers merely describe the game in...
The Battle of Faculties – Science Vs Arts
FOR EVERY MACQUARIE FACULTY THERE IS A “TYPICAL STUDENT”. RAELEE LANCASTER GATHERED A TEAM, THREE FROM THE SCIENCE FACULTY AND THREE FROM THE ARTS...
Shellshocked by Harriet Gerrard
INTERVIEW | Nicola Donovan
Imagine juggling your university degree with part-time work, all while running your own business. Well, that’s exactly what Harriet Gerrard does,...
Student Advocacy: The HECS Debate
We got two students to debate their opposing opinions on the possibility of the privitisation of HECS. Here's what they have to say:
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Lack of coal and gas puts NSW in a steam
WORDS | Brendon D’Souza
NSW has been battling a lot of environmental issues over the past few months.
The protests at Whitehaven Coal’s proposed Maules Creek...
Media Wars
Words | Lily Davis
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has tided waves of criticism over the years. Now, after months of verbal attacks from various Liberal...
Macquarie’s radical history
WORDS | Emma Vlatko
In 1969, Macquarie University students set up a tent embassy in the quadrangle of the North Ryde campus. Starting over concerns...
It’s time (for reform)
WORDS | Sarah Basford
Australia has been dealing with the contentious issue of electoral reform for some time now. With the controversies of past elections...
Strike Action at Macquarie!
WORDS | Raelee Lancaster & Emma Vlatko
On 11 March, Macquarie University’s National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members went on strike. Macquarie joined a string...
Features
Diving off the Fertility Cliff
Words || Eleanor Taylor
What is common knowledge about fertility now?
If you have a uterus,...
Perfect, Pretty and Poised: The Hidden yet Visible World of the...
Words || Aylish Dowsett
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, or so the saying goes. Attractiveness is...
Preach Nasty
Words || Anonymous
Let me chronicle my experience as a woman for you.
I grew up...
Exploring the Artifice of Influencers
Words || Shinae Taylor
“Is this caption okay?”
It’s the summer of 2017 and I’m sitting...
The Balancing Act of a Brown Feminist
Words ||Sara Choudhry
Almost anyone who calls themselves a feminist in the year of Miss Rona 2020 is familiar...
