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- Jul 27
- 3 min
I Don't Get It: REM Sleep and Nightmares
“REM” was always one of the words that flew around everywhere I was, but I never understood the meaning of it. Indeed, I knew it was...
- Jul 27
- 5 min
Pop Culture Rewind: Sleeping Beauty
TW: Sexual Assault, Rape Deemed as one of the less adventurous Disney princess stories, the 1959 film Sleeping Beauty can be a telling...
- Jul 27
- 4 min
Challenge: Meditating
When I first started this challenge, my anxious brain was fretting over the theme “Sweet Dreams.” As someone who lives life just shy of...
- Jul 27
- 3 min
Illustrated: Pyjama Personalities
Silk Suit Set You either grew up with a trampoline in your backyard or you’re a Capricorn. You have an elaborate night time routine...
- Jul 18
- 3 min
You Are Here: Castle Hill
Castle Hill: once a rural out-of-the-way suburb, but now a sprawling new metropolis of apartments, dining, and the convenient drunken...
- Jul 18
- 4 min
I Don't Get It: The Australian Creative Industry
On The Set Of Home And Away Summer Bay is everyone’s holiday getaway dream. For Grapeshot’s Aussie issue, I wanted to touch base with...
- Jul 18
- 6 min
Pop Politics Understood: The Republic of the Commonwealth of Australia?
The Prime Minister is the leader of Australia, right? The Australian Constitution doesn’t think so. According to section 61, executive...
- Jul 18
- 3 min
Pop Culture Rewind: Kath and Kim
In May of 2002, Australia was introduced to its most loved sitcom. It revolves around the mother-daughter relationship of permed...
- Jul 18
- 4 min
Challenge: Australian Movie Speed Dating
When I asked, “What movie is so iconic that it is embedded in Australian culture?” the responses I got, and the subsequent confusion...
- Jul 12
- 3 min
You Are Here: Penrith
ARE YOU THE CROW? “Hey, Mika, at school today, my teacher told me a story after lunch. And, you shouldn’t be the crow or the Peacock.”...
- Jul 12
- 3 min
Pop Culture Rewind: Enchanted
In 2007, Kevin Lima’s Enchanted was released, a combined live-action/animated princess musical. That in itself should be everything you...
- Jul 12
- 3 min
The Reckoning of Conventionality: Taylor Swift's Folklore
Taylor Swift. A rare pop phenomena. Transitioning from country roots to mainstream music, this star has transcended genres. In the...
- Jul 12
- 2 min
You Are Here: Circular Quay
Grapeshot’s Isabella Trope takes you through her favourite “nexus of culture” in Sydney Fear not, Sydney Siders, Interstate Travelers,...
- Jul 12
- 3 min
Pop Culture Rewind: 50 Shades Of Grey
Grapeshot’s resident sexpert, Eleanor Taylor, discusses Fifty Shades of Grey and its impact on society. Grossing over $1.3 billion, the...
- Jul 12
- 4 min
I Don't Get It: Sexual Hygiene
Disclaimer: Always seek professional medical advice. A doctor did not write this article. Everybody has a different body that reacts...
- Oct 26, 2022
- 4 min
MOB: 'M' IS FOR 'MATRIARCH'
ALLASTASSIA CARTER | REGULARS Couldn't care less 'bout the monarch Ima set fire to the kingdom I'm coming for them All hail to blak...
- Oct 2, 2022
- 5 min
I DON'T GET IT: THE CRUNCHY MUM MOVEMENTS
ELEANOR TAYLOR | REGULARS Tiktok Doing its Thang There I was, minding my own business on the Tiktok explore page, being hand-fed...
- Oct 2, 2022
- 4 min
ILLUSTRATED: FOUR MOTHER GODDESSES AND THEIR STORIES
REGULARS | ISABELLA TROPE ‘Mother’ is not just a societal role, it can be a spiritual state of being — to nurture, care, and create....
- Oct 2, 2022
- 5 min
Challenge: Reading Every Day
ELEANOR TAYLOR | REGULARS I have always been a voracious reader who demolishes a book in hours, chowing down on exciting plots, complex...
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