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To Be Well
What the hell does that even mean? When someone asks you, “are you well?” they’re expecting you to say, “yes!” because they assume that wellness equates to health; but it doesn’t. Read more
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How Much Good is There in the World?
‘Much’ meaning Quantifiable / As if good can be quantified. / Do we count every piece of shrapnel that / Did not enter flesh / And count that as good? Read more
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The Literary Mind of Kathryn Hind
Kathryn Hind is a Canberra-born writer and winner of the inaugural Penguin Literary Prize for her first novel, Hitch (published June 2019). Hitch is the story of Amelia, a twenty-something woman hitchhiking across Australia with her dog Lucy. Read more
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The Broken Compass of Student Politics
What does holding ANUSA accountable for its responsibilities look like, with that accountability also fostering genuine empathy and appreciation for the work our representatives do? To what extent do we underestimate the burden placed on these individuals, or hold uncharitable perceptions of them? Read more
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Walking Familiar Paths: How Many Marches Does It Take?
Attending the Canberra strike, amidst my recent anxiety and despair about the earth burning and everything dying, I was reminded that a whole of bunch of people care and are in this together. We feel that we are in a turning point in history, and that if we don’t do something now, our future will… Read more
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The Menstrual (Re)Cycle: Green Responses to the Red River
Menstruation isn’t a breeze. How do we contend with the environmental impact of the methods we use to get through this time? Read more
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A Recipe for Anger
One activist recounts her experiences with an insatiable anger against the world, the burnout that followed and why she finally decided to give up. Read more
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Mother Nature is Bigger than We Are
Mother Nature is Bigger Than We Are is a meditation on the ethereal power of the natural environment and our place in it. I aimed to capture the beautiful juxtaposition of being both lost and found in the bush, and the eerie sense of freedom this creates. Read more
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I Just Want to Ride My Bike
Regardless of my gender, sex, gear or ability, I want to ride my mountain bike. Without your preconceptions of what a woman can do, without your conceptions of my biological make up in comparison to yours, I want to ride until the end of the day when I have to peel my fingers off my… Read more
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Plants are the New Children
Today’s young adults, rather than having children, are focusing their nurturing energies on raising plants, specifically indoor plants. Previously, young people have treated their pets as children, however a trend of referring to themselves as ‘plant parents’ is emerging. These drawings poke fun at this concept, imagining plants in the role of children, specifically babies,… Read more
Print Issue #5 “Turning the Tide” (2019)
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