Learning Consent
Words || Yasaman Rowshanbaksh
Consent (noun): permission for something to happen
This is common sense stuff right? Don’t touch or do something to anyone unless you...
1-in-3
Words || Mariah Hanna
Last year my friend had an abortion.
It happens to 1 in 3 women so it was bound to happen to one...
From Here to There: A discussion of the current climate of violence against...
Words || Katelyn Free
I remember the first time I thought it would be a good idea to put my car keys between my fingers....
A student was refused entry into last night’s ‘A Moment of Truth’ talk
Words || Max Lewis
Last night the Macquarie University Liberal Club held an event titled 'A Moment of Truth: Is it the new hate speech?"...
The News is Broken: How social media journalism is perpetuating dangerous news consumption
Words || Christina Athanasopoulos
The media is in crisis. The news is fake. Nothing can be trusted. We are stuck in a perpetual echo chamber and...
Fuzzy Feedback: How TV journalism may be impacting our laws with questionable consequences
Words || Katelyn Free
I love Sarah Ferguson. She has serious earned real-estate in the professional girl crush section of my heart. The show she...
Labor VS Liberal: Should Australia have stronger censorship laws?
A LABOR PERSPECTIVE - Lachlan McGrath
The greatest strength of our democratic system is that governments are held to account by the people, and if...
Show’s over, go home: Trump’s achieved world peace and everything is fine
Words || Katelyn Free
‘The media. This is a big gathering of media, I will say. Makes me feel very uncomfortable’. President Trump never really...
Suck it up: Are single-use plastic bans pointless?
Words || Lucy MacCulloch
On 1 July 2018, Coles and Woolworths joined the likes of Aldi and IGA and banned plastic bags from all NSW stores....
Previously on Grapeshot
Words || Katelyn Free
Welcome back to another beautiful semester at Macquarie University. There’s the sweet scent of mass construction in the air, the new...
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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...
Review: Oceans from here
Words || Ellie Sindel
Located on Sydney’s famous Oxford Street, surrounded by cafés and various storefronts proudly displaying the Pride flag, stands the Australian Centre for...
