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The Male Gaze or the Gays: A conversation with two LGBTQ+ Intimacy Coordinators
I sat with my best friend in her violet wallpapered bedroom, her mum’s 2010 Macbook pro propped on my lap. Pulling up an...
Jul 12, 2023
Open and Polygamous Relationship
Throughout human history, the development of society and culture has extended our understanding of human connection and the various...
Jul 12, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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...
Jul 12, 2023
Macron Defeats Le Pen In French Presidential Elections
After five years in power, Emmanuel Macron has again won the French Presidential elections against his biggest rival, Marine Le Pen....
Jul 4, 2023
Rape as a Weapon of War
WARNING: includes topics of Rape At the beginning of the Ukrainian invasion, drowned out by the sounds of war, were the screams of many...
Jul 4, 2023

Depp Vs Heard
WARNING includes topics of domestic violence Beginning with jury selection on the 11th of April, the infamous Depp v Heard case made...
Jul 4, 2023
Refugee's Released From Detention
On the 7th of April, all remaining refugees who were in onshore detention due to Medevac were released. This comes after 20 refugees were...
Jul 4, 2023
Federal Elections (2022)
Posters of party campaigns decorate the entire country. Lines shuffle along as people pile into voting booths and tick boxes on...
Jul 4, 2023
Macquarie University Rises in QS Rankings
The annual QS World University Rankings have been released with Macquarie University being ranked in the top 200 universities in the...
Jul 4, 2023

Rental Crisis
As the cost of living rises while wages remain stagnant, many Australians continue to struggle to survive, forcing many families into...
Jul 4, 2023
Women's Football: Record-breaking Crowds and Its Significance
On the 23rd of April, FC Barcelona’s women’s team (FCB Femeni) broke global attendance records for women’s football. The team had 91,648...
Jul 4, 2023

Evil Dead Rise is a Satisfyingly Scary Return to the Franchise
In an online exclusive Nic's Flix, Nic Chang walks us through the newest gory and gruesome edition to the Evil Dead franchise If you want...
Apr 20, 2023


GRAPEY BOOK CLUB: Higher Education Review by Kira McPherson
JACKSON ROBB | REPEAT OFFENDERS "It’s weird how everyone tells you to wait for university, he says. Like something is going to happen...
Feb 1, 2023


Interview With Up-and-Coming Indie Rock Band Gully Days
ANTHEA WILSON | FEATURES Features Section Editor Anthea Wilson met with indie rock band Gully Days to discuss how they got their start...
Nov 18, 2022

Kill the Dog: The Cruel Burden of Man’s Best Friend on Single Women in Literature
BRUNA GOMES | FEATURES In pop culture, the dog is man’s best friend. The dog provides undoubted loyalty, devoted companionship, and its...
Nov 8, 2022

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 26, 2022

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


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


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...
Oct 2, 2022


Russian Anti-War Activism
OLIVIA CHAN | NEWS On 14 March 2022, Russian state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova ran onto the set of a live news broadcast on...
Oct 2, 2022


Grapey Book Club: Matthew Olzmann's Constellation Route (2022)
NIKITA BYRNES | REPEAT OFFENDERS It is difficult to review a poetry collection, because the impact of poetry is intangible and...
Oct 2, 2022


The Power of Choice
ASHLEIGH HO | FEATURES Please note that all names in this article have been changed for privacy. The ‘Zoom’ profiles of seven pregnant...
Oct 2, 2022
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