by Nina Busteed “Found them!” I yelled, my voice bouncing across the mudflats and into the big blue sky. “Crabs?” dad responded, his sunnies sparkling in my direction from about a hundred metres away. “Yeah!” There had to be thousands of them; tiny, ten-legged blurs of blue, white and yellow. Soldier crabs! Small troupes sprinted in every direction. It looked like…
By Anonymous My friends wave goodbye as they join the lengthy queue for the tall ride I can’t conquer. I have some time to kill and my inner child sees me on a mission for Mickey Mouse ears. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t take long before I’m standing in front of an array of…
By Zoe Mauerhan Classes were finished Day was drawing to a close Time to travel home Corner of my eye On the way to the Goodwill It calls to my heart Rum, Scotch or Bourbon How about a jug to…
By Laura Harland There is a saying about doors, we all know it, it goes something like this: “Sometimes we have to close a door for a new one to open”. I used to see the world through a lens…
By Daniel Martinez-Lopez Australia isn’t perfect – in fact there is a lot of work that needs to be done both policy and cultural wise. Climate Change, the wellbeing of our Indigenous community and many other issues have failed to make some Australians proud…
By Kat Langton *Content Warning* Sexual Assault, Rape First of all, let’s deal with the elephant in the room. The pink one, the one who hates men, with the unshaven legs, the checkered shirt and the short hair, swinging a burning bra…
By Anonymous TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT He liked animal planet and letting his baby nieces play with his hair. He was funny, charming and sociable. His favourite place was Magnetic Island, he loved fishing and the beach. He cared about…
By Eireann Pettman I was sat minding my own business the day a woman I had respected, until that moment, told me that “feminism is stupid, and feminists are annoying”. I didn’t know what to say. I had never met a…
By Anonymous The first time it happened I was 19, in retail, with my best friend. An older colleague kept grazing our bodies. We confided in each other and both realised we were having the same experience of being touched…
By Jess Kondys Endometriosis is a disorder which causes tissue that normally lines the uterus to grow outside of the uterus. It is a chronic illness, which, for me, causes chronic pain. Endometriosis can only be definitively diagnosed through a laparoscopy,…
