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A Drop of Heaven
Trigger warning: blood and gore “There is something so divine about drinking from a glass that is at least a hundred years older than you...
Nov 22, 2024


The Seduction Of All Things Horrific, Ugly and Bloody.
Deputy Editor Zaynab Khuder sinks her teeth into the idea of what a monster really is, and how horror films can allow women to become...
Nov 22, 2024


That Freakish Thing Called Gender Envy
Ash muses on their experience with gender envy. As a transmasc non-binary, I am pretty familiar with gender envy and the feeling and...
Nov 22, 2024
Slut Me Out…Or Not? The End of the Modern Sexual Revolution.
Have you ever been victim to a lukewarm and half-baked situationship? Editorial Assistant Bianca Chatterjee reflects on her experiences...
Nov 22, 2024


Is somebody going to match my freak?
Amisha Piplani reflects on her cross-cultural identity but also her yearning sense of freedom to belong. “I wish I could match their...
Nov 22, 2024


Dark Romance: We Need to Talk
Features Section Editor Sophie Poredos puts down her vibrator to question the phenomenon of ‘dark romance’ and its normalisation of...
Nov 22, 2024


Microsoft-CrowdStrike Outage: your device ran into a problem and needs to restart (on repeat)
Editor-in-Chief, Clara Kristanda, and News Section Editor, Beth Nicholls, delve into all the details about the Microsoft-CrowdStrike...
Nov 22, 2024


Rugby League Girls Making History
Section Editor, Beth Nicholls, sums up the 2024 Women’s State of Origin series, and talks about the growth of women’s rugby league in...
Nov 22, 2024
How the F1 2024 World Championship Stands as of the Start of Summer Break
Looking for a new sport to entertain you for the latter part of 2024? Look no further - Beth Nicholls will get you all caught up on...
Nov 22, 2024


Kamala Harris: Roots of a Cultural Femininomenon
Sarah Shahid breaks down all the important information surrounding the upcoming US Election, where current Vice President, Kamala Harris,...
Nov 22, 2024


I Am Sherlocked: A Review of Sherlock Holmes Chapter One & The Awakened
Zaynab Khuder draws on the universal recognisability of a household name to detail the successes of some of her favourite virtual games;...
Oct 2, 2024


Review: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Packed with glitter, jewels, and tiaras galore, Deputy Editor Holly Mitchell provides a sneak peek into the camp and delightful persona...
Oct 2, 2024


Exhibition Review: SHOT
Sophia Kearns dissects the Shot exhibition as an example of photography’s power to represent snapshot eras and changing attitudes across...
Oct 2, 2024


NIC’S FLIX: Baby Reindeer: The Binding Between Abuser and Victim
Repeat Offenders Section Editor Nic Chang is back with yet another insightful visual media review, this time focusing on Netflix’s...
Oct 2, 2024
Till Ick Do Us Part
A play on the age-old vow til d e ath do us part , Tanisha Shah explores the undefined spaces of modern romance and the ‘ick factor’...
Oct 1, 2024


In Holy Matrimony
Kayleigh Greig highlights several of the most interesting cultural practices in the near-universal rite of weddings The word “wedding”...
Oct 1, 2024


An Ode to Female Friendship
Editor in Chief Jasmine Oke renders a heartwarming expression of gratitude to her platonic loved ones. I’m very much a girl’s girl. And...
Oct 1, 2024


Can I go home now?
Having lived in two countries, Daniela De Vera feels homesick. Where is home? Although I was born and raised in the Philippines until the...
Oct 1, 2024


On My Oath
The man knelt before the dais, head bowed and hands clasped, sweat trailing down his neck into the padding beneath his chainmail. The...
Oct 1, 2024
Entrenched
In the haze of the casino's neon gleam, He stakes his bets, chasing a dream. Each chip a wager, each spin a race, But as the ball falls,...
Oct 1, 2024
Emily Making Deals With Darkness
making deals with darkness The man sitting on the floor of the second storey balcony tips his head down and stares at the sun- light...
Oct 1, 2024
Grapeshot acknowledges the Wallumattagal clan, of the Dharug nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and meet. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded, no treaty was signed, and would like to pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
We would like to extend those respects to all First Nations people reading. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
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