By Connor Knight The Queensland LNP government has announced new hate speech laws to be introduced to parliament this week. They are an extreme, authoritarian attack on the Palestine movement and civil liberties. If passed, the laws will make public…
By Mehrdad Mehrju the thy day speaks of leaving an empty box in the living the curtain draws the conversationinto eucalyptus shadea shoe that isn’t the thy day the kookaburra outside the windowcackles with the dawn and the koala still sleepsin wonderwhose laughter awakened the…
By Emira Sadat For as long as I can remember, love has felt just out of reach, always close enough to want but far enough to never hold it fully. I didn’t grow up believing love was something you were given. I…
By Kate Todman Cinnamon sugar, sweet like Christmas morning, my favourite as it melted soft on my tongue, until it burned my throat, bitter and harsh. The calendar slipped – first a month, then years. Counting the days was like holding cinnamon sugar in an open palm by…
By Harry Deefholts Growing up, I relied on animated superhero shows and the cultural impact of the now flawed Marvel Cinematic Universe to feed my childhood niches and introduce me to new characters. That being said, over the last year, I wanted to adopt a new depth and cultural perspective on superheroes and other fictional characters—by going out and buying old-school paperbacks and $10 comics. Since then, I’ve been introduced to Hellboy, several modern comic runs, and I’ve even been…
By Naomi Harron I did not begin modelling under the presumption that it would be empowering, nor that it would make me feel beautiful. I simply entered it as a practical transaction—a way for me to extract money and notoriety…
By Brittany Bentley In the low tide I trek across the mudflats of Coochiemudlo, a small island off the coast of Brisbane, treading on millions of tiny balls of sand left behind by sand bubbler crabs. The intertidal land is so soft and sodden with salt water that I sink calf…
Chelsea Hudson From low-rise jeans to “detox teas” promising a flatter stomach, the ghosts of 2000s diet culture are haunting us again; this time, they’re dressed up as self-care. Even Kate Moss has since distanced herself from her notorious 2009 mantra, “Nothing tastes…
by Cameron Walker “Mother died today”, or maybe yesterday. I can’t be sure. The note which I’ve unfolded drips with rain; scratchy blue ink that fades with each passing word. The author, rushed, or simply short of working pens, must have delivered it late last night or early…
by Ewan Robertson Everybody doesbecause who can’t not?Husbands and Wives,dresses and suites,flowers at tables. A family,crying together,Because who can’t not.Under heart shaped moons,and sunlight that smells like forever Even air can taste sweet when a day is all about youAbout…
