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Aug 12, 2024
From Aprons to Empowerment: Navigating the Gendered Gastronomic Landscape
Tanisha Shah discusses the controversy around cooking and modern hesitance to learn typically “female” skills. “Girls these days just...
Aug 11, 2024
Blind Leading the Blind
Towers of beaming light loomed over her. Light that would never be seen by the line of forty-nine men behind her. All unable to see,...
Aug 11, 2024
Killing Achilles
*I* All that glamorous music and expensive furniture under that crystal light of the central hotel of the Darling Bay used to entrap all...
Aug 11, 2024
My Neighbour, Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga wasn’t the sharp-toothed witch that lived in a shrunken hut in the woods. Baba Yaga was my grumpy old Russian neighbour from...
Aug 11, 2024
Peace of Mind
“Mommy’s just going away for a little while.” The first time I heard those words, alarm bells rang in my head. Back then, we were still...
Aug 11, 2024
George & Jill
Not long after I first heard her name, I began to see her. She was the shadow on the rooftop, the eyes that glittered in the dark, the...
Aug 11, 2024
Her name was Alexa, and
She had glossy black hair that fell in waves well past her shoulders to sit in mosaics across her back. Her name was Alexa and she was...
Aug 11, 2024
Where are you, feminists?
In the ocean of priorities, many of us collectively gaze, We pluck bright seaweed, Fresh and green, in the glare of our sight. Yet we...
Aug 11, 2024
Landscaping
Paul only paid half a mind to his boss droning through the computer in his home office. Instead he watched from the cramped window as his...
Aug 11, 2024
Let’s Kill This Bastard: Female Revenge in Death Proof (2007)
News Section Editor Zaynab Khuder presents another exciting pop-culture analysis as she analyses the violent desires of women in...
Aug 11, 2024
The Tortured Fig Tree Department of an Anxious 20-Something-Year-Old
Zara Hernadez’s exciting travels to Seoul and Japan have allowed her to redefine her own perception of Sylvia Plath’s ever-looming fig...
Aug 11, 2024
The Soft Life
Sarah Sol shares her perspective as a feminist whose personal aspirations to live as a traditional wife are often misunderstood within...
Aug 11, 2024
Girls v Guys; Unhinged v Normal
Certified Swiftie Beth Nicholls was feeling their ‘Reputation’ era, as they explored the double standards for male sports fanatics during...
Aug 11, 2024
The Slippery Slope from Institutionalised Slighting to Feminine Rage
Bianca Chatterjee reminiscences about The Menu and the brilliant, unbridled female rage present within Anya Taylor-Joy’s character. As...
Aug 11, 2024
Raging Bisexuals; Villains and Vampires in the Media
Lead Section Editor Sophie Poredos asks the question; are you a raging bisexual? If so, you may qualify as a villainess. You roam the...
Aug 11, 2024
Which Came First: The Woman Or The Monster?
Contributor Maryam Bokhari explores the trending phenomenon of ‘monstrous femininity’ and its cultural roots in the horror genre. Blood...
Aug 11, 2024
The Devil Wears Adidas
Fearless Editor-In-Chief Jasmine embodies the spirit of Sue Sylvester in this exclusive tell-all of the most iconic and sassy blonde on...
Aug 11, 2024
Silenced Suffering: The Harrowing Plight of Palestinian Women in the Shadows of Conflict
Izzah Adnan brings forth the challenges faced by Palestinian women during the harrowing conflict occurring in Gaza. Content Warning:...
Aug 11, 2024
Aaron Bushnell and His Political Act of Protest Against the War on Palestine
News Section Editor Zaynab Khuder recounts Aaron Bushnell’s act of protest in support of the cause to free Palestine and its people from...
Aug 11, 2024
NRL Kicks Off in Sin City
Editorial Assistant Beth Nicholls takes us for a ride as they recap the NRL’s debut in America and their predictions for games one and...
Jul 28, 2024
Woke Toxic Masculinity Type Palaver: The Outdated Outcry Over Newington College
Online Editor Jackson Robb delves into the infamous decision to shift the all-boys private school Newington to co-ed, and what this...
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We would like to extend those respects to all First Nations people reading. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
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