Soft Cunts and Salty Sirens: Finding a Space to Nurture Your Identity
Just around the corner from Ipswich train station is an intimate bar that serves as a gallery, workshop, and live music venue, as well as a reminder that intersectional, inclusive spaces can be found everywhere. I’d come to see a punk music show but discovered a beautiful expression of the joy of community. The walls […]
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POEM: Cosmonaut
We are thrust into the Earth’s atmosphere. As trail blazers, In hopes of finding success and glory, Of finding Achilles or Heracles. Up there, We find Icarus. Skin melting, Wax dripping from bones protruding from his spine. Icarus smiles with skin welts that tear, And oozes, Dribbling golden blood down his cheeks. There is skin […]
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POEM: Hard of Hearing
I deafened the moon out of orbit when I perched by your door, so I could only figure the shadow of Stitch on your coconut fibre mat. It was 1 am, the world had shifted to tomorrow, and I had no bars- so I pecked. Your musk met me before you did- Summer holds both […]
Continue ReadingPOEM: Tehran Bombing
Xoda, Permit me the hope To continue crying alone Written by Ari Deshpande Irani Views: 51
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Eight Months of the Crisafulli Government
Eight months on from their electoral victory in October, the Queensland Liberal government have wasted no time in viciously pursuing their right-wing agenda. They’ve attacked trans rights, Indigenous rights, and public sector workers while continuing to expand police funding and powers. But there has also been resistance from workers and students that will need to […]
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Queer Fest Recap
Queer Fest was a massive festival with a ring of 55+ stalls, food trucks, a stage, and plenty of areas to kick back and chill. It was an explosion of queer creativity and community, with all types of creatives represented behind stalls and on stage. Artist stalls were loosely grouped by discipline and this grouping […]
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POEM: Eulogy of Old Carden
When I think of you, I think of the poem ‘Simplify Me When I’m Dead’ by Keith Douglas, specifically the lines, “Thus when in a year collapse particular memories, you may deduce, from the long pain I bore the opinions I held, who was my foe and what I left, even my appearance but incidents […]
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Pride Under Pressure: Reflections on Identity Under Challenging Circumstances
Completing a PhD is challenging under regular circumstances, but even more so when you’re a trans person hiding who you are. This was part of my motivation for coming out in the past year, a decision I had put off for years because in my home country, serious violations of LGBTQ rights are commonplace, and […]
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Local Legends: Magandjin People’s Pride
I sat down with Piper and Kit, two members of Magandjin People’s Pride (MPP), to talk about their involvement, how things get done, and queer advocacy and community. What is your current involvement with MPP? Piper: I’m a member, I help to organise events and rallies, and this is my third year in MPP. There […]
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Coming Out: A Memoir
My heart races, thumping a staccato rhythm through my chest. My palms slicken and sweat seeps through the fibres of my t-shirt. Mum and dad sit across the dining table from me. Our dirty plates sit in front of us almost cleared of the meat and three-veg that was mum’s specialty. I had barely tasted […]
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