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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
Volatile Melancholia
water runs past cracked glass, with droplets splintering after each intrusion. one by one. i come undone. face warped with each illusion....
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...
Angelic Acrobat
The circus is a masterpiece: an orchestrated performance executed by talented actors who bring exhilaration to those who are watching. I...
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....
The Housewife
Timothee challenges the feminist ideal of the self-sufficient woman, reflecting on the power of stay-at-home mums and redefining the...
If You Had A Crystal Ball
The future is fickle and unclear, as is the fate of any of our relationships. Take a trip with Sarah Sol as she uncovers the anxieties...
Maybe I'm Just Sick
In times of loneliness and vulnerability, songs are our greatest solace. Nilab Siddiqi reflects on the honesty and isolation of identity...
Asexual Romanticism
Freya Petterson writes at the crossroads of clarity and romance, navigating a path full of teen prejudices, misconceptions, and...
The FTX Controversy
Crypto? Sam Bankman-Fried? News Section Editor Zoe van der Merwe delves into the collapse of FTX and its implications for people and...
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