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A ragtag group of local trans activists and community-builders (including Magandjin People’s Pride and UQU Queer Collective) organised a march and rally on the 30th of March for Transgender Day of Visibility (31st March). This was one part of a National Day of Action for transgender resistance, with similar events held in every state and […]
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All you have to do is get out of bed. Your family is knocking at the door, And you can’t keep them waiting anymore. Oh, how you fill your sister with dread! Oh, how your mother can’t love you like before! All you have to do is get out of bed, Your family is knocking […]
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On Wednesday, 16th April 2025, it was announced that five judges from the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the terms “woman”, “man”, and “sex” would refer only to biological sex assigned at birth, excluding transgender people, including those with a gender recognition certificate (GRC). What does this mean for transgender people of the United […]
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A pigeon, a stranger, and a cockroach walk into a bar… The absurdist genre emerged post-World War II and explores the absurd aspects of life, evoked by disillusionment and existential questions. Absurdist novels often present worlds or events that lack logical explanations and involve characters who experience some form of alienation from their society and […]
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It’s a question I get asked all the time. Okay, that was a lie, but it has been asked once or twice. The simplified definition of anarchism is that it’s a political philosophy and movement that seeks to abolish institutions that perpetuate authority, hierarchy and/or coercion. It calls for a stateless society and targets capitalism […]
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I’m sitting in the Fryer Library, flipping through a collection of Semper Floreat issues from 1966. An orange slip of paper is nestled between the pages of an edition published on 17th March 1966. The words “Vietnam Protest Week March 21-27” are in a large, bold font. Some of the items on the agenda include […]
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Gothic fiction has been a popular literary genre since it was first conceived in Horace Walpole’s 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto. While Gothic fiction is varied, three main aspects characterise the genre: an environment of fear, threats of the supernatural, and intrusion of the past onto the present. Sometimes, these three combine into one […]
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If you’ve been in online feminist circles, chances are you’ve come across the acronym “TERF”. But what exactly does it mean, and what makes you one? TERF stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist, which is often used synonymously with gender-critical feminism, as those who identify as gender-critical usually reject the label TERF. They essentially mean the […]
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Fashion has always been a form of political expression. With the change of an item, or preference of a colour, one can shift the way they are perceived by others: are you conservative, alternative, feminine, artsy, goth? Often, our identity is rooted in how we present ourselves through fashion. It has been a topic of […]
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Recently, we’ve had the pleasure of seeing a production of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Macbeth at La Boite Theatre, directed by Courtney Stewart and Lisa Fa’alafi. In the production’s programme, the co-directors explain: ‘This production of Macbeth is a reimagining that places the Witches at the centre of the story, allowing their voices to reverberate […]
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