By Georgie Dobbs, QUT Guild Environment Officer Mass starvation has engulfed the Gaza strip. Whilst millions of Palestinians suffer under Israel’s deliberate blockade, warehouses filled with food, medicine, and baby formula, just kilometers away, are left to rot. At least…
by Yuanyi Tham On the 4th and 9th of July, hundreds of workers at Brisbane’s Star Casino walked off the job to protest the Star’s latest pay offer, which would leave over 2,000 staff members as the worst-paid casino workers…
By Ellie Gunton “I don’t understand”. Hot, thick tears cloud my vision and the warm lights of my room swim before me. “I just don’t…” His words sound heavy, as though each syllable hurts. I’m on my feet now, cradling…
By Spidey Vi Minor spoilers ahead. Directed by a woman on a shoestring budget of $1.5 million, Desert Hearts (1985) was one of the pioneers in its genre. To have positive onscreen portrayals of a lesbian romance and a box…
By L.A. Neal I am a blemish on the perfect skin of the world, a part that doesn’t quite fit anywhere. I try to insert myself somewhere, masked as best as I can, altering myself to fit in, but it’s…
By Mehrdad Mehrju when I think of you it hurts somewhere in my mind somewhere in my soul I need to kiss your laughter I need to hug your silence to soothe this ache with longing like a lullaby I…
By Spidey Vi I still think about Reneé Rapp’s intense stares. If you don’t know what fetch is, here’s a brief plot: homeschooled teenager Cady Heron transfers into North Shore High School and befriends the outcast Janis and Damian. Instigated…
By Josephine Renee Event Review Trigger warnings: displayed dead human bodies of all ages described. “It’s all very real.” “It’s real. Yeah, that eyeball is real.” “Please get off the glass.” “What’s the red stuff?” “No, cause it’s dead.” These…
By Emira Sadat I’m sorry, was I being too loud? A five-year-old girl with a short bob, a skirt below her knees and an attitude full of excitement that crumbled in front of everyone. All because she was too ‘loud’.…
By Zoe Hyde Rutger Hatchett had always been one to find himself amongst the chaos, seemingly unintentionally, yet rather consistently and somewhat coincidentally. Rutger reflected on this as he took his evening dose of Mirtazapine and Lorazepam. He enjoyed the…
