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Frida Kahlo: Flower of Flames
The blood. The pigments separate in front of your eyes, as you look closer. Blood is pain but also life, damage but also strength. When you look at blood, you look at yourself. Read more
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Navigating Health Through Fatphobia
Fat liberation has taught me that rooting self-worth in fatphobia and the desire to be skinny will never benefit anyone (including people who are skinny) because it is a never-ending race to the bottom. Read more
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I Had Vaginismus
It’s hard to notice how many times a day society reminds you of sex’s importance until someone says you might never be able to have it. Read more
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Pussy Party
Events like this don’t occur often, but when they do, a community is able to come together that is normally confined to the peripherals of society. Read more
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Tongue Tied
“While code-switching may be fun for some, it is an unfortunate necessity for others.” Read more
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The Quasi-Relationship and the Idealisation of the Chilled Woman: To be Chilled or To be Crazy?
Why do we prolong the inevitable by overlooking the subtle or not-so-subtle signs of a dickhead? I have a hunch. Read more
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Lara Jean Song Covey and Me
Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series has irrevocably proved that yes, Asian girls can have their own storylines and yes, they do in fact have personalities. Sometimes, however, media representation – particularly when it’s one of the only outlets that appears to properly reflect your identity – can be a little… Read more
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Listening Out for Voices from across the Sea
It was puzzling. Even as I read other works of fiction and academic writing, ‘The Coconut Children’ stood out even more to me. I began to see that my obsession for the book came from a need to continuously re-experience the narrative, because it was the first book in mainstream Australian fiction I had read… Read more
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The Testament of Mary: The Human Behind the Saint
Throughout history, figures in the Gospels have developed their myth, their constant shapeshifting ultimately leading to the deconstruction of their reality. Irish author Colm Tóibín, for instance, challenges the traditional perception of Virgin Mary, the Blessed Mother of God, in The Testament of Mary. Read more
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The Pressure to Optimise: Why A Room of One’s Own is Still Relevant
Woolf identifies money and space as the two things that women have been denied, but both are a means to the same end: attention. Undivided attention is required for any great work to be made. Read more
Print Issue #6 “Pleasure and Danger” (2020)
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