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The Pressure to be a Pocketful of Sunshine: A Discussion on Womanhood and Easy A (2010)
Jasmine Oke sieves through the connections between morality, virginity and joy explored in the popular rom-com Easy A, writing about how...
Aug 6, 2023
GamerGate: How Oppressed Gamers 'Rose Up' to Shut Down Outspoken Feminists
A brief history and analysis of Gamergate as an outlet for bigotry and internet radicalisation Content Warning: Sexism and Misogyny By...
Aug 4, 2023
Eve Was Not The First Women: The Story of Lilith
Sarah Sol dives into biblical history to examine the portrayal of Lilith, the first woman created by God and a modern feminist icon,...
Aug 4, 2023


DeInfluencing: The End of the Girl Boss
Holly Mitchell critically assesses the authenticity of the “girl boss” lifestyle by treating it as capitalist propaganda rather than...
Aug 4, 2023


Bimbofication: Hyperfemininity and its War with Feminism
Sophie Poredos unpacks the social and cultural implications of hyperfemininity, investigating recent social media trends and her own...
Aug 4, 2023
The Rise of Women's Sports and Some New Issues
Dougal Tsakalos-Stewart reports on the increase in popularity surrounding women’s sports, detailing that even with these positives,...
Aug 4, 2023
The Pink Tax: Why Women Are Paying More But Still Earning Less
Eva Anido gives her take on the pink tax, detailing what it means and ways you can take a stand. Two Razors sit side by side in a store,...
Aug 4, 2023
Dating Apps: The Safety Reform
A swipe in the right direction. Zoe van der Merwe, sheds light on new safety measures to help provide support and protection to dating...
Aug 4, 2023


Orientation Week Recap With Grapeshot
Deputy Editor Jackson Robb runs through the orientation week of Macquarie University, highlighting a variety of clubs and societies as...
Aug 4, 2023


Laneway Festival 2023: A Quick Recap
Love indie music or interested to know more? Dougal Tsakalos-Stewart has got you covered, recapping the latest from the Laneway indie...
Aug 4, 2023
The New Legislative Changes Concerning the Gender Pay Gap
Another legislation change? Zoe van der Merwe, takes you through the new Bill that hopes to address the ever present issue in Australia...
Aug 4, 2023


Nic’s Flix: The Banshees of Inisherin is Martin McDonagh’s Masterpiece
Stories that transcend the time period of their settings by exploring the complexity of the human condition make them remarkable. Even...
Aug 4, 2023
Pop Culture Rewind: Romeo + Juliet
Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 Shakespeare adaptation Romeo + Juliet remains the ultimate modern portrayal of the infamous star-crossed lovers. This...
Aug 4, 2023
Discussion: The Politics of Authenticity
Emily Brontë wasn’t incestuous, Faulkner wasn’t racist, Nabokov wasn’t a paedophile – debate sounds familiar? Writers of literary fiction...
Aug 4, 2023
The Faces of Jimmy McGill, the Question of Honest Change
“People don’t change, you’re Slippin’ Jimmy!” In Breaking Bad, Saul Goodman is an anomaly. In a series full of complex characters, Saul...
Aug 4, 2023
2023 Resolution: Drop The People Pleaser Title
Follow along as Sophie Poredos lays open the truth of going through life in hopes of pleasing everyone around you. ‘New year, New me’ has...
Aug 4, 2023
The Art Of Lying To Your Therapist
Being vulnerable is hard. Being vulnerable to a therapist, believe it or not, can be even harder. Nilab Siddiqi explores the difficulties...
Aug 4, 2023
The Rooney-Fication Of Gen-Z
Did you have a hard last few years? Are you a complex person with complicated feelings? Do you fall in love with all the wrong people?...
Aug 4, 2023
Volatile Melancholia
water runs past cracked glass, with droplets splintering after each intrusion. one by one. i come undone. face warped with each illusion....
Aug 4, 2023


Around the Table
Glasses clink against one another, the sound reverberating through the evening air. I glance at each person’s face as they sit around the...
Aug 4, 2023
Snow Globe
In my childhood, I had always gazed at my mother’s snow globe with wide, admiring eyes. Now, all I saw was red. You see, I had just...
Aug 4, 2023


A Definitive Guide to Glassware
Pink. Pink, pink, pink. The room is unapologetically pink. The electric fuchsia of the satin tablecloth really brings out the green in my...
Aug 4, 2023
Angelic Acrobat
The circus is a masterpiece: an orchestrated performance executed by talented actors who bring exhilaration to those who are watching. I...
Aug 4, 2023
From Best Friends to Familiar Strangers
With the retrospective and melancholic lens of a girl growing up, Holly Mitchell ruminates on lost friendships and platonic heartbreaks....
Aug 4, 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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