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What We Keep Looking For
Section Editor Tanisha Shah reflects on doomscrolling by peeling back the layer of cynicism to peek at the troubles lying underneath....
Sep 14, 2025


Underneath Our Stories
“You see, when two protagonists love each other very much—” “Ugh! Mum! I don’t want to hear about that!” Cassidy interrupted, waving her...
Sep 14, 2025


The Understory as a Poem
When the water is green because the trees are green, a writhing impressionist painting, vines like veins held up to the light, snaking...
Sep 13, 2025


Jack and the Giant
Once upon a time, there was a mischievous little boy called Jack. One day, when the moon was low and the sun was up, a cock would crow...
Sep 13, 2025


Death of the Trefoil
It was a matter of time. Eventually, everyone within the compound walls would succumb to some sort of sickness. No one knew why, but no...
Sep 13, 2025


if love was enough
11th march 2025 if love was enough, i'd leave the porch light on and the front door unlocked. i'd hug you at the doorway as i whisper,...
Sep 13, 2025
femininity
lingers between my independence and me running a soft invitation along the ridges of my resolve to unclench my calloused fists that i...
Sep 13, 2025


the understory of grief
17th march 2025 what is more potent than grief's silent ability to tether us to worlds that no longer exist? you don't know that i'm...
Sep 13, 2025


Imagine You Were Me
He sat in the bus shelter, wearing a greasy-looking beanie, a bushy beard, and a long coat. He’d spoken so casually I thought he was...
Sep 13, 2025


Carterhaugh Rose
The gardens started with a gatehouse, refurbished from the ruins of an old manor. The building itself was gone, the estate scattered with...
Sep 13, 2025


Under Skin
Lucent light on a flaxen pelt on a moonlit night in the African veldt. Gold eyes bright, sinuous, svelte, teeth star-white and fur like...
Sep 13, 2025


Why Astrology Is The Answer To Revolutions
Editorial Assistant Elizabete Lasmane ponders the link between the stars, the planets, and the anarchy of revolution. Have you ever...
Sep 13, 2025


What Lies Beneath The Surface: The Reality Of Living With Anxiety
Editorial Assistant Juliette Allen relays the motions of living with anxiety, whilst juggling the rest of life’s demands. [Author's Note]...
Sep 13, 2025
Hadestown: Are We Living In Hell On Earth?
Contributor Siya Pujari compares present-day reality to the mythological saga of Hadestown, drawing uncanny links and similarities. In...
Sep 13, 2025


Pretty in Print
Editor in Chief Beth Nicholls and Deputy Editor Kayleigh Greig swoon over the magic of paper print, sparked by a visit to Rawson Print’s...
Sep 13, 2025


Going Once, Going Twice, Sold: How Capitalism Erased the Village That Raised Us
Editorial Assistant Rahima Bilgrami discusses the disappearance of the village it took to raise a child, and wonders if capitalism has...
Sep 13, 2025


Ghosting, Ghosters, Gone
Contributor Micheline Chen consoles readers through the many forms of ghosting, one step at a time. Imagine believing everything is going...
Sep 13, 2025
For those that have been, those that will be and those who may never be
Design Assistant Katrina Wang discusses the harsh impacts Generative AI has on creative integrity, the environment and human existence as...
Sep 13, 2025


Experiences of Neurodivergence
Ash recounts discovering a new part of their identity to embrace: their neurodivergence. Discovering I was neurodivergent when I was 19...
Sep 13, 2025


Everything is Doomed to End (And Why That's a Wonderful Thing)
Section Editor Bianca Chatterjee reflects on her journey through learning how to feel her feelings and why endings are as bittersweet as...
Sep 13, 2025
Wing: An Up-and-Coming App
Editor in Chief Beth Nicholls interviews Monaal Madan, the creator of a new social app called Wing that helps people connect. Wing is a...
Sep 13, 2025


Wildlife on Campus
Godzilla rats, bin chickens, eels and a couple of nice ones (I promise): Deputy Editor Kayleigh Greig takes you on a tour of Macquarie’s...
Sep 13, 2025
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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