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Grapey Book Club: Girl In A Pink Dress by Kylie Needham
Editor-in-Chief Lauren Grzina reviews an evocative novel about the Australian art scene and the tumultuous relationship between two...
Jan 12, 2024


D&D Subclass Highlight
Dungeons and Dragons can be intimidating for beginners. But fear not! Freya Petterson has crafted a list of her favourite subclasses to...
Jan 12, 2024


Flourish of Stoicism
Stoic slideshows have taken TikTok by storm. Dougal Tsakalos-Stewart breaks down what ‘Stoicism’ is, and why these slideshows have such...
Jan 12, 2024


Almost 20: Reflections on Childhood and Adulthood
Leaving childhood behind is a hard thing to do. Join Liana Naidu as she talks through the highs and lows of approaching her twenties....
Jan 12, 2024


The Marketability of Little Treats
Are you a burnt-out, hard-working babe?. Well then, dive into Holly Mitchell’s exploration of little treat culture and the psychology...
Jan 12, 2024


Real Magic
Maggie stood under a hundred eyes, every single one of them looking for a tell or a break, and all of them experts as far as reviews were...
Jan 12, 2024


Cerulean Nights
i have not felt ordinary love. the type of love where the planets orbit the sun nor the type of love where the tides kiss the sand. i...
Jan 12, 2024


On being loved and in love with everyone. An autofiction.
When I was born, my mother didn’t want her placenta thrown into the river like our culture traditionally did, but my father and the...
Jan 12, 2024


The Lovers
i. She wakes with a jolt, not knowing what’s wrong, just that something is wrong. As her heart hammers against her heaving chest, it...
Jan 4, 2024


Emotional Intelligence: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Timothee Luong explores the new yardstick that Aussie corporations are measuring new employees with, the Emotional Quotient, navigating...
Jan 1, 2024


Ode To The Cinema
Bruna Gomes pays homage to the peaceful, emotional, salty experience of going to the cinema, a place where storytelling is at the core,...
Jan 1, 2024


Blossoming
Sarah Sol reflects on her growth, appreciating the dreamer she used to be and all the ways she has been able to make her teenage-self...
Jan 1, 2024


The Guide to Loneliness: it's the Human Condition.
Zaynab Khuder meditates on loneliness and how we perceive it as a feared stranger, when really it is a friend that we must nurture,...
Jan 1, 2024


Baby, you’re a big star: A Reflection on the Idolisation of Celebrities
Join Jasmine Oke as she reflects on our admiration of stars and artists, winding through a map of trendy idolisation and authentic love...
Jan 1, 2024


Queer Media Taking Over the World; One Year at a Time
Are you after some queer movie and TV show recommendations? Editorial Assistant Beth Nicholls (they/them) discusses the biggest releases...
Dec 30, 2023


Sports Across Australia in Review
Dougal Tsakalos-Stewart summarises the AFL and FIFA Women’s World Cup! AFL TOP 8 SUM UP The final week of the AFL, otherwise known as the...
Dec 30, 2023


The Flourish of Live Music in 2023
Eva Anido recaps the live music scene of 2023, celebrating both national and international acts that rocked Aussie venues this year! The...
Dec 30, 2023


A Student Guide to Facing the Cost of Living Crisis in 2024
Stressing about the cost of living crisis and where it leaves you as a student? Section Editor Holly Mitchell interweaves information...
Dec 30, 2023


Pandemedia: A Story Without an End
Deputy Editor Jackson Robb summarises MQ’s panel event featuring Australian journalists who edited Pandemedia - a collection of essays...
Dec 30, 2023


5 Good Things That Happened This Year - A Flourish Special
Ever the optimist, Editorial Assistant Dougal Tsakalos-Stewart explores the good things that happened in 2023! It's fair to say that as...
Dec 30, 2023


Girl-Coded Media: The Matildas, Swiftie, and Doll Renaissance
Peering through the success of Barbie (2023), Taylor Swift’s Era’s Tour, and the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Deputy Editor Jasmine Oke...
Dec 30, 2023


Shortbus: An Unapologetically Sexy, Realistic and Moving Look Into Relationships and Connections in New York
Nicholas Chang’s goes beyond a surface-level analysis of Shortbus and appreciates the crafted intimacy and connections between its...
Dec 29, 2023
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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