Content Warning: This review discusses violence and trauma in literature A novel that holds both searing beauty and brutality, Below Deck is a deep dive into what it means to be hurt and what it means to heal. This is…
by Em Readman Memoirs about grief are often synonymous with the death of a parent or child, or a loss that comes later in life. Few dive into the sudden, reeling experience of unexpected death at a young age, and…
1. I never know if my tarot card pulls are accurate, or if I make them accurate. It’s easy enough to manipulate the meaning. Each morning I lay them all out face down, I flip the same card over, week…
Ennis Ćenić’s SADVERTISING: A Review by Em Readman The book’s front cover types itself as ‘Stories from the margins of creativity.’ I can’t fault the sentence for a book of short stories written by a copywriter. That’s precisely what…
I remember the pure isolation I felt in my year eight classroom. It was ten years ago now. When we were asked to show the class a video and analyse its themes, I chose the music video for ‘Beautiful’ by…
Earlier this semester, I sat down with Pro-Vice Chancellor of Entrepreneurship Professor Rowena Barrett. Rowena is responsible for QUT’s Entrepreneurship action. We spoke about the value of learning about entrepreneurship, her trajectory to her position and how much further QUT…
I was skeptical when Tom, my co-editor, handed me Atomic Habits by James Clear. I like to think of myself as a decently organised and mildly habitual person. I automate savings, I budget, I attend (most) of my weekly classes.…
This week is QUT Sustainability Week, and during awareness weeks like this, we hear a lot about metal water bottles and beach clean-ups. While these endeavours are important, there are many facets of sustainability, even just within the QUT Community.…
As O-Week draws to a close, we’re here to announce the up and coming event for semester 2 from the QUT Guild: Wellfest. Wellfest is an event spanning across six weeks in semester 2, with a core theme for each…
For many students, some of the biggest questions that have come out of the last 18 months are about who is at the forefront of QUT’s online strategy and what they are doing. It’s not an easy question to…
