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City of Stars
SALIHA REHANAZ | NEWS Featured in Macquarie University’s Newsletter The Lighthouse, here is a guide to all the beautiful astronomical...
Jun 14, 2021


Through the Political Crystal Ball
KATELYN FREE | NEWS Grapeshot asks what 2021 has in store for politics The shit-fire that was 2020 threw many aspects of our lives into...
Jun 14, 2021


Fake News: Language, Bias, and Australia’s Pandemic Press
SHINAE TAYLOR | FEATURES During the COVID-19 pandemic the news has become for many of us, a source of vital information. Every day we...
Jun 13, 2021


Chemtrails Over the Country Club: Lana Del Rey Single Review
HARRY FRASER | REPEAT OFFENDERS I am relatively new to the LDR train, but her 2019 album Norman Fucking Rockwell became my official...
Jun 10, 2021


The Faces of Fortuna
RHYS SAGE | FEATURES Fortune and luck have always been things that people have wanted – whatever form of luck they so required. As such...
Jun 10, 2021


Challenge: Nama-stay Sexy
HARRY FRASER | REGULARS Kind regards and many thanks, this is Harry Fraser, the Regulars Editor for the world-renowned Grapeshot...
Jun 10, 2021


The Breath of Winter
TORI S. BARENDREGT | CREATIVES The breath of winter – the only breath visible on naked air – slips from between warm lips, twirls in...
Jun 10, 2021


In It to Win It: Vaccination Edition
MADI SCOTT | NEWS 2021 already has high expectations to meet. No one wants a year similar to the last and following promising...
Jun 10, 2021


Film Review: Soul
Dying the Day your Dreams Come True JODIE RAMODIEN | REPEAT OFFENDERS Soul wasn’t a movie I intended to watch. Like many other stingy...
Jun 9, 2021


Pop Culture Rewind: Sabrina the Teenage Witch
ELEANOR TAYLOR | REGULARS The titular character of Sabrina the Teenage Witch was a feminist icon for the ‘90s. Created in 1962 in Archie...
Jun 9, 2021


Fight for Freedom
SALIHA REHANAZ | NEWS In the last few years, Myanmar has come under the limelight due to the atrocities the ethnic minorities have faced...
Jun 9, 2021


Mining the Stars
ELEANOR TAYLOR | FEATURES Invented nearly 4 000 years ago, the ancient practice of astrology has come in and out of fashion at various...
Jun 9, 2021


#PalestinianLivesMatter
OLIVIA CHAN | NEWS Olivia Chan recalls the incident which caught the world’s attention and dives into the timeline of the complex history...
Jun 1, 2021


Handala: The Palestinian Struggle for Freedom
BASEL HINDELEH | NEWS Handala symbolises the ragged-clothed child living inside all Palestinians, who is unable to grow up under...
Jun 1, 2021


'ghost in asian movie v sexc'
TIFFANY FONG | FEATURES Although a very catchy and clickbait title, it is not entirely true. Horror movies provide a stage for social and...
Jun 1, 2021


Illustrated: Critically Endangered Species in Australia
JODIE RAMODIEN | REGULARS The facts: we are currently experiencing our 6th mass extinction. Within the span of 20 years, more than 500...
Dec 8, 2020


The Extinction and Conservation of Australia’s Biodiversity
JODIE RAMODIEN | NEWS Grapeshot interviews Jaco Le Loux, Associate Professor in the department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie...
Dec 1, 2020


TV Show Review: Watchmen
JODIE RAMODIEN | REPEAT OFFENDERS Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who Watches the Watchmen? Before 2020 the word WATCHMEN as it pertained...
Nov 8, 2020


Illustrated: Which Female Monsters Epitomise Male Fears
JODIE RAMODIEN | REGULARS Siren – The Temptress Sirens are a warning from one sailor to another to beware of pretty and sweet-tempered...
Nov 1, 2020


From TikTok to Triple J
ELLA SCOTT | FEATURES In the reality that is 2020, the world is pretty darn fucked. As a society, we’ve had to re-evaluate how we do...
Oct 1, 2020


Female Desire In Literature
MADI SCOTT|FEATURES Why are we so afraid of female desire? Read almost any classic book and you will find a less-than creative...
Oct 1, 2020


The Notorious RBG
MADI SCOTT|NEWS “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth...
Oct 1, 2020
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