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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 7, 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...
Nov 30, 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 7, 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...
Oct 31, 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


Next in Fashion
MADI SCOTT|NEWS As fashion trends change with every new season, the lives of those who make our clothes remain the same. Malnourished,...
Oct 1, 2020


You Are Here: Darug Country
JODIE RAMODIEN & AVNI BHARADWAJ | REGULARS Each issue Grapeshot uses the ‘You Are Here’ segment to shine a light on the quirks and...
Jul 31, 2020


WASHED ASHORE
MADI SCOTT|NEWS An overview of the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Rohingya people The concepts of nostalgia, reminiscence and...
Jul 1, 2020


You are here: Cherrybrook
MADI SCOTT|REGULARS Self-isolating in Cherrybrook makes you realise just how small the suburb really is. After the first week you begin...
Jul 1, 2020


Temporarily Clear Skies
The Climate Crisis in the Wake of COVID-19 JODIE RAMODIEN | NEWS In the months since the COVID-19 outbreak began there has been one...
Jun 8, 2020


TV Show Review: Never Have I Ever
JODIE RAMODIEN | REPEAT OFFENDERS Never Have I Ever more or less follows the story of a 15-year-old Mindy Kaling reimagined into this...
Jun 1, 2020
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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