If you secretly Shazam songs in public, you’re a loser. In a time where personal taste is highly curated, and seen as a performance of identity, the discovery of music has become hyper-individualistic. In curating the self one Shazam at…
Another student strike has been planned for September 17, following thousands of high-school and university students taking part in a nationwide walkout earlier this month. Like the previous demonstration, the upcoming strike seeks to fight back against the rising popularity…
Brisbane’s inner-north community are leading the charge in opposing QUT’s closure of the Kelvin Grove Fitness and Aquatic Centre. Set for permanent closure on Tuesday 1st of September, many students remain completely unaware that the 25-metre indoor swimming pool will…
By Jasmin Asifiwe Content warning: references to sexual assault and child pornography I saw obscene child pornography on my feed today. I quickly reported it, and it was quickly deleted, but it’s not something you can erase from your mind.…
By Jasmin Asifiwe A new exhibition by the QUT Art Museum invites students to see the university’s art collection through a lens that foregrounds queer identities and perspectives in a process of reinterpretation. Queer Readings of the QUT Art Collection…
By Jasmin Asifiwe Demonstrators are seeking legal action and a finding of unlawfulness against police, for violence and brutality in Sydney protests against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s recent visit to Australia. As Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Australia on the 9th of February, over 15,000 protestors led by the Palestine Action Group…
by Jasmin Asifiwe “My mum said I shouldn’t praise false idols, but I’m pretty sure Frocket is a gift from god.” – Ava Eid, Frocket co-director Issue Ten of the longstanding magazine Frocket is a love letter to the collective legacy of Meanjin, described in its pages as “the city that always sleeps.” The publication is dedicated…
Earlier this month, the Adelaide Writers’ Festival was cancelled after 180 participants pulled out, and the subsequent resignation of the board, over the decision to remove author and activist Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the Writers’ Week programme. Organisers cited “cultural sensitivity” in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, as the reason for the removal. On January 8th, the…
By Jasmin Asifiwe Boys, whether infants or in their fifties, will always be boys and are never expected to become men. Girls on the other hand, are said to mature faster yet are still held to higher accountability. A boy…
Boy gossip, an age-old practice of unrestrained idle talk that may or may not be true, is the cornerstone of civilisation. When women and girls get together and share stories about their male counterparts, it’s an absolute miracle of human and societal observation: girl talk.
