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‘Ascendant’ Falls Victim to its Scattered Genre Ambitions
NICHOLAS CHANG | REPEAT OFFENDERS 2021 has not been a great year for Australian cinema. It’s important to support the Australian film...
Aug 9, 2021


The Lost Societies of Macquarie
MADI SCOTT | NEWS Midway through my fourth year at a university that boasts about having more than 130 affiliated student clubs and...
Aug 9, 2021


The Tomorrow War's Interesting Setup Conflicts with a Generic, Yet Enjoyable, Execution
NICHOLAS CHANG | REPEAT OFFENDERS Judging by the premise of Chris McKay's The Tomorrow War, you'd expect something along the lines of...
Jul 26, 2021


‘In the Heights’ Soars High Amidst Its Emotionally Scattered Ambitions
NICHOLAS CHANG | REPEAT OFFENDERS Some films deserve to be seen on the big screen because of the joyous and heartfelt experiences they...
Jul 13, 2021


The Campus Lowdown
RAYNA BLAND | NEWS: ISSUE #3 FREUDIAN SLIP Penalty Increase for Arts Students Starting from Semester 2, the penalty for late assignments...
Jul 5, 2021


The 2021 Budget: An Overview
NIKITA BYRNES | NEWS On Tuesday May 11th, Australia’s Treasurer for 2021 delivered the Coalition government’s Federal Budget for 2021-22....
Jul 1, 2021


Pop Culture Rewind: Who And What Is Freud?
NIKITA BYRNES | REGULARS “Our bodies are the texts that carry the memories and therefore remembering is no less than reincarnation.” –...
Jun 30, 2021


Pop Culture Rewind: Aussie Soaps Craziest Plots
HARRY FRASER | REGULARS For this issue’s Pop Culture Rewind, we are looking back at some of the most cooked soap opera storylines that...
Jun 15, 2021


Mob: Totems
ELIJAH INGRAM | REGULARS Totems occupy a special place among Indigenous people and are a recurring aspect of various Indigenous cultures....
Jun 15, 2021


Top Australian News Podcasts
HARRY FRASER | REPEAT OFFENDERS 7AM This one is a short, yet informative news and current affairs podcast produced by Schwarz Media, the...
Jun 14, 2021


Representing the Past to Represent Us
TORI S. BARENDREGT | FEATURES In Australia we proudly boast values of mateship, multiculturalism, humility and sincerity. We are known...
Jun 14, 2021


Call Me By My Name
And not a nickname solely for your convenience. TIFFANY FONG | FEATURES In 1948, professors at Harvard studied whether names had any...
Jun 14, 2021


I Don't Get It: Tall Poppy Syndrome
TORI S. BARENDREGT | REGULARS Though I have lived in Australia my entire life —save one year I spent abroad, I did not hear about tall...
Jun 14, 2021


White Sails
NAVISHKAR RAM | CREATIVES White sails A flag planted A people deceived False promise made Wagon wheels Expansion by the gun And the sword...
Jun 14, 2021


Young Australians’ Fascination with American Politics
NIKITA BYRNES | FEATURES We’re a few months into 2021 and like everyone else, I’m questioning how the year has already flown by so fast....
Jun 14, 2021


Challenge: Kicking Caffeine
HARRY FRASER | REGULARS Willkommen and bienvenue, this is Harry Fraser, the Regulars Editor for Grapeshot Magazine. For the Challenge...
Jun 14, 2021


Zucced In?
Behind the Facebook News Ban OLIVIA CHAN | NEWS Breaking news. Or more accurately, a lack of news. On the 18th of February, Facebook had...
Jun 14, 2021


BEDROOM / VENGEANCE
NIKITA BYRNES | CREATIVES I am a girl of the inner western suburbs. Too posh for Blacktown but too anxious and annoyed for Town Hall. I...
Jun 14, 2021


Celeb Spellcheck, Australia’s Very Own Gossip Girl
ELLA SCOTT | FEATURES Celeb Spellcheck here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of… Australian B-Grade celebrities? If...
Jun 14, 2021


You Are Here: Central Coast
MYKAYLA CASTLE | REGULARS For those of us fortunate or unfortunate enough to hail from the Central Coast, it’s an hour and a half car...
Jun 14, 2021


FreeGuides: Explore Like Never Before
SALIHA REHANAZ | NEWS Wondering how to explore new experiences without getting on a flight? FreeGuides enables fresh adventures and the...
Jun 14, 2021


The Health Gambit
A message from our friends at the Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre TOPSY KRETTS | NEWS While Beth Harmon may not have...
Jun 14, 2021
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