I attended the counter-protest against March for Australia.
On August 31st, a rally named “March for Australia” occurred nationwide. Organisers and attendees of this rally claimed it was a protest to stop mass immigration, with some of their slogans including “No Foreign Flags” and “End Mass Migration”. Many attendees, including Hugo Lennon (aka Auspill), blamed mass migration on housing and cost-of-living crises. Lennon […]
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Policing Pleasure: Sweden’s Next Big Experiment in Regulating Sex
On May 20 this year, Sweden expanded its infamous Nordic Model of prostitution into the digital realm, effectively banning the purchase of live and tailored sex content from platforms like OnlyFans. Under the new law, buyers could face up to one year in prison and sellers a whopping four. Welcome to the digital age of […]
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Nationwide March for Palestine RECAP
On Sunday, 24th August 2025, I had the honour of attending the Nationwide March for Palestine, marching with the Magandjin People’s Pride queer contingent. Originally, the rally, organised by Justice for Palestine Magan-djin, was planned to start at Raymond Park, where protesters would march across the Story Bridge and finish at Centenary Place, Fortitude Valley. […]
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UQEC Environmental Heroes Series: Grace Beattie
Grace Beattie is a UQ student in her final year of a Bachelor of Law/Arts majoring in Psychology with a minor in Political Science. She is the president of the UQ Justice and Law Society. Next year she plans to commence her Masters of Environmental Law. So, what makes her an environmental hero today? Grace – alongside […]
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Lipstick and Labubu: A Return to Overconsumption
My friend bought something new today. She is excited to show me. Covered in fur, peering at me with big, bright eyes, a strange doll sits in her hands. “A Labubu!” she tells me. I don’t really know what to say. What the fuck is a Labubu? Originally introduced to the world in 2015, Labubu […]
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Unplugging the Dopamine Drip: How to Rewire Your Brain in a Noisy World
You’re an addict, and so am I. Realising that finally allowed me to address my growing dependence on technology and the internet in everyday life, reclaiming my attention span and autonomy. A dreary Monday afternoon, sitting in the Biological Science Library, I had an iced coffee at the ready, noise-cancelling headphones blocking out the surrounding […]
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Angry Indian Goddesses – A memoir
I am a Bong girl. I am loud, bold, sensual, angry. I don’t tolerate injustice. I don’t bow down; I am not timid. I fight for all the right things. I have the spirit of a kshatriya, always at war, fighting for the right thing. There’s too much fire in our souls. We seek softness, warmth, […]
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Indonesia: A Nation That Eats Its Own
Written by Alita Khansa Wirahman It started, with food, as it so often does in Indonesia, A girl orders food from a rideshare app. She waits for the delivery man to arrive. He never does. At the same moment, Jakarta’s streets are thick with anger. Thousands march, banners raised high, voices hoarse from chanting. Their […]
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Time. It truly is crazy. Time passes in the blink of an eye as families gather, children play, communities indulge in frivolous activities and delicious food. Yet some – for almost two years – have been deprived of those very special moments. Deprived of basic human rights. Time, it truly is crazy. Days turned into […]
Continue ReadingIntergenerational: A personalised story of Palestinian diaspora
25th of March, 2025. It was a Tuesday morning, I was preparing to log onto my zoom lecture, I heard a ding. I checked my phone to see a text message. “Uncle Ismail was at Nasser hospital when they bombed it” It was from my mother. My heart stopped. I couldn’t breathe. I started sobbing. […]
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