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'ghost in asian movie v sexc'
TIFFANY FONG | FEATURES Although a very catchy and clickbait title, it is not entirely true. Horror movies provide a stage for social and...
Jun 1, 2021


Illustrated: Critically Endangered Species in Australia
JODIE RAMODIEN | REGULARS The facts: we are currently experiencing our 6th mass extinction. Within the span of 20 years, more than 500...
Dec 7, 2020


The Extinction and Conservation of Australia’s Biodiversity
JODIE RAMODIEN | NEWS Grapeshot interviews Jaco Le Loux, Associate Professor in the department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie...
Nov 30, 2020


TV Show Review: Watchmen
JODIE RAMODIEN | REPEAT OFFENDERS Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who Watches the Watchmen? Before 2020 the word WATCHMEN as it pertained...
Nov 7, 2020


Illustrated: Which Female Monsters Epitomise Male Fears
JODIE RAMODIEN | REGULARS Siren – The Temptress Sirens are a warning from one sailor to another to beware of pretty and sweet-tempered...
Oct 31, 2020


From TikTok to Triple J
ELLA SCOTT | FEATURES In the reality that is 2020, the world is pretty darn fucked. As a society, we’ve had to re-evaluate how we do...
Oct 1, 2020

Female Desire In Literature
MADI SCOTT|FEATURES Why are we so afraid of female desire? Read almost any classic book and you will find a less-than creative...
Oct 1, 2020

The Notorious RBG
MADI SCOTT|NEWS “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth...
Oct 1, 2020

Next in Fashion
MADI SCOTT|NEWS As fashion trends change with every new season, the lives of those who make our clothes remain the same. Malnourished,...
Oct 1, 2020


You Are Here: Darug Country
JODIE RAMODIEN & AVNI BHARADWAJ | REGULARS Each issue Grapeshot uses the ‘You Are Here’ segment to shine a light on the quirks and...
Jul 31, 2020

WASHED ASHORE
MADI SCOTT|NEWS An overview of the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Rohingya people The concepts of nostalgia, reminiscence and...
Jul 1, 2020


You are here: Cherrybrook
MADI SCOTT|REGULARS Self-isolating in Cherrybrook makes you realise just how small the suburb really is. After the first week you begin...
Jul 1, 2020


Temporarily Clear Skies
The Climate Crisis in the Wake of COVID-19 JODIE RAMODIEN | NEWS In the months since the COVID-19 outbreak began there has been one...
Jun 8, 2020

TV Show Review: Never Have I Ever
JODIE RAMODIEN | REPEAT OFFENDERS Never Have I Ever more or less follows the story of a 15-year-old Mindy Kaling reimagined into this...
Jun 1, 2020


Game Review: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
JODIE RAMODIEN | REPEAT OFFENDERS It was around March when panic over the coronavirus began to truly be reflected in Sydney’s consumerist...
May 31, 2020

Eurovision
MADI SCOTT|FEATURES Eurovision has crept up on us, with the announcement of Australia’s representative as none other than 24-year-old...
Mar 29, 2020


TV Show Review: Ronny Chieng International Student
JODIE RAMODIEN | REPEAT OFFENDERS First off if you haven’t watched this TV show before you are missing out, go watch it, it’s on Netflix....
Feb 29, 2020


I Don't Get It: Climate Change Millennials
JODIE RAMODIEN | REGULARS Just picture it. It’s the year 2020 and for a slew of baby boomers climate change is still considered a...
Feb 27, 2020


You Are Here: Wahroonga
JODIE RAMODIEN | REGULARS If you could distil the North Shore into one suburb it would be Wahroonga. It is the spawn-point for North...
Jan 30, 2020

What’s Your Flower?
SALIHA REHANAZ|CREATIVE “Not a red rose or a satin heart, I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It promises light...
Dec 30, 2019
Grapeshot acknowledges the Wallumattagal clan, of the Dharug nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and meet. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, no treaty was signed, and would like to pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
We would like to extend those respects to all First Nations people reading. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
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