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…
By Kell To her To the girl who pushed away the ones who loved her most. You’re a disappointment to your family. You’re a selfish bitch. Your parents didn’t raise you to become the woman you are today. Society doesn’t accept the woman you are today. To her who cares for nobody…
By Amanda Thomas I don’t want our world. Enfold me in the cardinal dawn and let me be reborn. Lift me to the realm where people are angels not monsters. I give my love freely. And does that make me …
By Monty Matzinn The air pulsed with the hiccuping laughter of the children, pouring out of the old church, their cheery faces turned up to the smart, summery sun. Sister Grace followed behind them, counting their bobbing heads. Thirty-six children. All…
By Loïc J E Bishop Power for me has three components: work over time, strength and love. If you ask my engineer’s mind what power is, it sees it as work over time. An equation we use over and over again to design systems. In this…
