Bobby Pins and Pancakes
Originally published in Melbourne-based zine, F*EMS Your shoeless feet glide across the dusty floor as you make his Saturday morning pancakes the same floor I laid on for countless hours across the contrasting tiles dripping tears into a corded telephone...
Autumn
Originally Published in October 2017 edition of Rabelais Magazine I miss autumn. The memory of the crunching leaves and slivers of crisp air running along my neck seem so familiar but of a different time. Autumn felt different when I was a kid. It felt more apparent...
You Don’t Need to be Rich to Save the Enviroment
Originally published in the October 2017 edition of Rabelais Magazine Looking to minimise your environmental impact but your funds (or lack thereof) keep stopping you from buying organic? Our student income (aka pretty much nothing) doesn’t have to get in the way of...
This #Metoo Trend Says More About Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault Than Those Who Need To Listen
By scattering pages with hashtags and stories of catcalls, groped butts and dark alleyways, victims of sexual assault aim to highlight the magnitude of rape culture. They hope those who once was not privy to how present sexual assault is in the lives of every single...
Bali One
My eyes swell, mostly from the stench of rotting flesh and decaying rubbish. Like onions, the fumes are leaking out from the streets and into my virgin eyes. We arrived via a discount airline then hassled into a taxi. Now we’re cruising along a holey road with a man...
The dilemma of Their
We live in a marketplace of labels: a revolving door of identity, language and the elusive yet apparently definable connection we humans crave from one another. Are you my friend or my lover? Are you my spouse or my domestic partner? Am I a she or nothing of the sort?...