By Olivia Wooldridge “I swear, sometimes you make me wonder what I did to deserve a child like you,” Maya fumed, standing to the side as her daughter strode through the door, shoulders stiff and chin thrust in the air. “I’m only twenty…
My grandmother was a truly remarkable woman. She raised three children almost single-handedly with child like enthusiasm and unfailing love. Divorced after thirty-five years of marriage, she flourished in her new found freedom. At fifty, she returned to university and…
By Jennifer Haig Sometimes I imagine I am made up of shards of glass. Beautiful, but only when artificially coloured and moulded. Useful, but only when I am held strong by lead casings. All my outlines given definition and imbued…
By disgruntled help desk worker as per ⊂_ヽ ＼＼ my ＼( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) > ⌒ヽ / へ＼ / / ＼＼last email ﾚ ノ ヽ_つ / / / /| ( (ヽ. | |、＼ | 丿 ＼ ⌒) | | ) / ノ ) Lﾉ (_／ As someone who receives 20+ emails a day, I know what…
By Saskia Mathers QUT is home to a number of clubs and societies for women in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). STEM [in the western world] has historically been filled with, you guessed it, white cis males – yet for a sector tasked with designing, developing…
By Sara Czubeck If I asked, do you feel grounded, what would you say? A question we don’t often get asked, but one we need to reflect on. I’ve recently listened to a podcast that highlighted why we do things that are…
By Sarah McCutcheon (Treasurer of Women in Law) I could tell you all of the classic answers to this question. I could tell you that women’s clubs have really great events, that they are a great place to meet friends and are a way…
By Anon I’d forgotten the toilet paper; my campsite back in the distance, but I had faith. I smiled- someone left their own behind; considerate of the next person, the only portaloo on site and surprise, surprise- kept clean! Not every event…
By Jedd Boyan A redevelopment of a Woolworths Metro store in Brisbane’s inner-city suburb of Kelvin Grove is set to modernise shopping for customers this August. Woolworths Kelvin Grove’s service manager Scott Wright said customers had a range of long overdue…
By Bobomi I for all the things, that, could have been, but couldn’t be. For the time – lost, to uncertainties and confusion, when it could have been filled with memories so vibrant. For the energy – spent, on trying to cover…
