POEM: Passport X
Between F and M And warnings that Deviation May betray my safety in certain countries, I choose ‘other’, Unspecified, Undetermined. I *am* other. I am outside and both And nothing all at once and Fluctuating // deviating From expectations: From the ‘safe’ route. X is who I am. I am willing to forfeit my ease […]
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POEM: 15 – Wash
So here we are at last, our final dinner taken ‘neath dripping, blurry candlelight Across the table, through the sandstorm, you seek my eye Words are grains of sand, falling Words that have already met with silence For the sake of an easy farewell when before you rose from my arms and were gone … […]
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POEM: Dig – Free Form
Dig. That’s the first thing they say to me, When I wake in that muddy field, Dig. They press a shovel to my chest, It’s rough wood, heavy and cruel in my new hands. Dig. They say once more, I do not know anything else but – Dig. The earth had birthed […]
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Where Did All The Butches Go?
“Butch is masculinity without men, femininity without compromise, and queerness without apology”. If you’ve been in lesbian circles lately, or especially if you’ve tried dating as a lesbian, you’ve probably heard people joke about the “masc shortage”. Well, if we’re facing a masc shortage, then we’re in the midst of an all-out Butch Crisis. But […]
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Ali’s Aerie (Queer Edition)
The primary subtractive colours of cyan, magenta, and yellow can be mixed to create all the colours of the rainbow. For our Queer Edition, I’m gifting you birdies proudly displaying these colours. Cyan – Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) A recently-published study, ‘Personality predicts song complexity in superb fairy-wrens’, reveals that superb fairywrens’ beautiful songs hold […]
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TERFBUSTERS Counter Protest Recap
Author’s note: This is a very scattered recap of the event. I originally had no intention of writing a recap when I first decided to go. However, as things began happening, I started taking some notes, but my focus was mainly on being present at the event and standing up for my community. On Sunday, […]
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Candlelight Concert Success at UQ
I had the pleasure of attending the UQ Union International Collective’s Candlelight Concert on the 3rd of June. The advertisement for the event outlined a night of music and candlelight underneath the stars out at the Amphitheatre on the UQ lakes. However, I was informed by the organisers that, due to the cooler-than-expected evening, the […]
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Monumental UQU General Meeting One Year Anniversary
Today marks one year since the monumental University of Queensland Union student general meeting. The meeting was held on May 29, 2024. Leading up to the general meeting, there was significant discontent from many students regarding UQ’s inaction towards the genocide occurring in Palestine. In May last year, UQ Muslim Students for Palestine called out […]
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Review: MO Theatre’s PRAMKICKER at Queensland Theatre
PRAMKICKER is a sharp, witty and ultimately empowering insight into the plight of the modern woman. Sadie Hasler’s play is unflinching in its open address of motherhood, feminine rage, and what it means to choose what you truly want and figure out who you are as an adult. And it leaves no stone unturned in discussions […]
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Academic Advocacy Network
The UQU Students’ Rights Collective, under the guidance of the Academic Officer Lucy Den Houting, launched a new body, the ‘Academic Advocacy Network’ (AAN). During the UQU’s budget meeting, the council voted to encode the AAN in UQU regulation. This means that in the years to come, the Academic Officer must continue to hold AAN […]
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